The desktop is getting Windows updates and Hyper-V as a feature – I will return shortly…

Then Windows Enterprise testing…

1.  Just because Microsoft (and I) am ready, doesn’t mean the OEM (Sony).  I thought this was the best test because Sony has exited the computer business (my other Windows 7 systems are from current OEMs) – but Sony does not suggest you upgrade just yet esupport.sony.com/p/os10upgrade.pl?&template_id=1&region_id=1 I like being on the bleeding edge, and that’s where I find myself.

2.  Touch screen drivers were working until I uninstalled Vaio Update (I can’t tell if these are related directly or not).  I was receiving errors about Vaio Update so I uninstalled it (that worked fine), but then noticed touch drivers weren’t working.  That’s when I found the note from #1 (searching for touchscreen drivers).  I found a Windows 8 era package that doesn’t seem to work on Windows 10.  I mentioned no one even knew this was a touch screen, so not big deal (and Sony is working on drivers – yay!)

3.  Returning to Windows 7 did not work.  This I’m certain is my fault – I have removed recovery partitions and setup this Sony as a Dual Boot.  The screens were there and it made a valiant effort to remove Windows 10, but that’s what I get for deleting and shrinking partitions.

First the lessons learned now for all the good news – Minecraft just works.  My son did show excitement that we might have Windows 7 again – he said he doesn’t like the new look (I’m going to ask him again in a week – he’s gonna love have new games including the Windows 10 Minecraft Beta).  Windows Hello is setup on my new system (everyone just sits down and it logs them in) – I needed a new camera (Intel RealSense Dev Kit – webcam and infrared cameras required for sensing depth) but logging in without a password, picture or pin is just cool (my wife will be the real world judge of whether it’s just cool or truly useful).  Old programs seem to be functional (I’m still working back through the old programs I use, but so far, they are all operational) and any of the new stuff runs side by side with the old.  Printer drivers are there so I might as well test printing out this post now…  Prints just fine.

Family happy = father happy.  No on to another system (there are plenty more stories to write/share!)

I’ve backed up everything from this computer (if you care about it, back it up), so here goes nothing – back soon with the results…

I’ve got Office 2010 Starter Edition on this computer (it’s a Sony Vaio 24” with 3d Blu Ray player, a TV tuner and a bunch of other stuff) as well as Office 365.  My wife installed dropbox because a non profit used it.  It’s got OneDrive synced content, my son plays minecraft on it all the time (as well as Steam games).  Most of the other use is normal use (using the Internet, online meetings, etc.).

Why not dual boot?  Because that doesn’t solve the question of upgrading (and I will dual boot if this install isn’t everything I want it to be).  I could also (and have) run Windows To Go introduced with Windows 8 – this system has been dual boot with Windows 8, Windows 8.1 and Windows 10 as well as booted from an external drive to all those operating systems.  The touch drivers are a little flaky, but recently when I showed my son you could touch the screen, he said “this is a touch screen?” so I don’t think anyone will miss it.

Let’s see if I can save a screen shot… Success!

New and old side by side…

ideos (including the recorded files from Media Center – screen shot below was the only warning during the upgrade)

Minecraft appears to be working (son’s most important feature)

I’ve checked out the new apps and a few of the important old ones (Zune was still there and able to play some protected video content), I streamed my Xbox One to this system.  The touch screen kind of works (Sony had this edge gesture stuff they were doing for Windows 7 and Windows 8 and 10 kind of interfere with that since they want to use the edges), but what everyone else didn’t know about won’t mean a change for them.