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It's 01:30 Monday here on the East Coast of Oz, about 7 hours since I posted below of my Windows 10 Activation issues and about 7.5 - 8 hours since I had the problems.
I just went back and tried the Activation again from Settings -> Updates & Security -> Activation using Change Product Key and it just worked with no dramas.
A closer look at the message on the Activation dialog showed it was having problems accessing the Licensing Servers.
Don't know why it didn't just work first time, but at least I have installed updates and Nvidia drivers.
Michael Martin
Australia
"I controlled my laughter and simple said "No,I am very busy,so I can't write any code for you". The moment they heard this all the smiling face turned into a sad looking face and one of them farted. So I had to leave the place as soon as possible."
- Mr.Prakash One Fine Saturday. 24/04/2004
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Quote: problems accessing the Licensing Servers
 Glad you got it to work! 
The sh*t I complain about
It's like there ain't a cloud in the sky and it's raining out - Eminem
~! Firewall !~
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Michael Martin wrote: it just worked with no dramas
You just installed Windows 10, the drama has yet to begin! 
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I don't know what I did wrong, but Windows 10 just worked on every machine on which I installed it. (Well, at least thus far  )
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So now would be a good time to do a full image backup! 
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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Agreed!
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OriginalGriff wrote: So now would be a good time to do a full image backup!
Tomorrow I will image it with my Acronis True Image 2015 ISO on USB. Once all installed I will have it continually imaging to NAS using Acronis True Image 2016. Incrementally and consolidating every 30 days.
Michael Martin
Australia
"I controlled my laughter and simple said "No,I am very busy,so I can't write any code for you". The moment they heard this all the smiling face turned into a sad looking face and one of them farted. So I had to leave the place as soon as possible."
- Mr.Prakash One Fine Saturday. 24/04/2004
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Because I just finished Farcry Primal.
Started playing it two weeks ago, spent 42 hours, and I've finished it at 100%, including all trophies and a full backpack.
Ah well, I guess I'll be having time again for important stuff now 
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Does that include the DLC[^]? 
I haven't tried Primal - I enjoyed the first Far Cry, but the second turned me right off the series when enemies respawned all the damn time!
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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I do have the collectors edition, but I didn't realize that was DLC.
What a crappy DLC that was, worst 45 minutes of the game 
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Well, I'm about to install Visual Studio on my restored win7 install. Is there anything about vs15 (community edition) I should know about? Should I bother installing VS2013 "just in case"?
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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Be warned - the install takes for bloody ever...
I've twice installed it and twice uninstalled it (and, btw, uninstalling takes just as long...) - and am sticking to 2012 for now. It's ok, I guess, I just don't like the way it seems to push you towards the cloud all the time. Once it wouldn't even load because it said it couldn't connect to my Microsoft account... even though that resolved itself in the end, that was the final straw for me.
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Wombaticus wrote: I've twice installed it and twice uninstalled it
My caveat is that uninstalling it can be impossible.
I had it on a VM which would not run the uninstall at all. It would just blink away when you tried to uninstall. I needed diskspace so I finally just brute-force deleted it.
At the time I Googled for answers about it and this problem of uninstalling is more prevalent and more painful than I'd ever expected.
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I agree .I had terrible problems with visual studio 2015 and a lot of compatibility issues.I had projects in VS 2010 and VS 2012 and I was getting so many errors cause of compatibility.I think VS 2012 is the most mature.
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I like VS2015 Community Edition. It's a little slower than VS2012, but not to the extent that it bothers me, but I suppose the speed of your machine is important. It has some nice new features that I like. Projects created in 2015 can be opened unaltered in 2012 and vice versa. But I believe projects created in versions before 2012 will be permanently modified on loading.
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That feature goes back to VS 2010 SP1 actually.
What do you get when you cross a joke with a rhetorical question?
The metaphorical solid rear-end expulsions have impacted the metaphorical motorized bladed rotating air movement mechanism.
Do questions with multiple question marks annoy you???
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Good to know, thanks!
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Update 1 ruined VS2015 for me. Constant crashes, windows that wouldn't open, etc.
After uninstalling Update 1 everything was fine (again).
The only problem I have with VS2015 is that it is slooooooow.
Let me rephrase that: It's SLOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOW!!!
In case you didn't get the message, it's really very very very very very very very very SLOW.
Oh, yeah, it's also slow.
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Update 2 is published and I tought it's time to install Update 1, but after reading your message I'll wait for VS 2016 CE.
By the way... have you noticed that VS 2015 is slow?
Sorry for my bad English
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Don't forget to mention that it's also quiet slooooww!
(Wrong settings? Wrong machine?)
There is no cloud! It's just someone else's machine...
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Agreed. It is slow.
Also, like 2013, there is an issue with the cursor not being where you expect it to be. Not a show stopper but flaming annoying.
I may not last forever but the mess I leave behind certainly will.
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I use 2013 at home at at work, the only problems I have had with it are that occasionally intellisense stops functioning(a restart of VS2013 fixes it) - so I would go with VS2013.
“That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.”
― Christopher Hitchens
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VS2015 comes with a number of enhancements to Intellisense. If you have a reasonably fast machine, I will recommend giving it a try. After all, the Community Edition is free.
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Thanks for the tip 
“That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.”
― Christopher Hitchens
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You're welcome. 
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