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RE: NANOG isn't for desktop OS licensing support, was: Windows 10
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Eric C. Miller)
Sat Aug 1 13:50:50 2015
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From: "Eric C. Miller" <eric@ericheather.com>
To: Chuck Church <chuckchurch@gmail.com>, "nanog@nanog.org" <nanog@nanog.org>
Date: Sat, 1 Aug 2015 17:50:44 +0000
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I will say that our peering traffic with Akamai has doubled since Thursday.=
It's starting to come back down, now.
Eric
-----Original Message-----
From: NANOG [mailto:nanog-bounces@nanog.org] On Behalf Of Chuck Church
Sent: Thursday, July 30, 2015 4:48 PM
To: nanog@nanog.org
Subject: NANOG isn't for desktop OS licensing support, was: Windows 10 Rele=
ase
I hate to be that guy, but this is getting really outside the scope of NANO=
G.
Chuck
-----Original Message-----
From: NANOG [mailto:nanog-bounces@nanog.org] On Behalf Of Joe Greco
Sent: Thursday, July 30, 2015 12:58 PM
To: Scott Helms <khelms@zcorum.com>
Cc: NANOG <nanog@nanog.org>
Subject: Re: Windows 10 Release
> I was just thinking about my remaining Win 7 box _after_ I hit send=20
> and I believe you're correct (I have one still to upgrade). Which=20
> means users upgrading from 7 to 10 will need to create an ID, but=20
> users of 8 and 8.1 will use the one they already have.
This is incorrect. While the Win 8{,.1} install process makes it appear as=
though you need a Microsoft ID, you can actually go into the "create a new=
Microsoft ID" option and there's a way to proceed without creating a Micro=
soft ID, which leaves you with all local accounts.
It does appear to be designed to make you THINK you need a Microsoft accoun=
t however.
I have a freshly installed Windows 8.1 box here (no Microsoft ID) that I th=
en upgraded to Windows 10, and it also does not have any Microsoft ID attac=
hed to it. Activation shows as "Windows 10 Home"
and "Windows is activated." There's a beggy-screen on the user account pag=
e saying something like "Windows is better when your settings and files aut=
omatically sync. Switch to a Microsoft Account now!"
So, again, totally optional, but admittedly the path of least resistance ha=
s users creating a Microsoft Account or linking to their existing one. You=
have to trawl around a little to get the better (IMHO) behaviour.
... JG
--
Joe Greco - sol.net Network Services - Milwaukee, WI - http://www.sol.net "=
We call it the 'one bite at the apple' rule. Give me one chance [and] then =
I won't contact you again." - Direct Marketing Ass'n position on e-mail
spam(CNN) With 24 million small businesses in the US alone, that's way too =
many apples.
