Windows 10 Insider Preview Fast Build 19536 - December 16 Insider

jimbo45 said:

Hi there

@Berton

I don't think that's always true -- I've never yet heard anyone --at least where I live complaining if after an election Taxes of one sort or another actually DECREASE. !!!

Although in some ways it's true -- XP became a really popular os but on introduction XP was almost universally loathed with the tag Windows e(XP)ensive !!!

Windows NT was hopeless for consumers --was called Windows Neanderthal !!!.

W7 had a bit better reception but W8 really did irritate so many users it almost destroyed the brandname Microsoft -- professional users dodn't want their OS to become a "Giant Mobile phone" system with no hierarchial menus etc (try running Photoshop with no hierarchial menuing system but just having to endlessly scroll about 97 zillion tiles !!).

Certain types of change is obviously bad for a huge number of people but if a product is good people will with some decent proper selling come to like it and embrace its use.

After the W8 fiasco I was relieved to see W10 going back(almost) to its roots -- although we don't need a load of those crummy store apps installed by default on a professional version of the OS.

Anyway to old timers

you might remeber this gag about W8 !!!!

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Now time for some French Cognac and some : (Starbucks and Costa HATER am I !!!!!!)

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Cheers
jimbo

One wag on Eight Forums (not sure who but might have been Golden) described it as Windows Phone Desktop Edition.

jimbo45 said:

Absolutely true !!!!!

I see you've spent time on hardware and overclocking Forums but there's one irritant on Windows - non server editions-- CPU limit of 2 physical processors.

Now if you can find some way of unlocking the 2 CPU limit on Windows (non server editions) I'd be glad to know -- I'm playing with a 4 processor (not cores actual 4X XEON populated mobo). !! Linux is fine --Windows just seems to have an arbitary CPU limit -- must be hackable as this doesn't apply to the server editions.

Cheers
jimbo

Sorry but only dual CPU I ever had was dual Pentium 200 Pro (single core) and that was on one of first NT's. I don't think that 2 CPU limit is an arbitrary CPU limit, Most probably to sell Server edition and heavy support for it.

I hate to say it but I caught myself in an error. When I wrote

The other thing, or my thoughts, goes back to Windows 2000 for business [which I did like more than NT4] and somewhat of an uproar over not having a comparable Upgrade over Win98SE for consumers which resulted in Windows Vista, notably not the best version released [unless wanting to go back to MS-DOS 4.x days].

I mistakenly mentioned Windows Vista when I really should have said Windows ME/Millenium Edition, my apology. I'll blame it on turning 80 on Saturday. But then ME and Vista were the only versions I never Upgraded to, only had to work on OEM versions for clients.

Bristolian said:

Good afternoon everyone,

Is it possible via the fast stream to install this build over version 1909?.

Very Best Wishes,
Bob.

If I understand you correctly, all you would need to do is follow the instructions here:

Bristolian said:

Thank you very much.

Do a good image backup first.

jimbo45 said:

Hi folks

3 things also with this edition

1) For old apps that still require net framework 3.5 -- this installs now on a clean install via the "turn windows features on / off" -- before you had to use some convoluted powershell script to install as the standard method always failed.

2) On a W10 VM using KVM / QEMU via pci / usb+pci host passthru -- got my hardware video capture device to work perfectly capturing SKY Q and Amazon fire TV output so I can watch later without having to worry about recordings expiring etc.

3) Sky GO also working properly

items 2) and 3) failed miserably when using VMWare as the Virtual machine Software . Note though for best possible Video on your VM use the video virtio driver rather than the default qxl one.

So a Happy Camper today.

Enjoy tonight --but please get home safely wherever you are -- we need you all next year on the Forums !!!!!!

Cheers
jimbo

You just had sunset. It'll be back next year at 11:20 a.m. Happy New Year.