Can't reserve windows 10

[chmgxy]

I have a two year old HP laptop that came with Windows 8 when I had bought it. It has been updated to Windows 8.1 and it has all the necessary updates it needs, yet the Windows notification has not shown up on my bottom right tool bar. I have tried everything to figure out why I cannot reserve it. Can anyone help?

 

[DaronMal]

For me, I had to do the current Windows updates to get it, some people might get the icon a bit late either way.

 

[Someone Somewhere]

Make sure you've done every windows update, not just those you think are necessary.

Reboot.

 

[chmgxy]

Make sure you've done every windows update, not just those you think are necessary.

Reboot.

I've done every single update its shown me except for the new skype, since i deleted that off my computer when it didn't work for the new windows 8.1

 

[DaronMal]

Make sure you've done every windows update, not just those you think are necessary.

Reboot.

I've done every single update its shown me except for the new skype, since i deleted that off my computer when it didn't work for the new windows 8.1

Ive heard some people will get it later after the update, It's possible that HP is somehow blocking it until your drivers are all set to move over as well. I could be wrong.

 

[chmgxy]

Make sure you've done every windows update, not just those you think are necessary.

Reboot.

I've done every single update its shown me except for the new skype, since i deleted that off my computer when it didn't work for the new windows 8.1

Ive heard some people will get it later after the update, It's possible that HP is somehow blocking it until your drivers are all set to move over as well. I could be wrong.

See that's what I don't get. I was able to reserve it on my brand new (may 2015) HP laptop without the updates, but once I updated that computer, the icon disappeared. I feel like it has something to do with HP, but I'm not too sure. Just hope it gets fixed soon, cause i definitely don't want to pay to upgrade both my laptops.

 

[Someone Somewhere]

Once you reserve it, I think the icon disappears.

There are ways to update it without reserving the copy, but MS's servers are a bit thrashed at the moment.

 

[DaronMal]

You have a year to upgrade, so dont worry, I'm personally waiting a month or so until drivers are caught up. Or talk to HP, it's probably something on their end.

 

[chmgxy]

Once you reserve it, I think the icon disappears.

There are ways to update it without reserving the copy, but MS's servers are a bit thrashed at the moment.

it's supposed to stay up once you reserve it. I'm going to give it a couple weeks to see if anything happens within that time. Hopefully it does.

 

[digitaldoc]

I had requested the update a while back as well. I was not receiving it today, and the Windows upgrade icon still remained on my notebook.

There is a tool from Microsoft that can jump the line, and force the upgrade. I used it today, and the upgrade took about an hour on an older notebook with a mechanical HDD. It works fine after the upgrade.

I am putting links to the Microsoft tool, and the Lifehacker post that goes through the process.

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows10

http://lifehacker.com/how-to-skip-the-line-and-upgrade-to-windows-10-now-1720854489

 

[Someone Somewhere]

Be sure to run setup.exe on the USB/DVD, and not boot off it. If you boot off it, it won't activate, so you'll need to re-install 7/8 and actually upgrade.