No more direct DL. Torrent only.nice one .. nowaday stop providing direct download instead of torrent ?
No more direct DL. Torrent only.
This OS been DL 480 times, who knows how many have installed it already, and no complaints except for you. You are absolutely doing something wrong.Sorry guys, but this version is a no go for clean installations, from a bootable USB. It looks like as of 476, Windows is installing in "S" mode by default. S mode is the equivalent of Notarization under macOS. I think this version might be usable to update an already activated Windows installation, but it won't work if one is starting clean, with a freshly formatted drive. The activation routine is failing, because S mode is ON by default. Once in Windows people will find themselves in a "jail". Only apps from the store will execute. Anything outside of Microsoft Store won't run. To enable the suspension of S mode Windows needs to have been activated first. So we are in a circular deadlock. Let us hope the guys from TeamOS will find in future how to execute the routine before S mode kicks-in, but for now the only solution is to use an older version of Windows, get it activated and than update through Windows Update, or with this iso v476 to the latest version. This is really bad news, I personally fail to see an easy fix as of now.
And that is not all. Once we get to the final setup, Windows demands from us to connect to the internet. If one connects to internet, there is no Offline windows account option in the next step. Microsoft wants to force on us the use of Online Microsoft account! The only way to activate the option for an offline account is to turn off internet at this stage (by pulling the ethernet cable, or disconnecting the router), than hit the back arrow on the left top side and then it will bring you directly to the Offline Account set-up.
Given the above, I can say following: This update is FULL OF BAD NEWS.
Word of advise: Keep your old copies of Windows ISOs. I might prove to be the only way to get an activated Windows version.
Yes, sorry for my spook. It was a problem just with this particular Lenovo laptop I was trying to instal Windows on to. Since it came with Windows in S mode it was refusing to get out of S mode no matter how many times I was reformatting the drive. Finally I was able to get rid of S mode by disabling all security options in BIOS. Sorry again, I was concluding without a proper investigation first. But this is a warning to everybody, do not get involved with laptops, which came preinstalled with Windows in S mode.This OS been DL 480 times, who knows how many have installed it already, and no complaints except for you. You are absolutely doing something wrong.
Sorry guys, but this version is a no go for clean installations, from a bootable USB. It looks like as of 476, Windows is installing in "S" mode by default. S mode is the equivalent of Notarization under macOS. I think this version might be usable to update an already activated Windows installation, but it won't work if one is starting clean, with a freshly formatted drive. The activation routine is failing, because S mode is ON by default. Once in Windows people will find themselves in a "jail". Only apps from the store will execute. Anything outside of Microsoft Store won't run. To enable the suspension of S mode Windows needs to have been activated first. So we are in a circular deadlock. Let us hope the guys from TeamOS will find in future how to execute the routine before S mode kicks-in, but for now the only solution is to use an older version of Windows, get it activated and than update through Windows Update, or with this iso v476 to the latest version. This is really bad news, I personally fail to see an easy fix as of now.
And that is not all. Once we get to the final setup, Windows demands from us to connect to the internet. If one connects to internet, there is no Offline windows account option in the next step. Microsoft wants to force on us the use of Online Microsoft account! The only way to activate the option for an offline account is to turn off internet at this stage (by pulling the ethernet cable, or disconnecting the router), than hit the back arrow on the left top side and then it will bring you directly to the Offline Account set-up.
Given the above, I can say following: This update is FULL OF BAD NEWS.
Word of advise: Keep your old copies of Windows ISOs. I might prove to be the only way to get an activated Windows version.