[Framers] Windows 10 "hijacked" my computer

[Syed Zaeem Hosain]

For me, the Windows 10 upgrade process was a faulty ... after some time. Yeah, the "upgrade" happened at night without my realizing it was gonna happen ... very annoying.

But after the upgrade, and then about two or three weeks of no problems, my computer crashed hard and I had to re-install Windows 10 from scratch! 

That was a royal pain, since the "free upgrade" does not have keys that can be used for a clean install.

Luckily, a tool called Belarc (free) had allowed me to record the Windows 10 keys (after the original upgrade) that allowed me to do a clean install from a downloaded version of the ISO image from Microsoft ... whew!

Now, things are very, very stable - indeed, much better and faster than Windows 7 frankly.

I am using Windows 10 Pro 64-bit and have become very used to it. Some idiosyncracies, but very nice overall, actually.

Also, I have tested FrameMaker 8, and am currently using FrameMaker 12, without any problems whatsoever, so FrameMaker 2015 ought to be fine too (with Windows 10)!

Almost all my applications in Windows 7 have moved cleanly to Windows 10 without difficulty - including ones I used to run back in the Windows XP days.

Z

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Framers [mailto:framers-
> bounces+syed.hosain=aeris.net at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Robert
> Lauriston
> Sent: Friday, April 29, 2016 12:31 PM
> To: Ken Poshedly <poshedly at bellsouth.net>; framers at lists.frameusers.com
> Subject: Re: [Framers] Windows 10 "hijacked" my computer
> 
> Windows 7 64-bit with 8GB, Windows 10 should be relatively smooth, though
> some drivers might break. If you're running FrameMaker 2015 with all
> updates maybe it would work without tweaking. I'd make a full backup
> before trying.
> 
> FM 2015 update 1 was the first version to officially support Windows 10, and
> I've read of numerous problems with older versions.
> 
> On Fri, Apr 29, 2016 at 12:10 PM, Robert Lauriston <robert at lauriston.com>
> wrote:
> > Yeah, that download thing is evil. Last year I had a PC that started
> > acting like it was out of disk space even though Windows showed it
> > having 10-15% free. Eventually I discovered that there was a hidden
> > directory containing the Windows 10 upgrade installer. Which I had not
> > signed up for, and which that PC was perhaps not capable of running.
> >
> > Which version of Windows are you currently running, is it 32-bit or
> > 64-bit, and how much memory do you have?
> >
> > On Fri, Apr 29, 2016 at 12:03 PM, Ken Poshedly <poshedly at bellsouth.net>
> wrote:
> >> Well, Gang, Windows 10 wants me and it wants me NOW!
> >>
> >> Some months ago, I signed up for the free offer of Windows 10 for
> installation at MY convenience.
> >>
> >> Early this morning when I check the home desktop, Windows 10 had
> >> apparently self-installed overnight. (I usually leave the platform on
> >> all night.)
> >>
> >> I rebooted and when prompted with the Windows 10 EULA (end-user
> license agreement), I declined. Windows 10 said it would then  "reinstall my
> Windows 7".
> >>
> >> I didn't have time to wait for it so I let it do its own thing and left for my
> office; I'll see how things played out when I get home tonight.
> >>
> >> Two questions:
> >> 1. Regarding FrameMaker (I'm running FM10), am I facing any
> >> operational or other problems or must I reinstall it? If so, that
> >> might be a problem because I didn't "de-activate" my second license.
> >> (One is on the desktop and one is on a laptop.)
> >>
> >> 2. Am I facing any general problems with Windows 10?
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