Announcing Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 10565 Insider

Cbarnhorst said:

I think you are reading it wrong. You cannot use a Windows 7 or 8 key to install 10. You can only use such a key if you have upgraded already from a copy of Windows 7 or 8 AND the key is the same one that activated that 7 or 8.

Yes, that's the way I read it too. I would add: on the same machine.

Wynona said:

Yes, that's the way I read it too. I would add: on the same machine.

Well Girls and guys. That's not the way I read it so have to break out the old test machine and see what works. First I need to do a esd to iso . Love this insider build stuff. Source is insider hub

Device activation improvements: We have received a lot of feedback from Insiders on making it easier to activate Windows 10 on devices that take advantage of the free upgrade offer to genuine Windows by using existing Windows 7, Windows 8 or Windows 8.1 product keys. If you install this build of the Windows 10 Insider Preview on a PC and it doesn’t automatically activate, you can enter the product key from Windows 7, Windows 8 or Windows 8.1 used to activate the prior Windows version on the same device to activate Windows 10 by going to Settings > Update & security > Activation and selecting Change Product Key. If you do a clean install of Windows 10 by booting off the media, you can also enter the product key from prior Windows versions on qualifying devices during setup. For more information on these activation improvements including requirements – see this post in the Insider Hub.

Charlie said:

Well Girls and guys. That's not the way I read it so have to break out the old test machine and see what works. First I need to do a esd to iso . Love this insider build stuff. Source is insider hub

Device activation improvements: We have received a lot of feedback from Insiders on making it easier to activate Windows 10 on devices that take advantage of the free upgrade offer to genuine Windows by using existing Windows 7, Windows 8 or Windows 8.1 product keys. If you install this build of the Windows 10 Insider Preview on a PC and it doesn’t automatically activate, you can enter the product key from Windows 7, Windows 8 or Windows 8.1 used to activate the prior Windows version on the same device to activate Windows 10 by going to Settings > Update & security > Activation and selecting Change Product Key. If you do a clean install of Windows 10 by booting off the media, you can also enter the product key from prior Windows versions on qualifying devices during setup. For more information on these activation improvements including requirements – see this post in the Insider Hub.

Hmmm, I have a very old HP laptop that I was going to put Ubuntu on, but I guess I can install Windows 10 on it and then see if one of my older unused Win 7 Ultimate keys will work. :) Gotta be tomorrow, tho.

sbdresner said:

Downloaded 10565 but it failed to install. Stopped wuauserv and bits. Deleted all files in C:\Windows\SoftwareDistribution. Started wuauserv and bits. Rebooted. Now can't download 10565 again because I seem to be "Up to Date." Still on 10532. Same thing happened with 10547.

Please help.

Steve

Steve,
Firstly, I suspect that MS servers are being hammered for the download right now. Secondly, once you delete the folder and stop/restart wuauserv+bits, (or even toggle Fast Ring/Slow/Fast), I believe you get put at the back of the line. It used to take 24-48 hours for the upgrade to reappear in Windows Update with prior builds.

If you show hidden and system files, look and see if you have the C:\$Windows~BT\Sources folder or C:\$Windows~WS\Sources folder still residing on the machine. If so, there will be an install.ESD or installx64.ESD file. You can use the ESD to ISO tutorial to make an ISO and install the upgrade that way, mounting the ISO by right-clicking, and running setup.exe from within the current W10 OS.

Cbarnhorst said:

I think you are reading it wrong. You cannot use a Windows 7 or 8 key to install 10. You can only use such a key if you have upgraded already from a copy of Windows 7 or 8 AND the key is the same one that activated that 7 or 8.

Wynona said:

Yes, that's the way I read it too. I would add: on the same machine.

The test pc I will use has vista and 7 dual boot. Just going to try installing on the 7 partition and see if it will accept the key.:)