Windows 10 Technical Preview - Insider Program

sajunky said:
What is memory footprint shortly after booting with this version?
On 130 there is more than 700MB and after opening/closing some Web pages it takes 1/1.1GB
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10130 has a few memory bugs that were taken care of in 10158. 10162 is apparently the leanest one on RAM so far. I've seen people claiming 5.62GB footprints after installation as well, on machines with 8GB of RAM. That's bloody impressive.
 
CataclysmZA said:
10130 has a few memory bugs that were taken care of in 10158. 10162 is apparently the leanest one on RAM so far. I've seen people claiming 5.62GB footprints after installation as well, on machines with 8GB of RAM. That's bloody impressive.
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Well, it wouldn't go so far on my machine with 2GB RAM. :)

What is your opinion about built-in mail client? How it compares with OE 6? Critical point is how it handle IMAP accounts offline.
 
I've been using the built-in "metro" mail client with my windows live account, so far so good, it's better than outlook express from the Windows XP days but doesn't compare to lets say Outlook, as a basic mail client it works well.

Needless to say though, there have been a few niggles and bugs which is to be expected.
 
I'm liking it more and more. The problem is, I think I'm going to have to go back to Win7, because my license is for Win7 Home Premium, and the preview edition is the Pro edition. Oh well.
 
Installed Windows10_InsiderPreview_x64_EN-GB_10162 yesterday on a oldish Lenovo laptop.
Used this to write the ISO to USB: https://rufus.akeo.ie/

So far so good. All seems to work, only had to manually install drivers for the SD card reader.
 
Ancalagon said:
I'm liking it more and more. The problem is, I think I'm going to have to go back to Win7, because my license is for Win7 Home Premium, and the preview edition is the Pro edition. Oh well.
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Im sure you can upgrade to Win 10 on Win 7 Home premium
 
Drifter said:
Im sure you can upgrade to Win 10 on Win 7 Home premium
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I can.

The problem is, I currently have a Win7 Home Premium license. Not a Win7 Professional license.

I currently have Win10 Professional (preview edition) installed. What happens when it comes time to activate it? Its going to want a professional license, not a home license.
 
Xzib1t said:
I've been using the built-in "metro" mail client with my windows live account, so far so good, it's better than outlook express from the Windows XP days but doesn't compare to lets say Outlook, as a basic mail client it works well.
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Thanks, but Microsoft servers use Airlink protocol. I am asking specifically about working offline with IMAP mailboxes, so Gmail/Yahoo comes to the mind when using IMAP (not POP), by example.
 
So I was wanting to upgrade to Windows 10 Insider Preview (build 10162), I thought I would get the Pro edition, turns out I will be upgraded to Home Preview :D Is there a way around this? I am upgrading from Windows 7 Home Premium

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koeks525 said:
So I was wanting to upgrade to Windows 10 Insider Preview (build 10162), I thought I would get the Pro edition, turns out I will be upgraded to Home Preview :D Is there a way around this? I am upgrading from Windows 7 Home Premium

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Your PC has SLIC 2.1 licence in BIOS for Windows 7 Home. When installing WinX on older computers with SLIC 2.0 (XP Pro or Vista) it installs Pro version. It might be also a difference when you do fresh installation vs. upgrade. Upgrade method behaves exactly as you describe, I saw it on someone else laptop.
What happen if after installation you change a key to the value from insider Web site?
Product key: 8N67H-M3CY9-QT7C4-2TR7M-TXYCV
 
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koeks525 said:
So I was wanting to upgrade to Windows 10 Insider Preview (build 10162), I thought I would get the Pro edition, turns out I will be upgraded to Home Preview :D Is there a way around this? I am upgrading from Windows 7 Home Premium
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If you nuke your install instead of an upgrade, you'll move to the Pro Preview instead. That's what I did for my netbook, even though it has a UEFI BIOS and a key stored in it for Windows 8 Core.
 
sajunky said:
What is your opinion about built-in mail client? How it compares with OE 6? Critical point is how it handle IMAP accounts offline.
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Its pretty.

That's about it, to be honest. Not much in the way of features, or anything really tantalising. Thunderbird is free, better, and supports extensions and offline IMAP accounts, AFAIK. I've actually moved to just using the web interfaces of the mail accounts I have, its far more convenient than installing a local app that I don't get the most out of.
 
Installed 10162 on a spare laptop. Damn looks good since I last tried 10.

Question about release. On my other pc's I have done the whole "register for a free copy", but what will happen with this laptop that now is already loaded with the insider preview?

When registering for the free copies on multiple machines, did you guys use the same email address or a different one for each?
 
faniedry said:
When registering for the free copies on multiple machines, did you guys use the same email address or a different one for each?
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I think it is for everybody, not just insiders. I don't know. I think you should switch to Microsoft account on each machine, to let MS know you are insider. No matter single or multiple account. Just disable cloud sync to save traffic, it is insane.
 
sajunky said:
I think it is for everybody, not just insiders. I don't know. I think you should switch to Microsoft account on each machine, to let MS know you are insider. No matter single or multiple account. Just disable cloud sync to save traffic, it is insane.
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Yeh, I know it is for everyone. My thinking is, will I get a free copy for each machine even if I used the same email address to register via the "Get Windows 10" icon in the notification area?
 
sajunky said:
Your PC has SLIC 2.1 licence in BIOS for Windows 7 Home. When installing WinX on older computers with SLIC 2.0 (XP Pro or Vista) it installs Pro version. It might be also a difference when you do fresh installation vs. upgrade. Upgrade method behaves exactly as you describe, I saw it on someone else laptop.
What happen if after installation you change a key to the value from insider Web site?
Product key: 8N67H-M3CY9-QT7C4-2TR7M-TXYCV
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That product key worked :) My laptop is the Dell XPS L502X and it did come with Windows 7 Home Premium 64-Bit installed.

I wanted to format my hard drive and install Windows 10, but then I saw my Android SDK takes 35GB and I am not at university now :(
 
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