Announcing Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 14393 for PC and Mobile Insider

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  1. Posts : 15,027
    Windows 10 IoT
       #530

    Worked this time now that I have the correct hive listed.
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  2. Posts : 15,027
    Windows 10 IoT
       #531

    Superfly said:
    Yah, I know it's irrelevant, But humour me ... wanna figure why the user name change occurs
    Not sure if its relevant, but lately, I've noticed a some of the customization options are missing from the setup menu. PC name for instance. Your PC gets some weird name that I always end up changing manually after I've finished installing.
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  3. Posts : 2,832
    Windows 10 Pro X64
       #532

    Hi,

    Superfly said:
    Yah, I know it's irrelevant, But humour me ... wanna figure why the user name change occurs
    No clue on the details but I guess it depends on how you install and on what info is already there. Basically a clean install will give you a "Windows User". An upgrade install may retain the true user info if at all present as far as I can tell.


    Cheers,
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  4. Posts : 1,983
    Windows 10 x86 14383 Insider Pro and Core 10240
       #533

    Upgraded to 14393.5 today, which seems to be running considerably cooler, and without a hitch, on my old Pentium 4 Prescott (which never runs very cool anyway) than some of the previous Insider builds.

    I guess some development and debugging code has been cleaned out.

    With 14376.0 it could reach over 100C when the CPU peaked, so I never used it much - now it's back to its more usual 60C-70C range, similar to XP CPU temperatures in use (measured with SpeedFan).

    As a 12 year old system it sure is a tough old bird!
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  5. Posts : 15,027
    Windows 10 IoT
       #534

    fdegrove said:
    Hi,



    No clue on the details but I guess it depends on how you install and on what info is already there. Basically a clean install will give you a "Windows User". An upgrade install may retain the true user info if at all present as far as I can tell.


    Cheers,
    My current Insider Preview install was a clean install, it shows Windows User.
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  6. Posts : 2,832
    Windows 10 Pro X64
       #535

    Hi,

    alphanumeric said:
    Not sure if its relevant, but lately, I've noticed a some of the customization options are missing from the setup menu. PC name for instance. Your PC gets some weird name that I always end up changing manually after I've finished installing.
    That too is just random name giving by the install procedure to make sure the name is unique. Not important on a standalone pc but it becomes important when you join a domain or even a workgroup. Hence the automation.

    Again changing the name has no impact unless you have a network and say a machine where you have at least two Win10 installs with the same machine name on it. No idea whether that would cause a clash using W10 but it certainly did on W7 and earlier.

    Cheers,
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  7. Posts : 3,453
       #536

    fdegrove said:
    Hi,



    No clue on the details but I guess it depends on how you install and on what info is already there. Basically a clean install will give you a "Windows User". An upgrade install may retain the true user info if at all present as far as I can tell.


    Cheers,
    OK thanks bud, just curious.. will check it out in a bit...

    Fafhrd said:
    Upgraded to 14393.5 today, which seems to be running considerably cooler, and without a hitch, on my old Pentium 4 Prescott (which never runs very cool anyway) than some of the previous Insider builds.

    I guess some development and debugging code has been cleaned out.

    With 14376.0 it could reach over 100C when the CPU peaked, so I never used it much - now it's back to its more usual 60C-70C range, similar to XP CPU temperatures in use (measured with SpeedFan).

    As a 12-13 year old system it sure is a tough old bird!
    Hmmm some optimization then... good - nice that they are working on the the nut's-'n-bolts than just feed the GUI hungry (sorry if that sounds crass)
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  8. Posts : 15,027
    Windows 10 IoT
       #537

    fdegrove said:
    Hi,



    That too is just random name giving by the install procedure to make sure the name is unique. Not important on a standalone pc but it becomes important when you join a domain or even a workgroup. Hence the automation.

    Again changing the name has no impact unless you have a network and say a machine where you have at least two Win10 installs with the same machine name on it. No idea whether that would cause a clash using W10 but it certainly did on W7 and earlier.

    Cheers,
    Changing the name to something I can remember, makes it easier to remote desktop into that PC. I like to use the motherboard model number, M4N68 etc.
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  9. Posts : 15,027
    Windows 10 IoT
       #538

    fdegrove said:
    Hi,



    That too is just random name giving by the install procedure to make sure the name is unique. Not important on a standalone pc but it becomes important when you join a domain or even a workgroup. Hence the automation.

    Again changing the name has no impact unless you have a network and say a machine where you have at least two Win10 installs with the same machine name on it. No idea whether that would cause a clash using W10 but it certainly did on W7 and earlier.

    Cheers,
    Forgot to mention. That name also shows up under devices under you Microsoft ID online account. I have no idea which PC is which with the names auto assigned.
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  10. Posts : 16,325
    W10Prox64
       #539

    cereberus said:
    I do not think it works exactly like that with digital licences as far as I can tell.

    This post is based on VMWARE installs.

    If you create a vm and activate it with a valid 7/8 product key, you get a digital licence for that vm, tied to that VMs "virtual mobo" id.

    I am pretty sure the "virtual mobo" id is not the same as the hardware signature, but as nobody knows how mobo ids work, no way to prove it other than observation of what happens as follows:-

    When you create a second vm, and install windows 10 without a key, it does not activate - thus the "virtual mobo" id must be different.

    Additionally, if you copy a vm, stating it has moved, the installed windows 10 remains activated ie the "virtual mobo" id is unchanged.

    If you copy a vm saying it has been copied, the installed windows 10 becomes unactivated ie the "virtual mobo" id must have changed.

    So a second VM is not like a dual boot - it is like a totally different machine.

    If you create a dual boot option in original VM, it does activate automatically (ignoring EULA issues) as the "virtual mobo" id is the same.
    This is identical to dual booting on host and I know this works (you may recall some posts on this).

    The key (pardon the pun) question is if the VM is transferred to another PC stating it has been moved (not copied), does the "virtual mobo" id change? Unfortunately, I only have one pc capable of virtualisation to test it, but I am guessing it would work ok. If not, the new activation troubleshooter should work anyway.
    I have to say, I have not found that to be the case.
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