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Old February 26th 16, 08:35 AM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-8
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A friend has Windows 8.1 on his laptop but did not yet receive the
famous "Download Windows 10" icon (is it called like that in English?)
in the system tray.
What can he do?
Thanks for an answer!

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Old February 26th 16, 08:52 AM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-8
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Go to microsofts web site and download windows 10 it self its a 3 gig
download


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"Carpe Diem" wrote in message
...
A friend has Windows 8.1 on his laptop but did not yet receive the famous
"Download Windows 10" icon (is it called like that in English?) in the
system tray.
What can he do?
Thanks for an answer!

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but not simpler" (Albert Einstein).



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Old February 26th 16, 08:55 AM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-8
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Op 26-2-2016 om 08:52 schreef Andy:
Go to microsofts web site and download windows 10 it self its a 3 gig
download


And will the free install be possible without that famous "icon"?


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Old February 26th 16, 09:58 AM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-8
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Op 26-2-2016 om 09:45 schreef Ralph Fox:
On Fri, 26 Feb 2016 08:55:24 +0100, Carpe Diem wrote:

Op 26-2-2016 om 08:52 schreef Andy:
Go to microsofts web site and download windows 10 it self its a 3 gig
download


And will the free install be possible without that famous "icon"?



Yes, provided your current Windows version qualifies for
the upgrade and your hardware (PC) meets requirements.

Look he
http://www.microsoft.com/EN-US/windo...ows-10-upgrade

And note these items on that Microsoft web page
...
...
...


OK, thank you (and Andy : thank you too!).

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Old February 26th 16, 10:40 AM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-8
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On 2/26/2016 1:35 AM, Carpe Diem wrote:
A friend has Windows 8.1 on his laptop but did not yet receive the
famous "Download Windows 10" icon (is it called like that in English?)
in the system tray.
What can he do?
Thanks for an answer!

Check with the laptop manufacturer before doing the upgrade. Some are
refusing to provide drivers for Windows 10 on older hardware.

Depending on the laptop manufacturer, some of them upgrade to W10 just
fine while some manufacturers have specified certain models will not be
supported by them at all if you upgrade them to W10. Or in other words
if you want drivers for things like keyboard function keys, touch pads,
and the like to work you might have to hunt for them, if they exist at all.

Many times the W8 drivers will work on W10 but not in all cases. If the
laptop manufacturer did not support W8 with drivers, switching to W10
can be a nightmare in locating working drivers, or it might just work
out of the box if you are lucky.

I make backup copies of the hard drives before installing the W10 on
machines for protection or "just in case it goes wrong".

On those machines that actually do come up under Windows 10 after it's
installed I usually run the free version of Driver Booster 3 just to see
what kind of old drivers are on the machine after it is running W10.
I have had it "fix" machines that were having problems as well as
providing drivers that the laptop and desktop manufacturer claimed did
not exist or just plain did not want to support due to the age of the
machine.

http://www.iobit.com/en/driver-booster.php

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Old February 26th 16, 10:48 AM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-8
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Op 26-2-2016 om 10:40 schreef GlowingBlueMist:
On 2/26/2016 1:35 AM, Carpe Diem wrote:
A friend has Windows 8.1 on his laptop but did not yet receive the
famous "Download Windows 10" icon (is it called like that in English?)
in the system tray.
What can he do?
Thanks for an answer!

Check with the laptop manufacturer before doing the upgrade. Some are
refusing to provide drivers for Windows 10 on older hardware.
...
...
http://www.iobit.com/en/driver-booster.php


The laptop is only 2 and a half years old, so I do not think that
drivers will be the problem.
Anyway, thank you for your answer and for the link!

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Old February 26th 16, 11:28 AM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-8
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On Fri, 26 Feb 2016 08:35:36 +0100, Carpe Diem wrote:

A friend has Windows 8.1 on his laptop but did not yet receive the
famous "Download Windows 10" icon (is it called like that in English?)
in the system tray.
What can he do?


He can give thanks, and then install GWX Control Panel to ensure that
the icon does not appear later.


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Old February 26th 16, 01:33 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-8
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Op 26-2-2016 om 11:28 schreef Stan Brown:
On Fri, 26 Feb 2016 08:35:36 +0100, Carpe Diem wrote:

A friend has Windows 8.1 on his laptop but did not yet receive the
famous "Download Windows 10" icon (is it called like that in English?)
in the system tray.
What can he do?


He can give thanks, and then install GWX Control Panel to ensure that
the icon does not appear later.


It IS his intention to upgrade to W10 !

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Old February 27th 16, 12:34 AM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-8
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On Fri, 26 Feb 2016 13:33:06 +0100, Carpe Diem wrote:

Op 26-2-2016 om 11:28 schreef Stan Brown:
On Fri, 26 Feb 2016 08:35:36 +0100, Carpe Diem wrote:

A friend has Windows 8.1 on his laptop but did not yet receive the
famous "Download Windows 10" icon (is it called like that in English?)
in the system tray.
What can he do?


He can give thanks, and then install GWX Control Panel to ensure that
the icon does not appear later.


It IS his intention to upgrade to W10 !


Then he's a fool, or he's taking advice from fools or (in the case of
Microsoft) rogues.

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Old February 27th 16, 01:48 AM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-8
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Carpe Diem wrote:
Op 26-2-2016 om 11:28 schreef Stan Brown:
On Fri, 26 Feb 2016 08:35:36 +0100, Carpe Diem wrote:

A friend has Windows 8.1 on his laptop but did not yet receive the
famous "Download Windows 10" icon (is it called like that in English?)
in the system tray.
What can he do?


He can give thanks, and then install GWX Control Panel to ensure that
the icon does not appear later.


It IS his intention to upgrade to W10 !


Do a backup before the install.

When it's time to revert to Win8, use the backup image
and do a restore, as that will do a cleaner job of
putting everything back the way it was. The backup should
be stored on an external drive. Don't forget to make the
emergency boot CD provided by the backup software.

Paul
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Old February 27th 16, 06:04 AM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-8
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Default No "Download Windows 10" icon?

On 26/02/2016 07:35, Carpe Diem wrote:
A friend has Windows 8.1 on his laptop but did not yet receive the
famous "Download Windows 10" icon (is it called like that in English?)
in the system tray.
What can he do?


Your friend can install this update released about 2 days ago:

https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/kb/3035583

This Update installs Get Windows 10 app in Windows 8.1 and Windows 7 SP1

Good luck.



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Old February 27th 16, 09:05 AM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-8
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Yes it sure is as long as you have windows 7 8.1 or higher.
I did it on my other system with windows 8.1 and the nag box does not
install.
if you research on the news groups someone posted a bunch of updates by
number you don't want to install that stops the upgrade nag program from
installing in the first place.
I am one of the smarter ones who knew this and never had that lovely nag
icon in the task bar


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Op 26-2-2016 om 08:52 schreef Andy:
Go to microsofts web site and download windows 10 it self its a 3 gig
download


And will the free install be possible without that famous "icon"?


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Old February 27th 16, 09:06 AM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-8
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Youre welcome

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Op 26-2-2016 om 09:45 schreef Ralph Fox:
On Fri, 26 Feb 2016 08:55:24 +0100, Carpe Diem wrote:

Op 26-2-2016 om 08:52 schreef Andy:
Go to microsofts web site and download windows 10 it self its a 3 gig
download


And will the free install be possible without that famous "icon"?



Yes, provided your current Windows version qualifies for
the upgrade and your hardware (PC) meets requirements.

Look he
http://www.microsoft.com/EN-US/windo...ows-10-upgrade

And note these items on that Microsoft web page
...
...
...


OK, thank you (and Andy : thank you too!).

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but not simpler" (Albert Einstein).



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Old February 27th 16, 10:34 AM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-8
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Ralph Fox wrote:
Windows 7 SP1 and Windows 8.1 Update required.


The above reference from MSFT applies to the GWX Windows Update route

If using media created or mounted by the Win10 Media Creation Tool then
the requirements are not as limited.
- Win7 RTM, Win7Sp1, Win 8.0, Win 8.1, and Win8.1 Update are all
acceptable

The difference being:
- the GWX app using Windows Update is only capable of use on 7Sp1 and
8.1 Update while the Media Creation Tool media accepts all 7 and 8x builds.

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Old February 27th 16, 10:43 AM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-8
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Wolf K wrote:
On 2016-02-26 07:33, Carpe Diem wrote:
Op 26-2-2016 om 11:28 schreef Stan Brown:
On Fri, 26 Feb 2016 08:35:36 +0100, Carpe Diem wrote:

A friend has Windows 8.1 on his laptop but did not yet receive the
famous "Download Windows 10" icon (is it called like that in English?)
in the system tray.
What can he do?

He can give thanks, and then install GWX Control Panel to ensure that
the icon does not appear later.


It IS his intention to upgrade to W10 !


Whatever he wants to do, the fact that the updates didn't offer the W10
icon is warning IMO. The laptop may not be W10 compatible, as already
implied in other posts.

W10 supposedly preserves enough of the existing OS that he can revert if
necessary or desirable (but only in the first 30 days after installing
W10. So my first step would be to backup everything. 2nd step would be
to make repair media, something that should be done in any case.

I tend to be paranoid about data loss, so I urge you to persuade him to
buy an external drive and back up all data. 1TB drives are well under
$100 these days. Cheap insurance IMO. There will also be room to image
the whole system, which IMO would be a good idea too.

Both routes...GWX app and the current 1511 download will perform a
compatibility test prior to final installation. The GWX though provides
this information from the icon in the tray on Win7Sp1 and 8.1 Update,
the media creation route does it after Win10 setup starts the install
process.


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