How to Install Windows 10 on Your PC

Want to install Windows 10 on your own PC? We’ve got you covered with the instructions, although it’s just like installing any other version of Windows.
 

 For more on Windows 10, read our brief announcement post with some of the details.
You should not install Windows 10 on your primary PC. Use a test computer or a virtual machine.

• Step 1: Join the Windows Insider program and download the Windows 10 ISO image
• Step 2: If you are installing on a regular PC, Burn it to an optical disk or create a bootable USB flash drive. Otherwise, just attach the ISO image using the virtual machine software of your choice.
• Step 3: Install it mostly by clicking the Next button.

For posterity, here are all of the installation steps, although you could just remember the word “Next” and get through it fine.
When you first boot the computer you’ll see a screen like this one:

Click Next and you’ll be taken to the Install now button screen. Which obviously you should click.

At this point you can choose whether you want to upgrade Windows or install a new custom install. Since we’re recommending that everybody install into a virtual machine or on a test PC, you should select Custom

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How to install Windows 10 Technical Preview in VirtualBox

Do you want to take a closer look at the Windows 10 Technical Preview, but you don't want to disrupt your current computing environment with what is essentially an incomplete and potentially unstable operating system? If, so you're in luck, because you can do so quite easily and without any fear by installing the Windows 10 Technical Preview in an Oracle VM VirtualBox virtual machine. In this article, I'll show you how.

Get the Technical Preview

To get the Windows 10 Technical Preview, which is available as an ISO file, all you need is a Microsoft Account and an internet connection. To get started, go to the Windows Technical Preview site and read through the information. When you're ready, click the Get Started button, sign in with your Microsoft Account to join the Windows Insider Program, and then follow the steps to go to the download page (Figure A). Next, download the appropriate ISO file to your hard disk.
Figure A

You'll need a Microsoft Account to join the Windows Insider Program.

Traditionally, you'd have to burn the ISO to a DVD. However, with VirtualBox, you don't have to, because the program can mount an ISO and run the installation just like it was on optical media.

Get VirtualBox

Fortunately, the Oracle VM VirtualBox package is provided free of charge. You just need to download it.
To get the Oracle VM VirtualBox, just go to the Download VirtualBox page and select the Windows version. Once you have it, the VirtualBox installation procedure involves following along with the Setup Wizard (Figure B). Of course, there are multiple steps, but the procedure is fairly straightforward.
Figure B

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How can I use the version "trial" after 30 days

3 Steps

1) Uninstall the software after the trial period has expired

2) Start -> search -> (tastati) regedit + ENTER ...

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Windows 10 Preview ISO Images Download Links & Product Key Live

The ISO images for Windows 10 Technical Preview has gone live for free public download via Windows Insider Program as scheduled at 9am PST on October 1st, 2014. Windows 10 was announced by Microsoft in an event in San Francisco a day before.

Here’s how you can download and install Windows 10 Technical Preview:

1. Visit https://insider.windows.com/ to sign up for the Windows Insider Program. A Microsoft account is required.
2. Optionally, read the system requirements, which is pretty much similar to Windows 8/8.1.
3. Download the Windows 10 ISO from http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/preview-download?ocid=tp_site_downloadpage (in fact, you should be able to visit this page and start the download without signing up).
4. Burn the ISO to DVD or USB flash drive (with tool such as Rufus and Windows 7 USB/DVD Download Tool), or mount it in virtual machine if you intend to install Windows 10 in virtual environment.
5. Double-tap or double-click setup.exe, or boot from the installation media, and then follow the steps.

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