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Indeed it should. I have a wireless headset so will enjoy talking to my Computer when it does work properly, if only as it would confuse the hell out of the missus! :p

Also, that's quite the bug, but hey, thanks for the fix, will remember to apply that at home.

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Well the latest update has killed my test machine. Does not work properly with AMD cards, the Start menu shuts the machine down if you click on it, the icons are crap and make it look all 2d. Will leave it a couple of months and see if they can get there act together before i redownload it to try. With the state of it at the moment i would not have it even if its free.:mad:

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And that's why I assume it was only released on the 'fast ring' i.e. the one where Microsoft already warned releases on that ring may end up unstable.

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should be better for you when it on slow ring sirus mate but remember it get better as each release yes icons are crap this build they should be changed by next one

ps works fine here just needed to do the bug fix for mail app ect

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I shouldn't have updated my win 10 to latest, Virtualbox is even more messed up now, but at least I'm not alone :(

Windows 10 Build 10041 - Bridged Network Can't See Ethernet

https://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=66682

I've spent so much time messing around with that I've no idea if there are any other new improvments or problems!

forgot to say, on the plus side, I found out that EaseUS who do some good free partitioning software, also do some free backup software which is Win 10 compatable, so you can backup to an image, and then restore using a boot disc.

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Gabriel Aul @GabeAul
· 33m 33 minutes ago
We will be pushing 10041 out to the Slow ring today as well. Will begin deploying within the hour.

means iso's will be released too :)

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ISO's now available

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/w...so-update-1503

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Should be installing Windows 10 again tomorrow night (I won't tonight as I am busy).

I did have it installed to a VHD and had the VHD available as a boot option on the menu, but I'd been having trouble booting to this.

So, I tried to install Windows 10 to an actual partition. I have an SSD and a couple of HDDs in my PC. The SSD doesn't really have enough space to install Windows 8 and Windows 10 on, so I was going to install it to a new partition on one of the HDDs. It wouldn't install as none of my HDDs are apparently GPT partitioned, and they all have data on I cannot lose.

Ended up backing up one on to an external HDD, repartitioned it then copied the stuff I actually needed on that drive back to it, On the plus side, it freed a lot of space.

Haven't tried to install Windows 10 yet, but I plan to tomorrow.

Why am I not trying it on a VM? I have, and have been impressed. I want to see how it performs on a physical machine now, with drivers and everything to contend with.

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I don't think you'll be disappointed!

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It seems they are backtracking now on the pirated versions or are they? Its all a bit confusing lol

“We have always been committed to ensuring that customers have the best Windows experience possible. With Windows 10, although non-Genuine PCs may be able to upgrade to Windows 10, the upgrade will not change the genuine state of the license. Non-Genuine Windows is not published by Microsoft. It is not properly licensed, or supported by Microsoft or a trusted partner. If a device was considered non-genuine or mislicensed prior to the upgrade, that device will continue to be considered non-genuine or mislicensed after the upgrade.

http://www.winbeta.org/news/microsof...way-or-another

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They seem to be saying it will upgrade but still be an "illegal" copy.

So you will go from an illegal windows 8 to an illegal windows 10. Which may be of benefit to microsoft - they may sneak in more piracy monitoring systems in, who knows

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At the moment I`ve got a desktop with a genuine windows 8.1 on which updates but I`ve got a laptop with a pirated win7 on which also updates ok so microsoft believe that my win7 is genuine otherwise they wouldnt allow updates, so when I update to win 10, will that be the same. Totally confused

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it will be if product key genuine you get genuine windows 10 if not you wont get a genuine copy

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using free vmware player as virtualbox is still broken :(
just installed and created an Antix VM

installing vmware tools is a bit more of a pain than the virtualbox equivalent, but so far, so good.

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Microsoft's new browser Spartan is now available with the latest release of Windows 10.

http://www.neowin.net/news/microsoft...u-need-to-know

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all done here Cortana is working bit better too :):):)

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Sadly, I was. I have multiple HDDs and one SSD in my machine, and I was planning to install Windows 10 on one of the HDDs.

Everytime I ran the installer, it came up with an error when trying to install to any of the drive (even after I'd "cleaned" the drive in Diskpart and recreated the partitions using the Windows 10 installer. It seems the only solution is to unplug all the drives apart from the one I am installing on which, to be frank, is not going to happen.

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Sounds like the problem is not that drive but something on another drive that's causing Windows to be unable to (safely) write a boot partition or boot loader. Isn't really new to Windows 10 (although the non-descript error may be)

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TBH, I didn't think the problem was a windows 10 error, and even if it was, it's a beta. You can expect errors. They are, in some cases, part of the fun.

I might attempt the install again, when I've got time to pull the PC apart, and possibly back up and reformat all the drives.

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I have been using Windows 10 for a couple of weeks now, I have to say I have not seen many issues and the whole look and feel is a lot better than windows 8.1, I can't say there is much I would change apart from the control panel I like separate icons not the groups

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On the Control Panel - All Control Panel Items click on the drop down arrow for View By and change from Category to Small Icons ~ that should sort you out. :)

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Had a literal 5 minute look at 10 tonight. Apart from having the start menu back, not much different from 8 to my eyes. Also, as I have my laptop hooked up to a TV via HDMI, I want to keep the same setup going. Unfortunately, 10 doesn't let me do that. So back to 8 for now, and hope the final stable release is good enough for me to upgrade on a permanent basis.

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project spartan got installed last night, took a few goes for it to open! just filled the screen with the tile icon, not had time to use it yet.


d'oh this 10049 release has broken bridge networking in vmware, and looking at the virtualbox thread I posted before, is causing different problems in virtualbox :(

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l certainly won't be upgrading yet.

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I checked the path in my Win 8.1 laptop and the GWX folder is there with files.

http://www.techradar.com/news/softwa...mpaign=project

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video for leaked build 10056

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OQz3TvnZzuU

release candidate at build not long to wait ;)

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I like the way he says Oh the start menu crashes and you have to restart it. :rolleyes:

They have still not fixed the icons, the icons are naff to say the least.

Looks like i will have to wait for the final build and see if they get there finger out and fix the start bar and icons or i will be staying on 8.1 for now.

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the release candidate sould be newer build when it released at build at end of month so things should be better in than one start menu didn't crash for me when I tried this build icon could change again before final version is released who knows

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The problem as i see it is that the icons are bland with no colour, ever since windows 7 the icons have been reducing in form and are now just 2d icons which a 9 year old could have produced.. Those in windows 7 are far richer.

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Windows 10 to launch at the end of July, according to AMD

Microsoft surprised lots of people recently when the company announced it was aiming for a summer launch with the new Windows 10 operating system. But thanks to a slip-up from AMD CEO’s we now have an even clearer timeline for the launch.

While “summer” can be seen as a long time range with vaguely defined limits, offering Microsoft numerous chances to push the launch of the OS later in the year, we now have a much more precise launch window and its closer than many expected. According to AMD’s CEO Microsoft is looking to launch Windows 10 at the end of July.

The AMD exec was speaking on a recent financial conference call when she let slip the fact that Microsoft was looking to get the OS out in time for the “back to school” promotions. This, which fits in nicely with previous moves from the company, will ensure that Windows 10 has a high adoption rate out of the gate. Plus a massive launch of a new OS will be an exciting event for both partners and the public.

But, of course, there’s also another side to this story. Many observers were skeptical when Microsoft originally announced the summer launch window, and July launch is barely three months away. Given that many parts of the OS seem to still be in flux, there’s a big question over how well Windows 10 will run and how polished it will be at launch.

http://www.neowin.net/news/windows-1...cording-to-amd

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windows 10 build 10061 now available on fast ring

http://blogs.windows.com/bloggingwin...now-available/

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Loads of problems with this build, possibly best to avoid?

http://www.neowin.net/news/now-that-...oull-encounter

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yes lots on windows forums saying bit buggy and best to convert ESD to ISO and clean install

should be a new build release at build conference next week best to wait to then for now

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just did a clean install works better now apps not starting from start menu bug is sorted with clean install

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live stream of build if anyone wants to watch just before 4:30pm our time

http://channel9.msdn.com/?wt.mc_id=build_hp

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Microsoft Edge is name of the new browser

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Spartan's Edge.

Hmm. Has a ring to it. But not quite as relevant or obvious as "Internet Explorer"

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here is logo for Microsoft edge the new browser

https://www.cableforum.co.uk/images/local/2015/04/5.jpg

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new build out later today

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Offical windows 10 insider preview build 10074 now available

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/w...so-update-1504

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Well that won't confuse people by looking like Internet Explorer's E at all...

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Yep well done Microsoft let's give our new browser a very similar name to an existing enterprise server product

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Is Windows 10 stable enough to use as a main OS yet?

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Depends on your standards for stable.

Some corporations won't consider an OS stable enough to use until it's been out for a year and the first service pack has been released.

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it getting close now 10074 seems very stable still needs so things sorting but it still a beta so that's expected

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Do I have to do a clean install or can I keep my Windows 8.1 programs?

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you can upgrade if you want to keep your programs do some back ups first though just incase but usually a clean install is best or could dual boot to make sure you can go back if you have problems

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Maybe that's the point?

As far as I was aware for consumers you'll only have Edge installed in Windows 10 by default.

So by making the logo look similar to IE it's immediately obviously that it's the browser - even if you only then use it to download Chrome / Firefox etc.

But it will be an issue where you're in a corporate environment and the deployment includes both.

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did you notice the name change?

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yes straight away insider preview guess out of alpha and in beta now

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I thought the EU ruled that Microsoft cant have any browser installed by default now and has to offer users a browser choice screen instead (which happens to be a web page loaded in IE... :rolleyes:)

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That ended in December http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-30501518

You now get this message if you try and use it even on existing computers http://www.browserchoice.eu/BrowserC...rchoice_en.htm

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Will I be able to use an older version of office on the new OS?

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what version are you thinking of don't think anything older than 2010 will

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Interesting. Didn't know that - last Windows 7 install I did recently still had the chooser screen, but it was a few months ago.

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2013 gives me eye strain so I forcefully uninstalled it at work. If I can't run 2010 at least on 10 I'll not be getting it.

Or more likely I'll figure out a way. Some versions of 2010 are deployed as virtual apps anyway.

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How does this xBox One/Windows 10 app work? I assume I have to have the xBox on to be able to play it on my laptop? If not, then that is excellent news I can just play xBox One when relatives come to stay and ignore them.

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Which theme were you using? The Dark Grey theme in 2013 is a lot better than the default white one, and is fairly similar to 'Silver' in 2010.

http://www.aidanfinn.com/?p=13854

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I tried the dark grey, but it was still too bright and more importantly bare.

Also Outlook stopped displaying information that I needed.

I'm a luddite when it comes to new versions of Microsoft products. Or most software in fact.

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It works the other way round. You stream from your device to your Xbox. I was using the feature last night with my Android tablet.

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That's the only time i use IE :)

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no you stream xbox games to pc but you can stream movies ect from pc to xbox

Streaming Xbox One games to a Windows 10 PC is awesome
By Tom Warren
on April 30, 2015 04:31 pm
@tomwarren

Streaming Xbox One games to a Windows 10 PC is awesome

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No it is the other way around Cimt, you stream from the Xbox to a compatible device.

http://www.xbox.com/en-GB/windows-10

edit, beaten to it by Dave42.

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There is a new streaming app for xbox one that let's you stream stuff from an Android or windows device to the console.

There is also streaming games from xbox to windows 10 but not sure when that launches.

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Ah right that's cool then. I didn't realise that was a feature. It'd be interesting to try that out then.

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I tried out the android to xbox streaming last night, I got it as part of the preview. I had to complete one of the surveys before I could get the app though. It uses miracast I think.

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Oh lovely. I bought a Roku for Miracast a while back, it's never worked properly with any Windows device.

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RIP windows media center

http://www.zdnet.com/article/rip-windows-media-center/

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I am thinking of installing Windows 10 this weekend on my main system since i have a 577 error message on Windows 8.1 for Windows Defender which i cant seem to fix, is it safe to use the 'fast ring'?

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could download lasted build 10074 ISO here

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-gb/w...so-update-1504

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I was also thinking of installing it, but everything is working just fine at the moment with Windows 8.1. Maybe I'll wait for something to go wrong before I give it a go. :)

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If i install this and a new build comes out via windows update(i think?), will it then just easily update leaving all my apps and settings in place?

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yes new builds come with windows update and yes it easy to upgrade to new builds

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So i just dump the iso unpacked files on a bootable flash drive and boot with that and it will ask me if i want to clean install or keep my files?

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yes can upgrade or clean install

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Could I use my external hard drive, with over 800GB of free space on to install 10 onto?

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cant install it on external no

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Shame. Oh well. Thanks.

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Well, I downloaded 10074 (or whatever the latest build is) the other day, installed it on freshly created partition and it's working well now. A little slower than Windows 8, but I have Windows 8 installed on a 256gig SSD and Windows 10 on quote an old HDD, so it's not really a fair comparison.

It worked well enough that it picked up everything apart from my GFX and Sound Cards. A quick visit the Nvidia website sorted the problem with the GFX card and although they aren't advertised as compatible, the Windows 7/8 drivers for my sound card work fine.

I'm seriously thinking of replacing Windows 8 with it.

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No. You can't boot off the USB drive just by dumping the files on it. You need to use the bootable USB creator - Microsoft provide one.

If you want to keep your files it's better to start the installer from within Windows and not boot off a separate device. The latter used to not allow upgrades at all.

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Depends on how the drive is connected. Most USB drives would need a bit of tinkering to get Windows on it, eSATA et. al. would just work out of the box.

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Are Avast and Comodo compatible with Windows 10 yet?

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Avast now works in windows 10

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What are peoples views on how to install Windows 10, either a clean install or over my 8.1?

My problem is if i do a clean install how will MS know i own Windows 8.1 which gives me a free copy of Windows 10 as you can upgrade to Windows 10 RTM from the insider version of windows 10!

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Upgrade from 8.1 if it all works awesome if it does not just recover to clean install. Back everything up take images to go back to if it all goes wrong. I use backupper :)

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Thanks, also may give a free 6 month Bitdefender internet security 2015 a go.

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Thanks John. :)

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Did a fresh install and everything seems ok at the moment :tu:

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you like it sirus it will keep getting better im sure

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I liked it, but the one thing that made me scrap the dual install was the no connection to my TV. As someone who struggles with text at times, using the TV as a 1920 x 1080 monitor has really helped. Until 10 can ID my TV connected via HDMI then I will stay on 8.

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I have 2 HD tvs running on my set up with win 10 no issues. Did you use out the box GFX drivers or did you try others ?

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If there is no Nvidia Windows 10 driver for my GT 520 graphics card can i still install Windows 10 and use it normally? Or will i be stuffed?

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yes you can use the windows 8.1 drivers on 10 that what I got on mine GeForce 760 grachic card on 10

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Cheers.:)

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So i have the basic Windows 10 installed and it is saying 'activated' i havent entered any key but when i downloaded the file from MS there was a key that came with it, do i need to do anything with this key?

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No don't need key

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Great thanks.

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I don't seem to be able to add items to the quick access menu easily, sometimes i get 1 item added and then i can't add anymore or it vanishes later on, i guess that is a bug and not a feature?

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works fine here have you do all the updates for it

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Yes all the updates done yesterday and no more yet, i am on the slow ring what are you on?

Edit...

If i do a normal folder it is ok i just can't easily add a folder on a network drive?

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on slow ring too

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Did you see my edit? Can you try adding a few folders from a network drive and see what happens please? :)

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Microsoft to stop producing Windows versions

Windows 10 is going to be the last major revision of the operating system.

http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-32658340

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Yes heard about that last week i can't see much changing though for the consumer, but i will grab the free version of Windows 10 RTM.

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getting everyone on a subscription excellent money making idea that.

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I hope they don't try and go down the Office 365 route.