HP Stream 7 and Windows 10 upgrade hasn't shown up yet, why is that?

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HP Stream 7 and Windows 10 upgrade program

Hello everyone. Maybe all of you have noticed that all the PC's with Win 7 and 8/8.1 are now showing the "Get Windows 10" registration option. My main's PC (Win 7 Pro, SP1, 32 bits) has shown it, but my HP Stream 7 (Win 8.1 with Bing) hasn't. Does anybody know why?

 

[Mikegwald]

Re: HP Stream 7 and Windows 10 upgrade program

Same here nothing on my hp stream 7

 

[Harrie-S]

Re: HP Stream 7 and Windows 10 upgrade program

Patience is a virtue.
You will get your copy of W10
http://m.windowscentral.com/find-out-which-version-windows-10-you-will-get-when-you-upgrade-free

 

[Funky Cricket]

Re: HP Stream 7 and Windows 10 upgrade program

I have not seen that on any of my PC's yet. It is just home versions that are getting the notifications at this time?

 

[addz77]

Re: HP Stream 7 and Windows 10 upgrade program

Not just me then... Mine is fully updated

 

[froi francisco]

i did received mine just last night and went to reserved it :wink:

 

[qkpham]

You can force the Windows 10 icon by following this tutorial : techdows.com/2015/06/how-to-enable-get-windows-10-app-icon-windows-7-or-8-1-taskbar.html

It worked for me (also try method 2 & 3 down in the comments). It might take a few minutes but it worked on my Stream 7 but also older devices I had :wink:

 

[Jiffybag]

Re: HP Stream 7 and Windows 10 upgrade program

They are sent out in stages, so some will get it before others.

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[Freebyte]

I have a feeling it's based on your Microsoft account. I'm a Windows Insider and mine showed up before the news starting hitting the web sites.

 

[aximtreo]

I used the Windows Insider to get Win 10 on my Stream 8. Don't know what happened to mine but now I have a useless brick. It has the 1022 version loaded and runs but I only have about 100 MB of storage left and errors out on most things I try to do. Foolish me, I did not make a recover disk and now can't go back to Win 8. I'm hoping HP will help me go back but so far, they want $149 to restore it to factory settings. A little steep for me since I paid that for the Stream 8 new.

If you do decide to go with Win 10, make sure you make a recovery disk. The 32 GB in the 7 $ 8 are just at the hairy edge of not being enough to run Win 10. I say that because that's what I see on mine. I may have gotten a corrupt install. Just make sure you prepare to go back.

 

[Jas00555]

I used the Windows Insider to get Win 10 on my Stream 8. Don't know what happened to mine but now I have a useless brick. It has the 1022 version loaded and runs but I only have about 100 MB of storage left and errors out on most things I try to do. Foolish me, I did not make a recover disk and now can't go back to Win 8. I'm hoping HP will help me go back but so far, they want $149 to restore it to factory settings. A little steep for me since I paid that for the Stream 8 new.

If you do decide to go with Win 10, make sure you make a recovery disk. The 32 GB in the 7 $ 8 are just at the hairy edge of not being enough to run Win 10. I say that because that's what I see on mine. I may have gotten a corrupt install. Just make sure you prepare to go back.

Not really. All you need is a USB OTG cable, an 8GB flash drive, an ISO of Windows 8.1 with Bing, and another computer and you can make a bootable USB stick.

 

[ccase360]

The "Get Windows 10" app appeared on my HP Stream 7 today. It says the tablet meets the requirements and I reserved my copy. Note: Make sure update KB3035583 is installed, the app won't appear if that update isn't installed

 

[Simon Kimber]

Just to say after much hassle I managed to upgrade my HP stream 7 to windows 10 today. I had real problems with the get windows app, with it not appearing. I tried reinstalling the crucial KB update. Windows downloaded the gwx exe but it wouldn't run.

In the end I found a much easier way. I found a link for a fresh install from scratch and have installed windows 10 that way. I needed extra storage space, but used the micro SD card I have for that. Its slow to upgrade this way, but it works

 

[theartdude]

Mine just showed up, upgrading now. If your win 10 free upgrade prompt isn't showing, make sure you update your windows to a point where there are no additional updates. If you don't spend some time to update your current windows, don't expect win 10 free upgrade prompt options.

 

[NoICon]

Re: HP Stream 7 and Windows 10 upgrade program

Still waiting... sigh. For those that got the update, is the Stream 7 better on Windows 10 versus Windows 8.1?

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[Derausgewanderte]

Re: HP Stream 7 and Windows 10 upgrade program

Still waiting... sigh. For those that got the update, is the Stream 7 better on Windows 10 versus Windows 8.1?

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see my post here:
http://forums.windowscentral.com/hp-stream-7/365294-upgrading-stream-7-w10.html#post3162113

I followed this site for installation. More importantly, I like my HP Stream 7 better now after W10 upgrade. I love it. Everything is working as it should and I have an enjoyable smooth experience. I am using the device more often than I used to since the upgrade.
One caveat: Because you are not upgrading the existing 8.1, the system may not be activated. You have to find other means of activation (I used KMS activation - search the W10 forums at MDL).
Or you could just call the activation number to get it activated since it is legit anyway.

cheers

 

[monotheist]

I did not get a notification for a few days on my stream while my other laptops and PCs got the notification.

Today I got the notification on my HP Steam. I also ran the scripts to force windows to show the icon a day before. But that didnt work.

Finally today it suddenly popped up. My steam has Windows 8.1 for Bing.