Yesterday morning, after coffee, I opened up my Windows 10 Technical Preview window to see how the new version of Windows 10 looked. And what did I see? Nothing new. No messages, no pop-up Windows, no notifications…nothing. It was Windows 10 as usual. Turns out that the build I received last week was Windows 10 RTM (release to manufacturing). They added a couple of security updates before yesterday, but that was all. I was a little disappointed.
But then came the big surprise. I turned on my PC running Windows 7 and I noticed the little Windows 10 icon in the lower right corner was gone. That was strange. So I clicked on the Windows Update icon in the Control Panel…and there was a message…Windows 10 was ready to load into this machine. WOW! I immediately started the process, without backing up my PC first. Dumb, but it turned out OK.
It took about an hour to do the entire upgrade. I didn’t have to do a thing, except sweat that everything would be alright. After an hour, my home screen popped on. It looked exactly like my Windows 7 screen with a couple of small changes. Everything was exactly where it should be. But, as soon as I clicked on the new start button icon, I knew I had Windows 10.
I played around a bit and found that all my programs worked just fine. No problems at all. I even found that it had included a couple of Windows programs that I had previously downloaded on my test machine. I assumed it recognized me because I used my Microsoft ID. I must admit I was completely impressed with the process and the results. PS: This blog is being written on my Windows 10 PC.
I do suggest you do your backups before you do the upgrade…just to be safe. You can also wait to upgrade to see if there are any problems reported in the media. This Windows 10 is just the beginning. In October, there will some massive updates and additions to it so it will be the Windows 10 that Microsoft first envisioned a couple of years ago.
There is a lot about Windows 10 in this edition, especially in the Computer Tips section. I included some of the basic tips to help you get started. In the next few editions there will be many more. I hope if you do the upgrade, it goes as well for you as it did for me. -JRC
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