W10 activation issue
 

wiped My HD and tried to load W7 ultimate, but the built-in modem will
not load. I then loaded w10 and tried to use My W7 activation to
activate W10, and was refused. W10 works, but get the activation
reminder on the desktop.

Any thoughts on working this issue?

W10 activation issue
 

On Tue, 22 Dec 2015 05:07:48 -0800
"Eagle" wrote:

wiped My HD and tried to load W7 ultimate, but the built-in modem
will not load. I then loaded w10 and tried to use My W7 activation to
activate W10, and was refused. W10 works, but get the activation
reminder on the desktop.

Any thoughts on working this issue?

Put down the drugs, ditch the booze
and Dynamite the computer..you ****ing retard.

W10 activation issue
 

Eagle wrote:
wiped My HD and tried to load W7 ultimate, but the built-in modem will
not load. I then loaded w10 and tried to use My W7 activation to
activate W10, and was refused. W10 works, but get the activation
reminder on the desktop.

Any thoughts on working this issue?

Tried phone MS and activate? Followed the message. It always did the
trick for me.

W10 activation issue
 

On 12/22/2015 06:07 AM, Eagle wrote:
wiped My HD and tried to load W7 ultimate, but the built-in modem will
not load. I then loaded w10 and tried to use My W7 activation to
activate W10, and was refused. W10 works, but get the activation
reminder on the desktop.

Any thoughts on working this issue?

Friends don't let friends use W10...

W10 activation issue
 

In ,
Eagle typed:
wiped My HD and tried to load W7 ultimate, but the built-in modem will
not load. I then loaded w10 and tried to use My W7 activation to
activate W10, and was refused. W10 works, but get the activation
reminder on the desktop.

Any thoughts on working this issue?

If you have a valid W7 software and license key, I the trick is to first
just put the W7 on. Then do all of the automatic security updates and
within a week or so, you will get a notice that says you can upgrade to W10.

When you get that W10 upgrade notice, do the W10 upgrade from there. Do not
go online and download a W10 software or upgrade directly since your W7
license key won't work for that. The built-in valid W7 license key will
only work for the W10 upgrade notice that you get from Microsoft after you
have had W7 installed for a while (a week or so).

With your W7 installed, the problem with the modem is probably a driver
problem. I found a free driver updater software online that checks for the
correct drivers, but the free version only lets you update up to two drivers
per day. I can't remember the name of the free program right now.

Or, if you know the modem make and model you can probably go to a support
website and download the correct driver.

If you post a reply back here in response to the above, I'll give you the
info for a very good newsgroup for computer questions like the ones you
have. It is a news.annexcafe.com newsgroup called
annexcafe.general.user2user .

W10 activation issue
 

On 12/22/2015 08:07 AM, Eagle wrote:

wiped My HD and tried to load W7 ultimate, but the built-in modem will
not load. I then loaded w10 and tried to use My W7 activation to
activate W10, and was refused. W10 works, but get the activation
reminder on the desktop.

Any thoughts on working this issue?

I think the most recent update of Windows 10 accepts your Win7 or Win8
key to activate it.

Perce
(Not really a Windows fan, but some important programs have no
non-Windows alternative)

W10 activation issue
 

Tony Hwang submitted this idea :
Eagle wrote:
wiped My HD and tried to load W7 ultimate, but the built-in modem will
not load. I then loaded w10 and tried to use My W7 activation to
activate W10, and was refused. W10 works, but get the activation
reminder on the desktop.

Any thoughts on working this issue?

Tried phone MS and activate? Followed the message. It always did the trick
for me.

I haven't tried that yet, but it seems that is the only solution at
this point.
Thanks Tony. :D

W10 activation issue
 

TomR formulated the question :
In ,
Eagle typed:
wiped My HD and tried to load W7 ultimate, but the built-in modem will
not load. I then loaded w10 and tried to use My W7 activation to
activate W10, and was refused. W10 works, but get the activation
reminder on the desktop.

Any thoughts on working this issue?

If you have a valid W7 software and license key, I the trick is to first just
put the W7 on. Then do all of the automatic security updates and within a
week or so, you will get a notice that says you can upgrade to W10.

When you get that W10 upgrade notice, do the W10 upgrade from there. Do not
go online and download a W10 software or upgrade directly since your W7
license key won't work for that. The built-in valid W7 license key will only
work for the W10 upgrade notice that you get from Microsoft after you have
had W7 installed for a while (a week or so).

With your W7 installed, the problem with the modem is probably a driver
problem. I found a free driver updater software online that checks for the
correct drivers, but the free version only lets you update up to two drivers
per day. I can't remember the name of the free program right now.

Or, if you know the modem make and model you can probably go to a support
website and download the correct driver.

If you post a reply back here in response to the above, I'll give you the
info for a very good newsgroup for computer questions like the ones you have.
It is a news.annexcafe.com newsgroup called annexcafe.general.user2user .

Only problem with your solution is that the internal modem won't load,
so it's impossible to do all you wrote Tom. :/

W10 activation issue
 

Percival P. Cassidy wrote :
On 12/22/2015 08:07 AM, Eagle wrote:

wiped My HD and tried to load W7 ultimate, but the built-in modem will
not load. I then loaded w10 and tried to use My W7 activation to
activate W10, and was refused. W10 works, but get the activation
reminder on the desktop.

Any thoughts on working this issue?

I think the most recent update of Windows 10 accepts your Win7 or Win8 key to
activate it.

Perce
(Not really a Windows fan, but some important programs have no non-Windows
alternative)

I am not a winders fan either, but I deal with it.
Since I used the W7 key when I loaded W10, wouldn't that key be in the
winders folder and automatically activate W10?

W10 activation issue
 

On Tue, 22 Dec 2015 05:07:48 -0800, "Eagle"
wrote:

wiped My HD and tried to load W7 ultimate, but the built-in modem will
not load. I then loaded w10 and tried to use My W7 activation to
activate W10, and was refused. W10 works, but get the activation
reminder on the desktop.

Any thoughts on working this issue?

Check here.
http://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/5...dows-10-a.html

Good luck.

W10 activation issue
 

On 12/22/2015 7:32 AM, Eagle wrote:
TomR formulated the question :
In ,
Eagle typed:
wiped My HD and tried to load W7 ultimate, but the built-in modem will
not load. I then loaded w10 and tried to use My W7 activation to
activate W10, and was refused. W10 works, but get the activation
reminder on the desktop.

Any thoughts on working this issue?

If you have a valid W7 software and license key, I the trick is to
first just put the W7 on. Then do all of the automatic security
updates and within a week or so, you will get a notice that says you
can upgrade to W10.

When you get that W10 upgrade notice, do the W10 upgrade from there.
Do not go online and download a W10 software or upgrade directly since
your W7 license key won't work for that. The built-in valid W7
license key will only work for the W10 upgrade notice that you get
from Microsoft after you have had W7 installed for a while (a week or
so).

With your W7 installed, the problem with the modem is probably a
driver problem. I found a free driver updater software online that
checks for the correct drivers, but the free version only lets you
update up to two drivers per day. I can't remember the name of the
free program right now.

Or, if you know the modem make and model you can probably go to a
support website and download the correct driver.

If you post a reply back here in response to the above, I'll give you
the info for a very good newsgroup for computer questions like the
ones you have. It is a news.annexcafe.com newsgroup called
annexcafe.general.user2user .

Only problem with your solution is that the internal modem won't load,
so it's impossible to do all you wrote Tom. :/

What do you mean by "modem"???
Most things referred to as internal modems would be a dialup modem from last
decade.
Your computer probably won't live live long enough to download windows
10
then the additional stuff it wants at the first update...or the second...or
the third....
You'll certainly be old and grey...

If it's an internal LAN interface and you have high-speed internet,
you need a driver.
Download (on another computer) and install that and you'll be good to go.
The option I use is to buy/beg/borrow/steal a USB or WIFI lan interface
that comes with a driver. Install that and connect to the web via that
interface. Get win10 running, then go in search for the driver for the
onboard
"modem".
Mine was not easy to find, but it was out there.

W10 activation issue
 

In ,
Eagle typed:
TomR formulated the question :
In ,
Eagle typed:
wiped My HD and tried to load W7 ultimate, but the built-in modem
will not load. I then loaded w10 and tried to use My W7 activation
to activate W10, and was refused. W10 works, but get the activation
reminder on the desktop.

Any thoughts on working this issue?

If you have a valid W7 software and license key, I the trick is to
first just put the W7 on. Then do all of the automatic security
updates and within a week or so, you will get a notice that says you
can upgrade to W10. When you get that W10 upgrade notice, do the W10
upgrade from there.
Do not go online and download a W10 software or upgrade directly
since your W7 license key won't work for that. The built-in valid
W7 license key will only work for the W10 upgrade notice that you
get from Microsoft after you have had W7 installed for a while (a
week or so). With your W7 installed, the problem with the modem is
probably a
driver problem. I found a free driver updater software online that
checks for the correct drivers, but the free version only lets you
update up to two drivers per day. I can't remember the name of the
free program right now. Or, if you know the modem make and model you can
probably go to a
support website and download the correct driver.

If you post a reply back here in response to the above, I'll give
you the info for a very good newsgroup for computer questions like
the ones you have. It is a news.annexcafe.com newsgroup called
annexcafe.general.user2user .

Only problem with your solution is that the internal modem won't load,
so it's impossible to do all you wrote Tom. :/

I was assuming that since you are able to post here, you have access to the
Internet.

For the computer in question, does it only have a modem to access the
Internet, or does it also have a NIC card and/or WiFi capability?

I don't think you can activate any Windows program without Internet access
since I think that Microsoft has to be able to "see" your computer to do the
activation so it can recognize the motherboard and other components as part
of the activation.

Maybe you could use whatever computer you are using to access the Internet
to post here and try to find the right driver for your modem and then copy
it via USB thumb drive to the problem computer.

Or, take the problem computer to a place that can access the Internet via
NIC card or WiFi or whatever. Or, beg, borrow, or steal a NIC card from
another computer or another person and put it in the problem computer.

W10 activation issue
 

mike has brought this to us :
On 12/22/2015 7:32 AM, Eagle wrote:
TomR formulated the question :
In ,
Eagle typed:
wiped My HD and tried to load W7 ultimate, but the built-in modem will
not load. I then loaded w10 and tried to use My W7 activation to
activate W10, and was refused. W10 works, but get the activation
reminder on the desktop.

Any thoughts on working this issue?

If you have a valid W7 software and license key, I the trick is to
first just put the W7 on. Then do all of the automatic security
updates and within a week or so, you will get a notice that says you
can upgrade to W10.

When you get that W10 upgrade notice, do the W10 upgrade from there.
Do not go online and download a W10 software or upgrade directly since
your W7 license key won't work for that. The built-in valid W7
license key will only work for the W10 upgrade notice that you get
from Microsoft after you have had W7 installed for a while (a week or
so).

With your W7 installed, the problem with the modem is probably a
driver problem. I found a free driver updater software online that
checks for the correct drivers, but the free version only lets you
update up to two drivers per day. I can't remember the name of the
free program right now.

Or, if you know the modem make and model you can probably go to a
support website and download the correct driver.

If you post a reply back here in response to the above, I'll give you
the info for a very good newsgroup for computer questions like the
ones you have. It is a news.annexcafe.com newsgroup called
annexcafe.general.user2user .

Only problem with your solution is that the internal modem won't load,
so it's impossible to do all you wrote Tom. :/

What do you mean by "modem"???
Most things referred to as internal modems would be a dialup modem from last
decade.
Your computer probably won't live live long enough to download windows
10
then the additional stuff it wants at the first update...or the second...or
the third....
You'll certainly be old and grey...

If it's an internal LAN interface and you have high-speed internet,
you need a driver.
Download (on another computer) and install that and you'll be good to go.
The option I use is to buy/beg/borrow/steal a USB or WIFI lan interface
that comes with a driver. Install that and connect to the web via that
interface. Get win10 running, then go in search for the driver for the
onboard
"modem".
Mine was not easy to find, but it was out there.

I tried that and it didn't work. I've been using W10 for well over two
months now and the activate bug is still on My desktop. I am going to
MS and get a key by phone.
Thanks anyway Mike.

W10 activation issue
 

TomR laid this down on his screen :
In ,
Eagle typed:
TomR formulated the question :
In ,
Eagle typed:
wiped My HD and tried to load W7 ultimate, but the built-in modem
will not load. I then loaded w10 and tried to use My W7 activation
to activate W10, and was refused. W10 works, but get the activation
reminder on the desktop.

Any thoughts on working this issue?

If you have a valid W7 software and license key, I the trick is to
first just put the W7 on. Then do all of the automatic security
updates and within a week or so, you will get a notice that says you
can upgrade to W10. When you get that W10 upgrade notice, do the W10
upgrade from there.
Do not go online and download a W10 software or upgrade directly
since your W7 license key won't work for that. The built-in valid
W7 license key will only work for the W10 upgrade notice that you
get from Microsoft after you have had W7 installed for a while (a
week or so). With your W7 installed, the problem with the modem is
probably a
driver problem. I found a free driver updater software online that
checks for the correct drivers, but the free version only lets you
update up to two drivers per day. I can't remember the name of the
free program right now. Or, if you know the modem make and model you can
probably go to a
support website and download the correct driver.

If you post a reply back here in response to the above, I'll give
you the info for a very good newsgroup for computer questions like
the ones you have. It is a news.annexcafe.com newsgroup called
annexcafe.general.user2user .

Only problem with your solution is that the internal modem won't load,
so it's impossible to do all you wrote Tom. :/

I was assuming that since you are able to post here, you have access to the
Internet.

For the computer in question, does it only have a modem to access the
Internet, or does it also have a NIC card and/or WiFi capability?

Wireless wi-fi.

I don't think you can activate any Windows program without Internet access
since I think that Microsoft has to be able to "see" your computer to do the
activation so it can recognize the motherboard and other components as part
of the activation.

That was the problem with W7, the wi-fi ability wasn't loaded when I
installed My copy of W7 ultimate so no internet.

Maybe you could use whatever computer you are using to access the Internet to
post here and try to find the right driver for your modem and then copy it
via USB thumb drive to the problem computer.

Or, take the problem computer to a place that can access the Internet via NIC
card or WiFi or whatever. Or, beg, borrow, or steal a NIC card from another
computer or another person and put it in the problem computer.

I have 5 other outdated computers here including one I use as data
storage using scci drives.

W10 activation issue
 

"TomR" wrote:


When you get that W10 upgrade notice, do the W10 upgrade from there. Do not
go online and download a W10 software or upgrade directly since your W7
license key won't work for that.

Actually, the latest W10 builds do allow direct entry of a W7 key. This is a
change from the older W10 builds.

W10 activation issue
 

Arthur Conan Doyle expressed precisely :
"TomR" wrote:


When you get that W10 upgrade notice, do the W10 upgrade from there. Do not
go online and download a W10 software or upgrade directly since your W7
license key won't work for that.

Actually, the latest W10 builds do allow direct entry of a W7 key. This is a
change from the older W10 builds.

I'm getting a MS call soon so no need at this point.
Thanks anyway... ^^

W10 activation issue
 

In news:0bui7bh680ir2rik3ovdkjaa21ga8djmdp@None,
Arthur Conan Doyle typed:
"TomR" wrote:


When you get that W10 upgrade notice, do the W10 upgrade from there.
Do not go online and download a W10 software or upgrade directly
since your W7 license key won't work for that.

Actually, the latest W10 builds do allow direct entry of a W7 key.
This is a change from the older W10 builds.

Now that you mention that, I think you are correct.

If so, I guess Eagle would need to download that W10 build via a good
computer with Internet access and then install it on his problem computer.

W10 activation issue
 

Eagle was thinking very hard :
wiped My HD and tried to load W7 ultimate, but the built-in modem will not
load. I then loaded w10 and tried to use My W7 activation to activate W10,
and was refused. W10 works, but get the activation reminder on the desktop.

Any thoughts on working this issue?

I made contact with a feller at MS and now My W10 pro 64 bit is
activated.
YAAAAAY! :D

W10 activation issue
 

In ,
Eagle typed:
Eagle was thinking very hard :
wiped My HD and tried to load W7 ultimate, but the built-in modem
will not load. I then loaded w10 and tried to use My W7 activation
to activate W10, and was refused. W10 works, but get the activation
reminder on the desktop. Any thoughts on working this issue?

I made contact with a feller at MS and now My W10 pro 64 bit is
activated.
YAAAAAY! :D

Great. You originally also wrote, "...but the built-in modem will not
load". Did you get that part figured out?

W10 activation issue
 

TomR brought next idea :
In ,
Eagle typed:
Eagle was thinking very hard :
wiped My HD and tried to load W7 ultimate, but the built-in modem
will not load. I then loaded w10 and tried to use My W7 activation
to activate W10, and was refused. W10 works, but get the activation
reminder on the desktop. Any thoughts on working this issue?

I made contact with a feller at MS and now My W10 pro 64 bit is
activated.
YAAAAAY! :D

Great. You originally also wrote, "...but the built-in modem will not load".
Did you get that part figured out?

Yes, I don't have a modem. That comment was from the old W-3.1 days. ^^

W10 activation issue
 

On Tue, 22 Dec 2015 05:07:48 -0800, "Eagle"
wrote:

wiped My HD and tried to load W7 ultimate, but the built-in modem will
not load. I then loaded w10 and tried to use My W7 activation to
activate W10, and was refused. W10 works, but get the activation
reminder on the desktop.

Any thoughts on working this issue?
Must activate 7 before upgrading to 10 or you are out of luck

W10 activation issue
 

W10 activation issue
 

On Tue, 22 Dec 2015 10:11:51 -0800, "Eagle"
wrote:


Naaaaa....The call from MS took care of the problem, and now I have an
activated issue of W10 pro 64 bit. ^^

Now get busy turning off all the spying :)

BTW - what is the current build number?

W10 activation issue
 

Oren explained :
On Tue, 22 Dec 2015 10:11:51 -0800, "Eagle"
wrote:


Naaaaa....The call from MS took care of the problem, and now I have an
activated issue of W10 pro 64 bit. ^^

Now get busy turning off all the spying :)

That was strange having someone controling My 'puter from afar.

BTW - what is the current build number?

10586.36

W10 activation issue
 

On Tue, 22 Dec 2015 11:19:41 -0800, "Eagle"
wrote:

Oren explained :
On Tue, 22 Dec 2015 10:11:51 -0800, "Eagle"
wrote:


Naaaaa....The call from MS took care of the problem, and now I have an
activated issue of W10 pro 64 bit. ^^

Now get busy turning off all the spying :)

That was strange having someone controling My 'puter from afar.


They took remote control for activation?

https://tinyurl.com/j4xklfm

BTW - what is the current build number?

10586.36

Thanks.

W10 activation issue
 

On 2015-12-22 2:24 PM, Oren wrote:
On Tue, 22 Dec 2015 11:19:41 -0800, "Eagle"
wrote:

Oren explained :
On Tue, 22 Dec 2015 10:11:51 -0800, "Eagle"
wrote:


Naaaaa....The call from MS took care of the problem, and now I have an
activated issue of W10 pro 64 bit. ^^

Now get busy turning off all the spying :)

That was strange having someone controling My 'puter from afar.


They took remote control for activation?

https://tinyurl.com/j4xklfm

BTW - what is the current build number?

10586.36

Thanks.

11082.1000 here, but I am on the insiders program.

--
Froz...

Quando omni flunkus, moritati

W10 activation issue
 

Oren wrote:

BTW - what is the current build number?

If you are on the fast ring - 11082

W10 activation issue
 

On 12/22/2015 07:07 AM, Eagle wrote:
wiped My HD and tried to load W7 ultimate, but the built-in modem will
not load. I then loaded w10 and tried to use My W7 activation to
activate W10, and was refused. W10 works, but get the activation
reminder on the desktop.

Any thoughts on working this issue?

As to "the built-in modem will not load", I suppose you mean the driver
for a "soft modem" that requires software.

As to activation, I'm wondering how much you actually lose by not having
W10 activated (other than that reminder).

--
3 days until the winter celebration (Friday December 25, 2015 12:00:00
AM for 1 day).

Mark Lloyd
http://notstupid.us/

"To depend upon God is like holding on to the tail-end of nothing."
[Lemuel K. Washburn, _Is The Bible Worth Reading And Other Essays_,
1911]

W10 activation issue
 

[snip]

What do you mean by "modem"???
Most things referred to as internal modems would be a dialup modem from
last
decade.
Your computer probably won't live live long enough to download windows
10
then the additional stuff it wants at the first update...or the second...or
the third....
You'll certainly be old and grey...

I have a laptop with a WiMax interface in it. That might be called a modem.

WiMax was never available where I am, so I never got to use that
interface. Now they use LTE (I know both Verizon and Sprint have it here).

BTW, when I had POTS dial-up, the ISP had a rule about disconnecting a
user after 4 hours regardless of activity. I could never connect long
enough to download a DVD ISO. IIRC some ISPs allowed 12 hours, but
that's still a lot less than the more than 185 hours (more than a week)
you'd need.

[snip]

--
3 days until the winter celebration (Friday December 25, 2015 12:00:00
AM for 1 day).

Mark Lloyd
http://notstupid.us/

"To depend upon God is like holding on to the tail-end of nothing."
[Lemuel K. Washburn, _Is The Bible Worth Reading And Other Essays_,
1911]

W10 activation issue
 

Mark Lloyd wrote on 12/22/2015 :
On 12/22/2015 07:07 AM, Eagle wrote:
wiped My HD and tried to load W7 ultimate, but the built-in modem will
not load. I then loaded w10 and tried to use My W7 activation to
activate W10, and was refused. W10 works, but get the activation
reminder on the desktop.

Any thoughts on working this issue?

As to "the built-in modem will not load", I suppose you mean the driver for a
"soft modem" that requires software.

As to activation, I'm wondering how much you actually lose by not having W10
activated (other than that reminder).

So far I don't see much other than no beg to activate.
I'm thinking on installing My 40 gig HD and run linux. The new builds
look like they work more better now.

W10 activation issue
 

On Tue, 22 Dec 2015 15:07:31 -0500, FrozenNorth
wrote:

BTW - what is the current build number?

10586.36

Thanks.

11082.1000 here, but I am on the insiders program.

Is it free by just signing up? I'm guessing they are "preview" builds
you can activate. Buggy or stable versions?

W10 activation issue
 

On 2015-12-22 4:39 PM, Oren wrote:
On Tue, 22 Dec 2015 15:07:31 -0500, FrozenNorth
wrote:

BTW - what is the current build number?

10586.36

Thanks.

11082.1000 here, but I am on the insiders program.

Is it free by just signing up? I'm guessing they are "preview" builds
you can activate. Buggy or stable versions?

Yep, free for the singup, they are beta builds, I have seen little odd
things, but no show stoppers, I seem to be getting a new entire build
every month or two.

They have three rings, Fast, Slow and Release, Fast is a bit more
bleeding edge, I am on that, but as I said, so far so good. Slow is
after the fast testing has happened, and will not get every build,
Release is obvious.
--
Froz...

Quando omni flunkus, moritati

W10 activation issue
 

Eagle wrote:
Mark Lloyd wrote on 12/22/2015 :
On 12/22/2015 07:07 AM, Eagle wrote:
wiped My HD and tried to load W7 ultimate, but the built-in modem will
not load. I then loaded w10 and tried to use My W7 activation to
activate W10, and was refused. W10 works, but get the activation
reminder on the desktop.

Any thoughts on working this issue?

As to "the built-in modem will not load", I suppose you mean the
driver for a "soft modem" that requires software.

As to activation, I'm wondering how much you actually lose by not
having W10 activated (other than that reminder).

So far I don't see much other than no beg to activate.
I'm thinking on installing My 40 gig HD and run linux. The new builds
look like they work more better now.

If you don't activate it, you don't get update, etc. You could just
update w7 to W10, if it can't it'll put back every back to W7.
Modem? You use it for faxing or modem? All my desk top, laptops updated
to W10 without a hitch. I manually updated to have triboot(Linux, W7,
W10) I need W7 and IE to flash blade for remote starter kit. If you call
MS, no warm body answers, just follow thru accordig to the prerecorded
message, you better have good hearing and good typing speed or you'll
spend quite a while to finish the process.

W10 activation issue
 

Oren wrote:
On Tue, 22 Dec 2015 15:07:31 -0500, FrozenNorth
wrote:

BTW - what is the current build number?

10586.36

Thanks.

11082.1000 here, but I am on the insiders program.

Is it free by just signing up? I'm guessing they are "preview" builds
you can activate. Buggy or stable versions?
,
W10 can be upgraded from W7 or W8.1(if W8, going to W8.1 is free which
is just bunch of upgrade) Then you upgrade either system to W10, if not
possible (like your box is not new enough) it will go back to where it
was saying what's the reason. Activation is based on legit product code
with W7 or W8. If you don't like W10 you can downgrade to previous
version but it has time limit, Once the limit is passed you can't downgrade.

W10 activation issue
 

On Tue, 22 Dec 2015 14:57:06 -0700, Tony Hwang
wrote:

W10 can be upgraded from W7 or W8.1(if W8, going to W8.1 is free which
is just bunch of upgrade) Then you upgrade either system to W10, if not
possible (like your box is not new enough) it will go back to where it
was saying what's the reason. Activation is based on legit product code
with W7 or W8. If you don't like W10 you can downgrade to previous
version but it has time limit, Once the limit is passed you can't downgrade.

I'm aware of this. Just reluctant jumping from Win7 to Win10. We
still have time before the free upgrade expires.

W10 activation issue
 

On 2015-12-22 5:08 PM, Oren wrote:
On Tue, 22 Dec 2015 14:57:06 -0700, Tony Hwang
wrote:

W10 can be upgraded from W7 or W8.1(if W8, going to W8.1 is free which
is just bunch of upgrade) Then you upgrade either system to W10, if not
possible (like your box is not new enough) it will go back to where it
was saying what's the reason. Activation is based on legit product code
with W7 or W8. If you don't like W10 you can downgrade to previous
version but it has time limit, Once the limit is passed you can't downgrade.

I'm aware of this. Just reluctant jumping from Win7 to Win10. We
still have time before the free upgrade expires.

Yep, you can wait for a couple months, and a newer build, if you are not
adventurous, that is the route to take. In the meantime, do your
research of your machine(s) and what you consider critical software in
case anything breaks.

--
Froz...

Quando omni flunkus, moritati

W10 activation issue
 

On Tue, 22 Dec 2015 16:48:32 -0500, FrozenNorth
wrote:

On 2015-12-22 4:39 PM, Oren wrote:
On Tue, 22 Dec 2015 15:07:31 -0500, FrozenNorth
wrote:

BTW - what is the current build number?

10586.36

Thanks.

11082.1000 here, but I am on the insiders program.

Is it free by just signing up? I'm guessing they are "preview" builds
you can activate. Buggy or stable versions?

Yep, free for the singup, they are beta builds, I have seen little odd
things, but no show stoppers, I seem to be getting a new entire build
every month or two.

They have three rings, Fast, Slow and Release, Fast is a bit more
bleeding edge, I am on that, but as I said, so far so good. Slow is
after the fast testing has happened, and will not get every build,
Release is obvious.

Is it possible to move from Vista 64 bit to Win10 64 bit and get
around that limitation? Saying I start with a clean install?

W10 activation issue
 

On 2015-12-22 5:14 PM, Oren wrote:
On Tue, 22 Dec 2015 16:48:32 -0500, FrozenNorth
wrote:

On 2015-12-22 4:39 PM, Oren wrote:
On Tue, 22 Dec 2015 15:07:31 -0500, FrozenNorth
wrote:

BTW - what is the current build number?

10586.36

Thanks.

11082.1000 here, but I am on the insiders program.

Is it free by just signing up? I'm guessing they are "preview" builds
you can activate. Buggy or stable versions?

Yep, free for the singup, they are beta builds, I have seen little odd
things, but no show stoppers, I seem to be getting a new entire build
every month or two.

They have three rings, Fast, Slow and Release, Fast is a bit more
bleeding edge, I am on that, but as I said, so far so good. Slow is
after the fast testing has happened, and will not get every build,
Release is obvious.

Is it possible to move from Vista 64 bit to Win10 64 bit and get
around that limitation? Saying I start with a clean install?

I am not even sure you can upgrade directly from Vista to Win 10 for
free, or at all, I did see with a quick google that you can download a
Win 10 ISO file, burn to DVD and do a fresh install, but you would lose
everything.

--
Froz...

Quando omni flunkus, moritati

W10 activation issue
 

Tony Hwang explained on 12/22/2015 :
Eagle wrote:
Mark Lloyd wrote on 12/22/2015 :
On 12/22/2015 07:07 AM, Eagle wrote:
wiped My HD and tried to load W7 ultimate, but the built-in modem will
not load. I then loaded w10 and tried to use My W7 activation to
activate W10, and was refused. W10 works, but get the activation
reminder on the desktop.

Any thoughts on working this issue?

As to "the built-in modem will not load", I suppose you mean the
driver for a "soft modem" that requires software.

As to activation, I'm wondering how much you actually lose by not
having W10 activated (other than that reminder).

So far I don't see much other than no beg to activate.
I'm thinking on installing My 40 gig HD and run linux. The new builds
look like they work more better now.

If you don't activate it, you don't get update, etc. You could just update w7
to W10, if it can't it'll put back every back to W7.
Modem? You use it for faxing or modem? All my desk top, laptops updated to
W10 without a hitch. I manually updated to have triboot(Linux, W7, W10) I
need W7 and IE to flash blade for remote starter kit. If you call MS, no warm
body answers, just follow thru accordig to the prerecorded message, you
better have good hearing and good typing speed or you'll spend quite a while
to finish the process.

Already done Tony. I like W7 more better, but I'm getting used to W10.
I like Edge over IE for sure. I use Chrome as well so IE doesn't get
used. I had an issue with email, but cured that by going with T-Bird.
All in all W10 gets the job done Ya Ya!

W10 activation issue
 

On Tue, 22 Dec 2015 17:28:14 -0500, FrozenNorth
wrote:

I am not even sure you can upgrade directly from Vista to Win 10 for
free, or at all, I did see with a quick google that you can download a
Win 10 ISO file, burn to DVD and do a fresh install, but you would lose
everything.

My wife has some "sewing" software that may not be compatible. (her
Vista machine) Everything else would work if I'm correct. I could
check if it runs in "some" compatibility mode before I make the jump.

Or leave it alone for now. All she does is turn the machine on and
expects everything to work :)