NANOG isn't for desktop OS licensing support, was: Windows 10 Release
I hate to be that guy, but this is getting really outside the scope of NANOG. Chuck -----Original Message----- From: NANOG [mailto:nanog-bounces@nanog.org] On Behalf Of Joe Greco Sent: Thursday, July 30, 2015 12:58 PM To: Scott Helms <khelms@zcorum.com> Cc: NANOG <nanog@nanog.org> Subject: Re: Windows 10 Release
I was just thinking about my remaining Win 7 box _after_ I hit send and I believe you're correct (I have one still to upgrade). Which means users upgrading from 7 to 10 will need to create an ID, but users of 8 and 8.1 will use the one they already have.
This is incorrect. While the Win 8{,.1} install process makes it appear as though you need a Microsoft ID, you can actually go into the "create a new Microsoft ID" option and there's a way to proceed without creating a Microsoft ID, which leaves you with all local accounts. It does appear to be designed to make you THINK you need a Microsoft account however. I have a freshly installed Windows 8.1 box here (no Microsoft ID) that I then upgraded to Windows 10, and it also does not have any Microsoft ID attached to it. Activation shows as "Windows 10 Home" and "Windows is activated." There's a beggy-screen on the user account page saying something like "Windows is better when your settings and files automatically sync. Switch to a Microsoft Account now!" So, again, totally optional, but admittedly the path of least resistance has users creating a Microsoft Account or linking to their existing one. You have to trawl around a little to get the better (IMHO) behaviour. ... JG -- Joe Greco - sol.net Network Services - Milwaukee, WI - http://www.sol.net "We call it the 'one bite at the apple' rule. Give me one chance [and] then I won't contact you again." - Direct Marketing Ass'n position on e-mail spam(CNN) With 24 million small businesses in the US alone, that's way too many apples.
I will say that our peering traffic with Akamai has doubled since Thursday. It's starting to come back down, now. Eric -----Original Message----- From: NANOG [mailto:nanog-bounces@nanog.org] On Behalf Of Chuck Church Sent: Thursday, July 30, 2015 4:48 PM To: nanog@nanog.org Subject: NANOG isn't for desktop OS licensing support, was: Windows 10 Release I hate to be that guy, but this is getting really outside the scope of NANOG. Chuck -----Original Message----- From: NANOG [mailto:nanog-bounces@nanog.org] On Behalf Of Joe Greco Sent: Thursday, July 30, 2015 12:58 PM To: Scott Helms <khelms@zcorum.com> Cc: NANOG <nanog@nanog.org> Subject: Re: Windows 10 Release
I was just thinking about my remaining Win 7 box _after_ I hit send and I believe you're correct (I have one still to upgrade). Which means users upgrading from 7 to 10 will need to create an ID, but users of 8 and 8.1 will use the one they already have.
This is incorrect. While the Win 8{,.1} install process makes it appear as though you need a Microsoft ID, you can actually go into the "create a new Microsoft ID" option and there's a way to proceed without creating a Microsoft ID, which leaves you with all local accounts. It does appear to be designed to make you THINK you need a Microsoft account however. I have a freshly installed Windows 8.1 box here (no Microsoft ID) that I then upgraded to Windows 10, and it also does not have any Microsoft ID attached to it. Activation shows as "Windows 10 Home" and "Windows is activated." There's a beggy-screen on the user account page saying something like "Windows is better when your settings and files automatically sync. Switch to a Microsoft Account now!" So, again, totally optional, but admittedly the path of least resistance has users creating a Microsoft Account or linking to their existing one. You have to trawl around a little to get the better (IMHO) behaviour. ... JG -- Joe Greco - sol.net Network Services - Milwaukee, WI - http://www.sol.net "We call it the 'one bite at the apple' rule. Give me one chance [and] then I won't contact you again." - Direct Marketing Ass'n position on e-mail spam(CNN) With 24 million small businesses in the US alone, that's way too many apples.
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