Windows 10: Windows 10 Build 10074 Expected at BUILD 2015

You seem to have the final word. Windows should, or could, or maybe will be, or maybe will be soon, or sometime in the future, maybe, or should anyway, become available, if it's finished, or when it's finished, or when it's maybe finished, if ever, and clean installs aren't necessary.
That clears things up immensely and I hope you don't mind if I quote you?

 

ROGER!! Check your PM and unblock if necessary.

 

I don't think he was actually asking for a link.... He was asking about the hypothetical final media.

 

Got it, thanks. I have the link but I'm still wondering which of the MS interpretations I should believe.
A logical train of thought and the ability to read answers all the questions posed to date but there is still no consensus?
and, I might add, there's no point in burdening some people with facts. Conjecture makes for a much more interesting conversation! YMMV

 

The way I see it one will have to go the upgrade route in order to qualify for the free upgrade and this will have to be done by the use of Windows Update. If you want a clean install, you probably will have to purchase an Insatll DVD from MS or your favorite retailer.

 

Meebers, I'm not sure, but if Build 10074 is released next week (crossing fingers, toes, hair, eyes) then those on the slow ring who have 10049 installed probably won't get 10061, since by that time, it'll be "obsolete". *Smile

As someone else has already said, Build 10056 wasn't "official" and won't be offered. Sooooo, at the moment, you're as up to date as any of us are.

I know the feeling of certain things being disabled (my Brother MFC-J825DW printer was disabled in (I think) 10049 and even with the clean install of 10061, it's still disabled. I'm going to have to find time today to work with that.

Also, there are issues with my browser(s) that I'll post in a new thread when I finish checking things out. Videos play in one or the other, but not consistently in one or the other. *Sad This one may play three things, but miss the fourth or fifth. That one may not play this or that, but will play others.

 

here a video of build 10074

[youtube]mTVWj3dZFSo[/youtube]

 

Sorry you are having difficulty regarding my post, I will try to explain.
Fact = "must"
As the final release is to be free only for those computers already installed with either W7 or W8.1.
Common sense dictates that it "must" be possible for M$ to confirm that only existing computers with the above O/S`s are eligible for an upgrade otherwise everyone no matter what O/S they had could claim a freebie.Therefore upgrading is the way to do it.

Hypothetical. note:- "should" or "perhaps" = might = maybe.
Media "should" still be available to purchase either through the M$ website to be downloaded, or "perhaps" DVD,s or USB memory sticks for laptops without DVD,s at computer shops, though it would not surprise me if M$ only permitted the sale of the software was only available from them.

Only when M$ release the finished product, will they announce how to obtain the O/S.

 

You may be right; you may be wrong. I'm not going to argue the issue with you; however, there is one thing that will happen with my computers:

In the event I can only get Windows 10 through an upgrade, no matter how inconvenient, every one of my computers will have a very clean, very fresh installation of Windows 7 or 8.1 (depending on the number of licenses I have) with nothing else installed! Nothing!

Dunno what a doddle is.

I believe this is an inaccurate statement. I let Build 10061 upgrade from Build 10049. As with many others here, I couldn't open apps from the Start Menu. Things were a pretty big mess. So, I created an ISO from the ESD file in Build 10061 and did a clean install. Every one of my apps on the Start Menu open when I click on them! I can guarantee you that I had not been messing around in my Registry, although I do when necessary or feasible. Build 10049 was an update and so was the first install of Build 10061; therefore, it's pretty much a given that my computer wasn't and is not compromised.

I've been thinking a lot about those who tell us we shouldn't go into the registry; that Microsoft doesn't want us to do that . . . My contention is that if we shouldn't work within the Registry, then Microsoft would have closed it off to us, as they have many other things Windows.

Right click the Start Window, click on Run and type Regedit in the little window that shows. Is there a warning? I didn't see one. When I press Enter, I am immediately taken into the Registry. I can then go in and do what I need to do.

Key words here are Others like myself have updated . . . I agree that many have updated from day one without issue; however, there seem to be many more unlike yourself that have not been able to update without issue, whether it be one build or another.

When testing Microsoft product (or any other company's product), nothing is black or white. We will always have green, yellow, red, purple, etc. That's just the nature of the beast.

 

It will be interesting to see if you have any problems when upgrading to the next iteration after a clean install on 061?
Perhaps something allowing an update could be missing which might be a reason for so many members having upgrading problems.
Keep us updated.

 

Absolutely, Alpha. Although it's a pain in the tookus, after each update, I use the ESD file to create an ISO so I can get the full benefit of the build.

Notably, a clean install of Build 10061 has eliminated the worst bugs so far. *Smile

 

Windows 10 Build 10074 - Now live - Announcements - OSBetaArchive



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Of course not, Roger. You should be able to buy an OEM copy of Windows 10.

 

OK, I'm putting myself at risk of being attacked here for not knowing what I'm talking about, but . . . *Smile

There is not one of us here unless he/she is a Microsoft employee and who is on the Windows 10 Team who actually knows exactly what Microsoft has in mind or will require once Windows 10 is released.

And that's a fact, Jack . . . errr, ummm, I mean Roger.

 

Smart, Gary. Guess I should do that with my licenses too.