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I'm shocked... SHOCKED! How many people are trying to activate Windows 10 at once?

Anyway, patience is a virtue, I've been told.

1 posted on 08/03/2015 2:28:11 PM PDT by dayglored
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To: dayglored; Abby4116; afraidfortherepublic; aft_lizard; AF_Blue; Alas Babylon!; amigatec; ...
Windows 10 activation may take a few days, be patient ... PING!

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

2 posted on 08/03/2015 2:29:05 PM PDT by dayglored (Meditate for twenty minutes every day, unless you are too busy, in which case meditate for an hour.)
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To: dayglored

This is like hearing your anal rape will be delayed a bit. Good news !


3 posted on 08/03/2015 2:32:03 PM PDT by jimt (Fear is the darkroom where negatives are developed.)
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To: dayglored

D’loaded and installed with no problems at 7 AM Eastern on the 29th.

And I’m on Comcast!


5 posted on 08/03/2015 2:34:10 PM PDT by prisoner6 (Unmutual and Disharmonious)
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To: dayglored

Marketing tactic?


6 posted on 08/03/2015 2:36:55 PM PDT by glasseye
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To: dayglored

I wonder if that’s the problem I was having last night. I have a windows 7 vm that I recently installed that normally doesn’t have internet access allowed on it, that was bugging me about activation, and it kept bitching when I tried to activate it. It seems like it was indicating the product key and version mismatched (i.e., “the key is not right for Win7 pro” or some garbage like that).

Ended up rebuilding and going through the reboot two-step today while I was working. Every once in a while I’d check to see if it was ready for the next reboot. Windows update is astoundingly primitive.


8 posted on 08/03/2015 2:38:00 PM PDT by zeugma (The best defense against a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun)
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To: dayglored

Got mine, took from 0630 to 800 Saturday. No hiccups. I won’t rant and rave about it yet, all I wanted was for it to be better than 8.1 and it is. No complaints so far.


10 posted on 08/03/2015 2:40:43 PM PDT by umgud
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To: dayglored

I’m installing on an unimportant laptop as I type this.

I had no trouble downloading the .iso file earlier today.


18 posted on 08/03/2015 3:02:05 PM PDT by Fresh Wind (Falcon 105)
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To: dayglored

Downloading all the personal data on your W10 machine is taking more bandwidth than anticipated.


20 posted on 08/03/2015 3:33:51 PM PDT by 867V309 (Trump: Bull in a RINO Shoppe)
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To: dayglored

I see no reason to switch anyway.


25 posted on 08/03/2015 4:52:55 PM PDT by SWAMPSNIPER (The Second Amendment, a Matter of Fact, Not A Matter of Opinion)
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To: dayglored

I replaced my Windows 7 Home Premium with an MSDN Ultimate version and waited about two days before the update notification appeared in the taskbar. Downloaded and installed on Friday night, during the unmetered period of my Exceed satellite internet. It activated right away.

Not impressed and it looks to be a bandwidth hog. Now I’m back to Windows 7, thanks to Clonezilla!


26 posted on 08/03/2015 5:49:09 PM PDT by Dalberg-Acton
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To: dayglored

If they think that is bad, just wait until the “Update Storm” that follows close behind.


27 posted on 08/03/2015 5:51:37 PM PDT by GingisK
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To: dayglored

OK, this is the proverbial stupid question. I am currently running windows 8.1. How do I actually go about upgrading to Windows 10?


29 posted on 08/04/2015 7:12:05 AM PDT by ops33 (Senior Master Sergeant, USAF (Retired))
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