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Windows 10 adoption rate is stagnating
It seems that Microsoft is having a hard time retreiving more new users on Windows 10, the operating system install base has been stuck on 400 million for four months now. Evere since microsoft ended its free upgrade campaign that install abse remained roughly the same.
The company earlier this week announced that it has 400 million active Windows 10 users reports myce.com:
The slow growth is related to the the end of free Windows 10 upgrade period and the disappointing sales of Windows smartphones. It’s therefore very unlikely Microsoft will achieve its goal of 1 billion Windows 10 users by 2018.
“We’re very happy with the progress but due to the shifted focus of our smartphone hardware business it will take us longer to achieve the goal of 1 billion active devices by 2018,” according to a Microsoft spokesman.
Windows 10’s market share has grown with 2 to 3% after the free upgrade period ended, about a fifth of the 10% monthly growth when users could still upgrade for free.
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#5392053 Posted on: 02/13/2017 01:40 PM
If MS stops the spying, the forced updates and the walled garden approach i will gladly get W10 and i don´t mind paying for it.
But if they keep things like this, then i won´t upgrade to W10 unless i´m forced to.
BTW i have a stupid question regarding W7: i´m gonna build a new rig next month after Ryzen is released and i want to install W7 on it. The problem is that i have to install Vista first because my copy of W7 only works as an upgrade if Vista is installed first... Is this operation possible on Kaby Lake and Ryzen platforms???
In case i should place this question in another thread, just let me know and i will change it.
Thanks!
If MS stops the spying, the forced updates and the walled garden approach i will gladly get W10 and i don´t mind paying for it.
But if they keep things like this, then i won´t upgrade to W10 unless i´m forced to.
BTW i have a stupid question regarding W7: i´m gonna build a new rig next month after Ryzen is released and i want to install W7 on it. The problem is that i have to install Vista first because my copy of W7 only works as an upgrade if Vista is installed first... Is this operation possible on Kaby Lake and Ryzen platforms???
In case i should place this question in another thread, just let me know and i will change it.
Thanks!
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#5392054 Posted on: 02/13/2017 01:42 PM
No surprise really.
Nobody I know likes Windows 10 for the reasons already stated.
And it looks unpleasant.
Its a horrible OS.
No surprise really.
Nobody I know likes Windows 10 for the reasons already stated.
And it looks unpleasant.
Its a horrible OS.
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#5392059 Posted on: 02/13/2017 01:58 PM
If MS stops the spying, the forced updates and the walled garden approach i will gladly get W10 and i don´t mind paying for it.
But if they keep things like this, then i won´t upgrade to W10 unless i´m forced to.
BTW i have a stupid question regarding W7: i´m gonna build a new rig next month after Ryzen is released and i want to install W7 on it. The problem is that i have to install Vista first because my copy of W7 only works as an upgrade if Vista is installed first... Is this operation possible on Kaby Lake and Ryzen platforms???
In case i should place this question in another thread, just let me know and i will change it.
Thanks!
There is just install as is with your reg upgrade key
Make a file called win7_upgrade_bypass.cmd
add the line
slmgr /rearm
save file
Make a file called win7_upgrade_bypass.reg
add the line
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
"MediaBootInstall"=dword:00000000
save file
You will probably need to enter your product upgrade key again I don't call for sure it been a few years the last I done it, usually you would have done the reg merge before entering the key.
Any problems, win7_upgrade_bypass.cmd as administrator before entering key again
Note you may have call MS on phone for Confirmation ID which not uncommon even I had to do this as well when change system.
This even work with Windows 8 to.
If MS stops the spying, the forced updates and the walled garden approach i will gladly get W10 and i don´t mind paying for it.
But if they keep things like this, then i won´t upgrade to W10 unless i´m forced to.
BTW i have a stupid question regarding W7: i´m gonna build a new rig next month after Ryzen is released and i want to install W7 on it. The problem is that i have to install Vista first because my copy of W7 only works as an upgrade if Vista is installed first... Is this operation possible on Kaby Lake and Ryzen platforms???
In case i should place this question in another thread, just let me know and i will change it.
Thanks!
There is just install as is with your reg upgrade key
Make a file called win7_upgrade_bypass.cmd
add the line
slmgr /rearm
save file
Make a file called win7_upgrade_bypass.reg
add the line
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
"MediaBootInstall"=dword:00000000
save file
You will probably need to enter your product upgrade key again I don't call for sure it been a few years the last I done it, usually you would have done the reg merge before entering the key.
Any problems, win7_upgrade_bypass.cmd as administrator before entering key again
Note you may have call MS on phone for Confirmation ID which not uncommon even I had to do this as well when change system.
This even work with Windows 8 to.
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#5392061 Posted on: 02/13/2017 02:03 PM
Win 10 is a Tablet OS, they should off given the dx12 update to Win 7, or even brought out a new version without all the gimmicks and restrictions of the pile of ****e called win 10, I bet their sales figures only show what has been sold, not when peolpe have thrown it in the bin and returned to older Os's.
Win 10 is a Tablet OS, they should off given the dx12 update to Win 7, or even brought out a new version without all the gimmicks and restrictions of the pile of ****e called win 10, I bet their sales figures only show what has been sold, not when peolpe have thrown it in the bin and returned to older Os's.
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Nope. Not for me. I own all of windows versions. Best so far is 8.1. 7 was good too but not better.
With 10 there's too many bugs in almost everything especially with GPUs and drivers
Sorry but I'm going to have disagree with you about Windows 8/8.1 it UI is f***ing joke from hell I would much rather deal with Vista then Windows 8/8.1 any day.