[Are windows xp hotfixes language dependent ?]

XP updates/hotfixes are language dependent. The language independence was a great feature of Windows Vista

[Some Disturbing Cloud-Based Windows Update Stuff in 10041]

This could be helpful if you have several Windows 10 devices in your home, so that you don't need to download the updates several time over the internet.

[Windows 10 - First Impressions]

because I've killed the 9926 VM I can't install 10041. Any noticeable and GOOD new news/features?

[Windows 10 Technical Preview Build 10041 now available]

I have killed the 9926 VM and because there are no ISOs, I'll not test this build.

[How much to own unlimited usage key? Aero Glass for Windows 8]

you can deactivate the old key, wait 30 days and generate a new one.

[Install the Windows Performance Tool Kit (WPT)]

what is now working? What have you overlooked?

[Here's a Real Mystery - Something Chewing Up CPU After Bootup]

the trace is too large to be opened with my 16GB of RAM in my laptop. That large volume shadow copy can indeed cause boot issues. I've seen similar things.

[Install the Windows Performance Tool Kit (WPT)]

you need the Windows 7 version of the Windows SDK:

 

http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=8279

[DWM is incompatible after Windows update]

the link for 1.3.1 works fine:

 

http://glass8.eu/download.html

[Here's a Real Mystery - Something Chewing Up CPU After Bootup]

share the ETL file (compress it as 7z to reduce the size)

[Windows 10 - First Impressions]

The print in the image says that, "The old out-of-box experience (OOBE) that involves Microsoft sign in/sign up has been replaced with a new, cloud-hosted OOBE process."

 

Wonder if the option to sign in without a Microsoft account (and without placing anything in the cloud) will remain.

 

 

this is what I also ask myself, too.

[KB3000850 - BIG update - Windows 8.1.2?]

this is the automatic dump setting:

 

http://blogs.technet.com/b/askcore/archive/2012/09/12/windows-8-and-windows-server-2012-automatic-memory-dump.aspx

[StartIsBack+ 1.7.5]

yeah, the Win 10 Startmenu is bad. The only chance that I'll ever upgrade to Win10 is that StartIsBack+ and Aero Glass work again.

[Windows 10 - First Impressions]

WZOR posted some details about Build 10031. Now OOBE Phase comes directly from the cloud:

 

[High interrupt/DPC; culprit found, now what?]

I have no idea why you see this now. Hopefully it is fixed completely.

[High interrupt/DPC; culprit found, now what?]

I haven't tried the Microsoft ACHI driver.  As soon as I finished loading Windows 7 sp1, I immediately loaded the AMD drivers.

 

I need to ask, though... why are we discussinng the ACHI driver? 

 

because it causes a lot of ISR usage:

 

[Windows 10 search process uses almost double the RAM of Winamp]

what happens if you disable the search entry in the taskbar? Is the "Search" still there?

[High interrupt/DPC; culprit found, now what?]

have you tried to use the inbox Microsoft AHCI driver? Better?

[Windows 10 - First Impressions]

 

I have not seen such crude, simplistic graphics in Windows since 2.0. Win10 is shaping up to be the most visually repulsive version of Windows in more than a quarter-century.

the icons look like the video driver crashed and show up in 16 colors

[High interrupt/DPC; culprit found, now what?]

a lot of DPC usgae comes from the AMD AHCI driver amd_sata.sys.

 

Try the latest version:

 

http://support.amd.com/en-us/download/chipset?os=Windows+8.1+-+64

[I feel win 9's gonna bring us a "surprise" like metro]

no, you can run Windows 8.1 also in legacy/bios mode

[High interrupt/DPC; culprit found, now what?]

share the ETL file (compressed as 7z/RAR to reduce the size a lot) on OneDrive or Dropbox and post a link here

[Checking for Updates in “Windows 7 Ultimate”]

nice to hear this. Now you can delete the folder C:\Windows\SoftwareDistribution_old

[Aero Glass for Win8.1+ 1.3.1]

for me they work:

 

http://www.glass8.eu/download.html

 

try again

[High interrupt/DPC; culprit found, now what?]

whih usb devices do you use?