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Me!
Almost...As one of many who was there for the preview test I got an update for the final version, only with a bit of twist...I can not activate my version unless paying ($200) for a brand new license...
Thank you MS, I'm sure I will spend my precious time to help you next time too...
Skipper: We'll fix it.
Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this?
Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.
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That's fair, you're a Microsoft user Peter that is expected. 
I am glad you will find your way back to Windows 8.1 (or 7 as they say), which is much better OS as compared to this Windows 10.
The sh*t I complain about
It's like there ain't a cloud in the sky and it's raining out - Eminem
~! Firewall !~
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My Windows 10 is a VM - I do not install betas on my working computer directly...
Skipper: We'll fix it.
Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this?
Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.
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Ah, that is what I call safety first! 
The sh*t I complain about
It's like there ain't a cloud in the sky and it's raining out - Eminem
~! Firewall !~
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Afzaal Ahmad Zeeshan wrote: Windows 8.1 (or 7 as they say), which is much better OS as compared to this Windows 10.
And how exactly is Windows 8.1 better than Windows 10?
Granted, Windows 10 has severe privacy issues, but most of them can be overcome just by not linking your Microsoft account with it. Apart from that, I am yet to find any other major concerns. Customize the settings during the installation and you should be good.
Honestly, if you are thinking Windows 8.1 is "much" better than 10, you must have not used atleast one of them. Windows 7 on the other hand...
You have just been Sharapova'd.
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Agent__007 wrote: Windows 10 has severe privacy issues,
Enquiring minds want to know.
You type it here, I'll read it.
Sources and references appreciated.
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A couple of links from the Insider: link1[^], link2[^].
You have just been Sharapova'd.
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Reinstall an older Windows 7 or 8 on your machine and than can you update to 10.
My preview Windows 10 got the final version without any problem via dvd install.
What went precisl wrong? 
Press F1 for help or google it.
Greetings from Germany
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All good - only it refuses to get activated, so I can not change 90% of the settings...
(I installed it from the internet not DVD, maybe there is the problem)
Skipper: We'll fix it.
Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this?
Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.
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Below, you're having issues with Visual Studio, now Windows... are you the replacement the Universe sent us for Christian Graus?
Cheers,
विक्रम
"We have already been through this, I am not going to repeat myself." - fat_boy, in a global warming thread 
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Nah, that would have been "Why Windows 10 sucks today"
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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I have no problem wit VS - it's all about the installer...
Skipper: We'll fix it.
Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this?
Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.
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By installer, are making reference to the .msi or the Administrator?
The difficult may take time, the impossible a little longer.
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Kornfeld Eliyahu Peter wrote: I can not activate my version unless paying ($200) for a brand new license...
You make it sound like ransomware 
Bastard Programmer from Hell 
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
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That's the word! Exactly!
Skipper: We'll fix it.
Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this?
Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.
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"ransomware" with Google Translate "Detect language" => "Haitian" 
modified 19-Jan-21 21:04pm.
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But, if we didn't have to pay for it, we would not have a moral basis to disrespect it with.
cheers, Bill
«I want to stay as close to the edge as I can without going over. Out on the edge you see all kinds of things you can't see from the center» Kurt Vonnegut.
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Windows 10 uses the Kodak model. The camera was cheap but the film and processing is what made their profit.
Now, about those in-app purchases...
BTW has anyone tried to dual boot Win 10 with Win 7. The file systems don't like each other and you end up corrupting both. This happened with the preview version and with the release version. I suspect Win 8/8.1 might not suffer from this.
I may not last forever but the mess I leave behind certainly will.
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I bought a new PC with 8.1 home recently just for the purpose of installing W10 for development work and signed up for the insider program which installed W10 pro. I didn't revert to 8.1 before doing a clean install on the 29th (just burned the release iso to dvd and ran it) and voila, I still have a live licenced W10 with pro upgrade FOC, so no complaints here, worked better than expected - maybe you didn't have a qualifying version of 7 or 8.x to start with, Microsoft always said only these versions get a free upgrade if they took up the offer within a year - if not reinstall your old 7/8 and retry, if still no luck send an email to them - a PIA but better a few hours waiting than $200 - GL
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To Microsoft, you're a cash cow, say moo.
Most companies, especially the large ones, are viewing their customers as cash cows to be milked of money. That's the whole point of "Windows as a service", to milk their cash cows for money more effectively than the way they've been doing things in the past, when they merely made and sold things.
We can program with only 1's, but if all you've got are zeros, you've got nothing.
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Not me, because I am not interested in it and I shall not be using it.
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Or maybe not...
So I downloaded VS 2015 Community Edition to replace my preview version with...
A file in the ISO - apparently - was damaged (only on, so it may be a problem of the packaging...), so when the installer got there it asked me three choices...
1. Skip - not an option, as it may result in a not-working product...
2. Look for the file at another location on my computer - I have no...
3. Download the package from the internet - the only possible solution...
So what's the problem, you ask? Beyond this point, the installer will download EVERY package from the internet, regardless it defected or not...
I wonder who wrote that, who tested that and who approved that? For sure it was a combined effort of carelessness...
Skipper: We'll fix it.
Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this?
Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.
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Never download the ISO, there come many problems with it. I have always tried downloading the online installer. Suits me, I can chose which one to download.
Hey, as a tip: You can choose Custom and select the items you want to install and ignore you don't want or are not going to work with.  Maybe a good hand for the bandwidth, I'd say.
The sh*t I complain about
It's like there ain't a cloud in the sky and it's raining out - Eminem
~! Firewall !~
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I can't see a reason why not to use ISO - I do it for years, and the reason, that I have to install several machines and the multiple download is just a waste of time...
Skipper: We'll fix it.
Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this?
Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.
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Perhaps you should. ISOs are offline, better in speed because you don't have to wait for the network latency.
But my point was that you always get the fresh copy of product, ISOs may give you enormous notifications for update once you have finished installing the product.
The sh*t I complain about
It's like there ain't a cloud in the sky and it's raining out - Eminem
~! Firewall !~
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