hi. i found a magazine, that has an article with the details of the anniversary update. its called> computer shopper august 2016 edition. can google it to find it. thought people would find it useful. if not,sorry and can delete this thread. thanks. one section in it> UPDATES WILL BE FREE One worry was that Microsoft would start charging for updates for anyone that had had a free upgrade to Windows 10. Fortunately, Microsoft has decided not to go down that route, so if you’ve already upgraded to Windows 10, your computer is now supported for the rest of its life. The free continuing updates mean that if you haven’t yet upgraded, now’s a brilliant time to do it before the clock runs out, saving yourself money in the long term.
another quote in it. im not associated with the magazine etc. just discovered it on line and passing along the info, hoping its helpful and factual? things talked about in it could also change? thanks.> HOW TO CLAIM YOUR FREE UPGRADE If you want Windows 10, but you’re not sure that you want it today, you can still claim your free upgrade now and then upgrade your computer at any point in the future. This is because of the new way that Windows licensing works. Rather than having to have a Windows 10 licence key, your computer gets something called a Digital Entitlement. This essentially stores an electronic fingerprint of your computer on Microsoft’s servers. When you want to install Windows 10 from scratch, it checks to see if you have a Digital Entitlement and, if you have, Windows 10 will be installed and activated. The good news is that once a Digital Entitlement is given, it can’t be taken away. So if you have a Windows 7 or 8 computer and you’re not entirely sure if you want to move to Windows 10, you can still reserve your free upgrade by upgrading to Windows 10 today and then using the built-in roll-back feature to go back to your original OS. This reserves your Digital Entitlement for that computer, so in a few months (or even years), you can re-install Windows 10 without having to pay a penny.
another quote> WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THE FREE UPGRADE OFFER ENDS? As noted above, Digital Entitlements are given for the life of a device. So, once you’ve upgraded a computer to Windows 10, you can clean install the OS on that computer forever more. The one restriction is that you can’t transfer the Windows 10 licence to another computer, which is something that owners of retail copies of Windows 7 and Windows 8 have to watch out for. With retail copies of Windows, you’re legally allowed to transfer the licence to another computer whenever you like. This is different to the OEM version of Windows, which ships pre-installed on a computer when you buy it, where the OS is locked to that one device. While the Windows 10 free upgrade offer is valid, anyone with a retail copy of Windows 7 or 8 can transfer their copy of Windows 10 to a different computer. However, as soon as the upgrade offer ends, the last computer that was upgraded to Windows 10 will be locked with it and you’ll no longer be able to transfer its licence. You’ll still be able to install Windows 7 or Windows 8 on a different computer (provided you wipe Windows 10 first), but that’s the limit. HOW MUCH WILL WINDOWS 10 COST? The Microsoft Store told us that, after the cut-off date, the upgrade price for Windows 10 will be £100 for the Home edition. Boxed and download copies of the software are already available at £100 for the Home edition and £190 for the Pro edition.
THE REST OF THE BEST WINDOWS 10 ANNIVERSARY UPDATE FEATURES BETTER POWER SAVING With Windows 10, you can stop a resource-hungry application by choosing if it is allowed to run in the background, helping to save power. With the update, there’s a new ‘Managed by Windows’ option, which is designed to automatically turn off resourcehungry apps. TASK VIEW IS MORE USEFUL Task view now allows you to right-click a task and select Show this Window on all desktops. This will make the current task appear on all your available desktops, which will be handy for some applications, such as media players. TABLET MODE GETS A BOOST Tablet mode, which is used for dedicated tablets and 2-in-1 machines when the keyboard has been undocked, now looks a little more like Windows 8, with the All Apps mode now appearing full-screen, making it easier to launch applications with a tap of a finger. WINDOWS UPDATE UPDATED Have you been caught out by your computer automatically restarting? You can now stop it happening. Go to Settings, Update & Security, Windows Update and you can set your ‘Active hours’. During this period, Windows 10 won’t automatically restart your PC to install updates.
WINDOWS 10 ANNIVERSARY UPDATE: KEY FEATURES Windows Hello aids security p110 Desktop apps arrive in store p110 New Edge browser p111 Do more with a pen and Ink p111 Run Linux apps in Windows p112 Continuum powers your phone p112 Cortana gets smarter p113 Start menu improvements p113 Power saving p113 Task view p113 Tablet mode p113 Windows Update restrictions p113
Any mention of Microsoft changing the Start menu is likely to have many people slightly worried, particularly after the mess that was Windows 8. Fortunately, you don’t have to worry here, as the Anniversary Update simply tweaks the existing Start menu, largely for the better. A NEW LOOK Microsoft has altered the look of the Start menu. Gone is the All Apps option, which expanded to show you everything installed on your computer. Instead, you now just get a single list of apps. To aid navigation, the top of the list contains your most-used apps, while the rest of the list is sorted alphabetically. Up to three recently added applications (up from one with the original release) are also shown. ONEDRIVE SEARCH OneDrive search is now built into the Start menu, so you can find files stored in the cloud as well as on your computer. That’s great for anyone who has embraced Microsoft’s cloud-storage service. MORE PROMOTED ITEMS As mentioned on page 110, Microsoft is also using the Start menu to show more suggested apps, or adverts as we prefer to call them. This is a little annoying, but you can simply turn off all suggestions. Just open the Start menu, right-click a suggested item and select ‘Turn all suggestions off’. This option only works for suggestions in the main program list, but there are lots of Live tiles for other promoted items, which you have to disable one at a time: right-click each one and select Unpin from Start.
Although Internet Explorer is still there for those that want it, Windows 10 introduced the sleeker, more modern Edge browser, but it didn’t quite feel like the final product. It initially lacked a few features that more established browsers, such as Chrome, had; for example, extensions. With the Anniversary Update, Edge steps up a gear, becoming a far more mature browser that will be able to compete with the big browsers. EXTENSIONS Extensions are a neat way to give a browser new features, such as a display to show how many unread emails you have. The original Edge lacked these options, but the Anniversary Update adds them. At the time of writing, there weren’t a huge number available (see Helpfile, page 128), but there are some interesting additions, such as Microsoft Translator to convert text to English, and Mouse Gestures, which lets you navigate or close tabs by moving your mouse. We expect the range to increase rapidly, as Microsoft has released a tool to help developers quickly convert Chrome extensions to Edge. To see what’s available, click the settings icon in Edge (the three dots at the top right of the screen), then click Extensions. You’ll see your existing list of Extensions (if you have any); click the ‘Get extensions from the Store’ link to launch the Store and find new ones. Once installed, Extensions appear in the previous menu; you can click to turn them off or select Remove to uninstall them. NOTIFICATIONS With more and more apps moving to the cloud, it’s handy if pop-up notifications are delivered directly to your desktop. Finally, Edge gets this feature. Sites that support web notifications will ask your permission to display notifications, so you don’t have to worry about getting bombarded with a load of useless nonsense. PIN TABS Do you use some websites all the time? With Edge, you had to open them all manually, but the Anniversary Update introduces pinned tabs, so you can keep pages permanently open. To pin a tab, right-click or long-press and select Pin. Follow the same instructions on a pinned tab and select Unpin to remove the tab. CLICK TO PLAY FLASH Adobe Flash remains one of the internet’s most annoying technologies, but the new Edge will now automatically pause Flash content that’s not integral to the page, such as adverts. As well as reducing general annoyance, it should also keep your computer running more smoothly, by cutting down on superfluous content.
ive been reading through the threads and see people still asking questions about these topics,so thought they might help them? you devil.
How about a link to the article you read. Or did I get bored too quickly and miss it? If Microsoft were to ever start charging for updates, that would immediately seal their fate with me. Linux Mint is too good and we can definitely live without Microsoft's interference. Currently we have Windows because we're used to it. But if MS wants into out pockets for updates, we'll shut down all windows computers and go strictly with our Apple products and Linux. My wife does need Windows 7, 8, 8.1 or 10 for one reason: Floriani embroidery software. But it can be run very successfully on a Windows computer not connected to the internet and Floriani updates (free complete new versions) can be gotten on CD and via an iMac or Linux box download.
hi. cant post link as it includes links to download it.so not allowed? just google it and its easy to find. if you cant i will pm it to you. thanks.
hi. i sent him a pm. the link would include download links to file sharing sites. so not allowed i presumed?
Every link published on MDL has links to download everything, just no Homebrew OS's link's and I think you'll be OK