Windows 10 reportedly reaches 53 million downloads [Three weeks after launch]

WinBeta ^ | 08/17/2015 | BY SEAN MICHAEL

[SeekAndFind]

We reported over the weekend that Windows 10 is running on over 50 million devices. A new report from Neowin backs up our initial statistic and clarifies that Windows 10 has reached 53 million installs according to their sources. Additionally, StatCounter states that number of devices running Windows 10 constitutes 4.95% of the operating system market.

Windows 10 is a free upgrade to many users and is easy to upgrade to from Windows 7 and Windows 8.1. The instillation is rolling out in waves so its download numbers will likely continue to rise. Additionally, it will take some time for enterprises (who have to pay to upgrade) to make decisions on the new operating system. Bank of America has plans to move their large set of devices over to Windows 10 and if other businesses follow suit, we’ll see the install numbers increase in chunks.

Download numbers and market share percentages aren’t the only indicators of success of an operating system but it is a positive sign for Microsoft that Windows 10 is being adopted by so many users. As oft reported, Microsoft has a goal of 1 billion devices within two or three years. While many of those will be IoT devices, tablets, and phones, it’s important for Windows 10 to have a large PC user base if it’s ever going to reach that ten figure goal.

[Perseverando]

Thank you! I wish I had not upgraded to 10. Why didn’t tbey stop while they were ahead with Windows 7?

It's pretty easy to revert. Just takes a few more hours. Recommend you start the process at bedtime.

I did it on an old laptop. No Windows 10 for me and mine.

[Tony in Hawaii]

Mine still won’t install. Oh well.

[JoeProBono]

Installing Windows 10 using the media creation tool

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-10/media-creation-tool-install

[showme_the_Glory]

The instillation is rolling out in waves

Will it work even if you didn't get a still put in?

[mosaicwolf]

I went to Windows 10 Restore and am now back in Windows 7 that worked fine before and works fine again. I was duped into downloading Windows 10. Windows 10 is not ready for prime time. It is hard to use, doesn't recognize my stand alone hard drive, and wants me to open up an account with personal info. I don't give my phone number to anybody I don't know. I had it with the BS OS.

By the way, they tell you if you want to go back to Windows 7 you have 30 days to do it. What happens after the 30 day period is beyond me.

[NorthMountain]

Win 10 is primarily for touch tech devices. If you put it on a non-touch tech device you will have to adapt to some differences from the Win 7 desktop configuration.

Please enlighten me as to what these differences are. I use Windows 7 Professional at work; I have been using Windows 10 (Tech Preview, now the real thing) at home since November 2014.

[Tony in Hawaii]

Thanks, but that didn’t work either. Guess I’ll stick with 8.1 for now.

[jsanders2001]

> How involved is Bill Gates with the day to day operations of Microsoft?

I thought he left the management of the company over ten years ago...

His imprint and influence is still there. He collects more on interest in a day than most people earn in a year. He definitely had much to do with Common Core and wasn’t running the company at the time. I imagine he’s probably hobknobbing with his Illuninati buddies these days in the open sea away from the hell the regular people have to experience.

[RJS1950]

I was speaking in terms of Win 10 on a non-touch device, not Win 7. The Win 10 desktop does have some differences in the look and navigation that some users might find confusing or difficult to become comfortable with. What works well in Win 10 with a touch tech interface does not always translate as well to the non-touch interface. I’ve been using Win 7 since the beta at work and at home.

[NorthMountain]

I was speaking in terms of

And I'm telling you, in no uncertain terms, that I am using both Win-10 and Win-7. Today. On standard keyboard & mouse desktop computers. I'm not at all clear on what differences you're talking about. What aspects of the Win-10 GUI are radically different from Win-7? Please enlighten me.

FWIW, I go back to CP/M and PDP-11, and I have actually punched punch-cards on an IBM mainframe.

[RJS1950]

I’ve done all of the same, including back to punch cards on an IBM mainframe. My first intro to computers was in 1969 using punch cards. I spent a large part of my military career working with computer systems and software development as well as all types of command and control systems and 10 more years working as a developer and analyst for a large company.

Now, I deal with college students who have long been users of technology on a daily basis who are not like you or I, with years of experience and daily interaction with an OS and interface. Using a specific technology long term ingrains habits and even minor changes in usability can be distressing for a lot of people.

I find Win 10 to be an easy transition from Win 7 or even XP but there are many, many on these forums, who do not find interface changes, even small ones, to be easy to learn and use. Again, Win 10 is designed to work optimally on a touch tech device. It can be easily used on a regular non-touch device but for many average users even small changes to how they have long done things can be challenging.

[NorthMountain]

< sigh >

OK ...

Since you found Windows 10 to be an "easy transition" could you enlighten me as to what some of these scary differences might be? I'm really at a loss as to what you might be talking about. For that matter, could you explain how Windows 10 is "optimized" for a touch screen? Perhaps there's some sort of touch feature that I'm unaware of ... I've only used it for 10 months on a desktop/keyboard/mouse.

[RJS1950]

Seems you just want to talk to somebody (Did your dog die?), have a contentious argument to show everyone how smart you are or are just being a jerk.

I’m leaning toward the jerk angle.

Goodbye

[1035rep]

“Upgraded a touch tech laptop from 8.1 to 10 with no problems at all.”

Same here. I like Window 10 much better. It installed very smoothly.

[Swordmaker]

Ping for your list

[dayglored]

More progress toward that 1 billion goal ... PING!

You can find all the Windows Ping list threads with FR search: just search on keyword "windowspinglist".

Thanks to Swordmaker for the ping!

[VanDeKoik]

I upgraded two laptops and a tablet a couple of weeks ago.

So far, so good. My Sony Vaio laptop keeps turning off the wifi adaptor when I wake it up, but it did that with Windows 7 too, and I’ll just have to take some time to figure out what the deal is.

[SWAMPSNIPER]

I don’t consider it an upgrade.

[martin_fierro]

I’ll install Win 10 on my work laptop as soon as the IT dep’t rolls it out.

At home? OSX and Linux, thanks.

[1035rep]

I had the same problem. I solved the issue by changing the power option on the wifi adapter. Go to Device Manager. Open the Network adapters section, right-click the wifi adapter and choose properties. Go to the Power Management tab, uncheck allow the computer to turn off this device and change it to allow this device to wake the computer, save your changes and you’re done.