OT: filepro & Windows 10 Enterprise - Evaluation Version

Tue May 5 18:39:24 PDT 2015

I asked about upgrading OEM versions of Windows, and I was told Windows 7 and up of OEM versions will do in-place upgrades to Windows 10.  

-- Chris

> On May 5, 2015, at 3:24 PM, Chris Rendall via Filepro-list <filepro-list at lists.celestial.com> wrote:
> 
> Ask him about upgrading against OEM versions?  My laptop and server are
> both OEM versions, and I just read an article saying that historically OEM
> versions have no upgrade path.
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> mark->
> 
> On Tue, May 05, 2015 at 08:11:25PM +0000, filePro Mailing List thus spoke:
>> I?m at Microsoft Ignite this week, and I asked someone from Microsoft about upgrading to Windows 10.  He told me you can upgrade from Windows 7 or Windows 8 directly to Windows 10 and preserve the apps.  
>> 
>> I?ve upgraded from Windows 7 to 8, and then 8.1 and preserved the apps many times before.  You just have to make sure you are upgrading the same edition.  So you can upgrade Windows 7 Pro to Windows 8 Enterprise and preserve the apps, but upgrading to Windows 8 Pro will give you the option to preserver the apps.
>> 
>> -- Chris
>> 
>> 
>>> On May 5, 2015, at 10:08 AM, Fairlight via Filepro-list <filepro-list at lists.celestial.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> That doesn't really count.  I'm talking about any registered programs in
>>> Program Files or Program Files (x86).  
>>> 
>>> Either 8 -> 8.1 is the exception, or it treated filePro's folder as "data".
>>> I know there is no migration path from XP to 7, or from 7 to anything else.
>>> I've read that there will be none from 7 to 10 or 8/8.1 to 10.
>>> 
>>> Which means there's no way in hell I'm doing it, even with the free upgrade
>>> they were offering.  It's a non-starter.  It takes me weeks to get my
>>> system the way I want it, fully loaded down with everything.
>>> 
>>> Frankly, 10 doesn't look compelling enough to do it for.  The only reason I
>>> even have 8.1 on my laptop is because it came with it.
>>> 
>>> mark->
>>> 
>>> On Tue, May 05, 2015 at 08:36:07AM -0400, Richard Kreiss thus spoke:
>>>> Top post:
>>>> 
>>>> Upgraded two desktops from 8 to 8.1 without a problem.
>>>> 
>>>> The evaluation copy moved all of the The original Window's folder to windows.old and left my appl folder alone. I only had to reinstall fp's license service and recreate the desktop icon. 
>>>> 
>>>> Of course, it did backup what needed to be backed up. 
>>>> 
>>>> Richard
>>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>> 
>>>>> On May 5, 2015, at 1:41 AM, Fairlight via Filepro-list <filepro-list at lists.celestial.com> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> On Tue, May 05, 2015 at 02:55:26AM +0000, filePro Mailing List thus spoke:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Here's where many of you are going to complain.  Microsoft has tied the login, when connected to the internet to an account with them similar to what apple has.  They also allow for the entry of a PIN when not connected to the internet.  For corporate users, the login can be connected to a domain server.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Windows 8.1 does this as well.  It's not new behaviour.  I had to generate
>>>>> a microsoft.com account when I set up my laptop.
>>>>> 
>>>>>> I expect that there will be more builds prior to it going into Beta testing.  My first build was 10047 and the current one I am working with is 10071.  That was one week later.
>>>>> 
>>>>> I'll migrate when I get a new machine, and not before.  Why?  Becaues I
>>>>> have terabytes of applications and data, and Microsoft provides -no-
>>>>> in-place upgrade path which preserves your applications.  It doesn't even
>>>>> exist between 7 and 8, 7 and 8.1, and I don't even think it exists between
>>>>> 8 and 8.1.
>>>>> 
>>>>> If I'm forced to reinstall terabytes' worth of stuff, it'll be a cold day
>>>>> in hell before I -willingly- update.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Win 8.1 is a step backwards from 7 anyway.  Better than 8, but it still
>>>>> looks like twm from 1991, running under X11R5.  It's awful in terms of
>>>>> window decorations.
>>>>> 
>>>>> And don't start me on homegroups.  Just...don't.  :/
>>>>> 
>>>>> mark->
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