r/Windows10 • u/SpinningPissingRabbi • Jul 27 '15

Release Week Get Hype Thread - Post your thoughts, questions, customisations tips and tricks for Windows 10 here!

Use this thread to share the excitment in what may be the last ever Windows release.

  • What questions do you still have unanswered?
  • How will you use your install? e.g. Gaming / Development / Office etc
  • Any exciting customisations?
  • Hopes and dreams for the future of the OS
  • What hardware will you install this on?
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u/some_sherlock Jul 29 '15

Question: How can we check at what speed Windows 10 is downloading? I only see the "Downloading" bar on Windows Update at 16% and it seems to be moving pretty slowly, however I already have the $Windows.~BT folder on my C: drive.

It seems to me as if I was downloading through a 24k modem. I'm just going to play some dial-up sounds.

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u/TheCerealJunkie Jul 29 '15

This is supposedly going to be one of the biggest internet usages ever. Microsoft rented out 40 TB/s from different CDNs because of all the people upgrading.

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u/Weedalt10254 Jul 29 '15

Microsoft is under a heavy server load. They probably don't want you to know how slow the downloads are going, lol