Microsoft has begun pre-loading Windows 10

Neither of my 7 and 8.1 is downloading... MS must set some kind of priorities that we don't know about.

So i guess the thing about Insiders getting it first wasn't exactly true. The person on the Eight Forum was not an Insider, I am pretty sure.

I have an insider pc running windows 10 pro 10240 and another pc running windows 8.1 home. My 8.1 home pc now has a ~BT directory with a 7/28 date. I converted the ESD file within that directory to an ISO and got the following named file:

en_windows_10_home_10240_x64_dvd.iso

So it looks like the insiders already have the latest Windows 10 and 10240 is the July 29 release.

sgage said:

I got the full download to my 7 Home Premium system, but nothing yet to my 8.1 Pro system.

Since we had a healthy discussion on this the other day - is the updrate download 3 GB, or is it a smaller update that flips a bit?

Slartybart said:

Since we had a healthy discussion on this the other day - is the updrate download 3 GB, or is it a smaller update that flips a bit?

@Slartybart

I thought that was already settled. I am still confused on, is it a small 500 mb update that insiders get or is it a 3 gb install plus a 500 mb update?

On my Windows 8.1 laptop, I went to Windows Update > Check for Updates, and it's been checking for updates for well over an hour now.

Has anyone else experienced this today?

BrownianMotion said:

On my Windows 8.1 laptop, I went to Windows Update > Check for Updates, and it's been checking for updates for well over an hour now.

Has anyone else experienced this today?

No. But stop the SERVICE (not task) called wuauserv then start it again.