How many Insider version do you run, and why?

cereberus · Sep 15, 2023

Since I started this thread, I barely bother with Dev even now as it is so slow with any decent features.

I am only interested in new ways of searching e.g. click on calendar to search for slippers, click on volume to get travel news in Ruritania, click on start button to find out scores of (Welsh) Llareggub football team etc. We just do not have enough search methods with existing 247 ways of searching - WE NEED MORE!

Winuser · Sep 15, 2023

Floki1992 said:
it goes with copy and paste of program folders, there is no need to reinstall programs, everything is quickly functional

I think you missed the part where I mentioned new programs. It's not like the old DOS days.

Floki1992 · Sep 15, 2023

Winuser said:
I think you missed the part where I mentioned new programs. It's not like the old DOS days.

Yes, well that's what I'm saying, just copy the program, program (x86), program data, user folders onto an external hard drive and then paste everything once the new Windows installation is done and no need to reinstall new programs

Winuser · Sep 15, 2023

Floki1992 said:
Yes, well that's what I'm saying, just copy the program, program (x86), program data, user folders onto an external hard drive and then paste everything once the new Windows installation is done and no need to reinstall new programs

That's not going to included every file or setting needed for the program to run.

MiguelAngel11 · Sep 15, 2023

Beta in my laptops. Very stable for a everyday use.

Edwin · Sep 15, 2023

None!

Wisewiz · Sep 15, 2023

Winuser said:
The problem is that I have added so many new programs and made so many changes that it would still take me days to get it setup.

That gives me the opportunity to climb on my pet hobby horse: Portable versions of apps. I've got 38 programs running on this PC, 35 of them portables or standalones. It takes about ten minutes to install and configure my three installed programs on a new computer. Two of those even have settings files that can be copied over. The rest, just copy and paste, and they run like new. Takes me under 30 minutes to have a new PC up, running, and just like the older ones in every way.

Try it. You'll love it.

Josey Wales · Sep 15, 2023

One and that is one too many!

hsehestedt · Sep 15, 2023

I now officially run zero insider builds because I had to reinstall Windows from scratch last night and I just don't feel like running an insider build so close to 23H2 being released. At least, I assume it is close

. I still have not seen any official word from Microsoft on when to expect it.

Remember the good old days when you would get a release date from Microsoft well in advance?

Edwin · Sep 15, 2023

Getting a pop-up ever hour now!
I think the bomb is ticking!

hsehestedt · Sep 15, 2023

Edwin said:
Getting a pop-up ever hour now!
I think the bomb is ticking!

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I assume that you are running an old insider build. Is that correct?

Edwin · Sep 15, 2023

hsehestedt said:
I assume that you are running an old insider build. Is that correct?

Yup. 25915.1000

I figure it's gonna turn into a pumpkin at midnight!!!

Bree · Sep 15, 2023

Edwin said:
Getting a pop-up ever hour now!
I think the bomb is ticking!

That's nothing, wait until it starts rebooting every 3 hours. But don't wait too long, two weeks is all you've got left....

...Once your build reaches the license expiration date, your computer will automatically reboot approximately every 3 hours....
...The computer will no longer boot, 2 weeks after the license has expired....

What happens when Windows 11/10 Build reaches expiration date

When Windows Build reaches expiration date, PC will display warning This build of Windows will expire soon, then reboot automatically & then finally stop booting.

www.thewindowsclub.com

Edwin · Sep 15, 2023

Bree said:
That's nothing, wait until it starts rebooting every 3 hours. But don't wait too long, two weeks is all you've got left....

Wonderful!!!...

Bree · Sep 15, 2023

Edwin said:
Wonderful!!!...

Time to upgrade?

Edwin · Sep 15, 2023

Bree said:
Time to upgrade?

I guess I have no choice, seeing as how I'm trapped behind the Iron Curtain of the Insider Regime!!! :nope:

Edwin · Sep 15, 2023

Well..., didn't go good last time..., doesn't look good this time either, stuck in a boot loop!
I haven't got time for this

, I'm gonna go let the TV put me to sleep! :sleepy:

Dru2 · Sep 15, 2023

Floki1992 said:
Yes, well that's what I'm saying, just copy the program, program (x86), program data, user folders onto an external hard drive and then paste everything once the new Windows installation is done and no need to reinstall new programs

It doesn't work that way anymore (in years) and especially where most programs now require registry entries to work.

Floki1992 · Sep 16, 2023

Dru2 said:
It doesn't work that way anymore (in years) and especially where most programs now require registry entries to work.

However I assure you that it worked for all my programs, with a simple copy and paste

Winuser · Sep 16, 2023

Floki1992 said:
However I assure you that it worked for all my programs, with a simple copy and paste

I know that worked back in the days of DOS. Most if not all of my programs have entries scattered all over the Registry so a copy and paste won't work. Plus the fact that some of them have to be deactivated first.