Windows 10 Release

Thu Jul 30 14:27:08 UTC 2015

I was just thinking about my remaining Win 7 box _after_ I hit send and I
believe you're correct (I have one still to upgrade).  Which means users
upgrading from 7 to 10 will need to create an ID, but users of 8 and 8.1
will use the one they already have.

Scott Helms
Vice President of Technology
ZCorum
(678) 507-5000
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On Thu, Jul 30, 2015 at 10:23 AM, Brooks Bridges <
brooks at firestormnetworks.net> wrote:

> Just as a point of debate, I've been using Windows 7 for quite some time
> and I do not, nor have I ever, given MS any email information or have I
> created a Live account.
>
> On 7/30/2015 7:19 AM, Scott Helms wrote:
>
>> Since the requirement is that users are upgrading from Win 7, 8, or 8.1
>> they've already had to create at least a minimal MS ID which means either
>> creating an email account on Outlook.com or providing an existing email
>> address and  a password for MS.
>>
>>
>> Scott Helms
>> Vice President of Technology
>> ZCorum
>> (678) 507-5000
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>> http://twitter.com/kscotthelms
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>>
>> On Thu, Jul 30, 2015 at 10:15 AM, Matthew Black <Matthew.Black at csulb.edu>
>> wrote:
>>
>>  Are users required to create any type of Microsoft cloud account (e.g.,
>>> OneDrive, Office365, et alil) in order to install and use Windows 10? Of
>>> Office? Is it possible to simply use Windows 10 without any Microsoft or
>>> Google or Yahoo accounts?
>>>
>>> Is the unique identifier available to advertisers only through IE (or its
>>> successor) OR will it also be available through Firefox/Chrome?
>>>
>>>
>>> matthew black
>>> california state university, long beach
>>>
>>>
>