Microsoft reveals Windows 10, Well this is awkward!

[NoN]

Hi there

you don't have to use a ms account to install --works fine with a LOCAL account - simply disconnect from the internet and you won't get the Ms account prompt but go straight to local user. Re-connect to internet after creating local account.

No probs --same way as Win 8.1

Cheers
jimbo

Just like this!

How to Switch from a Microsoft Account to a Local Account in Windows 8 and 8.1

 

[Slartybart]

Wile I've been trying to figure out Hyper-V (banging head all around!) and Win10 (not difficult at all) I came across this:

What does Microsoft have against the number 9?

What does Microsoft have against the number 9? It’s a question many people are asking now that the software giant has hopped from Windows 8 to Windows 10 without even the briefest acknowledgement of Windows 9.

Alright, not that many are asking the question but it has given to the not very funny joke about Windows going straight from 8 to 10 because 7 ate 9.
...
However, it does provide a link to a post on reddit which may have the most plausible explanation for the decision to bypass nine.

It reads:

Microsoft dev here, the internal rumours are that early testing revealed just how many third party products that had code of the form

if (version.StartsWith (“Windows 9”)) { /* 95 and 98 */
} else {​

and this was the pragmatic solution to avoid that.​

 

[andrew129260]

Wile I've been trying to figure out Hyper-V (banging head all around!) and Win10 (not difficult at all) I came across this:

What does Microsoft have against the number 9?

What does Microsoft have against the number 9? It’s a question many people are asking now that the software giant has hopped from Windows 8 to Windows 10 without even the briefest acknowledgement of Windows 9.

Alright, not that many are asking the question but it has given to the not very funny joke about Windows going straight from 8 to 10 because 7 ate 9.
...
However, it does provide a link to a post on reddit which may have the most plausible explanation for the decision to bypass nine.

It reads:

Microsoft dev here, the internal rumours are that early testing revealed just how many third party products that had code of the form

if (version.StartsWith (“Windows 9”)) { /* 95 and 98 */
} else {​

and this was the pragmatic solution to avoid that.​

http://www.sevenforums.com/news/347474-why-microsoft-named-windows-10-a.html

 

[Kari]

InfoWorld knew about Windows 10 already 18 months ago, on April Fools Day 2013: Microsoft skips 'too good' Windows 9, jumps to Windows 10 | InfoWorld

 

[lffoar]

Why is everyone making such a big deal over name. I can think of only one person the name affects, that would be John as he has to change the web site name. There was an OS named XP, and one named ME, and another named Vista, then there was 7 and then 8. What does a name have to do with anything? I was not and am not a fan of Windows 8/8.1, but there are those that are. I am not a fan of Soccer either, but millions are. so what? I am not so concerned with what the call it as I am with how it operates and will it fulfill my needs. That's what should be under discussion here, not the name. Personally, I could care less what they name it. Leave it as Windows Threshold, for all I care. I just want a good, efficient Desktop OS. That's all that really matters.

Ditto, ditto and ditto again.....Well said my boy

 

[Urthboundmisfit]

I've played with Sysprep and WAIK all night (it's 7 AM here, whole night with WinTen). I noticed the same but found a surprisingly easy workaround: All answer files I have created on Windows 8.1 and WAIK / SIM using Windows 8.1 install.wim work as such for Windows 10, just replace the Windows version and edition manually in wim:path#version_edition and you are ready to go.

For example instead of...

<cpi:offlineImage cpi:source="wim:X:/sources/install.wim#[COLOR=Red]Windows 8.1 PRO[/COLOR]" xmlns:cpi="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:cpi" />

... use

<cpi:offlineImage cpi:source="wim:X:/sources/install.wim#[COLOR=Red]Windows TECHNICALPREVIEW[/COLOR]" xmlns:cpi="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:cpi" />

I've already relocated the main profile folder to E: on all three systems I have installed Win10 tonight with this answer file:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<unattend xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:unattend">
<settings pass="oobeSystem">
<component name="Microsoft-Windows-Shell-Setup" processorArchitecture="amd64" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
<FolderLocations>
<ProfilesDirectory>E:\Users</ProfilesDirectory>
</FolderLocations>
</component>
</settings>
<cpi:offlineImage cpi:source="wim:X:/sources/install.wim#Windows TECHNICALPREVIEW" xmlns:cpi="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:cpi" />
</unattend>

Kari

Thanks again Kari, with your workaround above I was able to install (in VMWare) 10 fully unattended to M$ Account sign in page. Here's my autounattend.xml; I even add a few settings to Internet Ex-PLODE-r (Home Page, etc)

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<unattend xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:unattend">
    <settings pass="windowsPE">
        <component name="Microsoft-Windows-International-Core-WinPE" processorArchitecture="amd64" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
            <SetupUILanguage>
                <UILanguage>en-US</UILanguage>
            </SetupUILanguage>
            <InputLocale>en-US</InputLocale>
            <SystemLocale>en-US</SystemLocale>
            <UILanguage>en-US</UILanguage>
            <UserLocale>en-US</UserLocale>
        </component>
        <component name="Microsoft-Windows-Setup" processorArchitecture="amd64" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
            <DiskConfiguration>
                <Disk wcm:action="add">
                    <CreatePartitions>
                        <CreatePartition wcm:action="add">
                            <Order>1</Order>
                            <Size>350</Size>
                            <Type>Primary</Type>
                        </CreatePartition>
                        <CreatePartition wcm:action="add">
                            <Order>2</Order>
                            <Extend>true</Extend>
                            <Type>Primary</Type>
                        </CreatePartition>
                    </CreatePartitions>
                    <ModifyPartitions>
                        <ModifyPartition wcm:action="add">
                            <Active>true</Active>
                            <Format>NTFS</Format>
                            <Label>System</Label>
                            <Order>1</Order>
                            <PartitionID>1</PartitionID>
                        </ModifyPartition>
                        <ModifyPartition wcm:action="add">
                            <Format>NTFS</Format>
                            <Label>Windows</Label>
                            <Letter>C</Letter>
                            <Order>2</Order>
                            <PartitionID>2</PartitionID>
                        </ModifyPartition>
                    </ModifyPartitions>
                    <DiskID>0</DiskID>
                    <WillWipeDisk>true</WillWipeDisk>
                </Disk>
                <WillShowUI>OnError</WillShowUI>
            </DiskConfiguration>
            <ImageInstall>
                <OSImage>
                    <InstallFrom>
                        <MetaData wcm:action="add">
                            <Key>/IMAGE/INDEX</Key>
                            <Value>1</Value>
                        </MetaData>
                    </InstallFrom>
                    <InstallTo>
                        <DiskID>0</DiskID>
                        <PartitionID>2</PartitionID>
                    </InstallTo>
                    <InstallToAvailablePartition>false</InstallToAvailablePartition>
                    <WillShowUI>OnError</WillShowUI>
                </OSImage>
            </ImageInstall>
            <UserData>
                <ProductKey>
                    <Key>NKJFK-GPHP7-G8C3J-P6JXR-HQRJR</Key>
                    <WillShowUI>OnError</WillShowUI>
                </ProductKey>
                <AcceptEula>true</AcceptEula>
            </UserData>
        </component>
    </settings>
    <settings pass="specialize">
        <component name="Microsoft-Windows-IE-InternetExplorer" processorArchitecture="amd64" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
            <DisableFirstRunWizard>true</DisableFirstRunWizard>
            <Home_Page>https://www.google.com/webhp?complete=0</Home_Page>
            <SuggestedSitesEnabled>false</SuggestedSitesEnabled>
            <CompatibilityViewDomains>microsoft.com</CompatibilityViewDomains>
            <FilterLevel>Medium</FilterLevel>
        </component>
    </settings>
    <settings pass="oobeSystem">
        <component name="Microsoft-Windows-Shell-Setup" processorArchitecture="amd64" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
            <OOBE>
                <HideEULAPage>true</HideEULAPage>
                <HideWirelessSetupInOOBE>true</HideWirelessSetupInOOBE>
                <NetworkLocation>Home</NetworkLocation>
                <ProtectYourPC>1</ProtectYourPC>
            </OOBE>
        </component>
    </settings>
    <cpi:offlineImage cpi:source="wim:c:/users/xxxx/isos/7_ie11_clean/sources/install.wim#Windows TECHNICALPREVIEW" xmlns:cpi="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:cpi" />
</unattend>

 

[Stephanie]

Dual booting Win 7 & Win 10 ... just waiting for friends at VC to start customising 10

 

[Urthboundmisfit]

VC? Sorry for being a n00b, but I'm...well a n00b

 

[johnjack]

VC? Sorry for being a n00b, but I'm...well a n00b

Virtual Console, I guess

 

[ThrashZone]

Visual Customs

I would keep windows 7 as your default os to boot to Stephy if something bad happens in win-10 which I'm sure it will you can still boot to 7 with windows 7 boot manager instead of win-10's without issues

 

[Kari]

My vanity forces me to post this here, too :

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[kenC]

How strange that people want to start customizing an OS that's just a few days old. The time for that - if need be - is when it's the final build and released.
Now's the time for testing, not adding 3rd party start menus, etc.

 

[andrew129260]

How strange that people want to start customizing an OS that's just a few days old. The time for that - if need be - is when it's the final build and released.
Now's the time for testing, not adding 3rd party start menus, etc.

Part of customizing and tweaking the settings is needed to find bugs and report feedback. Now is the time for feedback, and doing that provides that.

 

[Kari]

How strange that people want to start customizing an OS that's just a few days old. The time for that - if need be - is when it's the final build and released.
Now's the time for testing, not adding 3rd party start menus, etc.

Part of customizing and tweaking the settings is needed to find bugs and report feedback. Now is the time for feedback, and doing that provides that.

Exactly. It has to be stretched to its limits, to find those limits. Compatibility, alternative methods, third party software functionality, everything must be tested.

 

[andrew129260]

I also want to add, installing it and just using it is not actually testing it. Playing and adjusting every setting, installing all kinds of programs etc is a great way to test the os stableness and for bugs. Even though you would or might not like or use it with certain settings set, being a good beta tester is about testing everything-not just the things you would normally do/use.

 

[silverwolf73]

I've read that 10 will be a cloud OS. Does this mean that we'll have to always be online to use Win10 computers? Won't we have hard drives anymore?

 

[Kari]

I've read that 10 will be a cloud OS. Does this mean that we'll have to always be online to use Win10 computers? Won't we have hard drives anymore?

No, it's nothing like that!

You can use Windows 10 with a local account without any cloud services if you want to. It uses local storage as any other previous Windows version.

 

[lehnerus2000]

Perhaps MS should have provided a checklist for features/functions that MS really wants us to test (initially).

 

[BlueGuy]

OK, this was a bit of a shock because I was overseas working, when I couldn't get into either the nine or ten forum today but the confirmation/new password email just arrived minutes after the request.
Thanks to TPTB.