Maintenace Activator Task Recently I ran powercfg /waketimers and I received the following response: Timer set by [SERVICE] \Device\HarddiskVolume2\Windows\System32\svchost.exe (SystemEventsBroker) expires at 2:54:58 AM on 10/18/2014. Reason: Windows will execute 'Maintenance Activator' scheduled task that requested waking the computer. I cannot find any information regarding the Maintenance Activator task. I suspect that it is part of Windows 10 Automatic Maintenance but I cannot find any reference to it in the Task Scheduler. It should appear in the Active Tasks list but it does not. I found nothing from running schtasks /query. Has anyone learned anything about the Maintenance Activator task?
Don't know, they've not done it before. I imagine it will have either an update notification or an automated process that gives the user no option. I *hope* they give the user the option of when to install it, but I've heard rumors that you have no control over that.
I hope they do a drastic overhaul in the multi desktop interface. Launching apps in different desktops is problematic at best. There needs to be more clear separation between the desktops on many different levels that you just don’t see in this current build.
I'm pretty curious about the result, too. If it will be positive is another question. I provided some feedback as well (not about the boot screen or other cosmetics ) but stopped using Windows 10 (installed only in a VM) after some days because right now, the few new features available are, apart from being half-baked, not worth to use the OS on a daily basis. Missing localization is another ingredient. Therefore, I'm gonna wait until they push out a new build and revive that virtual machine for a couple of days to provide them a little more feedback and keep that procedure until it reached a point where it becomes a serious usable alternative to stable Windows 8.1. Addition: After all, I see this whole new feedback process will not only beneficial for Microsoft to deliver a better user experience, but also to reduce internal testing resources over time. It's kind of like outsourcing of the product testing unit, or "dog-fooding" as they call it, without being responsible if something breaks (soft- or hardware-wise).
I have 8.1 with legal key.If I install 10 preview can it be made activated with my 8.1 key or will it have to be uninstalled when the full version is released? I don't want to just uninstall and go to full version.Thanks.
Someone made a statement about the audio system in Windows 10 - Im not sure if it was an interview or some of the conference videos.