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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Steamapi Dns calls without steam being open

So , after some time I re-opened wireshark to update it and I saw something pretty strange, now I'm really not sure what this is and that might just be a basic thing but I can't seem to understand why my computer communicates with the steam api on a…
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Local internet gateway and VPN Connection, which DNS takes precedence?

I am not network administrator but was a developer 15 years go. So bear with me if my networking understanding is rusty. I have a Win 10 Pro client with local internet connection (home) and a VPN connection to office network. The home internet…
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Command Line Control of Printer Preference Defaults

I have a set of (Ricoh) printers I want to deploy to my users on Windows 10. (As local TCP/IP Printers). The Computers are not part of any domain. I want to use the locked print feature so that my users jobs are held on the printer and require a…
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Not able to established more than 65532 TCP/IP Socket Connection in windows 10 after setting -DFD_SETSIZE to 110K

I'm not able to establish more than 65532 TCP/IP Socket Connection on Windows 10. After 65532 TCP/IP Socket Connections in Windows 10, getting Socket Error 10055 - No Buffer Space Available. WSAGetLastError() is returning Error 10055 - No Buffer…
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Cannot copy files with Group Policy

I created a GPO and wanted to use the Group Policy Management to copy files to another computers. (Computer Configuration > Preferences > Windows setting >Files) Action: Create Source File: \\servername\abc\test.txt Destination File:…
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Windows 10 SSTP with self-signed certificates

I can't seem to get the Windows 10 sstp client to connect to the (router) sstp server I have tried numerous combinations when creating my self signed certificates (ca & server) but I have to admit that I'm a little stumped CA :…
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"This Site Cannot Be Reached" for a Single Website on a Single Computer

a single computer cannot access a website; other computers are able to access the website. none of the below fixes resolved the issue, is there anything else that could be causing this? Thank you for any additional information, questions, or…
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Debian Samba AD DC: domain connected Win 10 can't connect to LDAPS

I've installed Samba 4.9.5-Debian with Active Directory role on Debian 10. The installation is configured with SAMBA_INTERNAL DNS backend. When I try to connect with LDAPS with domain connected Windows 10 laptop with ldp.exe I get error below.…
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Windows 10 - How to create users that can login in any computer of the network

I am trying to create a small computer lab for my company office. We have about 5 computers all running Windows 10 pro (one runs Windows 10 home). I want to be able to create users for each of the employees of the company so they can login in any of…
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Can't connect to Win server 2016 remotely from specific devices, (this computer can't connect to the remote computer)

We have an online Windows server 2016 that we connect to from several locations(from outside and inside the office)remotely using the native remote desktop software in our machines, we are using windows 10 with latest updates and every thing is just…
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What happens if I plug a windows 10 pc to the same router using two NICs?

I have a windows 10 PC. There is an onboard motherboard NIC and an installed PCIe card NIC. I have a consumer grade home router serving as DHCP server, switch, modem etc. If I connect the PC to to the router using both NICs, without any other…
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Task Scheduler failed ... Error Value 2147942402

I tried to schedule a task by schtasks /create /tn Test /sc minute /mo 1 /tr "del /f \"%UserProfile%\path\file\"" ...however the Scheduler always ends up with the following type of error: Task Scheduler failed to launch action "del" in instance …
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Is there a Windows 10 equivalent of Apple Configurator for MacOS and iOS?

Apple Configurator at https://support.apple.com/apple-configurator is a tool that generates a mobileconfig file, which is an XML file that describes a specific configuration. Install the mobileconfig XML file on a MacOS or iOS device, and the…
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Windows 10 update - can't change keyboard language

After updating of Windows 10 Pro to new version 1903 (around 20ths January 2020) changing of keyboard language does not work. I have 2 different languages on the system.
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Windows 10 upgrade failing

Good morning all, To cut a long story short, I wanted to upgrade our domain joined Windows 7 PC's to Windows 10 without wiping them all as the I thought it might be faster than creating SCCM task sequences for each department (I was very wrong…
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