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Combatant

In the last week we have learned that there will be six Windows 10 Editions when the new OS releases over the course of the next several months. Microsoft is yet to explain the exact details of how the free Windows 10 upgrade will work for users of Windows 7/8.1. While that info is expected as we get closer to Windows 10 RTM, which is currently sometime this summer, I may have found some good indicators of the various paths to Windows 10. While I was perusing the official MSDN RSS feeds earlier today I came across a blog post from the Microsoft Australia Partner Network site which was a recap of recent Windows 10 announcements. In this blog post, written by Alex Snelson a Windows product manager for Microsoft Australia, the free upgrade scenarios and licensing for the various Windows 10 Editions including eligibility for the free upgrade, upgrade paths and licensing channels are laid out. First, here is the list of editions that were announced last week and free upgrade/licensing info: Windows 10 Home for consumers and BYOD scenarios, available under the free upgrade Windows 10 Pro for small and lower mid-size businesses, available under the free upgrade Windows 10 Enterprise for Mid-size and large enterprises, available under VL Windows 10 Education designed to meet the needs of schools – teachers, students, staff, and administrators, available under VL Windows 10 Mobile for consumer, small, mid-size and large enterprises and academic institutions, available under OEM Windows 10 Mobile Enterprise for mid-size and large enterprises with IoT scenarios, available under OEM (IoT), VL Secondly, she lays out the version of Windows 7/8.1 and what they are eligible to upgrade to under Windows 10: Microsoft will offer a free upgrade to Windows 10 for qualified Windows 7, Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8.1 devices in the first year. After the first year, upgrades will be paid via boxed product and VL Upgrades. Windows 8/8.1 and Windows 7 Home Basic and Home Premium devices upgrade to Windows 10 Home Windows 8/8.1 Pro and Windows 7 Professional and Ultimate devices upgrade to Windows 10 Pro If upgraded within the first 12 months following launch, the device will receive ongoing Windows 10 updates for free for the life of that device Excludes Windows Enterprise and RT devices The free Windows 10 upgrade is delivered through Windows Update; domain-joined machines can manually get the update via Windows Update. The upgrade cannot be deployed through WSUS. Based on that last bullet it appears the Windows 10 update will be provided to properly licensed versions of Windows 7/8.1 through Windows Update instead of the Windows Store. This is exactly how Microsoft initially pushed the Windows 10 Technical Preview to Insiders on Windows 7 and 8.1 so the system has been well tested. You might recall that Microsoft pushed the Windows 8.1 update to users on Windows 8 through the Windows Store and it proved to have its share of challenges. Hopefully, Microsoft will also provide properly licensed users of Windows 7/8.1 with a license key that can be used with an ISO of the correct version of Windows 10 for their system instead of having to install the old OS and subsequent updates in order to perform the upgrade to Windows 10 if a clean install is necessary. Thankfully, once the update to Windows 10 has been done, the user should also be able to use the Reset or Refresh options in Windows to give themselves a fresh start with Windows 10 as necessary. Source : http://winsupersite.com/windows-10/official-microsoft-blog-lays-out-windows-10-upgrade-paths-and-scenarios

Opposition

I don't know if this will help or not, Bob but it might be worth checking out. http://www.gfi.com/blog/copy-paste-working-remote-desktop-connection-whats-wrong/

I used to use Diskeeper but ever since Windows 7 I have used the Windows built in defragger. I've found it to be better than all of the previous Windows built-in defraggers.

Contradiction

She can only eat with spoons.

Intransigent

For many years, Microsoft has operated a website called TechNet, where IT professionals can download technical materials on Microsoft's products and get help troubleshooting problems. On Wednesday, the security company FireEye revealed that hackers had infiltrated TechNet in an ingenious way to operate one of their illegal networks, or botnet. These hackers did not break in to TechNet's security. Instead they set up ordinary user profiles on TechNet, then stuffed those profiles with malware. They went to forum pages and dropped malware there, too. FireEye called it "hiding in plain sight." This wasn't so much a tactic to hack IT professionals who visited TechNet as it was to hide their nefarious activities from the botnet hunters trying to shut them down, FireEye reported. It allowed the hackers to secretly run their botnet, FireEye says, because a victim's antivirus software thought the illicit traffic was coming from a safe Microsoft site. (FireEye) How hackers used Microsoft TechNet to run their botnet. It also made it harder for network security professionals to find the actual botnet servers. And herein lies the embarrassment for Microsoft, whose botnet-hunting group, The Digital Crime Unit, has worked with the FBI and officials in 80 countries to take down some of the largest, most dangerous botnets in the world. This was an in-your-face to Microsoft from the hackers. FireEye and Microsoft found a way to turn the tables. They injected tracking code into the hackers' malware to trace the botnet servers. There's another wrinkle to all of this. FireEye's technology helps detect what are known as "advanced persistent threats" (APT), which involve hackers who are deliberately targeting one organization and which is very hard to stop. (That's in contrast with hackers who randomly troll the internet looking to infect computers.) Last month, Microsoft took a big step as a competitor in FireEye's eyes by announcing its own APT security tool. It will initially work only with Microsoft's ActiveDirectory technology, the tool IT professionals use to set up employee accounts with passwords and such. FireEye politely waited until after Microsoft's CEO announced this new product before it released a blog post and white paper about the hackers on TechNet. Microsoft had no comment. Source : http://finance.yahoo.com/news/hackers-found-ingenious-way-embarrass-150114201.html

Rigid

Earlier this week we learned from Microsoft that Windows 10 will be offered in six different editions for home, pro, enterprise and education users. These editions include the desktop, mobile and even Internet of Things versions of the new OS. When Microsoft announced a few months ago that Windows 10 would be a free upgrade for many users it was great news for those on Windows 7 and 8/8.1. During a follow up interview Microsoft stated that even non-genuine Windows users would get their pirated versions of Windows upgraded to Windows 10. You will remember this because the headlines proclaimed that even pirates would be legally licensed with this free upgrade. Well that caused a lot of confusion which led to a clarification from Microsoft that yes, non-genuine Windows users could upgrade to Windows 10 however, they would still be non-genuine users. Now we learn from Terry Myerson, Microsoft's lead in the Operating Systems Group, exactly how the free upgrade to Windows 10 works and what those non-genuine licensed versions of Windows 10 will look like. "When we can’t verify that Windows is properly installed, licensed, and not tampered with, we create a desktop watermark to notify the user. If you ever encounter this watermark on a new machine, I encourage you to return the device immediately to the retailer from whom you purchased it and request a Genuine Windows device. Non-Genuine Windows has a high risk of malware, fraud, public exposure of your personal information, and a higher risk for poor performance or feature malfunctions. Non-Genuine Windows is not supported by Microsoft or a trusted partner." Myerson acknowledges that sometimes consumers are not aware they have purchased a non-genuine copy of Windows or received an improperly licensed version on a new computer. In these cases, instead of punishing the consumer, there will be some upgrade offers presented that will help the user get properly licensed. Of course, since those upgrades are for versions of Windows that do not have a paid for license it means there is no free upgrade but the consumer will have to pay for that license one way or another. More info will be coming in the future about these specific upgrade offers for non-genuine Windows users. Source : http://winsupersite.com/windows-10/being-genuine-windows-10

Opposition

Outcry

I did get used to Windows 8.1 and I like it much better than Windows 8. As for Windows 10 TP, I like it a lot so far and actually look forward to it's official release.

When Microsoft announced that Windows 10 would become a Windows as a Service model, rumors started surfacing that, even though the company promised to supply Windows 10 for free to eligible recipients, customers would have to start paying for it eventually. And, while the book isn't exactly closed on that, Gabe Aul was asked on Twitter recently about a potential for a yearly subscription fee for Windows. Here's what Gabe answered…"Windows as a service just means that we'll continuously keep it up to date. There is no ongoing fee." How is this different from past Windows versions? Not too much. And, if the recent announcement of the various versions releasing of Windows 10 is any indication, it seems that the term Windows as a Service is what happens when sales and marketing win a heated fight over logic and better product alignment. Explained this way, it's an almost benign and expected solution. We're still trying to come to terms with what Microsoft is planning, and I'm sure there's big discussions still going on inside the Redmond compound, but it seems that the idea is less about Windows as a Service and more about Servicing for Windows. Maybe Microsoft's messaging and branding folks should take a class from Gabe in clear communications. Source : http://winsupersite.com/windows-10/what-windows-service

Pharmacy

Liberate

Extricate