in-place upgrade

If your Windows PC is showing signs of fatigue, acting sluggish, or plagued by persistent errors, it might be time for a revitalizing refresh. Microsoft offers a robust way to breathe new life into your operating system: reinstalling Windows using installation media. Whether you’re dealing with...

The 0x800f0983 error is a common issue faced by Windows users during the update process. This problem can hinder a system's ability to install essential updates, often leaving users feeling stuck and unsatisfied with the update experience. When this error occurs, it's typically indicative of a...

We are a local government and in the process of upgrading Windows 10 to Windows 11 and need advice, guidance or best practices for deployment methods that others have used. I am managing the W11 upgrade and the technical guy in project team have been working on in-place upgrade and have several...

If you've VM's in 2012 R2, does in-place upgrade on the host to server 2016 affect/impact the VM's? If so, what precaution is to be taken to avoid it?

Hello Windows Insiders! Today we are pleased to release a new build of the Windows Server vNext Long-Term Servicing Channel (LTSC) release that contains both the Desktop Experience and Server Core in all 18 server languages, as well as a new build of the next Windows Server Semi-Annual Channel...

Hello Windows Insiders! Today we are pleased to release a new build of the Windows Server vNext Long-Term Servicing Channel (LTSC) release that contains both the Desktop Experience and Server Core in all 18 server languages, as well as a new build of the next Windows Server Semi-Annual Channel...

Hello Windows Insiders! Today we are pleased to release the first build of the Windows Server 2019 Long-Term Servicing Channel (LTSC) release that contains both the Desktop Experience as well as Server Core in all 18 server languages, as well as the first build of the next Windows Server...

Hello Windows Insiders! Today we are releasing Windows Server Insider Preview Build 17093 to Windows Server Insiders. This build is a preview build of the next Semi-Annual Channel release of Windows Server. For more information on the Semi-Annual channel, please see the Windows Server...

Hi! I'm curious if any one here has used any of the W10 recovery options. W10 has several ways to recover from mistakes. W10 has the old stand by Restore to a earlier time, but it has other ways to recover. I would like to hear what experiences members have had with the other recovery options. I...

Hi Repair Install Windows 10 with an In-place Upgrade This tutorial will show you how to do a repair install of Windows 10 by performing an in-place upgrade without losing anything! After looking through this it doesn't seem to show the option to not lose anything the way that I thought it...

1 T71-173401 Lenovo G770 1037-2VU Laptop Computer - Intel Core i5-2430M 2.40GHz, 6GB DDR3, 750GB HDD, DVDRW, 17.3" Display, Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit, The above system will not complete an upgrade from Windows 7 Home Premium to Windows 8 Pro. It does all of the correct things to complete...

The computer is Windows 7 Professional 64-bit edition version 6.1 Build 7601 service pack 1. The computer is not in a domain environment. I believe this may be a security issue however I completed an in-place windows 7 upgrade to try and fix the problem but after all of the windows updates...

Hi, I have been getting the little popup blip from the taskbar saying it has found a file or folder that was "Corrupt and unreadable, please run chkdsk". I have run chksdk /f /r from the recovery console and windows and it finds and fixes corrupt or incorrect files. On the next boot I can scan...

Link Removed - Invalid URL By Paul Thurrott With September 2011’s Windows 8 Developer Preview, only clean installs of the OS were supported. But with the advent of the Windows 8 Consumer Preview, eager enthusiasts can now choose an in-place upgrade install as well. More...

Apologies if this is in the wrong forum, this is my first time here. If this post is too long, I can try and condense it. I usually leave PC in sleep mode, last night was no exception. I am used to it occasionally turning itself back on every few days (not sure why) so no surprise to see...

Hi! After doing an in-place upgrade from Windows Vista Home Premium x32 to Windows 7, turning on the computer takes at least twice as long on my ACER Aspire 3810t notebook. When the "starting Windows" sign and the windows 7 logo appears the HDD LED stops flashing and the led is continuously...

This is an important question to bring up, I think (sorry if it's been brought up before), but, as I've said previously, I've been having issues doing the in-place upgrade for Win 7. It's BSOD'd on me four times now (fourth time I even uninstalled everything it said for me to) every time it gets...