Windows 10 Release Date Announced

[GreiverBlade]

I do not feel like having Microsoft account just because I bought one of their products and those idiots will probably again ask me for my phone number (as they did when I created a free email account and then after some time they asked me to enter my phone number and when I refused I could not access my email account) and I will once again be at a loss because I value my privacy and anonymity.

you know they ask the phone number for password/account retrieval in case you can't access it or forgot your password ... Gmail does the same, tho i didn't give them my number but each address is the backup address of each other... (well my hotmail account has my phone number but ... never got any problem with it ... and needed it only once for a password retrieval )... privacy anonymity ? plug off the RJ45 and wifi, cancel your landline and TV and toss your mobile phone in the toilet (joking mostly)

 

[Pill Monster]

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wrong since you can reinstall a laptop without the recover partition ... i did it manytime with a generic win7 install (all in one) and re using the license key COA, if i can do it ... why it's not possible? (a lot of failed HDD replaced with spare and such and no cloning involved)

also no reaction to the post ?
http://www.techpowerup.com/forums/t...ase-date-announced.213052/page-2#post-3291248

i prove that you can use OEM key tied to a machine for any kind of installation with a generic win7 USB key or DVD to another completely different machine with absolutely nothing in common with the previous one, win 10 might change that but you talk about 8.1 and previous (dunno about 8 and 8.1 ... i don't use them ... "pointless revision" )

I do not feel like having Microsoft account just because I bought one of their products and those idiots will probably again ask me for my phone number (as they did when I created a free email account and then after some time they asked me to enter my phone number and when I refused I could not access my email account) and I will once again be at a loss because I value my privacy and anonymity.

I'm not wrong, you just didn't read my post properly. Either that or you're quoting the wrong person. My argument the whole time has been that free upgrades are not tied to a machine simply because they are free. I was replying to the bolded part of the quoted post which said the thread was full of fail.

I never said the OS couldn't be reinstall without a recovery partition. Although OEM upgrades are with W10, so I guess that makes you wrong.

 

[GreiverBlade]

so I guess that makes you wrong.

nope ... that doesn't if you want to put something in bold to answer it, just do as i do remove all the unnecessary lines except the one you answer

and i was not saying you were wrong i was saying the par 1 of

OEM-1: can mean preinstalled OS, like a laptop (I have been through that one: you will not be given a "key" but a restore system tied to the laptop. Lose it and you are Fubar.

was wrong (but not totally anymore since with W8/8.1 it seems the mechanic has changed)

corrected