Windows 10 is Microsoft's latest operating system that aims to provide a unified experience across all device types. It will be available as a free upgrade for Windows 7 and 8.1 users starting on July 29. While Windows 10 promises new features like the return of the Start menu and improved search functionality, some users may face compatibility issues with older hardware or software during the transition. Microsoft hopes Windows 10 will help reinvigorate the desktop experience while also powering the next generation of mobile, gaming, Internet of Things, and holographic devices.

1. Everything about Windows 10 –
from an Insider
By Csaba Toth
Central California . NET User Group
Date: 07/16/2015
Venue: American Ambulance

2. Agenda
• What we know, main principles
• Editions and major projects (building blocks)
• Personal experience
• What we’ll loose, and substitutions
• System requirements and upgrade
• Install, Pricing
• Development

3. Windows 10
• Announced in 2014 September
– https://youtu.be/84NI5fjTfpQ Introducing Windows
10 - the best Windows yet
– Why not Windows 9? – rumors: some software search
for 9 prefix to identify Win 95 and Win 98
• Windows Insider program:
– https://insider.windows.com/
– Slow and Fast track
• Official release date: July 29
– Condolences for all Win developers & QA, it probably
means no summer for them

4. Windows 10 Flight Ops Meeting
source: @GabeAul Twitter (on the right with a HP Spectre X360)

5. Windows 10
• Start menu returns
– We can find the equivalent of the menu list
– And we can see tiles at the same time
• The Windows 8 search function is available
– Can search on the internet too
– My experience: works really well

6. Windows 10
• Patch Tuesday will be ditched (Ignite conference in
Chicago, Executive VP Terry Myerson), updates will be
propagated ASAP
– Decreases the time window of public exploitability of a
vulnerability
– Tradeoff:
• MS13-036 on Tuesday, April 9, root certificate issue fixes, caused
troubles on Win 7
• MS14-045 kernel-mode driver update sent Win 7 machines to
endless BSOD loop last summer
• http://www.infoworld.com/article/2608238/microsoft-
windows/microsoft-posts-tips-for-overcoming-windows-8-1-
update-kb-2919355-errors.html
• Won’t allow unsigned applications to run

7. One OS for all
• Reinvigorating of the Windows desktop
• One OS for a universe of device types
• Universal Windows App Platform (Desktop,
Mobile, Xbox, IoT, Holographic, Surface Hub)
– IoT: All the way to Raspberry Pi for example!
– Tablet and Desktop UI/Start Menu mode

8. Editions
• https://blogs.windows.com/bloggingwindows/20
15/05/13/introducing-windows-10-editions/
• Home > 8”, Edge (project Spartan), Cortana,
Continuum Desktop, Windows Hello biometric
authentication, free universal windows apps:
Mail, Calendar, Edge, Maps, Music Video, Photos
– Universal Office apps (Office for Windows 10) will be
free and pre installed on < 10.1” devices

9. Editions – cont.
• Mobile < 8”, replaces Windows Phone and RT at
the same time, doesn’t support Win32 apps
though
– So you won’t be able to make a desktop w/ a
keyboard + monitor)
– MS tries to provide this with mobile version of
Continuum
(http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2482299,00.
asp )
– Will support both x86 and ARM hardware platforms

10. Editions – cont.
• Pro: Home + Active Directory and Domain
connectivity, Windows Update for Business
cloud based update system support
– All Win 7 or 8.x Pro user can upgrade for free
• Enterprise: for volume licenses
– Long Term Service Branch update branch
– Manageable installations

11. Editions – cont.
• Education: competing with Chrome OS?
• IoT Core and embedded: for bank ATMs,
industrial use, retail terminals, etc.
– Replaces Windows Embedded
• Installable on Raspberry Pi

12. On Raspberry Pi 2
• GitHub page!
– http://ms-iot.github.io/content/en-
US/GetStarted.htm
• http://techcrunch.com/2015/04/30/how-to-
install-windows-10-iot-on-your-raspberry-pi-
2/#.vptfzi:AKC6

13. Project Spartan
• http://blogs.windows.com/bloggingwindows/201
5/03/30/introducing-project-spartan-the-new-
browser-built-for-windows-10/
• EdgeHTML engine, based on Blink, Google’s
WebKit fork
• replaces Trident engine (since IE4, IE11 is still
based on a cleansed Trident engine, not WebKit
or Blink
• New user string
• Gone: VBScript, IE8 layout emulation layer,
attachEvent, currentStyle, X-UA-Compatible…

14. Project Spartan
• Trident will be still there if needed
• IE still stays around for enterprises and
corporations
• Chakra JavaScript engine stays and evolves
further
• http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2015/01/26
/inside-microsofts-new-rendering-engine-project-
spartan/
• https://status.modern.ie/

15. Edge
• Microsoft Edge: the final product name
• Features
– Cortana integration
– Reading View
– Web Notes
• Very early tests shows it’s faster than old IE
and Firefox

16. Notable features and projects
• Hello:
http://blogs.windows.com/bloggingwindows/201
5/03/17/making-windows-10-more-personal-
and-more-secure-with-windows-hello/
• Microsoft Passport:
– Leverages asynchronous cryptography
– Uses experiences learned from Kinect 1 (IR for
example)!
– Joined FIDO alliance, so it can be used for other
• Surface Hub: https://youtu.be/FRLDRQePY1o
• HoloLens: https://youtu.be/aThCr0PsyuA

17. Personal experience

18. Personal experience
• Problems
– Unknown devices: Intel X79 chipset, Realtek multi-
card reader
– DisplayLink monitor, a whole saga: depends on the
Win 10 preview version AND the DisplayLink driver
version AND the type of your GPU and version of the
driver.
• nVidia Geforce driver update can break the constellation
• I got into an endless BSOD loops (BSOD after boot, before
login)
• Many Surface Pro users mobile workplace has AOC or ASUS
USB monitors!!!
– Taskbar auto hide didn’t work well

19. Personal experience – cont.
• Problems
– PyCharm incompatibilities
– Mic noise cancellation turned off, 5.1 mode didn’t
work for a while, only stereo – Realtek driver issue,
getting better. Mic still doesn’t have good quality
– Update can be unexpected and problematic
– Lately storage driver issues (disk 1 is surprise removed
after every wake-up – a “little” problem that it’s a part
of a RAID0 volume. One time the volume completely
fell apart – probably vendor related too). Lately it
cannot even wake up form deep sleep. – this maybe
not Windows 10 specific

20. Personal experience – cont.
• Great
– Programmers calculator is awesome
– I like the Task View button
– Multi desktops
– New start menu
• Configurable
• search accessible from start menu

21. What we’ll loose
• Window Media Center
– Deprecated since 2012 (Win 8)
– MS had decades of lead ahead of Apple TV,
ChromeCast, …
– Designated WMC to Xbox only first, then
deprecation
– Substitutes: Kodi, Plex, MediaPortal

22. What we’ll loose – cont.
• DVD playback
– Will require separate playback software
– Actually it’s a problem for me even on Win 8.1
– Alternatives: VLC Media Player, CyberLink
PowerDVD, Corel WinDVD
• Desktop Gadgets
– Successors are the Win 8 tiles, now even in Start
Menu
– Substitute: 8GadgetPack

23. What we’ll loose – cont.
• Solitaire, Minesweeper, and Hearts
– Already non-standard on Win8
– Microsoft's App Store: Microsoft Solitaire
Collection and Microsoft Minesweeper apps
• Floppy is gone by default
– You can still get drivers from Microsoft Update
• OneDrive app part of Windows Live Essentials
disappears
– Windows 10’s new OneDrive app will substitute it

24. What we’ll loose - 4
• Delay-able updates for Windows 10 Home
– Pro and Enterprise users can delay

25. Windows 10 – anti virus
• If there’s an anti-virus installed, it’ll reinstall
the latest version of it upon upgrade
• If there’s no valid subscription, Windows
Defender will be turned on automatically

26. Windows 10 – system requirements
• 1GHz CPU
• 1 GB RAM (32 bit) / 2 GB RAM for 64 bit
• 16 / 20 GB free space for 32 / 64 bit
• GPU / VGA should support DirectX 9 and has to have
WDDM 1.0 compatible driver
• These requirements haven’t changed since Win 7 / Vista
• A 12+ year old configuration would be totally eligible but
can fall on drivers unfortunately
• Check for compatibility:
http://www.computershopper.com/windows-10/can-my-
pc-run-windows-10-how-to-check

27. Windows 10 – system requirements
• Windows Hello startup requires WBF
(Windows Biometric Framework) compatible
fingerprint scanner driver
• Better have a HI-FI microphone for best results
with Cortana
• More: https://www.microsoft.com/en-
us/windows/windows-10-specifications

28. Windows 10 – upgrade paths

29. Windows 10 - upgrades
• Free upgrade for Windows 7 and 8.1 users
• Will be rolled out in waves
– Slower roll out to ensure better compatibility
– Guinea pigs like me will help you have a more stable
system
• Get first in line:
http://www.computershopper.com/windows-
10/windows-10-how-to-be-first-in-line-for-the-
upgrade-and-future-updates
– Also http://www.computershopper.com/windows-10/how-
to-get-windows-10-for-free-and-reserve-your-copy

30. Breaking news
Windows 10 Flight Ops Meeting – source: @GabeAul Twitter

31. Breaking news
• Build TH1 10240 is out – the “final”?
• Build watermark disappears
• Build is pushed through the same
infrastructure which’ll serve the final release
• There are lot of new drivers available at the
same time (manufacturers follow: Lenovo
System Update also server new drivers now)
• Localized packages are available too

32. More details about Roll-out
• Seems like there won’t be traditional RTM
• http://blogs.windows.com/bloggingwindows/2015/07/
02/windows-10-preparing-to-upgrade-one-billion-
devices/
– Home and Pro versions start to roll out in waves starting
July 29th
– Enterprise, Education, Volume License VSLC – Aug 1st
– No ground breaking driver format changes, so Win 7/8
drivers should basically work, but if they happen to have
Win 10 specific bug, you can only rely on the manufacturer
– Since there will be frequent updates, Insider program will
remain alive

33. Windows 10 – install
• Clean install is possible, old content will be
copied into Windows.old (happened to me
with Win 8 upgrade too)
• Install from DVD or pen drive is possible too
• Latest info from //Build/: the Preview version
probably won’t have to be reinstalled and
could be transitioned to a full fledged
Windows 10

34. Windows 10 – pricing
• Free upgrade for Windows 7 and 8.1 users
• Home: $119
• Pro: $199
• Win 10 Home -> Win 10 Pro: Win 10 Pro Pack
$99
• If upgrading from Win 8.1 license may not tied
to the original machine (as opposed to some
rumors)

35. Windows 10 - development
• Main goal: be as transparent as possible with
the operating system
• MVA, preliminary:
http://aka.ms/w10dev.p2.us
– Focus: Building Universal Windows Apps using
XAML and C#
– Windows Application Model
– Not focus: Game development, Surface Hub, Xbox,
Hololens, IOT

36. Universal Windows App
• Design:
– Adapt / Tailor
– One design language, one control set
– Adaptive triggers, example: calendar, XAML
• Develop:
– One API. One package. Core + Extension SDK (2500+ new platform
features)
• Debug
– VS 2015: XAML design surface can be flipped, far more realistic, visual
tree
• Distribute
– One single submission mechanism
– Single binary
– We don’t target version any more, we target a platform
• http://aka.ms/template10

37. Get Windows 10 App
If you don’t like it

38. Reserving or Removing
• Nagging “Get Windows 10 App” on Win 8
– KB3035583 https://support.microsoft.com/en-
us/kb/3035583
– You can mute the task bar icon
– I’ve heard it’s not easy to get rid of the KB
– http://www.windowscentral.com/how-remove-
get-windows-10-app-pc - also shows how to
reserve one (or cancel reservation)

39. Thank you!
• Overall: sometimes it was a rocky road, but it’s
a snappy OS
• Questions?