How to access the Windows Insider program and install the Windows 10 Technical Preview

Delivering on promises following the announcement of a new Windows, Microsoft has launched Windows Insider Program and Windows 10 Technical PreviewThis will be one of the ways through which users will be able to access the new version of the operating system until its official release arrives, which is expected to take place well into 2015.

Meanwhile, Windows 10 Technical Preview will allow you to test the new features of the future Windows 10 at the same time that they are developed and transfer our opinion and suggestions about them to Microsoft.The program is aimed at developers and technology enthusiasts who want to get involved with their feedback in the creation of the new version of the operating system. If you fall into that category, here are the instructions for becoming a member of the Windows Insider program and for downloading and installing Windows 10 Technical Preview.

Prior notice and minimum requirements

The Technical Preview is for advanced users who are comfortable downloading and installing beta or unfinished systems and programs. In these situations, the software is incomplete and may come with errors, so Microsoft recommends that we install it on a secondary computer and not on our main work computer . Another option, perhaps even more recommendable, would be to install it in a virtual machine.

It must be clear that what we are going to install on our computer is software under development that is far from its final version.This means that, at any time, we can find parts that are not yet finished, details that are not very polished, or errors that have not been corrected. All this can affect the performance of our equipment, its security and even the data contained in it, so it is the responsibility of each one to install this Technical Preview

That said, we must make sure that the computer where we will install Windows 10 Technical Preview has the necessary hardware requirements. If we already have Windows 8 or Windows 8.1 installed on it, it shouldn't be a problem, since these are the same as Windows 8.1. In summary, the Microsoft recommended minimum requirements for Windows 10 Technical Preview are:

• Processor: 1 GHz or higher
• RAM: 1 GB (32-bit) or 2 GB (64-bit)
• Disk space: 16 GB
• Graphics card: graphics device with Microsoft DirectX 9 and WDDM driver
• A Microsoft account and Internet connection

In addition to the above, it is convenient to know that Windows 10 Technical Preview is only available for computers with x86 architecture, so it will not work on systems running Windows RT. Microsoft recommends using it with a mouse and keyboard, as many touch features are still unimplemented. In addition, for now there are only three language versions: English (US, UK), Simplified Chinese and Portuguese (Brazil).

Sign up for the Windows Insider Program

To get the Technical Preview of Windows 10 it is necessary to register in the Windows Insider program Members of the program will be able to download the version in development of the new system. In addition, in exchange for allowing Microsoft to collect data and information about the devices and their use, they will obtain a series of additional benefits.

The first is more frequent updates with earlier, and therefore less polished, versions of the system and its parts. And the second is access to the Windows Feedback application from where we can send comments directly to Microsoft engineers and participate more actively with our opinions in the system development process.

To register for the Windows Insider program we must follow these steps:

1. Enter the page insider.windows.com.
2. Sign in with our Microsoft account (create a new one if we don't have one).
3. "Click on Join now."
4. Accept the terms of use and privacy statement.

Once this is done we will see the message you have on these lines congratulating us and we will receive an email welcoming us as new members of the Windows Insider programThe next thing will be to get down to work and obtain and install the Windows 10 Technical Preview.

Download and install Windows 10 Technical Preview

Once we are full members of the Windows Insider program, we are already in a position to access the download and installation of the Windows 10 Technical PreviewBut before, and even at the risk of becoming annoying, it is convenient to review once again that we have everything ready and our team meets the necessary requirements to carry it out. For this, Microsoft has prepared a specific page that we can consult before proceeding with the installation.

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If you&39;ve finally managed to get here, the next thing to do is download the Technical Preview file. To do this, we select the option Set up PC>download of about 3 or 4 GB depending on whether we have chosen the 32-bit or 64-bit version on the Windows Insider program page."

While we wait for the ISO image to download, it's a good time to remember that after installing Windows 10 Technical Preview you won't be able to use the recovery partition on your computer to revert to the previous version of Windows. If you want to return to it, it will be necessary to have a recovery or installation media provided by the manufacturer or previously created.

Once the download is complete, the following are the steps we must follow to install Windows 10 Technical Preview:

1. Create an installation media on a DVD or USB stick from the ISO file. To do this you can use the Windows Disc Image Burner or the old Windows 7 USB/DVD Download Tool.
2. Double-click on the file setup.exe on the DVD or USB stick created.
3. After accepting the terms and conditions we will be given the option, if possible, to retain our personal files. We choose our preference and continue.



4. The wizard will check the rest of the equipment for suitability. As it is not available in Spanish, it will alert us about uninstalling the corresponding language pack. If we agree with this, and with any other notices we may receive, we continue.
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5. The installer is ready and we just have to confirm the selected options by pressing the button Install."



6. From here the installation will continue its course almost autonomously. During it our equipment will restart several times.
7. When finished, the usual configuration process will be started. Starting with the requirement to connect to the Internet and continuing with the security aspects and our user account.

After following all these steps we will have Windows 10 Technical Preview installed and configured on our computer. Now yes, the time has come to test all the changes and novelties that Microsoft is preparing for the next version of its operating system. Until April 15, 2015, when this trial version expires, we'll have plenty of time.