Okay, so who hasn't gotten their invitation to Win 10 upgrade yet?

So I posted a similar question a few weeks ago. I have two computers at
home (a laptop & a desktop), and neither of them have been given an
invite to upgrade to Win 10 yet, even though I reserved my upgrade 1 or
2 months before the first date. At that time people suggested that I
download the Win 10 ISO and burn it to a DVD and upgrade it that way. So
I experimented with that idea, on the laptop and upgraded it via the DVD
method. I quickly experienced some annoying trackpad and keyboard issues
on it, and was eventually forced to downgrade back down to Windows 7. I
figured that perhaps that's why the laptop was not yet invited and that
it must be waiting for proper drivers for the trackpad and keyboard.

So I'm still waiting on both machines for the invite. I've even
cancelled the reservation and re-registered it to see if perhaps that'll
speed up the invite, it didn't. I mean are simple device drivers that
much of a problem for Win 10 still? I wish they'd explain what they're
waiting for.

Yousuf Khan

On Tue, 8 Sep 2015 02:06:36 -0400, Yousuf Khan
wrote:

So I posted a similar question a few weeks ago. I have two computers at
home (a laptop & a desktop), and neither of them have been given an
invite to upgrade to Win 10 yet, even though I reserved my upgrade 1 or
2 months before the first date. At that time people suggested that I
download the Win 10 ISO and burn it to a DVD and upgrade it that way. So
I experimented with that idea, on the laptop and upgraded it via the DVD
method. I quickly experienced some annoying trackpad and keyboard issues
on it, and was eventually forced to downgrade back down to Windows 7. I
figured that perhaps that's why the laptop was not yet invited and that
it must be waiting for proper drivers for the trackpad and keyboard.

So I'm still waiting on both machines for the invite. I've even
cancelled the reservation and re-registered it to see if perhaps that'll
speed up the invite, it didn't. I mean are simple device drivers that
much of a problem for Win 10 still? I wish they'd explain what they're
waiting for.

I had a similar problem trying to upgrade a laptop that had previously
been "invited" to upgrade. The problem was with the drivers that were
installed in the Windows 7 that was being upgraded. Updating the
drivers to the latest versions cleared up the problem and allowed the
upgrade to proceed normally.

(Ultimately, however, the upgrade did not perform up to expectations
and I had to revert back down to Windows 7, simply because the
hardware itself was insufficient to perform adequately in the new OS.)

--
//Steve//

Yousuf Khan wrote:
So I posted a similar question a few weeks ago. I have two computers at
home (a laptop & a desktop), and neither of them have been given an
invite to upgrade to Win 10 yet, even though I reserved my upgrade 1 or
2 months before the first date. At that time people suggested that I
download the Win 10 ISO and burn it to a DVD and upgrade it that way. So
I experimented with that idea, on the laptop and upgraded it via the DVD
method. I quickly experienced some annoying trackpad and keyboard issues
on it, and was eventually forced to downgrade back down to Windows 7. I
figured that perhaps that's why the laptop was not yet invited and that
it must be waiting for proper drivers for the trackpad and keyboard.

So I'm still waiting on both machines for the invite. I've even
cancelled the reservation and re-registered it to see if perhaps that'll
speed up the invite, it didn't. I mean are simple device drivers that
much of a problem for Win 10 still? I wish they'd explain what they're
waiting for.

Yousuf Khan

C:\Windows\System32\GWX
config.xml ?

http://www.techrepublic.com/article/...-78-1-systems/

During the UpgradeDetected phase

UpgradeDownloadInProgress,
UpgradeDownloaded,
UpgradeReadyToInstall,
UpgradeReadySetupInProgress,
UpgradeSetupCompatBlock, ---- parked here maybe ???
UpgradeSetupRolledBack,
UPgradeSetupFailed, and
UpgradeSetupComplete.

And you can see the format of the file is quite verbose
and a waste of storage space...

http://www.sevenforums.com/general-d...manager-3.html

HTH,
Paul

In message , Yousuf Khan
writes
So I posted a similar question a few weeks ago. I have two computers at
home (a laptop & a desktop), and neither of them have been given an
invite to upgrade to Win 10 yet, even though I reserved my upgrade 1 or
2 months before the first date.

Me, but I'm not in any rush. My PC is running Windows 7. I suspect the
reason that I haven't received an invitation to upgrade to Windows 10 is
because, although I have Essential Upgrades switched on, I have Optional
Upgrades switched off.
--
John Hall
"Honest criticism is hard to take,
particularly from a relative, a friend,
an acquaintance, or a stranger." Franklin P Jones

On 08/09/2015 10:59, John Hall wrote:
In message , Yousuf Khan
writes
So I posted a similar question a few weeks ago. I have two computers
at home (a laptop & a desktop), and neither of them have been given an
invite to upgrade to Win 10 yet, even though I reserved my upgrade 1
or 2 months before the first date.

Me, but I'm not in any rush. My PC is running Windows 7. I suspect the
reason that I haven't received an invitation to upgrade to Windows 10 is
because, although I have Essential Upgrades switched on, I have Optional
Upgrades switched off.

I think you might be right.

--

Brian Gregory (in the UK).
To email me please remove all the letter vee from my email address.

On 08/09/2015 07:58, Steve Silverwood [KB6OJS] wrote:
On Tue, 8 Sep 2015 02:06:36 -0400, Yousuf Khan
wrote:

So I posted a similar question a few weeks ago. I have two computers at
home (a laptop & a desktop), and neither of them have been given an
invite to upgrade to Win 10 yet, even though I reserved my upgrade 1 or
2 months before the first date. At that time people suggested that I
download the Win 10 ISO and burn it to a DVD and upgrade it that way. So
I experimented with that idea, on the laptop and upgraded it via the DVD
method. I quickly experienced some annoying trackpad and keyboard issues
on it, and was eventually forced to downgrade back down to Windows 7. I
figured that perhaps that's why the laptop was not yet invited and that
it must be waiting for proper drivers for the trackpad and keyboard.

So I'm still waiting on both machines for the invite. I've even
cancelled the reservation and re-registered it to see if perhaps that'll
speed up the invite, it didn't. I mean are simple device drivers that
much of a problem for Win 10 still? I wish they'd explain what they're
waiting for.

I had a similar problem trying to upgrade a laptop that had previously
been "invited" to upgrade. The problem was with the drivers that were
installed in the Windows 7 that was being upgraded. Updating the
drivers to the latest versions cleared up the problem and allowed the
upgrade to proceed normally.

(Ultimately, however, the upgrade did not perform up to expectations
and I had to revert back down to Windows 7, simply because the
hardware itself was insufficient to perform adequately in the new OS.)


Did you go to the laptop manufacturer's website to look for info and/or
drivers?

There's still a ton of stuff, mainly somewhat non mainstream hardware
and software that doesn't work right in Windows 10 no matter what you do.

--

Brian Gregory (in the UK).
To email me please remove all the letter vee from my email address.

Yousuf Khan wrote:

So I posted a similar question a few weeks ago. I have two computers at
home (a laptop & a desktop), and neither of them have been given an
invite to upgrade to Win 10 yet, even though I reserved my upgrade 1 or
2 months before the first date. At that time people suggested that I
download the Win 10 ISO and burn it to a DVD and upgrade it that way. So
I experimented with that idea, on the laptop and upgraded it via the DVD
method. I quickly experienced some annoying trackpad and keyboard issues
on it, and was eventually forced to downgrade back down to Windows 7. I
figured that perhaps that's why the laptop was not yet invited and that
it must be waiting for proper drivers for the trackpad and keyboard.

So I'm still waiting on both machines for the invite. I've even
cancelled the reservation and re-registered it to see if perhaps that'll
speed up the invite, it didn't. I mean are simple device drivers that
much of a problem for Win 10 still? I wish they'd explain what they're
waiting for.

Why do you want to upgrade? Is Windows 7 not fulfilling your needs?

Stef

On Tue, 08 Sep 2015 02:06:36 -0400, Yousuf Khan wrote:

So I posted a similar question a few weeks ago. I have two computers at
home (a laptop & a desktop), and neither of them have been given an
invite to upgrade to Win 10 yet, even though I reserved my upgrade 1 or
2 months before the first date. At that time people suggested that I
download the Win 10 ISO and burn it to a DVD and upgrade it that way. So
I experimented with that idea, on the laptop and upgraded it via the DVD
method. I quickly experienced some annoying trackpad and keyboard issues
on it, and was eventually forced to downgrade back down to Windows 7. I
figured that perhaps that's why the laptop was not yet invited and that
it must be waiting for proper drivers for the trackpad and keyboard.

So I'm still waiting on both machines for the invite. I've even
cancelled the reservation and re-registered it to see if perhaps that'll
speed up the invite, it didn't. I mean are simple device drivers that
much of a problem for Win 10 still? I wish they'd explain what they're
waiting for.

Yousuf Khan

Don't let the lack of an invite get to ya. The only thing Win10 introduces
is a lame ass attempt at a start button and telemetry.

Yousuf Khan wrote on 09/08/2015 2:06 AM:
So I posted a similar question a few weeks ago. I have two computers at
home (a laptop & a desktop), and neither of them have been given an
invite to upgrade to Win 10 yet, even though I reserved my upgrade 1 or
2 months before the first date. At that time people suggested that I
download the Win 10 ISO and burn it to a DVD and upgrade it that way. So
I experimented with that idea, on the laptop and upgraded it via the DVD
method. I quickly experienced some annoying trackpad and keyboard issues
on it, and was eventually forced to downgrade back down to Windows 7. I
figured that perhaps that's why the laptop was not yet invited and that
it must be waiting for proper drivers for the trackpad and keyboard.

So I'm still waiting on both machines for the invite. I've even
cancelled the reservation and re-registered it to see if perhaps that'll
speed up the invite, it didn't. I mean are simple device drivers that
much of a problem for Win 10 still? I wish they'd explain what they're
waiting for.

Yousuf Khan

If that was the reason (trackpad drivers are a common issue [1]) the
collected telemetry during the upgrade and after use of Win10 on your
system and similar system's hardware could easily be a factor in the GWX
not offering (or delaying) Win10 being offered.

i.e. the Reservation only places a device in a queue. The place in the
queue is not permanent when known issues can occur.

[1] Fyi...a variety of laptops have had Touchpad driver updated. My i3
Acer Laptop has had 3 driver updates via WU (all auto installed) since
Aug 2 on Win10. The latest driver update provided all functionality that
existed on Win7/8x. The upgrade o/s was 8.1 and it never received the
GWX notice, Win10 was installed using MCT created USB Win10 Pro media.

Prior to that the same device on Insider Build's had 2 other Track Pad
driver updates (some improved the prior, other showed no changes). Acer
still shows the original driver (CY 2010) as the latest.



--
...winston
msft mvp windows experience

On 08/09/2015 11:21 AM, Stef wrote:
Why do you want to upgrade? Is Windows 7 not fulfilling your needs?

Well, that's really irrelevant, but if you must know it's because of
DirectX 12.

Yousuf Khan

On 2015-09-08 11:49 PM, Yousuf Khan wrote:
On 08/09/2015 11:21 AM, Stef wrote:
Why do you want to upgrade? Is Windows 7 not fulfilling your needs?

Well, that's really irrelevant, but if you must know it's because of
DirectX 12.

It's quite unlikely that DirectX will actually provide you with any kind
of gaming benefit. However, I too believe that it's worth having it
installed and determining it directly.

--
A.M

Yousuf Khan wrote:

On 08/09/2015 11:21 AM, Stef wrote:
Why do you want to upgrade? Is Windows 7 not fulfilling your needs?

Well, that's really irrelevant, but if you must know it's because of
DirectX 12.

Thanks. I ask that question a lot. So many people upgrade for no good
reason other than it's the newest version. At least you have a good
reason.

As far as your problem: run Microsoft's hardware compatibilty software
on your two systems. There may be drivers that aren't available yet,
and that's why there's been no little upgrade to 10 icon. That is,
the upgrade would fail. Give it time. MS always rushes their releases.

Stef

On 09/09/2015 9:12 AM, A.M wrote:
On 2015-09-08 11:49 PM, Yousuf Khan wrote:
On 08/09/2015 11:21 AM, Stef wrote:
Why do you want to upgrade? Is Windows 7 not fulfilling your needs?

Well, that's really irrelevant, but if you must know it's because of
DirectX 12.

It's quite unlikely that DirectX will actually provide you with any kind
of gaming benefit. However, I too believe that it's worth having it
installed and determining it directly.

Well, obviously not until some titles come out that use it, but having
it already installed and already stabilized before the titles come out
is worth something.

Yousuf Khan

On 10/09/2015 1:30 AM, Stef wrote:
Thanks. I ask that question a lot. So many people upgrade for no good
reason other than it's the newest version. At least you have a good
reason.

Yes, it's been how many years since multicore processors were
introduced, and Microsoft still managed to come up with a
single-threaded DX11 after that?!? So I'm happy that I'll finally be
able to fully utilize my 6-core processor soon.

As far as your problem: run Microsoft's hardware compatibilty software
on your two systems. There may be drivers that aren't available yet,
and that's why there's been no little upgrade to 10 icon. That is,
the upgrade would fail. Give it time. MS always rushes their releases.

I've unreserved my Win 10 upgrade offer, and then the GWX shows that
both my systems are fully compatible with Windows 10 as far as the GWX
is concerned, and that I should re-reserve. So I'm thinking that GWX is
just a first-line compatibility check, perhaps it's passing along more
detailed system info to MS, and they got some more detailed info about
whether it's really compatible or not yet?

Yousuf Khan

Yousuf Khan wrote:

On 10/09/2015 1:30 AM, Stef wrote:
Thanks. I ask that question a lot. So many people upgrade for no good
reason other than it's the newest version. At least you have a good
reason.

Yes, it's been how many years since multicore processors were
introduced, and Microsoft still managed to come up with a
single-threaded DX11 after that?!? So I'm happy that I'll finally be
able to fully utilize my 6-core processor soon.

As far as your problem: run Microsoft's hardware compatibilty software
on your two systems. There may be drivers that aren't available yet,
and that's why there's been no little upgrade to 10 icon. That is,
the upgrade would fail. Give it time. MS always rushes their releases.

I've unreserved my Win 10 upgrade offer, and then the GWX shows that
both my systems are fully compatible with Windows 10 as far as the GWX
is concerned, and that I should re-reserve. So I'm thinking that GWX is
just a first-line compatibility check, perhaps it's passing along more
detailed system info to MS, and they got some more detailed info about
whether it's really compatible or not yet?

Well, if there's one thing I've learned over the years about Microsoft,
such utilities are not foolproof. But try a 10 upgrade on the
laptop. Laptops are more problematical than desktops. Just do a full
clone before to be safe. I don't trust W10's "reversion" capability.
If that goes okay, then do the desktop.

Stef