[Leica] Windows 10

[Jeffery Smith]

Still no Windows icon in the task bar. I've done all of the updates to Windows 8.1, so there must still be some compatibility issues. I have an important assignment to complete this week (a Filemaker Pro database that must be compiled and distributed this week), so I'm going to hold off until September and see if the icon shows up during that time.

Thanks guys!

Jeffery


> On Jul 31, 2015, at 11:55 PM, Jay Burleson <leica at jayburleson.com> wrote:
> 
> Your particular device may have a compatibility issue. To check the status, click on the Windows 10 reservation icon in your system tray – it looks like a white Windows logo – to open up the reservation.
> Inside of this, there is a hamburger menu icon on the top left. Click this to expand the menu, then open the “Check your PC” option. This will display a compatibility report which you should verify is ready to go before proceeding. You may have to wait for device driver updates from your manufacturer before the system is Windows 10 ready.
> 
> If all looks good, AND you have backed up your computer, you can update without waiting for the Windows reservation.
> 
> Microsoft has a page up with the tools to download and create a bootable USB drive or ISO, and you can find it here:
> 
> http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows10?OCID=WIP_r_Win10_Body_AddPC
> 
> Go there, and download the tool. Run the tool, and it should give you the option to either upgrade the PC you are on now, or download the files to a USB or ISO. I’ve not had any luck with the “upgrade this PC” option, so I had to do the download. I downloaded it to a USB drive.
> 
> Then, instead of booting from the USB drive, simply navigate to it in Windows Explorer and run setup.exe from there to initiate the upgrade process. It takes a few minutes to get ready, then it will prompt you asking what you would like to keep on your PC, and then it does the upgrade. This is only meant to be used from a genuine copy of Windows, and it should activate correctly after.
> 
> Jay
> 
> On 7/31/2015 8:53 PM, Jeffery Smith wrote:
>> Are any of you frustrated by the hurdles required to get Windows 10? It doesn't appear that my Lenovo touchscreen notebook has the secret handshake to be eligible.
>> 
>> Sent from my iPad
> 
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