When I upgrade a preinstalled (OEM) or retail version of Windows 7 or Windows 8/8.1 license to Windows 10, does that license remain OEM or become a retail license?If you upgrade from a OEM or retail version of Windows 7 or Windows 8/8.1 to the free Windows 10 upgrade this summer, the license is consumed into it. Because the free upgrade is derived from the base qualifying license, Windows 10 will carry that licensing too.http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/insider/wiki/insider_wintp-insider_install/frequently-asked-questions-windows-10/5c0b9368-a9e8-4238-b1e4-45f4b7ed2fb9Guess I misunderstood something :c
This fixed the problem I had running EPW, but not any of my steam games. I think it's because of that sh1tty Xbox game bar thing that pops up and says 'Press Windows button + G' to look at the game bar. Anyone know how to get rid of that feature?
Steam games issues are mostly fixed by verifying the files.Right click on the game you'd wish to play > Select "Properties" > Local Files[tab] > Verify Integrity of game cache[button]This fixed my Left 4 Dead 2 issue where I was able to start the game just fine, but when I wanted to join a server it just crashed back to my desktop.Same thing happened when I was hosting/lobby leader.Nope it's not the XBOX pop-up causing that to happen, I've disabled it while playing Payday 2 and effect other games too once it's disabled.There should be a checkbox in the message which should allow you to disable the message. I believe it was Windows + G shortcut where you can shut it off.I don't remember correctly where this option was though, I'm still figuring this entire Windows 10 thing out. XD
I've been trying multiple things today, such as changing compatibility mode, run as admit and still no change.Although, I did noticed I'm not the only one with this issue.It appears PWI client just isn't fully compatible with Windows 10. (exact same issue)Guess I'll just stick around to Windowed until there is a fix for 10.Thanks anyhow for trying to figure the source out. =)
I won't upgrade to Windows 10 till Service Pack 1 comes out.... Too many compatibility issues...
Quotenrglg wrote: »Wait; are you telling me that Windows 10 isn't being installed fresh but just being updated from a previous system? If this is the case, I'd recommend finding all Windows 10 drivers and then removing all of your drivers completely and installing the Windows 10 ones. There is a real possibility that the drivers are incompatible and this is to be expected behavior. Although I'd be surprised if this was the case because MS can't be stupid enough to just allow upgrades even with incompatible drivers...could they? Even then you will still get the black/flickering screen because of how W10 handles DX9. It's a known issue, and the Windows team is still working on it. Even on a clean install with W10 drivers, it will happen with older DX9 games like this one. Truly, you don't need DxWnd either. Just set the config for PW to run Windowed with the same resolution as fullscreen. If your taskbar is set to auto-hide, then it's going to run "fullscreen windowed" mode just fine. Looks and feels like fullscreen, but it's technically running in windowed mode. people with lower-end systems can actually benefit by increased alt-tab abilities running it this way as well.
nrglg wrote: »Wait; are you telling me that Windows 10 isn't being installed fresh but just being updated from a previous system? If this is the case, I'd recommend finding all Windows 10 drivers and then removing all of your drivers completely and installing the Windows 10 ones. There is a real possibility that the drivers are incompatible and this is to be expected behavior. Although I'd be surprised if this was the case because MS can't be stupid enough to just allow upgrades even with incompatible drivers...could they?
Even then you will still get the black/flickering screen because of how W10 handles DX9. It's a known issue, and the Windows team is still working on it. Even on a clean install with W10 drivers, it will happen with older DX9 games like this one. Truly, you don't need DxWnd either. Just set the config for PW to run Windowed with the same resolution as fullscreen. If your taskbar is set to auto-hide, then it's going to run "fullscreen windowed" mode just fine. Looks and feels like fullscreen, but it's technically running in windowed mode. people with lower-end systems can actually benefit by increased alt-tab abilities running it this way as well.Quote From PWI forum PWI and thus EPW is a DX9 game and Windows 10 comes with DX12. We just get to play in windowed mode til PWI updates their game or MS fixes their DX9 compatibility prob.
Who's the 'we' if it works fine for the majority of people that have upgraded to Windows 10?