Windows 10 Upgrade - I'm Registered - Painless Process

The Icon Has Landed

As I posted on 4th July, I am using my wife's laptop to follow this through and at that time, the Windows 10 icon was not present.

The Windows 7 Pro laptop hadn't been on for a while so over a couple of days I left it on for a few hours then restarted a few of times and sure enough the icon appeared in the status tray.

Windows Updates are set to download and install automatically on this laptop. If you have Updates Off or Download but Install Manually then you probably need to action your updates which you should have been doing regularly anyway.

Click To Register

Windows 10 will be registered to the Processor in the PC so requires no personal detail. An email address is an optional field only required if you request a confirmation.

You must repeat this process on every PC that you want to receive the upgrade.
This process can be completed in 5 clicks.  A little longer if you want to read some of the blurb and take your time.

If you change your mind there is a "Cancel Reservation" option on the final page

 

Reserve your free upgrade

(you may need to ok several dialogue boxes allowing programmes to run [these clicks do not count toward the #5] )

After clicking the Windows 10 icon in the status tray [click 1], you will be presented with a slide show containing 5 slides.  

There is no need to browse through these slides unless you want to as each has a bold "Reserve your free upgrade" button [click 2] to move directly to the next stage.

 



 

Check Your PC option

At top left of each page there is a menu option. 

Most of the menu items just go to pages of the slideshow or direct to the registration page but there is one item "Check your PC" which you can select if you would like the reassurance that your PC is suitable.

 

Complete Registration

When you click the "Reserve your free upgrade" button on any of the slides the following window appears. If you want to got back to the slides click the arrow at the left, otherwise, confirm by clicking on the  "Reserve your free upgrade" button  [click 3] in this window.



The next window confirms that your reservation is complete.

• If you would like an email confirming the reservation, complete the field and click "Send confirmation". Tick or untick the news and offers check box to your preference.
• Otherwise, click on text "Skip email confirmation"  [click 4]

 Click "Close" [click 5] - Job done.

Have I Reserved?

If you are in doubt whether you have reserved an upgrade on a particular PC you can easily check.

Click on the Windows10 icon in the status tray.
OK any security request to run programs.
At the first 'Get Windows 10' slide window; Click on the Menu icon top left.
Select "View Confirmation" item from menu.

 If the registration is in place you will see the confirmation page.

What's Next?

I have Reserved the Upgrade and the code will download to the PC when available and be offered for Installation.  I will not be Installing until early August as I am not available for a few days after 29th July but I will report back on how it goes.

"Get Windows 10" icon has appeared

Arrival

I thought my Windows 8.1 laptop had been playing up lately; it looks like it has begun preparing for Windows 10 which is expected to arrive as an Update to Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 installations.

Over the last few days, my Win 8.1 laptop has gone through periods of running like a dog - a very slow overweight dog! Restarts have frozen and had to be forced off with press and hold of the power button and updates have resulted in elongated Black screen apparent 'dead' periods. I'm sure many users must be panicking if they are seeing the same.

"Get Windows 10" icon

I first noticed the "Get Windows 10" icon had appeared on my Windows 7 Pro laptop down in the status tray at the bottom right corner of my screen. The icon looks like the Windows 8.1 Start Button. It has also now appeared on my Win 8.1 laptop. (Yes, I have both, and 3 Towers with XP, 2000 and Win 10 Tech Preview respectively much to my wife's frustration.)
 

Installation Progress

I'm going to try kicking off the Windows 10 update on my wife's Win 7 Pro laptop which she hardly ever touches since getting her hands on an iPad. The icon hasn't arrived yet but the laptop hasn't been switched on for ages so it is now sitting switched on and gathering updates.
My intention is to post my experience of the update here so, if your are interested, pop back.

Windows 10

I have had the Windows 10 Technical Preview on  a desktop PC for a few months and have been very impressed with it.
Those of you who have doggedly resisted and stayed with Win 7 or even XP should have few worries. Assuming that you are not on a Touch Screen PC, the functionality of the traditional Start Button and All Programs have returned, albeit now called 'Apps' rather than 'Programs'. At the same time it has retained some of the better aspects on Win 8.1 including faster load times and background updates. I hope you'll like it as much as I do.

Interface Detection

Windows 10 will detect whether you are working with a Keyboard and Mouse or with Touch Screen.
If you are using Keyboard and Mouse it will present a familiar 'Start Button' and 'All Apps' interfaced as described above. Ironically, the most re-learning needed will be if you have only ever experienced Windows 8.x.
If you are using Touch Screen then I understand it will give more of a Windows 8 feel which makes sense as a finger tip is better at prodding icons and using slide movements, however, as don't have a Touch Screen I can't offer any experience.