BigPapaDean Posted July 30, 2015 Member ID: 1128 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 78 Topic Count: 1197 Topics Per Day: 0.23 Content Count: 6521 Content Per Day: 1.26 Reputation: 4407 Achievement Points: 63388 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 5 Joined: 02/13/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: 13 hours ago Birthday: 10/21/1954 Device: Windows Share Posted July 30, 2015 In all likelihood, if you do not perform an in-place upgrade, and if you have an OEM license, you will need to install and activate the download with the OEM key, therefore perpetuating the OEM license. From what I understand, if you do an in-place upgrade, you are effectively converting your OEM license to a Retail license. Then later, you can use the new Retail key to install Win10 wherever you want - including on a new computer or a rebuild. This is what I have read, but the reality is actually up to MS. Are you saying if I do an upgrade instead of a clean install it should work? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
KingStinger! Posted July 30, 2015 Member ID: 2465 Group: +++ Minecraft Head Admin Followers: 30 Topic Count: 170 Topics Per Day: 0.04 Content Count: 1818 Content Per Day: 0.38 Reputation: 1937 Achievement Points: 14559 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 2 Joined: 05/06/11 Status: Offline Last Seen: Yesterday at 02:40 PM Birthday: 04/17/1972 Device: Windows Share Posted July 30, 2015 How do i know when its ready or where do i find the upgrade.? Im not doing on my main PC yet but im going to do it on my laptop to check it out. But when i click the little icon thingy on the task bar, it only tells me ive reserved and will be notified when its ready.. LOCO 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
LOCO Posted July 30, 2015 Member ID: 465 Group: +++ COD4 Head Admin Followers: 59 Topic Count: 355 Topics Per Day: 0.07 Content Count: 2099 Content Per Day: 0.39 Reputation: 2497 Achievement Points: 19349 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 21 Joined: 09/20/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: 34 minutes ago Birthday: 02/09/1977 Device: Windows Share Posted July 30, 2015 (edited) @KingStinger! download the tool here theres a 32 bit and a 64 bit tool to download it http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows10?OCID=WIP_r_Win10_Body_AddPC then pick which one you want You Can 1.install it 2.put it on usb drive 3.make a iso Edited July 30, 2015 by LOCO KingStinger! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
KingStinger! Posted July 30, 2015 Member ID: 2465 Group: +++ Minecraft Head Admin Followers: 30 Topic Count: 170 Topics Per Day: 0.04 Content Count: 1818 Content Per Day: 0.38 Reputation: 1937 Achievement Points: 14559 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 2 Joined: 05/06/11 Status: Offline Last Seen: Yesterday at 02:40 PM Birthday: 04/17/1972 Device: Windows Share Posted July 30, 2015 Ok thanks @@LOCO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
LOCO Posted July 30, 2015 Member ID: 465 Group: +++ COD4 Head Admin Followers: 59 Topic Count: 355 Topics Per Day: 0.07 Content Count: 2099 Content Per Day: 0.39 Reputation: 2497 Achievement Points: 19349 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 21 Joined: 09/20/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: 34 minutes ago Birthday: 02/09/1977 Device: Windows Share Posted July 30, 2015 im downloading both pro and home 32 and 64bit i also found this http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/microsoft-will-allow-clean-installation-windows-10-after-free-upgrade-no-product-key-required-1504362 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
Mossticles Posted July 30, 2015 Member ID: 21410 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 8 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 88 Content Per Day: 0.03 Reputation: 77 Achievement Points: 613 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 10/07/14 Status: Offline Last Seen: June 18, 2023 Birthday: 04/14/1972 Device: Windows Share Posted July 30, 2015 Afaik you can do a clean install when you upgrade 1st and after that do a clean install. On the same machine you don't need a product key - MS knows your computer already. If you want to install it on another machine you need to find out the Windows 10 key after the upgrade. For example with Windows Product Key Viewer. I haven't installed or upgraded Windows 10 yet. I don't know if there is another way to find the product key after the upgrade. To those who have installed or upgraded already, do you need to create or sign in to a MS account? It wasn't necessary to do so with 8 or 8.1. Especially not when you installed Windows offline. I would rather not have a MS account. hxtr 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
LOCO Posted July 30, 2015 Member ID: 465 Group: +++ COD4 Head Admin Followers: 59 Topic Count: 355 Topics Per Day: 0.07 Content Count: 2099 Content Per Day: 0.39 Reputation: 2497 Achievement Points: 19349 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 21 Joined: 09/20/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: 34 minutes ago Birthday: 02/09/1977 Device: Windows Share Posted July 30, 2015 You can run the following command in CMD to find the product key associated with your Windows installation: paste this in cmd prompt to retrive your product key i used this on win 8 should still work on win 10 wmic path softwarelicensingservice get OA3xOriginalProductKey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
BigPapaDean Posted July 30, 2015 Member ID: 1128 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 78 Topic Count: 1197 Topics Per Day: 0.23 Content Count: 6521 Content Per Day: 1.26 Reputation: 4407 Achievement Points: 63388 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 5 Joined: 02/13/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: 13 hours ago Birthday: 10/21/1954 Device: Windows Share Posted July 30, 2015 You can run the following command in CMD to find the product key associated with your Windows installation: paste this in cmd prompt to retrive your product key i used this on win 8 should still work on win 10 wmic path softwarelicensingservice get OA3xOriginalProductKey I tried it and it didn't work on my 8.1 version Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
X-RayXI Posted July 30, 2015 Member ID: 133 Group: ++++ Senior Admin Followers: 77 Topic Count: 602 Topics Per Day: 0.11 Content Count: 6888 Content Per Day: 1.29 Reputation: 1371 Achievement Points: 44109 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 3 Joined: 09/02/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: Yesterday at 01:03 PM Birthday: 12/12/1971 Device: Windows Share Posted July 30, 2015 Or you go here: http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/product_cd_key_viewer.html Going to clone my disks today and 3 times of my OS, to a small drive. The Game-HHD is to be cloned to my External USB Drive, once per 6 months. For Multiplayer, a SSD makes no benefit as you always wait for others. hxtr 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
X-RayXI Posted July 30, 2015 Member ID: 133 Group: ++++ Senior Admin Followers: 77 Topic Count: 602 Topics Per Day: 0.11 Content Count: 6888 Content Per Day: 1.29 Reputation: 1371 Achievement Points: 44109 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 3 Joined: 09/02/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: Yesterday at 01:03 PM Birthday: 12/12/1971 Device: Windows Share Posted July 30, 2015 The tool for 64 BITS ONLY !!!! Or use the link above: Check attachment. produkey-x64.zip Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
Krackennutz Posted July 30, 2015 Member ID: 22889 Group: ** Registered Users Followers: 1 Topic Count: 65 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 348 Content Per Day: 0.11 Reputation: 412 Achievement Points: 2824 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 1 Joined: 07/14/15 Status: Offline Last Seen: April 13 Device: Windows Share Posted July 30, 2015 (edited) that file is 5.79gb did it yesterday......... if you want to force W10 to down load its simple, open CDM as Administrator and type wuauclt.exe/updatenow, [before you do this make sure you have all windows updates done] now open windows update and check....... If it does not work make sure your updates has this in there or it wont work period KB3035583,without it you cannot force the update and so far my win10 broke couldn't get tiles or some of taskbar to work in end had to restore it,to get them back Edited July 30, 2015 by Krackennutz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LOCO Posted July 30, 2015 Member ID: 465 Group: +++ COD4 Head Admin Followers: 59 Topic Count: 355 Topics Per Day: 0.07 Content Count: 2099 Content Per Day: 0.39 Reputation: 2497 Achievement Points: 19349 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 21 Joined: 09/20/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: 34 minutes ago Birthday: 02/09/1977 Device: Windows Share Posted July 30, 2015 (edited) I tried it and it didn't work on my 8.1 version try this tool i made last night all it does is put the wmic path softwarelicensingservice get OA3xOriginalProductKey in the cmd i only tested on my pc and it works http://wickedhq.com/xi/locostools/Windows%20Key.zip tested my program on win 10 and gives me my old win 8 key so this only works on win 8 Edited July 31, 2015 by LOCO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
LOCO Posted July 31, 2015 Member ID: 465 Group: +++ COD4 Head Admin Followers: 59 Topic Count: 355 Topics Per Day: 0.07 Content Count: 2099 Content Per Day: 0.39 Reputation: 2497 Achievement Points: 19349 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 21 Joined: 09/20/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: 34 minutes ago Birthday: 02/09/1977 Device: Windows Share Posted July 31, 2015 win 10 product key registry location is HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\SoftwareProtectionPlatform under BackupProductKeyDefault Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
Mossticles Posted July 31, 2015 Member ID: 21410 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 8 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 88 Content Per Day: 0.03 Reputation: 77 Achievement Points: 613 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 10/07/14 Status: Offline Last Seen: June 18, 2023 Birthday: 04/14/1972 Device: Windows Share Posted July 31, 2015 (edited) About MS Accounts and Win 10: To answer my earlier question myself ... Apparently you can still install Win10 with a local account - good. On the page where you can login with your MS Account click "Don't have an account" and on the next page choose "local account" - or install Win10 disconnected from the internet. No MS Account needed - that means no data being sent to MS SpyDrive. If you have already installed 10 with MS account and you don't want that, you can disconnect from it in the user settings and create a local account. Edited July 31, 2015 by M0stlyHarmless Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
Damage_inc- Posted July 31, 2015 Member ID: 2048 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 294 Topics Per Day: 0.06 Content Count: 6689 Content Per Day: 1.37 Reputation: 4709 Achievement Points: 48999 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 5 Joined: 12/15/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: November 29, 2023 Birthday: 05/30/1967 Device: Windows Share Posted July 31, 2015 you of all people should know its spyware..its probably gonna be featured on infowars soon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
Labob Posted July 31, 2015 Member ID: 42 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 50 Topic Count: 338 Topics Per Day: 0.06 Content Count: 8265 Content Per Day: 1.54 Reputation: 5977 Achievement Points: 53618 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 12 Joined: 09/01/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: 2 hours ago Birthday: 01/30/1959 Device: Windows Share Posted July 31, 2015 (edited) From Dj's post that I lost . From the winsupersite http://winsupersite.com/windows-10/windows-10-clean-install-using-media-creation-tool#slide-0-field_images-57241 The other way to clean install from a valid Windows 7 or 8.1 system is to use the same media creation tool but instead of creating a USB drive to boot from just select the option to Upgrade this PC now. That will download the Windows 10 ISO and begin the upgrade directly in the current OS. I then selected to keep nothing from the Windows 7 OS in this case so that meant no settings, files or anything was transferred into the new Windows 10 installation. I was also prompted to go through the entire Out Of Box Experience (OOBE) by selecting my basic settings including logging in with my Microsoft Account. When I logged into the desktop it was a clean installation of Windows 10 with only my info provided during OOBE there. This was such a clean install that the Recovery option that is normally available for 30 days after upgrading Windows 7 or 8.1 was not even present. I then checked the system page and it showed Windows 10 was activated and ready to go. There is no reason to believe this same process would not work with a properly activated Windows 8.1 system as well. See the screenshot gallery for a walkthrough of the entire process. Let us know how your own upgrade situations go in the comments below. I added the winsupersite link Edited July 31, 2015 by Labob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
HarryWeezer Posted July 31, 2015 Member ID: 20166 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 40 Topic Count: 611 Topics Per Day: 0.16 Content Count: 7652 Content Per Day: 1.98 Reputation: 7228 Achievement Points: 53663 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 36 Joined: 10/04/13 Status: Offline Last Seen: March 16 Birthday: 10/16/1946 Device: Windows Share Posted July 31, 2015 In-place upgrade from 8.1 on an Alienware X51 with no issues whatsoever. I like the feel of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
Uranium Posted July 31, 2015 Member ID: 22485 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 11 Topic Count: 11 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 245 Content Per Day: 0.07 Reputation: 151 Achievement Points: 1588 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 03/26/15 Status: Offline Last Seen: Friday at 11:33 PM Birthday: 06/26/1983 Device: Windows Share Posted July 31, 2015 Microsoft just makes it better and better http://www.neowin.net/news/microsoft-is-using-customersbandwidth-to-deliver-windows-updates If any of yall have limited bandwidth, you may want to consider disabling that little feature Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
Mule Posted July 31, 2015 Member ID: 390 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 32 Topic Count: 410 Topics Per Day: 0.08 Content Count: 4251 Content Per Day: 0.80 Reputation: 3050 Achievement Points: 35625 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 7 Joined: 09/14/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: Thursday at 09:17 PM Birthday: 05/08/1959 Device: Windows Share Posted July 31, 2015 Ok I have 8.1 should I do the 10? And prob need help I dont want to fuck it up! Who want to help me? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
Merlin007 Posted July 31, 2015 Member ID: 2068 Group: +++ COD5 Head Admin Followers: 69 Topic Count: 1073 Topics Per Day: 0.22 Content Count: 8434 Content Per Day: 1.73 Reputation: 7292 Achievement Points: 74918 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 64 Joined: 12/25/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: 8 hours ago Birthday: 05/23/1973 Device: Android Share Posted July 31, 2015 @@Labob , with the clean install, did you also have to reinstall your other software again? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
Labob Posted July 31, 2015 Member ID: 42 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 50 Topic Count: 338 Topics Per Day: 0.06 Content Count: 8265 Content Per Day: 1.54 Reputation: 5977 Achievement Points: 53618 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 12 Joined: 09/01/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: 2 hours ago Birthday: 01/30/1959 Device: Windows Share Posted July 31, 2015 I have not done it yet but that is the procedure I will follow. And yes after the clean install you will have to reload anything you want to use again. Nice fresh start. I promise myself I will not use my main hard drive to test any other programs. Or load any other useless apps that I think are cool. No more clogged Os I promise Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
Merlin007 Posted July 31, 2015 Member ID: 2068 Group: +++ COD5 Head Admin Followers: 69 Topic Count: 1073 Topics Per Day: 0.22 Content Count: 8434 Content Per Day: 1.73 Reputation: 7292 Achievement Points: 74918 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 64 Joined: 12/25/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: 8 hours ago Birthday: 05/23/1973 Device: Android Share Posted July 31, 2015 I just completed the upgrade without issue so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
7Toes Posted July 31, 2015 Member ID: 87 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 57 Topic Count: 98 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 3789 Content Per Day: 0.71 Reputation: 3589 Achievement Points: 27249 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 7 Joined: 09/02/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: March 18, 2022 Birthday: 04/02/1871 Share Posted July 31, 2015 since i had win7 pro i recieved win 10 pro nice Merlin007 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
X-RayXI Posted July 31, 2015 Member ID: 133 Group: ++++ Senior Admin Followers: 77 Topic Count: 602 Topics Per Day: 0.11 Content Count: 6888 Content Per Day: 1.29 Reputation: 1371 Achievement Points: 44109 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 3 Joined: 09/02/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: Yesterday at 01:03 PM Birthday: 12/12/1971 Device: Windows Share Posted July 31, 2015 Just a small thing, if you own a XBox, you can use that login. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
Merlin007 Posted July 31, 2015 Member ID: 2068 Group: +++ COD5 Head Admin Followers: 69 Topic Count: 1073 Topics Per Day: 0.22 Content Count: 8434 Content Per Day: 1.73 Reputation: 7292 Achievement Points: 74918 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 64 Joined: 12/25/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: 8 hours ago Birthday: 05/23/1973 Device: Android Share Posted July 31, 2015 since i had win7 pro i recieved win 10 pro nice Dido. Was nice to see that was automatic based on the current version of OS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
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