Today, we published a workaround that allows you to force download Windows 10 via Windows update but this process is not working correctly for everyone, especially if you are running Windows 7. “Its not only about the OS which is a concern for organizations it’s also about security, compatibility and manageability so many of them will adopt wait and watch strategy”, Tripathi said.
Microsoft skipped the name Windows 9, as if to distance itself further from the last release.
SHANNON STAPLETON/REUTERS PC users with Windows 7 and 8 will be eligible for a free upgrade to Windows 10.
Instead of charging the maximum that users could bear for each copy, Microsoft will use Windows 10 to get as many users on its new services as possible.
“That’s what Windows 10 is all about”.
On the back of nearly universal criticism of Windows 8, users will no longer have to contend with the busy Start screen brimming with app tiles, as the reliable old Start menu makes a much-anticipated comeback.
With Windows 10, Microsoft is offering something of a throwback to the earlier versions.
Edge replaces Internet Explorer as the built-in web browser, while the smartphone voice assistant known as Cortana will appear on desktop computers for the first time.
“A new era of Windows now starts”, says Terry Myerson, executive vice president, Windows and Devices Group, Microsoft.
PC makers including Lenovo, Hewlett-Packard (NYSE:HPQ), Dell and Acer are selling new laptop and desktop computers with Windows 10 pre-installed.
SHANNON STAPLETON/REUTERS Microsoft launched its first new operating system in nearly three years.
The result: All of the files from a Windows 10 PC will also be accessible via smartphone and anything taken on the smartphone can also be located from a Windows 10 equipped computer.
Richard Edwards, analyst at the consultancy Ovum, said Microsoft is looking beyond mobile to emerging technologies including wearables and other connected devices.
For retail, free upgrade programmes will be available Wednesday, with Windows 10 software becoming broadly available in retail stores around the world between mid-August and September. After all, both Google and Apple collect similar data points when customers use services like Siri and Google Now. Window 10 will give suggestions for movies, news stories and places to eat when it gets to know your tastes. As in old times, it can be opened with the click of a mouse or by pressing the Windows shortcut on a keyboard. Nobody rushed home to install the latest Windows 10, out yesterday. Still, there’s no need to panic about upgrading right away.
Jeff Barney, who runs Toshiba’s consumer PC business, said the new software is easier to use than Windows 8 and will complement Toshiba’s newest machines.
