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Question

Win10 "Final" Version

Apr 26, 2017 11:15PM PDT

I had a WinXP for a lotta years. Obviously. I really didn't know what I was getting into with purchasing a PC with Win10. It appears that this OS is still in beta, or at least isn't finalized.
So whatever the value of my suppositions, I wonder what I have here. Some of the older functionality, such as using hotkeys, seems to be missing. Where can I find an explanation of what this is, and if I'm right, when it will be finalized? And whether my having bought an OEM version entitles me to update when the commercial version is released?
Thanks very much for any help with my mystified condition.

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Windows 10 has an
Apr 27, 2017 5:59AM PDT

insider program that is basically Beta testing. It started like a year before Windows 10 was released. Windows 10 is about 1 year and a half from the first being first released to the public. Windows 10 was released as the last version of Windows. It's different as updates are basically released monthly (fixes and security) and new features once or twice a year. OEM is a version of windows that is sent to the OEM and they basically install on their PC's with their device drivers. The OEM supports the OEM version of Windows and not MS. OWM versions of Windows have existed for years. MS supports the retail version of Windows. With the new process there is no Final Windows 10 and it will be updated frequently no Service packs.

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Read above
Apr 27, 2017 9:56AM PDT

And there is no final version. As the OEM version entitlements, so far they get all the updates as they roll out.

No OS I can think of went to a final version. If you wish, supply a title you think went final and maybe I can find where they just left it with a bug and moved on. (XP, Windows NT, 2000 for example!)

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Hotkeys
Apr 30, 2017 10:14PM PDT

I see what you mean. I meant a boxed edition, because I'm not even aware whether Win10 has gone to a commercial edition available in stores. It feels a little preliminary to have gotten to that point. I don't mean a version that will never be updated.

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That I can answer.
May 1, 2017 7:20AM PDT

I see Windows 10 in boxes at stores, Amazon, NewEgg and other places.

When you wrote final version, I have only a few apps I know went to final.

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Combination Keys.
May 1, 2017 7:22AM PDT

Nod to apps like:

AutoIt.
AutoHotKey.

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Combination keys
May 1, 2017 9:31PM PDT

This looks like what I was looking for. Thanks. Although I don't understand why the OS wouldn't just do it.

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Re: missing
Apr 27, 2017 10:05AM PDT

What hotkeys do you find missing?
What other things are you missing?

In a month or 2 you'll get the Creators Update. With 3D Paint, Compact Overlay, Game Mode and support for WebVR. Your old trusted XP didn't have that!

And then, every 6 months, you'll get a new version with things you don't need. All free and you can't refuse.

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Combination keys
Apr 30, 2017 10:12PM PDT

By hotkeys I mean setting up a combination of keys that will start an app or program. Which I had a lot of with WinXP. When I talked to a techie at MS, they said it was unavailable but might be available later.

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Win10 missing functions from earlier versions
May 1, 2017 9:30PM PDT

Another item I ran across was when I wanted to set up family photo albums as "screensavers". Couldn't make it do it, as when I tried I was informed that the folder was empty.

When I looked at the folder in File Explorer, of course the photos were all there. Again, in talking to MS, they affirmed it was not an available function. And this sort of thing along with the inability to open instances of apps with hotkeys was what led me to believe it wasn't a commercial version.

Thanks.