{"id":6488,"date":"2014-09-30T16:33:59","date_gmt":"2014-09-30T20:33:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.nccomputertech.com\/?p=6488"},"modified":"2014-09-30T16:33:59","modified_gmt":"2014-09-30T20:33:59","slug":"attention-enthusiasts-windows-10-technical-preview-landing-wednesday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nccomputertech.com\/techtalk\/2014\/09\/30\/attention-enthusiasts-windows-10-technical-preview-landing-wednesday\/","title":{"rendered":"Attention enthusiasts: Windows 10 Technical Preview landing Wednesday"},"content":{"rendered":"

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It\u2019s official: The next version of Windows is dubbed Windows 10, bizarrely enough, and it\u2019s chock-full of tweaks and features designed to make PC enthusiasts smile, including multiple desktop support, a reborn Start menu, new multitasking options, windowed Metro apps, and more robust device management tools for businesses. And that\u2019s just the tip of the iceberg!<\/p>\n

You can read all the details in PCWorld\u2019s report of the Windows event, and we\u2019ll post some hands-on impressions soon. But you don\u2019t just have to experience Windows 10 vicariously! Microsoft is pushing out a Windows 10 Technical Preview on preview.windows.com on Wednesday, so IT pros and adventurous souls\u2014Microsoft stresses the current Windows 10 build is very early\u2014will be able to get their hands on the next-gen operating system long before its expected mid-2015 release.<\/p>\n

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Microsoft OS boss Terry Myerson revealing the Windows Insider program.<\/p>\n

The Technical Preview will be released through a new program dubbed Windows Insider, which was built to let \u201cmore vocal Windows fans\u201d help refine the Windows 10 experience.<\/p>\n

\u201cWindows 10 will be our most open, collaborative OS project ever,\u201d Microsoft OS chief Terry Myerson said at the event. Testers will be able to leave feedback and engage in private discussions with Windows engineers via the Insider program.<\/p>\n

Look for the Tech Preview to go live at some point tomorrow; PCWorld will have a guide on how to install it on your machine shortly thereafter. Here\u2019s hoping the Windows 10 Technical Preview continues with the \u201cbusiness and power user\u201d theme and comes delivered in proper ISO format, rather than via Windows 8.1\u2019s Windows Store method. That\u2026 wasn\u2019t pleasant.<\/p>\n

via Attention enthusiasts: Windows 10 Technical Preview landing Wednesday | PCWorld<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s official: The next version of Windows is dubbed Windows 10, bizarrely enough, and it\u2019s chock-full of tweaks and features […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[5,11],"tags":[1215],"class_list":["post-6488","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-microsoft","category-windows","tag-windows-10"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/papNkV-1GE","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":6301,"url":"https:\/\/nccomputertech.com\/techtalk\/2014\/08\/26\/microsoft-expected-to-unveil-windows-9-threshold-on-september-30\/","url_meta":{"origin":6488,"position":0},"title":"Microsoft expected to unveil Windows 9 “Threshold” on September 30","author":"NCCT","date":"August 26, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Windows 9 may arrive sooner than most think. 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