A new icon will appear in your system tray as shown here,     clicking on it will display the upgrade to Windows 10 message   The popup is appearing on some Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 desktops from today onwards and it's shown below.     clicking on Reserve your free upgrade set's the ability to get the download and you can also enter your email address to get an email confirmation     or click on the hamburger icon for more info     or to check if your computer is suitable

Microsoft has released a new build for PCs today to Windows Insiders in the Fast ring – Build 10130. As was mentioned with the last build, from here onward you are going to see a lot of tuning, tweaking, stabilizing, and polishing which means fewer big feature changes from build to build. You’ll see that in this build which has a number of small improvements and more polish.   For example – you will see some new icons (check out File Explorer) as well as many subtle changes to the UX. We he

Microsoft have released a new build to the Fast Ring called build 10122, and have blogged about it here.     The following things have changed (summary)   Start and Continuum improvements Microsoft Edge Changes to how Windows 10 handles default apps Redesigned Insider Hub   and below are details of issues fixed and known issues remaining   Here are some issues we have fixed We have fixed the visual glitch (“rectangle slivers”) that appears on Live Tiles on the Start menu with the

Windows 10 is coming this summer in 190 countries and 111 languages. Today, we are excited to share more details on the Windows 10 Editions. We designed Windows 10 to deliver a more personal computing experience across a range of devices. An experience optimized for each device type, but familiar to all. Windows 10 will power an incredibly broad range of devices – everything from PCs, tablets, phones, Xbox One, Microsoft HoloLens and Surface Hub. It will also power the world around us, core to d

There's been a lot of comments about what was said at Microsoft Ignite in relation to Windows 10 being the last version of Windows. Why ? perhaps because Microsoft wants to move away from the cycle of pushing out new versions of Windows every 3 or so years, and instead focus on releasing new capabilities that match the development that is underway every day via talented developers around the world. Those developers are what makes Microsoft new vision a reality.   I'll never forget Steve Ballme

Watch the Ignite keynote live from Chicago!   Tune in early at 8:30AM CDT on May 4, 2015 to catch the pre-show. Microsoft CEO, Satya Nadella, will take the stage at 9:00AM CDT to outline Microsoft’s company strategy and how we are working hard to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more.     Check out the other keynote speakers below.    

Microsoft have released yet another Windows 10 build,     build 10074 available via the links below or via the fast/slow ring in Windows update   Pro ISO from Windows Insiders: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/preview-iso-update-1504   Enterprise ISO from Evaluation Center: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/evalcenter/evaluate-windows-enterprise-insider-preview   for details about what's new and what's fixed in the build see the following post   http://blogs.windows.com/bl

It looks like Microsoft is delivering its promised more regular Windows builds. The company just pushed out a new build to Fast Track users of the Windows 10 Technical Preview: build number 10061. Highlights of the new build are new Mail and Calendar apps, based on the same Universal Apps as the Windows 10 for phones apps released a couple of weeks ago, and more configurability of the operating system's appearance, including a new dark theme. The Continuum experience, used in tablet and hybrid