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Beat me to it. *Biggrin

I've just read that article.

:)

 

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Greg

 

Thanks for that, some things there I am looking forward to trying

 

After reading this article all I can say is WOW the idea of being able to upgrade and allow everything to stay basically in place regardless of what OS (7, 8, 8.1) is going to be a great deal of work. And, if it doesn't work on all computer setups is going to cause a lot of whining. Just can't wait. Will have to stock up on popcorn and Diet Pepsi for some really fun future reading. (Hope this wakes sense am having head problems at present.)

 

It might be a nice idea in theory, but it apparently doesn't even work between builds of W10.

People have reported that various weird glitches have been solved by clean installs (just like in the "old" days).

MS should:

• Abandon the idea of storing program settings in the Registry (i.e. all programs treated as portable)
• Provide a Windows Settings Import/Export tool (e.g. an xml file)

IMO, it's ironic that the Registry’s main function (DRM) even prevents MS from being able to make in-place upgrades work.

 

Just wondering how long people thank ISO's will be around. The days of what some like to refer to as clean installs are looking to become a dead issue. It would appear that Microsoft is looking to do away with install media in favor a the internet. As for businesses I am sure if necessary they will work with them with VL for install media. It just makes sense for them to do so in order to cut down on pirating of their OS, and Office software. Apple has come along way in doing just this though not quite there.

 

Except that it will have no effect on piracy.
Like all DRM schemes, the only people affected by this will be legitimate customers.

Anyone who has the ability to crack Windows can easily create an ISO file from the ESD file (all it does is add an extra step).

The only effect will be bad press for MS, as a result of people's PCs failing to upgrade successfully.

 

I think that preventing piracy is simply an excuse. In fact, complicated activation schemes are only helping the pirates as it is often much easier to use some crack that go through the procedure set up by the software company even if you paid for the software. Subscriptions may have the same effect or worth - I will not upgrade to a new version of any software if a subscription will be required.

 

I'm one that doesn't care for upgrades.
I like a complete clean install of a operating system on its own drive.
I would rather just buy a DVD with a COA and be done with all the B/S.
Then I would have a Microsoft DVD and COA I can keep forever.
Every thing on the DVD from Microsoft to do anything from Repair Install or what ever.

 

Hi there

Great in theory -- Make sure you have PLENTY OF BACKUPS for each stage of the operation.

My main concern with these sort of "Dumbed Down" one-click type of updates that IF (and WHEN) they DO fail they are invariably next to impossible to fix.

I like the idea but I hope some of the people who design this stuff have tested them out where things FAIL - from HDD being full to Internet connection broken halfway through download etc etc.

What these people should do is BE LOCKED IN A ROOM with Nothing to eat or drink until they've tested this and provided good roll back facilities in case something breaks.

I like the idea in principle but if the roll back facilities are missing there's going to be a huge extra amount of unnecessary work for people to do in fixing these computers.

Cheers
jimbo

 

Some people seem to forget they're testing an ALPHA level product here.. things are going to fail.. that's the purpose of you testing it. So that (hopefully) when the final is released consumers won't have those problems.

Of course, that's likely wishful thinking, but they probably said that about a lot of things. For instance, at one point in time they probably said "It's wishful thinking that you can own a car without being your own mechanic" or "It's wishful thinking that a car could start itself" or "It's wishful thinking that cars will be able to drive themselves" and all that has either happened or is happening... sure, it might fail at first... it may even fail a lot... but eventually the problems get ironed out.

Congratulations, you've just suggested the very thing Microsoft has been doing since the invention of .net in 2001.

Ever heard of manifest files? .config files? WinRT is largely XML or JSON file based.

Even a company with Microsoft's resources can't throw away legacy code the size of Windows without years and years of slowly upgrading it.

 

The only way I see this happening is if you had a chip with the OS on it (Like a USB drive). There are too many home built systems, SSD drives, HD drives, or people without internet, that don't come with pre-installed OS.

I think ISO or something close will be around for quite sometime.

 

We get electronic updates all the time - how is this any different (other than size)

ISO aren't used to update, they can be, but it's just a file packing standard.

Electronic Software Delivery (ESD) has been around in different forms and by different names for a long time. Think Digital River (Tiramisu, a data recovery application, was my first from DR back in the 90s)

->Mr. E: I would love it if MS threw away legacy code. I'm amazed how far back Windows supports. Yeah - scrap the past and make a solid new beginning. Oh wait - they're trying to do that.

*Wink

Bill
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