Win7 Upgrade To Windows 10 TP

[+Zlip792 MVC]

 

Some news(rumors) regarding Win10 new builds:

http://www.pcbeta.com/viewnews-72495-1.html

Google translate:

[Exclusive] IE12 and Cortana broke the news

 

2014-11-7 21:22 | Posted by: cjy__05 | View: 159 | Comments: 2 | From: sources

Recently, news sources, which have been obtained after partial version Build 9860, on the next-generation browser IE12 and Cortana for Windows 10, more Madden news release:

1, the next generation of IE 12 will increase the Web Audio API, Media Capture and Streams, ES6 Promises, HTTP / 2, and other functions, and more importantly, to enhance the overall performance of 30% relative to IE11, running sub has even anger seconds Chrome 40 and on Earth the existence of all other browsers.

2, and the voice assistant Huna(Cortana) now because Windows cloud network service has not yet turned on, even if unlocked can not be completely normal use , service network set up is completed will be released, but the latest Build, it has been able to use voice and text molested Huna(Cortana) .

3, in 9860, we see the Docking Controller, is a combo device switching applications , such as switching tools tablet and keyboard combo (eg surface) of the device.

The current Docking Controller of any course not functioning, and its essence is a "Combo Device Switch Center"

 

 

We know that from status.modern.ie that new IE12 will have several stuff.

 

From here: https://status.modern.ie/?iestatuses=indevelopment,iedev&browserstatuses=&browsers=chrome,firefox,opera,safari&ieversion=11

 

From screenshot teasers from twitter @iedevchat as well.

[FaiKee]

From win8china(ithome.com): "smiley" added to IE11 in build 9879 :)

 

 http://www.ithome.com/html/win10/111513.htm

[Studio384]

We already know for a while that the action center will be put next to the clock in the future. Non of the features of IE12 you mention are new either.

[+Zlip792 MVC]

From win8china(ithome.com): "smiley" added to IE11 in build 9879 :)

 

 http://www.ithome.com/html/win10/111513.htm

~snipped~

 

Rather than giving frown, I would really like to see Developer tools console warning on websites with standard issue collaborating with Web Compat (https://webcompat.com/), only show site contacted bugs happening with IE, they should work with Mozilla etc on this. I would shame web developers and companies etc as well to use standard code on their site.

 

IE also need work with removing non-standard practices by taking Chrome "Intent to Remove data and Deprecate" data, if want fail safe then enable them in Enterprise mode only. Win Win situation for everyone.

 

EDIT: And also update their Developer Channel, which now seems to me some dummy.

[FaiKee]

I guess many people would like to see this new function: According to win8china, in Win10 build 9879, users could hide the "search" and "virtual desktop" buttons: :laugh:

 http://www.ithome.com/html/win10/111606.htm

[Studio384]

EDIT: And also update their Developer Channel, which now seems to me some dummy.

You mean, like they did 3 days ago? Come on, it was all over the news.

[+Zlip792 MVC]

You mean, like they did 3 days ago? Come on, it was all over the news.

 

Link?, I doesn't seems to get it from software news sites.

[Studio384]

Link?, I doesn't seems to get it from software news sites.

Easy to find yourself: RemoteIE. That's the next versio nof the Developer Channel.

[+Zlip792 MVC]

Easy to find yourself: RemoteIE. That's the next versio nof the Developer Channel.

 

IE Developer Channel can be tested by local installation on Windows, without signing up for something. So that's what I want. Not this Remote IE. Even Internet Dev Chanel uninstall is buggy.

 

Even Remote IE is no different from Windows 10 TP IE.

 

Difference: Developer Channel released previously had Gamepad API support while Windows 10 TP does not have it.

[FaiKee]

Office 16 Beta has leaked to web, check the usual places for download. :)

 

Notes:

1. It couldn't be installed by launching setup.exe, need to use command line and install thru configuration32.xml

2. If it's not activated(guess only those beta testers have the key), most of the features would be disabled after 4 days.

 

 

[FaiKee]

Andy blogged about the release of build 9879 in Neowin News, guess he missed the final section in Windows Blog:

 

Build 9879 is the final version update for 2014.

 

It's not a rumor, it's from MS(Gabe Aul). :)

 

http://blogs.windows.com/bloggingwindows/2014/11/12/new-build-available-to-the-windows-insider-program/

 

[FaiKee]

When upgrading to a new Preview version, users who have a not-so-fast web connection, since there is no progress bar, they might wonder about the downloading progress(of course, the rolling dots doesn't help a bit, LOL).

A PCBeta smart-guy posted a way to know about it:

http://bbs.pcbeta.com/viewthread-1559214-1-1.html

CMD(Admin)-> enter: bitsadmin /list /allusers

It will display a record of transfers, notice the line "'WU Client Download' TRANSFERRING", the front bits are the transferred bits, the end figure is the total for transfer, so you could have a idea. Since it shows the instant of bytes being transferred, you could do it after a while(or as many times as you like) and have a idea of the download progress.

:) 
 

[FaiKee]

Win10china posted a way to unlock "Continuum" in build 9879, they said it's very buggy and almost unusable, and I don't have the correct device to try, so try at your own risk: :) 

 

http://www.ithome.com/html/win10/112578.htm

- In regedit, goto: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\ImmersiveShell\Launcher\
(If there is no "Launcher", add a new key)

- Add new DWORD32?Name : ?UseExperience? , set value as "1"

- Shutdown explorer(in task manager), then launch it again, that's it.

- To revert, change value of ?UseExperience? to "0", restart explorer.exe.

[FaiKee]

In win8.1 MS introduced "setup /auto upgrade" in the Enterprise Edition, now for Win10 Enterprise, they further expanded this feature by adding more switches/parameters.

 

Mount an Win10TP Enterprise Build 9879 ISO, open CMD, change dir to the CD drive, and enter "setupexe /?", then you could view a detail description:

 

Microsoft Windows [Version 6.3.9600]
© 2013 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

J:\Windows\system32>cd /d k:

K:\>setup.exe /?

K:\>Setup.exe installs or upgrades Windows. The following command line argumen
 can be used to modify the behavior of Windows installationSwitch: / auto <mig
tion choice>

Parameters : Upgrade; DataOnly; Clean

Action : Automate install with migration choice for the installation. The medi
setup UI and progress screens are shown by default, but are automated.This swi
h also assumes the following default configurations : EULA acceptance, Dynamic
pdate is enabled, telemetry collection and upload opt - in, OOBE will be skipp
, PBR will be updated or created.

Example : setup.exe / auto upgrade
Switch : / quiet

Parameters : N / A

Action : The quiet flag will  suppress any setup UX, including rollback UX

Example : setup.exe / auto upgrade / quiet
Switch : / pkey <product key>

Parameters : 5x5 product key

Action : Supplies setup with the specified product key.This parameter is not n
essary when upgrading with volume licensed media or media that contains a pid.
t in the sources folder.

Example : setup.exe / auto upgrade / pkey ABC12 - DEF34 - GHI56 - JKL78 - MNP9
Switch : / showoobe <parameter>

Parameters : Full; None

Action : When / showoobe is set to Full, the end user must interactively compl
e OOBE.Alternatively, when / showoobe is set to None, OOBE is skipped and comp
ents are set to their default settings.

Example : setup.exe / auto upgrade / showoobe full
Switch : / noreboot

Parameters : N / A

Action : Setup will not automatically reboot the PC when it completes down - l
el OS tasks.The next time the PC is rebooted, setup will continue.

Example : setup.exe / auto upgrade / noreboot
Switch : / DynamicUpdate <parameter>

Parameters : Enable; Disable

Action : Specifies whether setup will perform Dynamic Update operations(search
download, and install updates).

Example : setup.exe / auto upgrade DynamicUpdate disable
Switch : / Postoobe <location>\setupcomplete.cmd

Parameters : Local file path or UNC network path to a file named setupcomplete
md

Action : Injects setupcomplete.cmd file from the specified location.Setupcompl
e.cmd is a customized script to perform tasks after the installation completes
ut before first user login.It is run with System privileges.

Example : setup.exe / auto upgrade / postoobe c : \script\setupcomplete.cmd
Switch : / Postrollback <location>

Parameters : Local file path or UNC network path to a file named setuprollback
md

Action : Injects setuprollback.cmd file from the specified location.Setuprolba
.cmd is a customized script to perform tasks after the installation fails and
e PC has rolled back to its previous OS.It is run with the same privileges as
e user or process that launched setup.

Example : setup.exe / auto upgrade / postrollback \MyShare\script\setuprollbac
cmd
Switch : / installfrom <location>

Parameters : Local file path or network path to a  specific.wim

Action : Specifies location for installation source media / files

Example : setup.exe / auto clean / installfrom d : \myWim\customwim.wim
Switch : / PBRUpdate <parameter>

Parameters : Enable; Disable

Action : When / PBRUpdate is set to Enable, setup will update or create the PB
partition.Conversely, when / PBRUpdate is set to Disable, setup will not updat
or create the PBR partition

Example : setup.exe / auto upgrade / PBRupdate disable
Switch : / migratealldrivers <paramenter>

Parameters : All; None

Action : When / migratealldrivers is set to All, setup will attempt to migrate
ll drivers as part of the installation.In contrast, when / migratealldrivers i
set to None, setup will not migrate any drivers as part of the installation.

NOTE : this switch should only be used in testing and test envoriments.It shou
 not be used in production.

Example : setup.exe / auto upgrade / migratealldrivers none
Switch : / installdrivers <location>

Parameters : Local file path or UNC network path to a folder that contains.inf
iles

Action : Setup will inject all driver.infs found in the specified location dur
g the installation process.Setup will recursively search through all the subfo
ers of the specified location.

Example : setup.exe / auto upgrade / installdrivers c : \myUpgrade\drivers
Switch : / Telemetry <parameter>

Parameters : Enable; Disable

Action : When / Telemetry is set to Enable, setup will collect and upload tele
try generated by the installation.However, when / Telemetry is set to Disable,
etup will not collect and upload installation - related telemetry.

Example : setup.exe / auto upgrade / Telemetry enable
Switch : / copylogs <location>

Parameters : Local file paths and UNC network paths

Action : Upon failure, setup will copy or upload compressed logs to the specif
d location.Please note that the PC and / or user must have permission and netw
k access to the specified file path.This command  runs in the system context s
may not have permissions to copy to locations that require user permissions

Example : setup.exe / auto upgrade / copylogs \MyShare\UpgradeLogs
Scenario - Based Usage

An admin wants to upgrade the departments PCs from Windows 7 Enterprise overni
t.She does not want the setup user interface to appear, but she does want the
d users to manually go through the Out of box experience(known as OOBE) experi
ce.The following command line can be used to orchestrate the full upgrade to W
dows vNext, requiring user input only once the machine reaches OOBE :

Setup.exe / auto upgrade / quiet / showoobe full

Alternatively, a deployment engineer may want to collect logs and other diagno
ic information from test PCs in the event of a failure.The following command l
e instructs setup invoke the setuprollback.cmd script after an installation fa
ure :

Setup.exe / auto upgrade / installdrivers c : \myUpgrade\drivers / postrollbac
c : \setuprollback.cmd

 

 

Tks to @abbodi1406 of MDL for the heads up. :)

[indospot Veteran]

This doesn't work on my mother's laptop, it's a 32-bit installation. The Insider page just lets me download the ISO.

[theyarecomingforyou]

Andy blogged about the release of build 9879 in Neowin News, guess he missed the final section in Windows Blog:

 

Build 9879 is the final version update for 2014.

 

It's not a rumor, it's from MS(Gabe Aul). :)

 

http://blogs.windows.com/bloggingwindows/2014/11/12/new-build-available-to-the-windows-insider-program/

That's disappointing, as it was a very poor release to end on.

[FaiKee]

This doesn't work on my mother's laptop, it's a 32-bit installation. The Insider page just lets me download the ISO.

If you mean Win10TP For Enterprise, you need to download it from technet:

 

http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/evalcenter/evaluate-windows-technical-preview-for-enterprise?i=1

[indospot Veteran]

If you mean Win10TP For Enterprise, you need to download it from technet:

 

http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/evalcenter/evaluate-windows-technical-preview-for-enterprise?i=1

Guess I should have clarified, I was talking about the first post of the thread. I don't get the option to update to the TP from Win7 (Ultimate).

[FaiKee]

Guess I should have clarified, I was talking about the first post of the thread. I don't get the option to update to the TP from Win7 (Ultimate).

OIC, just checked with my Win7U X86 and it's still there, difference is it changed from "get the upgrade" to "start upgrade now".

 

 

So, sorry no idea what's wrong at your end, one reason I could think of(it's just a guess), it checked your machine and decided it's not compatible to install win10. :)

[indospot Veteran]

That might be it.

[MtnDewCodeRedFreak]

I notice the Office 16 Beta have InfoPath. Wtf? I thought MS retired InfoPath.

[FaiKee]

A Chinese OEM guy showed me this, and said it's 989x.If it is real(???), then task bar is no more transparent/translucent , and search is replaced by Cortana. :)

(The Chinese buttons are from QQ chat window)

[FaiKee]

Don't like you current 9879? Don't worry ..... :)

 

[Dot Matrix]

A Chinese OEM guy showed me this, and said it's 989x.If it is real(???), then task bar is no more transparent/translucent , and search is replaced by Cortana. :)

(The Chinese buttons are from QQ chat window)

Looks like high contrast theme. I hope the Cortana icon is real.

[Athlonite]

jeez I hope they push a new build out soon this 9879 build is rubbish compared 9860 which was also rubbish compared to 9x40 so many things crapping out and not running