Windows 10 1809 is out
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Not yet, but I'm sure it will ignore my settings and update at the worst possible time
Just downloaded the iso and ready to make a boot SSD for that wicked fast install.
Protip: Download the .iso straight from the website by going into developer tools, enable mobile device emulation mode and go to the download site. MS will detect it an incompatible OS to run the media creation tool.Then choose the appropriate version for your language and system (x86 or x64.) Then use Rufus to create the boot disk onto the fastest USB drive you have.
Protip: Download the .iso straight from the website by going into developer tools, enable mobile device emulation mode and go to the download site. MS will detect it an incompatible OS to run the media creation tool.Then choose the appropriate version for your language and system (x86 or x64.) Then use Rufus to create the boot disk onto the fastest USB drive you have.
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Protip: Or you can skip all that nonsense and just download the Media Creation Tool, which will also create your bootable Windows 10 install USB.
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows10
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows10
Just curious, any downside to just allowing it to upgrade, or is the clean install the best way to go?
Windows blog said the update does not roll out until 10/9/2018. Advanced users can it get it now if they want. I think I will wait because of all the buggy stuff coming out of Microsoft these days.
https://blogs.windows.com/windowsex...ts-new-in-windows-and-office-in-october/
https://blogs.windows.com/windowsex...ts-new-in-windows-and-office-in-october/
Oh what I'd give for just an updated version of Win7. Best one they ever made. XP, solid. Vista, junk. 7, solid. 8, disaster. 9, they forgot this #. 10, eh.
I miss my iMac.
I miss my iMac.
We installed as a service the win_update_stop_setup.exe module -- all our W10 machines are only media systems used to run Firefox and Opera, they do not need to be rebooted or updated (and we decide when/if to manually to update instead of MS running task in background)
For actual work, we run Linux systems
https://www.novirusthanks.org/products/win-update-stop/
For actual work, we run Linux systems
https://www.novirusthanks.org/products/win-update-stop/
Originally Posted by Greggy_D
Clean install is always best if you have the time. Just ensure you have backed up every piece of data that you need to save.
Ive never Clean installed over an update. Thats galaxy brain stuff. Waste of time. Just push the update button if you want it. (Or let it update on its own)
My Windows 10 install originated as a Windows 7 install from Jan 2010. I dont have any problems however I froze updating in early 2016 so Im running 1510 I think? I dont see any reason to upgrade; nothing is broke and the machine works perfect.
Clean install is always best if you have the time. Just ensure you have backed up every piece of data that you need to save.
Ive never Clean installed over an update. Thats galaxy brain stuff. Waste of time. Just push the update button if you want it. (Or let it update on its own)
My Windows 10 install originated as a Windows 7 install from Jan 2010. I dont have any problems however I froze updating in early 2016 so Im running 1510 I think? I dont see any reason to upgrade; nothing is broke and the machine works perfect.
Originally Posted by Throt
Oh what I'd give for just an updated version of Win7. Best one they ever made. XP, solid. Vista, junk. 7, solid. 8, disaster. 9, they forgot this #. 10, eh.
Windows 9 was named Windows 8.1
But I agree, the good Windows versions were XP, 7, and 8.1
Basically the "R2" versions of windows are the best, as they are named in the server editions.
Windows Server 2003 R2
Windows Server 2008 R2 (Window 7)
Windows Server 2012 R2 (Window 8.1)
Back on the original topic, these Windows 10 "updates" (that as we know are more like new installations) do a decent job of preserving the previous configuration, and are probably fine for a typical home user who just uses a browser and maybe office applications. But these updates mess up quite a few items for me, it takes a week or so for me to find all the broken stuff and fix it after an update, and a few I cannot even fix. I have begun to document (for myself) all the fixes I have redo after an update so I can do them without spending as much time searching the Internet all over again!
Oh what I'd give for just an updated version of Win7. Best one they ever made. XP, solid. Vista, junk. 7, solid. 8, disaster. 9, they forgot this #. 10, eh.
Windows 9 was named Windows 8.1
But I agree, the good Windows versions were XP, 7, and 8.1
Basically the "R2" versions of windows are the best, as they are named in the server editions.
Windows Server 2003 R2
Windows Server 2008 R2 (Window 7)
Windows Server 2012 R2 (Window 8.1)
Back on the original topic, these Windows 10 "updates" (that as we know are more like new installations) do a decent job of preserving the previous configuration, and are probably fine for a typical home user who just uses a browser and maybe office applications. But these updates mess up quite a few items for me, it takes a week or so for me to find all the broken stuff and fix it after an update, and a few I cannot even fix. I have begun to document (for myself) all the fixes I have redo after an update so I can do them without spending as much time searching the Internet all over again!
Reading this conversation makes me miss leaving windows so much!
Yeah I know macs are more expensive. But looking back, screwing around with windows installs and settings eats thousands of dollars of your time over the lifespan of a computer.
I can also decide not to use their cloud and "user is the product" strategy and Apple doesn't throw a hissy fit about it!
Yeah I know macs are more expensive. But looking back, screwing around with windows installs and settings eats thousands of dollars of your time over the lifespan of a computer.
I can also decide not to use their cloud and "user is the product" strategy and Apple doesn't throw a hissy fit about it!
Originally Posted by Greggy_D
Clean install is always best if you have the time. Just ensure you have backed up every piece of data that you need to save.
That has always been my opinion, until today. I have the data backed up. A clean install at the moment has made my laptop into a brick. It boots to a black screen with a blinking cursor in the top left corner corner of the monitor. I'm glad I didn't do it on my other PCs. I'll be working on it later, hopefully I'll find a fix.
Clean install is always best if you have the time. Just ensure you have backed up every piece of data that you need to save.
That has always been my opinion, until today. I have the data backed up. A clean install at the moment has made my laptop into a brick. It boots to a black screen with a blinking cursor in the top left corner corner of the monitor. I'm glad I didn't do it on my other PCs. I'll be working on it later, hopefully I'll find a fix.
Originally Posted by demarpaint
Originally Posted by Greggy_D
Clean install is always best if you have the time. Just ensure you have backed up every piece of data that you need to save.
That has always been my opinion, until today. I have the data backed up. A clean install at the moment has made my laptop into a brick. It boots to a black screen with a blinking cursor in the top left corner corner of the monitor. I'm glad I didn't do it on my other PCs. I'll be working on it later, hopefully I'll find a fix.
Make sure it's booting to the boot drive that windows is installed on. Check boot order in bios.
Originally Posted by Greggy_D
Clean install is always best if you have the time. Just ensure you have backed up every piece of data that you need to save.
That has always been my opinion, until today. I have the data backed up. A clean install at the moment has made my laptop into a brick. It boots to a black screen with a blinking cursor in the top left corner corner of the monitor. I'm glad I didn't do it on my other PCs. I'll be working on it later, hopefully I'll find a fix.
Make sure it's booting to the boot drive that windows is installed on. Check boot order in bios.
There is only one HDD in the machine. That had Win 10 on it already.
I fixed it. I removed the SSD drive installed the old HDD put Win 10 on that then cloned it to the SSD drive and put that back in the laptop. I needed a good challenge. I'll tweak it and hopefully get it the way I want it.
Originally Posted by BearZDefect
Windows 9 was named Windows 8.1
Now I get it. 8 + 1=9 Pure Genius!
Optiplex 760 with 10 Home everything worked fine after update.
HP Compaq Pro 6300 twice had 2234-HECI error during initialization that first occurred when onboard lan went bad in July. Hitting F1 each time got me past that and booted fine but now ever time it reboots I get that error. I did not want to do a clean install to keep all my settings intact.
Windows 9 was named Windows 8.1
Now I get it. 8 + 1=9 Pure Genius!
Optiplex 760 with 10 Home everything worked fine after update.
HP Compaq Pro 6300 twice had 2234-HECI error during initialization that first occurred when onboard lan went bad in July. Hitting F1 each time got me past that and booted fine but now ever time it reboots I get that error. I did not want to do a clean install to keep all my settings intact.
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