New Windows 10 Insider Preview Fast Build 18334 (19H1) - Feb. 8 Insider

slicendice said:

This build both start up and shut down very fast for me. I see no difference at all, compared to previous builds. Maybe your computer was still doing some tasks in the background? I noticed this build does a lot of calculations every now and then using processes I'm not used to see on older builds.

Yes you could be right although it's running in VBox which didn't seem to be doing much CPU or IO.

Slow shutdown for me too

Its even longer if i just close the lid

Roy

Anybody ever heard a disk description as "Foreign" ?

CountMike said:

Anybody ever heard a disk description as "Foreign" ?

Could you please right click it and select Properties, and tell / show what is shown under tabs General, Volumes and in property Device description in tab Details.



On an another note, missing a better place to post this:

On Thursday, Microsoft Device Tour Plus stopped in my adopted home town Leipzig. I was invited, and as I had nothing better to do and was quite interested in free breakfast, lunch and dinner, I went there. My health issues forced me to leave soon after the lunch, I completely lost my sense of balance and were helped to a taxi, paid by Microsoft, to take me home already in mid-afternoon.

Anyway, all sessions were mostly about changes in Windows security, Microsoft 365 and things like that. The most interesting part was just before lunch in a session about Windows 7 End of Life in January 2020, and how to prepare for it.

A representative from Microsoft told that as most advanced users know, you can still activate WIndows 10 with Windows 7 / 8 product keys, and you can still upgrade for free. However, those users who have upgraded for free since the official offer ended on July 29th, 2016, or who have used Windows 7 / 8 product keys after that date to activate Windows 10, might face issues in near future.

According to what was told to us, Microsoft is well aware about people still using "unofficial" free upgrade, but as their activation servers have all required information, it is probable that in near future Microsoft will remove digital licenses of those devices upgraded after July 29th, 2016, or Windows 10 devices activated with a Windows 7 / 8 product key after that date.

I have no other factual knowledge about this matter, I am only repeating what was told in an official Microsoft event where I was invited to participate.

Kari

Class Action Suit in the making

Millions of Windows 10 users suddenly being told their system is no longer activated and they need to purchase a copy of Windows 10.

Ztruker said:

Class Action Suit in the making

Millions of Windows 10 users suddenly being told their system is no longer activated and they need to purchase a copy of Windows 10.

There's no base, no ground for a class action suit. Microsoft has been very clear that the free offer ended one year after the release of Windows 10. Each and every user who have upgraded for free since the offer ended have known the offer was officially no longer valid.

Kari

Kari said:

Could you please right click it and select Properties, and tell / show what is shown under tabs General, Volumes and in property Device description in tab Details.

Sorry, can't do that because it was a question somebody asked me on another, HW and OC related forum. Here's the text of the question:

I have a dual windows 10 build - one for casual use and one for editing. Each is located on a different SSD. And then there's a 2TB HDD for backup. The problem appears when I boot a different OS than the last time. My HDD (under letter F doesn't show up in my computer. The issue is resolved by going into disk management and importing the foreign disc. Now the issue is that it's always displayed as foreign when I switch my OS (if I'm using my gaming windows and then switch to the editing one, then my F: drive isn't recognized - and vice versa). I have no idea what to do...

Kari, tell that to the millions of people who upgraded for free because Microsoft allowed it. It's not what they said, it's what they did that matters.

CA is one possibility. The right thing for Microsoft to do is turn off the ability to do free upgrades.

All I'm saying is it will be interesting to see where this goes.

CountMike said:

Anybody ever heard a disk description as "Foreign" ?

Do you have the Reserved Storage activated?

Enable or Disable Reserved Storage for Windows Update in Windows 10 | Tutorials

That "Dynamic" may indicate it. Although not sure why the warning triangle.

What does Optimize and Defrag show?

f14tomcat said:

Do you have the Reserved Storage activated?

Enable or Disable Reserved Storage for Windows Update in Windows 10 | Tutorials

That "Dynamic" may indicate it. Although not sure why the warning triangle.

What does Optimize and Defrag show?

Don't know anything else about it but the picture that question. I never heard a disk being described as Foreign.