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Kevin Marois29-Jan-16 4:24

29-Jan-16 4:24

OriginalGriff wrote:
Look on the ~~bright~~ dimly lit gray side: it means it won't annoy you with the ugly UI

FTFY

If it's not broken, fix it until it is

den2k8829-Jan-16 4:25

den2k88

29-Jan-16 4:25

I'll install Windows 10 when it will be common and old enough to find each and avery crack available. I plan on getting it legally and then crack it up so much that it won't send / download / upgrade anything.

Once I have the licence I'm alright with my country's laws and that's what matters.

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Cornelius Henning29-Jan-16 4:27

29-Jan-16 4:27

Did you upgrade from 7, or did you do a clean install? Upgrading can cause issues at times, but I have never had problems with a clean install. If you have the Win 10 install disc, I would recommend reformatting the system disk, followed by a clean install from the install disc.

How do we preserve the wisdom men will need,
when their violent passions are spent?
- The Lost Horizon

Kevin Marois29-Jan-16 4:29

29-Jan-16 4:29

It was an upgrade. How do you go about getting a disk?

If it's not broken, fix it until it is

Cornelius Henning29-Jan-16 4:39

29-Jan-16 4:39

Download the ISO file for the disc, then burn the ISO onto a DVD disc. There are different ISOs on the web. Get the one for the latest build (10586). This build will save you a lengthy upgrade to 10586 later. Good luck!

How do we preserve the wisdom men will need,
when their violent passions are spent?
- The Lost Horizon

Kevin Marois29-Jan-16 4:41

29-Jan-16 4:41

Ya ok. I thought you meant you got it from someone/someplace

I have a Windows 7 Pro disk. Maybe I'll insert that one... Smile | :)

If it's not broken, fix it until it is

Cornelius Henning29-Jan-16 4:46

29-Jan-16 4:46

Using the 7 disc will take you back to 7, of course. From my personal experience, I would recommend a little more persistence to get Win 10. Now that I have used 10 for a while, I will not go back to 7. Smile | :)

How do we preserve the wisdom men will need,
when their violent passions are spent?
- The Lost Horizon

Kevin Marois29-Jan-16 4:47

29-Jan-16 4:47

I know.. I was kidding.

I installed it so I can use it as a test platform for an app I'm working on, so I'll have to fix it

If it's not broken, fix it until it is

raddevus29-Jan-16 4:56

raddevus

29-Jan-16 4:56

I had a similar situation on an old laptop and thought it was toast.
I created a Win10 USB boot drive (rescue disk - very small) booted from that on the broken laptop and had success installing Win10 and have been okay since.
I think you can get the tool at (a little different than what I did months ago):
Get Windows 10 - and create usb boot tool[^]

Good luck.

kmoorevs29-Jan-16 7:36

kmoorevs

29-Jan-16 7:36

Kevin Marois wrote:
I have a Windows 7 Pro disk. Maybe I'll insert that one...

That's probably not a bad idea. In fact, it's the route I took just a month ago when I upgraded the HDD in my main development system. Originally, I had intended to stick with a fresh install of 7, but decided to give it a go (upgrade to 10) before installing anything else. The first time I screwed up by not activating 7 first. After that, it went flawless.

That said, I spent at least a week troubleshooting installers for older software tools that I use, some of which simply would not work and required paid upgrades. (Installshield for example) A month later, and after much customization, I really like it. It hasn't crashed on me yet! Smile | :)

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Michael Martin29-Jan-16 4:43

Michael Martin

29-Jan-16 4:43

Kevin Marois wrote:
It was an upgrade. How do you go about getting a disk?

Google Media Creation Tool. Download it from Microsoft, run it and Select Windows 10, your Language and Both (x64 and x86). Either burn straight to USB or save as ISO and use Rufus to burn ISO to USB.

Boot from USB and install fresh, don't need a key as Microsoft have stored the hardware key fro your laptop.

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Cornelius Henning29-Jan-16 4:51

29-Jan-16 4:51

Quote:
don't need a key as Microsoft have stored the hardware key fro your laptop

Correct! But you will be asked for a key twice during the install. Just click on "Skip this step" each time. When Win 10 runs for the first time, you should find that it has been activated.

How do we preserve the wisdom men will need,
when their violent passions are spent?
- The Lost Horizon

Michael Martin29-Jan-16 11:10

Michael Martin

29-Jan-16 11:10

Cornelius Henning wrote:
Correct! But you will be asked for a key twice during the install. Just click on "Skip this step" each time. When Win 10 runs for the first time, you should find that it has been activated.

Not when I did it. No keys asked for even though I wanted it to so I could put in a Windows 7 Pro key to get the Windows 10 Pro installed. It just automatically put on Windows 10 Home.

May have something to do with it being an HP so probably has the key coded in to the BIOS.

Cornelius Henning29-Jan-16 14:47

29-Jan-16 14:47

Did you have Win 7 Pro activated on the machine, before you upgraded? As far as I know it will install the same version, Home or Pro, that was activated on the machine before you installed Win 10. At least, that is how it worked for me, even when I followed the upgrade with a clean install.

How do we preserve the wisdom men will need,
when their violent passions are spent?
- The Lost Horizon

Jeremy Falcon29-Jan-16 6:19

Jeremy Falcon

29-Jan-16 6:19

Over two decades of dealing with computers I've learned one thing... never, ever do an OS upgrade. Clean install that sucker every time.

Jeremy Falcon

Dan Neely29-Jan-16 9:17

Dan Neely

29-Jan-16 9:17

The only 10 install I've had any problems with was a clean install instead of an upgrade.

No official W10 drivers and as a clean install no reuse of the existing 8.1 drivers, so the laptop was thoroughly borked up (no wifi, no keyboard, no touchpad) out of the box, and while most of the drivers installed cleaning the elephanting broadcom wifi driver's installer crashed on w10. WTF | :WTF:

Eventually I tracked down one that worked and got it working; but as always the only certainly in computing is that Murphy is always right. Sigh | :sigh:

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Cornelius Henning29-Jan-16 10:21

29-Jan-16 10:21

Go figure! It seems that different machines can give you a "different than expected" experience at times! In my case Win 10 installed all the right drivers for all hardware items. I did not have to touch the drivers, except for the NVidea display adapter, that worked, but a later driver for it was available from the manufacturer. Smile | :)

How do we preserve the wisdom men will need,
when their violent passions are spent?
- The Lost Horizon

Richard Andrew x6429-Jan-16 4:27

Richard Andrew x64

29-Jan-16 4:27

If it was an upgrade, try a clean install. That should fix it! Smile | :)

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Slacker00729-Jan-16 4:34

Slacker007

29-Jan-16 4:34

Funny, I got a message that said "SUCKER!"

Afzaal Ahmad Zeeshan29-Jan-16 4:48

Afzaal Ahmad Zeeshan

29-Jan-16 4:48

I knew this so much lovely post was a rant! Laugh | :laugh:

Great job, for pissing your trusted users Microsoft! Laugh | :laugh:

You know, the way I see it, Microsoft is not anymore providing the "best" operating system out there. Ubuntu is much better! I would recommend (if there is still a heartbeat in your machine), take it to Ubuntu, they will make it perform better again. Don't fall for this Microsoft thing, it's sham. Sigh | :sigh:

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908236529-Jan-16 5:10

9082365

29-Jan-16 5:10

Afzaal Ahmad Zeeshan wrote:
You know, the way I see it,

Should've gone to Specsavers[^]!

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Cornelius Henning29-Jan-16 5:11

29-Jan-16 5:11

I tried Ubuntu a couple of years ago, but after a lengthy installation process, I found that I could not get drivers for all my hardware. (One missing was for sound, as I remember.) I dropped Ubuntu like a hot cake, and will not go back!

How do we preserve the wisdom men will need,
when their violent passions are spent?
- The Lost Horizon

Afzaal Ahmad Zeeshan29-Jan-16 5:35

Afzaal Ahmad Zeeshan

29-Jan-16 5:35

Quote:
a couple of years ago

Hmmm.

The sh*t I complain about
It's like there ain't a cloud in the sky and it's raining out - Eminem
~! Firewall !~

Cornelius Henning29-Jan-16 5:54

29-Jan-16 5:54

I realize they may have drivers today, but considering the fact that I am happy with Windows 10, and the amount of effort it will take to switch to Ubuntu, plus the uncertainties around a new operating system, the switch just does not make any sense for me.

How do we preserve the wisdom men will need,
when their violent passions are spent?
- The Lost Horizon