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Windows 10 Anniversary Update To Roll Out On August 2
Windows 10's first major update -- dubbed Anniversary Update -- will be released to users on August 2, according to a blog post published by Microsoft (Archive link). The company presumably posted the blog post ahead of the original publication plans, and as a result, quickly pulled the story. Windows 10 Anniversary Update will bring with it a number of major changes including extensions to Edge, and improvements to Cortana and Hello biometric feature. It will also mark the end of the one-year free Windows 10 update offer for Windows 7 and Windows 8.x users.
Is it worth doing the free upgrade and then downgrading? Will I be able to upgrade to W10 indefinitely on the off chance that they (or the community) fix up all the problems and snooping? How does the licensing work?
The free upgrade is tied to your computer's Hardware ID.
When you install Windows 10 your hardware ID is sent to Microsoft. As long as you don't make any major changes to your computer (new motherboard is the big one) you can do a clean install at any time and Windows 10 will continue to work just fine. It just checks your Hardware ID against the one Microsoft has on file and when they match everything is fine.
Don't mess around with upgrading/downgrading. Use a backup program to save a copy of your current Windows installation. I like Acronis True Image, but there are others. Then, if you don't like Windows 10, it's easy to go back to whatever you were running before.
Upgrade from Windows 7 or 8 without going through the complete upgrade process:
Download Windows 10 ISO and extract file called "gatherosstate.exe" in the "sources" directory and run it on your current version of Windows. It will generate a file called GenuineTicket.xml -- save this to an external drive.
Do a clean install of Windows 10, skip entering license key during setup procedure.
Disable Internet connection. Reboot.
Copy GenuineTicket.xml to "C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\ClipSVC\GenuineTicket\ "
Reboot. Re-enable Internet connection.
After a few minutes Windows 10 will be activated and you're ready to go.
No, but repeating your false pro-Linux propaganda over and over won't make it true, either.
Which part is false: the part about the spyware (which even Microsoft admits is true, albeit in an indirect way, because they've documented that you cannot turn off any of the surveillance without the Enterprise edition), the part that Windows has malware and Linux does not, or the part that it is my advocacy that people should boycott Windows and use Linux instead?
I might be missing something but I was able to turn off all the spyware in the privacy settings and I am running the home version. ??
No, you pressed some buttons that gave the appearance of turning off the spyware. In effect, they do nothing unless you're on the "Enterprise" edition: http://www.forbes.com/sites/go...