Win 10 anniversary update

RumRat

iammumtoone wrote: »

oh is that what that awful browser was with the address bar at the bottom, Edge? I thought I had mistaken changed the layout on something :rotfl:

I downloaded chrome.

How original......

NiftyDigits

Gillbrah wrote: »

Annoyingly missed the cut off date for free W10 by two days!!!! Any tips? I need an OS for my new build and currently using W10 trial.

You'd require activated Windows 7 or 8.1 in the first place. It was an upgrade, not a giveaway for your new build....

iammumtoone

Jivesinger wrote: »

Actually no it isn't.

The one with the address bar at the bottom was an alternative version of Internet Explorer - it was only in Windows 8/8.1 and didn't survive as far as Windows 10.

Edge is rather better than that.

That's odd as I am sure it only appeared when I downloaded 10! maybe I just hadn't stumbled across it before.

I will give Edge a try. Will it replace IE or will IE still continue? I need to use IE for a device I own that wont work with any other browser.

Jivesinger

iammumtoone wrote: »

I will give Edge a try. Will it replace IE or will IE still continue? I need to use IE for a device I own that wont work with any other browser.

I think IE will be around for a while yet, and I'm sure Microsoft will keep issuing security patches for it.

But I don't think IE will get any new features now.

Edge is OK but still not quite there yet IMO. I do use it for some things, and it's getting more usable though and in theory the Anniversary update should make it better.

RumRat

For the impatient amongst you..........See HERE...

spud17

I've no problem with Win 10, just turned off everything, and live with the ones I can't.
I've always refused to use my MS account to sign in, the only time I've used it is when downloading trial versions of a new OS.
But I've now seen this,

Also, Microsoft is now beta-testing a new Digital License tool that will likely replace the current Digital Entitlement mechanism. The new process will tie your Win10 license to your Microsoft Account. Therefore, it's important that, at least initially, you set up Win10 to use your Microsoft Account username/password for signing in. (Later, you can change to a local sign in process. But, again, start by using your Microsoft Account.) For more information, see the Supersite article. "Microsoft takes another step towards minimizing activation issues on Windows 10."

RumRat

Two machines updated with no problems.....I'm liking the changes I've found, so far...

NiftyDigits

Redstone 1 Updated media.

Windows 10 English International 32 bit

Windows 10 English International 64 bit

Available until 11.03pm on the 3rd of August.

Jivesinger

I've read a few posts on a couple of forums from people who've had disks that completely lost their partition information (and hence all the files on that disk) from this update.

Now might be a good time to make sure you have a good backup of your computer.

50Twuncle

RumRat wrote: »

For the impatient amongst you..........See HERE...

Tried your link - got an error (0x080070057 ) - so tried MS update troubleshooter - which, typically told me "TROUBLESHOOTING COULDN'T RESOLVE THE ERROR"
This is on a laptop that has only been rebuilt 5 days and is up to date with "normal" updates !!
What else can I try ?
I have tried the update again and got the same error !