Windows 10: Have the requirements changed for Windows 10 without warning?

I had an issue recently when a piece of software ( a driver down-loader/updater...Driver Pack Solution) dropped Avast Anti virus on my Windows 10 system. I used Revo Uninstall to rid the system of the AV, and the left over items that could not be cleared required a restart. (This was after the advanced scan by Revo). Upon restart Windows 10 hung on the screen Please Wait with the spinning balls and refused , despite a heck of a lot of disk activity to load up and run with a desktop. So , thankfully I hadn't got rid of it, I decided to re-install my OEM Windows & ultimate and do an upgrade... Now the original Windows 10 was Home on a Digital licence right, and it was working perfectly with my Wireless Dongle to connect tom our Wireless router... Every time I try to upgrade or re-install Windows ten. The initial checks say everything is fine... Then at what should be initialisation of Windows 10 I get the error that my Wireless LAN does not meet Windows 10 requirements and it undoes the upgrade, and I have to cancel the damn thing twice to get out of it. What have Microsoft done now? Is this some ploy to get me to Buy a copy of Windows 10 or a licence? The system was working perfectly fine till that ruddy Avast screwed it up. And I never once got any indication while I was using it that there was anything wrong. 10 accepted all the components of my system. I even tried the Media Creation tool... No such luck there also. I need access to my X Box live account so I can get some stored data from a game I was playing on-line. I can't access that from Windows 7 as it is no longer supported. Anyone got any Ideas as to what the heck is going on? I am an IT Tech and its's even got me baffled. I even had issues when I used a conventional LAN network cable directly to the router. Windows 10 then insisted that the computer's NIC was not up to scratch... EXCUSE ME IT BLOODY WELL IS, and we have a very decent Broadband connection thank you. Trying to contact Microsoft just got me a message that Windows 7 support has ended??? What the? It's time that Microsoft started listening to its customers instead of its marketing wallahs, its design people and their INEFFECTUAL PARTIALLY ILLITERATE PROGRAMMERS. Can anyone help?

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I Have The Requirements For Windows 10 But Don't See The Button

I have the requirements but down see the Get Windows 10 App. I did have an update that had it in it but I said remind me 10 minutes late and when i finshed 10 minutes later but nothing appeared. I do have windows 8.1. I really don't want to go out and buy
a new computer so please help me!

Thanks,

Jacob

 

I Have The Requirements For Windows 10 But Don't See The Button

Hi Jacob,

This worked for me and a lot of other people.

Copy and paste the batch file below the line.

Save it in a Notepad and Save as Win10Notif.bat

Save it on the Desktop.

Now Right-Click the file and Run as Admin.

While running in elevated Command Prompt, It shall tell you what to do along the way.

Note: Generally, Fix #'s 2 & 3 are most successful in getting the Get Windows 10 App to show.

Thanks and Good Luck!


_______________________________________________________________________________________________________

@echo off

title Windows 10 Missing Icon Fixes

goto foreward

:foreward

color 0b

cls

echo The methods inside this batch modify files and registry settings.

echo While they are tested and tend to work, I take no responsibility for the use of this file.

echo This batch is provided without warranty. Any damage caused is your own responsibility.

echo.

echo As well, batch files are almost always flagged by anti-virus, feel free to review the code if you're unsure.

echo.

echo If you understand the above, and accept - press any key to continue...

pause > NUL

goto elevatecheck

:elevatecheck

color 0c

cls

echo Checking for Administrator elevation...

echo.

echo.

openfiles > NUL 2>&1

if %errorlevel%==0 (

echo Elevation found! Proceeding...

goto vercheck

) else (

echo You are not running as Administrator...

echo This batch cannot do it's job without elevation!

echo.

echo Right-click and select ^'Run as Administrator^' and try again...

echo.

echo Press any key to exit...

pause > NUL

exit

)

:vercheck

color 0c

cls

echo Performing Pre-Checks...

for /f "tokens=4-5 delims=. " %%i in ('ver') do set version=%%i.%%j

if "%version%"=="6.3" set allow=1

if "%version%"=="6.1" set allow=1

if %allow%==1 goto warning

set allow=0

echo.

echo You did not pass the pre-requisites.

echo If you're running Windows 8, go install Windows 8.1 from the Store.

echo.

echo Press any key to exit.

pause > NUL

exit

:warning

color 0b

cls

echo Warning about qualifications...

echo.

echo.

echo Just because your version checks out, doesn't mean you're eligible for the free upgrade!

echo Notably, the following are not elibile for Windows 10 via Windows Update...

echo.

echo Windows 7 RTM

echo Windows 8

echo Windows 8.1 RTM

echo Windows RT

echo Windows Phone 8.0

echo.

echo Press any key to continue...

pause > NUL

goto menu

:menu

color 0b

cls

echo Main Menu

echo.

echo.

echo 1^) Check Update Status

echo 2^) Quick-Method #1 ^[JC from answers.microsoft.com^]

echo 3^) Quick-Method #2 ^[KevinStevens_845 from answers.microsoft.com^]

echo 4^) Long-Method #1 ^[Yaqub K from answers.microsoft.com^]

echo 5^) EXIT

echo.

set /p mmchoice=Selection:

if %mmchoice%==1 goto upstatus

if %mmchoice%==2 goto qm1

if %mmchoice%==3 goto qm2

if %mmchoice%==4 goto lm1

if %mmchoice%==5 exit

goto error

:error

color 0C

cls

echo Main Menu - Error!

echo.

echo.

echo You did not enter a valid entry.

echo.

echo Press any key to return to the main menu and try again.

pause > NUL

goto menu

:upstatus

cls

echo Checking for appropriate update installation status...

echo.

echo.

if "%version%"=="6.3" goto upstatus8

if "%version%"=="6.1" goto upstatus7

goto menu

:upstatus8

echo Windows 8^+ detected...

echo.

set upcheck=3035583

echo Checking for update KB%upcheck%...

dism /online /get-packages | findstr %upcheck% > NUL

if %errorlevel%==0 (

echo Update KB%upcheck% is installed!

set missupdate=0

) else (

echo Update KB%upcheck% is missing!

set missupdate=1

)

echo.

set upcheck=3035583

echo Checking for update KB%upcheck%...

dism /online /get-packages | findstr %upcheck% > NUL

if %errorlevel%==0 (

echo Update KB%upcheck% is installed!

) else (

echo Update KB%upcheck% is missing!

set /a missupdate=%missupdate%+1>NUL

)

echo.

echo.

if %missupdate%==0 (

echo You are not missing any updates, congratulations!

) else (

echo You are missing %missupdate% update^(s^).

)

echo Press any key to return to the main menu...

pause > NUL

goto menu

:upstatus7

echo Windows 7 detected...

echo.

set upcheck=3035583

echo Checking for update KB%upcheck%...

dism /online /get-packages | findstr %upcheck% > NUL

if %errorlevel%==0 (

echo Update KB%upcheck% is installed!

set missupdate=0

) else (

echo Update KB%upcheck% is missing!

set missupdate=1

)

echo.

set upcheck=2952664

echo Checking for update KB%upcheck%...

dism /online /get-packages | findstr %upcheck% > NUL

if %errorlevel%==0 (

echo Update KB%upcheck% is installed!

) else (

echo Update KB%upcheck% is missing!

set /a missupdate=%missupdate%+1>NUL

)

echo.

echo.

if %missupdate%==0 (

echo You are not missing any updates, congratulations!

) else (

echo You are missing %missupdate% update^(s^).

)

echo Press any key to return to the main menu...

pause > NUL

goto menu

:qm1

cls

echo Quick-Method #1 ^[JC from answers.microsoft.com^]

echo.

echo.

echo Updating registry...

reg add "HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\AppCompatFlags\UpgradeExperienceIndicators" /v UpgEx /t REG_SZ /d Green /f

echo Trying to launch notification tray application...

%SystemRoot%\System32\GWX\GWX.exe /taskLaunch

echo.

echo This method is now complete - and is also instant!

echo You should see the Windows 10 icon in your notification tray.

echo If you do not, return to the menu and try another method.

echo.

echo Press any key to return to the main menu...

pause > NUL

goto menu

:qm2

echo Quick-Method #2 ^[KevinStevens_845 from answers.microsoft.com^]

echo.

echo.

echo Trying to launch GWX task...

%SystemRoot%\System32\GWX\GWX.exe /taskLaunch

echo Trying to refresh GWX config...

%SystemRoot%\System32\GWX\GWXConfigManager.exe /RefreshConfig

echo.

echo This method is now complete - but it could take a few minutes.

echo In approximately 10 minutes you should see the Windows 10 icon in your notification tray.

echo If you do not, return to the menu and try another method.

echo.

echo Press any key to return to the main menu...

pause > NUL

goto menu

:lm1

cls

echo Long-Method #1 ^[Yaqub K from answers.microsoft.com^]

echo.

echo.

echo This method can take anywhere from 10 minutes on.

echo I've had this run up to 40 minutes during my tests...

echo.

echo This will loop for a while but please note...

echo If you see the ^"STATUS^" as anything but ^"RUNNING^", there is something wrong.

echo If that happens, close the batch file and start over. It may take a few times.

echo.

echo Further, due to the way this script was originally written, you may have to re-launch this batch to continue.

echo.

echo If you understand the above, press any key to continue.

pause > NUL

color 0c

cls

echo Work has begun...

REG QUERY "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\AppCompatFlags\UpgradeExperienceIndicators" /v UpgEx | findstr UpgEx

if "%errorlevel%"=="0" goto RunGWX

reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\AppCompatFlags\Appraiser" /v UtcOnetimeSend /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f

schtasks /run /TN "\Microsoft\Windows\Application Experience\Microsoft Compatibility Appraiser"

echo THIS MAY CAUSE A LOOP - CHECK FOR RUNNING STATUS!!! &echo THIS MAY CAUSE A LOOP - CHECK FOR RUNNING STATUS!!! &echo THIS MAY CAUSE A LOOP - CHECK FOR RUNNING STATUS!!!

:CompatCheckRunning

schtasks /query /TN "\Microsoft\Windows\Application Experience\Microsoft Compatibility Appraiser"

schtasks /query /TN "\Microsoft\Windows\Application Experience\Microsoft Compatibility Appraiser" | findstr Ready

if not "%errorlevel%"=="0" ping localhost > NUL &goto :CompatCheckRunning

:RunGWX

schtasks /run /TN "\Microsoft\Windows\Setup\gwx\refreshgwxconfig"

color 0b

cls

echo.

echo This method is now complete.

echo Reports show that this could take up to an hour to show the icon.

echo It is also recommended that you reboot your PC if it has not shown up after that hour wait.

echo.

echo If you do not see the notification tray icon, try another method.

echo If you are using this method last, please wait in the Microsoft Answers forums for a new answer.

echo.

echo Press any key to return to the main menu...

pause > NUL

goto menu

 

Have you tried using media creation tool create a DVD boot from that delete all partitions and do a clean install you don't need a serial number as its registered on ms servers install without wireless new wireless is so cheap get a new AC one

 

It would help if you updated your full system specs in your user profile, so we know exactly what hardware you have.

You might have a NIC that MS can't find a driver for. That is the hardware manufacturers fault, not MS. You can NOT use Windows 7 drivers for Windows 10. Some Windows 8.1 drivers might work on 10 but I highly recommend against this.

 

There is no need to reinstall the original OEM Windows, and upgrade all over again. You can do as Samuria advised and just do a clean install of the latest Windows 10 Build. Install the same Edition that you got via the upgrade and it will activate with the Digital License it already has stored on the activation server.
One thing to keep in mind is, even though its still called "Windows 10", each new build is in effect a new OS. As Windows gets newer with each build, and your hardware gets older with time, stuff may stop working due to a lack of drivers for the newest build.

 

I drive an 18 year old Acura 3.2TL with well over 110K miles on it and use an 8 year old PC which I have no intentions of getting rid of. As long as it boots, I will use it and if it can't , I will fix it if possible.

 

I tried that alphanumeric...No such luck same errors...Either WLAN usb dongle or Nic are not compatible with Windows 10. yet the initial tests that the the installer does said everything was fine, so where is it going wrong. I used media creation tool and that had the same result. the install gets all the way to the last initialisation and WHAM! the errors. I'm not the only person that is having this kind of issue. I am seriously now thinking of abandoning Windows and migrating to another OS. Microsoft's Support are NO help, they hear Windows 7 mentioned and you get "Windows 7 is no longer supported" and then on they don't seem to be interested. All because I removed an install that a Driver update tool installed of Avast free Anti Virus... My system was running perfect til then. After removal... 10 would hang during the boot and load on the Please Wait screen with the spinning balls. I left the machine like that all day and it never loaded the desktop. I wish I could repeat the message I sent Avast, but that would be heavily censored for public viewing. The Utility I used is Driverpack Solutions... And its always worked perfectly on all the machine builds I do to find and install the latest Motherboard drivers. It does have issues with some older MSI boards though, and that is partly down to the Sound Drivers that are now made by CMedia... Another company that has extremely poor customer support. I'll just have to stick with Windows & Ultimate till the matter is resolved, or move over to one of the better Linux builds.

 

The Tower is a Hodge-podge of various bits that were lying around..So specs are a little bit of a Frankenstein's monster. However As I had an OEM install of Windows 7 Ultimate on the system originally and that was working fine, I've had to revert to that. ALL attempts to now re-upgrade to 10 result in the same errors mentioned or some other bizarre spurious error. I did the initial upgrade to Windows 10 a year after the first roll out and it worked fine, did so and no issues with the NIC, the WLAN or anything else (Including the weirs Sound card I had in originally, but have since changed to the Motherboard on board sound system that is much better. Then I used a Driver Updater that I use to find all the Motherboard drivers that are needed for my builds, Driverpack Solution, and for some reason it installed Avast Anti Virus. I was trying out a new graphics card with better multi display outputs. And couldn't find the right driver myself. Oh the software found it and a load of other MB drivers that were outdated. My problems started when I removed Avast. So , with the original 10 on the system, I tried to reboot... 10 hung during load at the Pleas wait screen with the spinning balls... I left it all day and it never got past that point. hence the attempt to reinstall, And my eventual resort to re-installing the OEM Windows 7 Ultimate and the subsequent issues . I can see me abandoning Windows for a BETTER OS.

 

Have you tried installing 10 without the wireless dongle connected? You don't need network connectivity to do the install, just untick the 'check for updates' box.

Often such driver errors that cause a failed install only affect the actual install of Windows. You may well be able to install the device after the install has completed successfully.

 

@Lord zaeon

In order for us to diagnose your hardware compatibility issues, we need your system specs.

Here's what you could do:

• Download HWInfo Portable(direct link) (HWiNFO - Hardware Information, Analysis and Monitoring Tools)
• Extract the downloaded file hwi_574.zip
• Run the tool HWiNFO64.exe or if that did not work, then run HWiNFO32.exe
• Press Yes at the User Account Control prompt (if you get any)
• Click Run
  
  
  
• Close this Update dialog box
  
  
  
• Close the System Summary dialog box
  
  
  
• Press "Save Report"-button
  
  
  
• Select "Text logfile"-radiobutton and Press "Next"-button
  
  
  
• Press "Finish"-button
  
  
  
• Now come back here and write a new comment
• Press the "Go Advanced"-button
  
  
  
• Click the "Add Attachment"-button
  
  
  
• Click "Add Files"-button
  
  
  
• Click "Browse"-button
  
  
  
• Click the .log file that you created earlier and press "Open"-button
  
  
  
• Press "Insert inline (1)" and Press "DONE"
  
  
  
• Now your report should be attached here
• Press "Submit Reply" as usual
• Now we can analyze your hardware (Don't worry, no personal info about you will be delivered to us)

EXAMPLE LOG FILE:
ASUS-UX305CA-PU.LOG

 

It is always a good idea to have your necessary drivers handy on a flash drive before doing any OS install, especially network drivers.

Forget using third-party software. Know the hardware and get the drivers yourself, to be sure you have the right ones.

As for a better OS, if you think there's something easier to use than Windows 10, be my guest to try it. If you are getting stuck on a driver issue now, wait until you give Linux a try. You'll come to appreciate how easy Windows 10 is to use.

 

As an additional thought, it is possible the wireless LAN dongle isn't working because the Windows 10 install process isn't recognizing certain USB ports. Depending on your motherboard, some require a driver for additional USB ports that Windows 10 doesn't have built-in drivers for. It isn't scientific, but I've always found the ones below the RJ45 NIC port are usually the most likely to be detected.

 

Also, maybe roll back whatever drivers the third party driver updater installed, may well have installed the wrong drivers a problem that sometimes happens with third party driver updaters.

 

There is no good reason to install and use a driver installer program.

It`s just not needed.