Questions tagged [windows-10]

Windows 10 is an operating system developed and released by Microsoft. The operating system is a return to its base for personal computer usage, unlike Windows 8/8.1 that was aimed more for the tablet audience. A demo was done in September 2014, beta in October 2014 and final release in July 29, 2015.

Windows 10

Windows 10 is familiar and easy to use, has more built-in security to help keep you safe, and is designed to work with software and hardware you already have. Whether you want to upgrade your PCs to Windows 10, gain access to offerings such as Software Assurance, or use Windows with greater flexibility, there is a Microsoft Volume Licensing solution that is right for your organization. What’s new Introducing Windows 10

Windows 10 brings a new way of delivering Windows, with new features and functionality delivered in an incremental manner without requiring a large operating system redeployment. Active Software Assurance will enable you to receive ongoing features and functionality for Windows 10 Enterprise, along with security updates, on a regular basis. Organizations that are using Windows 10 Enterprise now have the opportunity to choose which Windows service best fits their needs. If your organization is looking for the latest innovation on an ongoing basis for a variety of devices, the Current Branch for Business is a great fit. For mission critical environments with strict change management policies, the Long Term Servicing Branch is a good choice because it offers the latest security updates—but no new features.

Read blog about Windows 10 Enterprise Windows 10 Pro free upgrade offer

For the first year of availability, many customers who currently use Windows will qualify for a free upgrade to Windows 10.

System requirements

If you want to upgrade to Windows 10 on your PC or tablet, here’s the minimum hardware you’ll need. Read further below to learn about the additional factors that impact upgradeability. For more information about the free upgrade offer1, please visit the Windows 10 Upgrade page for details.

Latest OS:
Make sure you are running the latest version of either Windows 7 SP1 or Windows 8.1 Update.

Processor:
1 gigahertz (GHz) or faster processor or SoC

RAM:

1 gigabyte (GB) for 32-bit or 2 GB for 64-bit

Hard disk space:
16 GB for 32-bit OS 20 GB for 64-bit OS

Graphics card:
DirectX 9 or later with WDDM 1.0 driver

Display:
800x600
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Group Policy: Mapped Drives failing to load, Windows Server 2012 Active Directory and Windows Pro 10

Network: Multi-site domain. Each site has 2 local (on-site, same subnet) Windows Server 2012 R2 Domain controllers. Sites are correctly defined in Windows Sites and Services. DNS records for each site ONLY have the two local DNS servers…
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Server 2008 R2 to Server 2016 options

I have a big problem. I have a 2008 R2 server which I've been asked to upgrade (for work) to 2016. I've found (through Microsoft) that it's not possible to do this 'in-place' (though if anyone knows different then please let me know!), or to migrate…
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EnableLinkedConnections isn't working on some Windows 10 machines

I have been using the "EnableLinkedConnections" registry setting below for years with no trouble. But lately with Windows 8.1 and Windows 10, sometimes it doesn't work. I need to run some programs with administrative privileges but they cant see…
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Using Windows 10 to manage Hyper-V on Windows Server 2008 R2

Is it possible to remotely manage Hyper-V running on Windows Server 2008 R2 with the Hyper-V Manager on Windows 10? I know that the Hyper-V Manager on Windows Server 2012 R2 is not backwards compatible with 2008 R2 (I don't know if Microsoft…
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Windows 10 WMI and Event Viewer access denied

We have a Windows domain where I used GPOs to enable remote management and monitoring of all of our workstations using WMI. I can also connect to all of our computers with Computer Management and start and stop services and look at event logs, etc.…
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Windows Process Activation Service Failing - Windows 10

The Windows Process Activation Service (WAS) will not start on my Windows 10 PC anymore. As a result, IIS won't start. I'm not quite sure when it happened, but likely in the last month. During startup, I now get a series of 4 error events in the…
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Windows 10 cannot access network shared locations or drives

My shared drives were inaccessible after updating my windows 10 to the latest “Windows 10 Fall Creators Update”. Within the latest “Windows 10 Fall Creators Update” the Guest access in SMB2 is disabled by default. You can change this setting within…
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Nested virtualization - is it possible?

I need to use Win10 with a server created with VMware ESXi 5.0. I'm going to install Debian 6.0 on VMware ESXi 5.0 and then install VirtualBox 5.0.14 with Win10 guest operating system. Will it work?
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RDP Crashes After Entering Password

Recently I've been trying to login to various machines via RDP and am getting the following error my Windows 10 workstation: Faulting application name: mstsc.exe, version: 10.0.10586.0, time stamp: 0x5632d1d8 Faulting module name: ntdll.dll,…
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Can't mount CentOS NFS share on Windows 10 - "Network Error - 53"

I have a CentOS 8 virtual machine (192.168.10.203) running nfs-server, and I'm trying to mount the share on my Windows 10 Pro x86_64 machine (192.168.10.10) I have installed the "Services for NFS" Windows feature), but when I run mount…
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Strongswan IKEv2 vpn on Windows 10 client "policy match error"

I have the newest version of Strongswan vpn on my ubuntu server running. I followed this tutorial here and got it to work on my android and Iphone. Now I want to get it to work on my windows 10 laptop but when I try to connect via the vpn settings…
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SSH "lag" in LAN on some machines, mixed distros

I've had a strange problem with SSH connections inside my LAN for a few months. It only happens when I'm using my Windows 10 device to connect to a (barebone) linux machine. When I connect to a SSH server it's like my input is only sent once every…
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Powershell: Configure a static IP on an unplugged NIC

I'm trying to find a way to configure a permanent static IP on Windows 10 IOT devices with their Nic unplugged. I have a script that needs to be run on the devices before they're in place and part of it is configuring the NICs. When I use the…
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Error 0x80070005: Access Denied when first start Hyper-V in Windows 10 Pro

I'm trying to run Hyper-V on a freshly installed Windows 10 Pro (1709) on AMD FX 6350, 8 GB RAM. Hyper-V Virtual Machine Management (vmms) starts properly but Hyper-V Host Compute Service (vmcompute) crashes with the error Windows could not start…
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Windows - turn off high contrast mode via GPO or script?

I have a situation with a sizable deployment of Windows 10 computers and users who are turning on some truly horrific high-contrast themes, and then consuming IT resources because they can't change it back. I'm aware that there's a keyboard shortcut…
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