NANOG isn't for desktop OS licensing support, was: Windows 10 Release

[eric at ericheather.com (Eric C. Miller)]

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 at nanog.org] On Behalf Of Chuck Church
Sent: Thursday, July 30, 2015 4:48 PM
To: nanog at nanog.org
Subject: NANOG isn't for desktop OS licensing support, was: Windows 10 Release

I hate to be that guy, but this is getting really outside the scope of NANOG.

Chuck

-----Original Message-----
From: NANOG [mailto:nanog-bounces at nanog.org] On Behalf Of Joe Greco
Sent: Thursday, July 30, 2015 12:58 PM
To: Scott Helms <khelms at zcorum.com>
Cc: NANOG <nanog at nanog.org>
Subject: Re: Windows 10 Release

> I was just thinking about my remaining Win 7 box _after_ I hit send 
> and I believe you're correct (I have one still to upgrade).  Which 
> means users upgrading from 7 to 10 will need to create an ID, but 
> 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 Microsoft ID, which leaves you with all local accounts.

It does appear to be designed to make you THINK you need a Microsoft account however.

I have a freshly installed Windows 8.1 box here (no Microsoft ID) that I then upgraded to Windows 10, and it also does not have any Microsoft ID attached to it.  Activation shows as "Windows 10 Home"
and "Windows is activated."  There's a beggy-screen on the user account page saying something like "Windows is better when your settings and files automatically sync.  Switch to a Microsoft Account now!"

So, again, totally optional, but admittedly the path of least resistance has 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
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