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I’ve been running Technical Preview for several months now on two PC’s, a homebrew and a Dell laptop. Yes, they are my main machines. MS uploaded the latest build, 10240, a week or so ago. I noticed at the time that there was no longer a build number in the lower right-hand-corner of the home screen. On Win_10_Day, I awoke, searched around, and found that sure enough, 10240 was the RTM that people were getting, so I’d had it all along! The thing seems to me to be rock-solid and I have no fears about continuing to use it on my “main” machines. (Well, I do backup data daily, so I’m not completely nuts.) I think they have a winner here, if by a winner you mean something that works as it should.

Since yesterday, I’ve not been able to print from Firefox. It just prints blank pages. This occurs on two computers running WTP. Have you noticed anything like this?
Pat Dennis

I can’t find a thread for the “slipstream” comment, but I’d like to disagree, in part. The reader should be warned that the “image” option will probably only be useful if he restores onto the same hardware. If he gets a new computer and wants to recreate his XP installation, he will be like the guy facing Clint Eastwood wondering “Is this my lucky day?” If it is, the newly restored image will boot the system, wake up realizing it’s not in Kansas anymore (to mix a movie metaphor), and seek or request new drivers. If it’s not his lucky day, he gets an “OS cannot be found” message and a flashing cursor. Press any key to exit. At that point, if he REALLY wants his XP back, he’s gonna wish he had done the slipstream install disk.
That said, I fully agree with your final option: Go with Windows 7; it’s better in every way.
Pat Dennis

From the original story: “Windows 8 changes updating in two ways. First, Windows Update will consolidate updates that need a system restart (regardless of when they came out during the month) and synchronize that final reboot step with the restarts required by the Patch Tuesday (the second Tuesday of each month) security updates. Secondly, once updates are installed, Windows Update will warn users of an upcoming reboot over three days, via a message in the user sign-in screen (see Figure 1) and within Windows Update (see Figure 2). You should no longer receive those annoying restart popup messages.”

So why must this wait for Windows 8. What part cannot be applied to Win 7 or even XP?

Pat Dennis

I’m about to install Win 7 Home Premium onto a new machine having two hard disks. I’d like to use Dick’s option of OS on C: and Data on D: . Is there a way to do the install so that Win 7 conforms to the system I want from the get-go, or do I have to first do the install and then perform one of the “move users” manuvers that I see in the forums?? I gather that a “command-line install” might work… I am comfortable using the command line, but do not know how to do an install using it, though I’d love to learn.