
The time is here. If you're running a legit copy of Windows 7 or 8, you should probably start getting update notifications soon. reddit.com/r/Microsoftsoftwareswap sells keys for as little as a tenth of the price of the OS, but like eBay or Craigslist you need to be careful from who you buy. If you REALLY want Windows 10 you should go there.
It's not acceptable to be paying as much as $200US when you are the product.
Make no mistake. Windows has been dumbed down...again. Settings you could change before now have to be modified in the registry, such as toggling the lockscreen and changing the title bar color. However, if you regularly play games, it's more than worth it to go through the process of installing the OS and then disabling all the NSA crap. Demanding games like GTA V, The Witcher 3, and Project Cars perform noticeably better than on older OS's, and most of these games--at this time--haven't even been optimized for Dx12 yet, so hopefully there will be even more performance boosts (if you have the hardware) if and when they are optimized for Dx12.

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Using the upgrade process will turn your key into an OEM key (if it isn't already one.) This means you will have to re-purchase Windows if you change major hardware components.
Update: it seems Microsoft is just making it confusing. This should allow you to reinstall without re-purchasing Windows. However, changing hardware invalidates the free upgrade. GG, Microsoft.
http://answers.micro...c0d6290a?auth=1
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[PENTIUM G3258 USERS] There is a known incompatibility bug with this processor.
http://www.techpower...clocked.214699/
This megathread covers basically everything, it links to all past Windows 10 megathreads and replaces the older megathread I posted.
https://www.reddit.c...nal_megathread/
Installation tools
programs and resources to get rid of annoying things
Here you go! a video. The no-bullcrap desktop and start menu are back (wtf were you thinking, removing it, Microsoft?)
Remember, you don't even have to deal with the metro apps if you don't want.
....and here are all the logos in one GIF.
Edited by Luna Lens, 10 October 2015 - 06:57 AM.








