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#1 ·
I received a notification from Microsoft that the free upgrade to Windows 10 will be coming soon. This will be a 3GB full version, not a trial. For those who applied for the free upgrade it will automatically downloaded to your PC and can be installed at the user's convenience.
 
#29 ·
James Long said:
I am happier with Win 7 than 8.1 ... if Win 10 is a free upgrade forever (not a lease after the first year) and runs like Win 7 I'll go for it. I do not want a subscription operating system (although the way work pays for licenses and support, they basically have been using a subscription operating system for years).
There won't be a fee after the first year. It's just that at this point if you don't upgrade within the first year, the upgrade won't be free after that.
 
#30 ·
I can't stand the whole flat/simple graphics look. all of the screen shots of seen of Windows 10 have the UI of what looks like Windows 3.1, especially the titles of windows.

Computers are getting more advanced than ever, especially with graphics, why do we keep going backwards in the graphics area??
 
#32 ·
mrknowitall526 said:
I can't stand the whole flat/simple graphics look. all of the screen shots of seen of Windows 10 have the UI of what looks like Windows 3.1, especially the titles of windows.

Computers are getting more advanced than ever, especially with graphics, why do we keep going backwards in the graphics area??
Flat is in, skeuomorphism is out. But I think the UI needs to be kept fairly simple.
 
#34 ·
mrknowitall526 said:
No built in DVD playback? What a terrible idea. there are plenty of people who have desktops with full DVD drives.
You must not be familiar with VLC Media Player.
 
#39 ·
harsh said:
I'd feel much safer in making that statement if Microsoft hadn't trademarked "Windows 365" recently.
What they may do is have the subscription for new features, etc. But a subscription to keep using Windows 10 as it is at that point or for security updates? No.

I will say that if they do that, it needs to be after things like the extension system is ready for Edge, etc.

Or it could just be that they trademarked it to get it. This happens all the time.
 
#41 ·
On your laptop, download CoreInfo
https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/cc835722.aspx

Run it from a command prompt

If it is 32 bit, look for a * by these lines:
NX
PAE
SSE2

64 bit:
CX16
LAHF-SAHF
PrefetchW (very bottom of the list)

I've also seen cases, at least with CX16 that the processor may support it, but not the motherboard.

If it detects the system as not compatible, you won't see the tray icon.
 
#42 ·
harsh said:
WMC wasn't part of Windows 8. The important difference is that WMC won't run on Windows 10.
So...The only way to play your Music Library with 10, is with a 3rd party program? All my music is WMA......
 
#44 ·
dpeters11 said:
You're confusing WMC (Windows Media Center) with WMP (Windows Media Player). WMC is being dropped, that supported DVR type functions for TV. WMC's UI was geared more for use on a TV.
OOPS...... :blush:
Thanks for pointing that out!!!
 
#46 ·
dpeters11 said:
Too many acronyms sometimes, and very close to each other in name, but not function :)
For sure. I used to always get mixed up on Composite and Component cables.
 
#47 ·
mrknowitall526 said:
I can't stand the whole flat/simple graphics look. all of the screen shots of seen of Windows 10 have the UI of what looks like Windows 3.1, especially the titles of windows.

Computers are getting more advanced than ever, especially with graphics, why do we keep going backwards in the graphics area??
That bothers me too. I've been using the Shell since I got 8.1. I never use the 8.1 interface...never. Not once since I installed the Shell.

Rich
 
#49 ·
bnwrx said:
So...The only way to play your Music Library with 10, is with a 3rd party program? All my music is WMA......
It is a pretty safe bet that Windows Media Player will be in there in some form but it is unknown whether or not it will be able to play DVDs directly.

Rather than risking Microsoft eventually pulling the rug out from under your setup, a third party media player might meet your needs. VLC Media Player plays WMAs just fine (and the latest versions run under Windows 10). Foobar2000 is also a powerful music player with ripping, tagging and volume leveling features.

Unless you're still using Zunes, I'd suggest looking into FLAC (lossless) or Vorbis (lossy) as there aren't any nagging questions about their future and they're probably a little more broadly supported.
 
#50 ·
dpeters11 said:
On your laptop, download CoreInfo
https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/cc835722.aspx

Run it from a command prompt

If it is 32 bit, look for a * by these lines:
NX
PAE
SSE2

64 bit:
CX16
LAHF-SAHF
PrefetchW (very bottom of the list)

I've also seen cases, at least with CX16 that the processor may support it, but not the motherboard.

If it detects the system as not compatible, you won't see the tray icon.
Thanks. I'm 64-bit and it looks like I have a star next to all 3. It's a Dell XPS M1330 with 4GB of memory.

D:\Coreinfo>coreinfo

Coreinfo v3.31 - Dump information on system CPU and memory topology
Copyright (C) 2008-2014 Mark Russinovich
Sysinternals - www.sysinternals.com

Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU T5800 @ 2.00GHz
Intel64 Family 6 Model 15 Stepping 13, GenuineIntel
Microcode signature: 000000A3
HTT * Hyperthreading enabled
HYPERVISOR - Hypervisor is present
VMX - Supports Intel hardware-assisted virtualization
SVM - Supports AMD hardware-assisted virtualization
X64 * Supports 64-bit mode

SMX - Supports Intel trusted execution
SKINIT - Supports AMD SKINIT

NX * Supports no-execute page protection
SMEP - Supports Supervisor Mode Execution Prevention
SMAP - Supports Supervisor Mode Access Prevention
PAGE1GB - Supports 1 GB large pages
PAE * Supports > 32-bit physical addresses
PAT * Supports Page Attribute Table
PSE * Supports 4 MB pages
PSE36 * Supports > 32-bit address 4 MB pages
PGE * Supports global bit in page tables
SS * Supports bus snooping for cache operations
VME * Supports Virtual-8086 mode
RDWRFSGSBASE - Supports direct GS/FS base access

FPU * Implements i387 floating point instructions
MMX * Supports MMX instruction set
MMXEXT - Implements AMD MMX extensions
3DNOW - Supports 3DNow! instructions
3DNOWEXT - Supports 3DNow! extension instructions
SSE * Supports Streaming SIMD Extensions
SSE2 * Supports Streaming SIMD Extensions 2
SSE3 * Supports Streaming SIMD Extensions 3
SSSE3 * Supports Supplemental SIMD Extensions 3
SSE4a - Supports Streaming SIMDR Extensions 4a
SSE4.1 - Supports Streaming SIMD Extensions 4.1
SSE4.2 - Supports Streaming SIMD Extensions 4.2

AES - Supports AES extensions
AVX - Supports AVX intruction extensions
FMA - Supports FMA extensions using YMM state
MSR * Implements RDMSR/WRMSR instructions
MTRR * Supports Memory Type Range Registers
XSAVE - Supports XSAVE/XRSTOR instructions
OSXSAVE - Supports XSETBV/XGETBV instructions
RDRAND - Supports RDRAND instruction
RDSEED - Supports RDSEED instruction

CMOV * Supports CMOVcc instruction
CLFSH * Supports CLFLUSH instruction
CX8 * Supports compare and exchange 8-byte instructions
CX16 * Supports CMPXCHG16B instruction
BMI1 - Supports bit manipulation extensions 1
BMI2 - Supports bit manipulation extensions 2
ADX - Supports ADCX/ADOX instructions
DCA - Supports prefetch from memory-mapped device
F16C - Supports half-precision instruction
FXSR * Supports FXSAVE/FXSTOR instructions
FFXSR - Supports optimized FXSAVE/FSRSTOR instruction
MONITOR * Supports MONITOR and MWAIT instructions
MOVBE - Supports MOVBE instruction
ERMSB - Supports Enhanced REP MOVSB/STOSB
PCLMULDQ - Supports PCLMULDQ instruction
POPCNT - Supports POPCNT instruction
LZCNT - Supports LZCNT instruction
SEP * Supports fast system call instructions
LAHF-SAHF * Supports LAHF/SAHF instructions in 64-bit mode
HLE - Supports Hardware Lock Elision instructions
RTM - Supports Restricted Transactional Memory instructions

DE * Supports I/O breakpoints including CR4.DE
DTES64 * Can write history of 64-bit branch addresses
DS * Implements memory-resident debug buffer
DS-CPL * Supports Debug Store feature with CPL
PCID - Supports PCIDs and settable CR4.PCIDE
INVPCID - Supports INVPCID instruction
PDCM * Supports Performance Capabilities MSR
RDTSCP - Supports RDTSCP instruction
TSC * Supports RDTSC instruction
TSC-DEADLINE - Local APIC supports one-shot deadline timer
TSC-INVARIANT - TSC runs at constant rate
xTPR * Supports disabling task priority messages

EIST * Supports Enhanced Intel Speedstep
ACPI * Implements MSR for power management
TM * Implements thermal monitor circuitry
TM2 * Implements Thermal Monitor 2 control
APIC * Implements software-accessible local APIC
x2APIC - Supports x2APIC

CNXT-ID - L1 data cache mode adaptive or BIOS

MCE * Supports Machine Check, INT18 and CR4.MCE
MCA * Implements Machine Check Architecture
PBE * Supports use of FERR#/PBE# pin

PSN - Implements 96-bit processor serial number

PREFETCHW * Supports PREFETCHW instruction

Maximum implemented CPUID leaves: 0000000A (Basic), 80000008 (Extended).

Logical to Physical Processor Map:
*- Physical Processor 0
-* Physical Processor 1

Logical Processor to Socket Map:
** Socket 0

Logical Processor to NUMA Node Map:
** NUMA Node 0

No NUMA nodes.

Logical Processor to Cache Map:
*- Data Cache 0, Level 1, 32 KB, Assoc 8, LineSize 64
*- Instruction Cache 0, Level 1, 32 KB, Assoc 8, LineSize 64
-* Data Cache 1, Level 1, 32 KB, Assoc 8, LineSize 64
-* Instruction Cache 1, Level 1, 32 KB, Assoc 8, LineSize 64
** Unified Cache 0, Level 2, 2 MB, Assoc 8, LineSize 64

Logical Processor to Group Map:
** Group 0

D:\Coreinfo>
 
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