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In a significant move aimed at easing user frustrations, Microsoft has announced it will cease the display of advertisements for Windows 11 on devices running Windows 10. This decision comes after a wave of complaints regarding the intrusive nature and perceived pressure of these advertisements...

Are you an IT administrator seeking ways to maximize the potential of Windows Update for Business deployment service? Microsoft is pleased to introduce increased flexibility in Windows feature updates. This new capability enables a streamlined deployment of Windows 11 upgrades across...

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...

Do I have to do an upgrade from Windows 10 to 11 before doing a clean install with the MCT?

I'm running Windows 10 Home with all updates on my Dell XPS 13 9380 I'm trying to upgrade my SSD to accommodate large astrophotography files, from 512GB to 1TB. I have tried both AOMEI Backupper and EaseUS to clone the NVMe drive, with the same result. I cannot get the new SSD to boot, and...

Hi I'm upgrading from a 32 bit Windows 10 Pro to a 64 bit Windows 10 Pro. I am using an older build DVD. Is there a faster way of getting the updates without going through Windows update looking for updates which takes a day? Thank you.

Hello all, I have several issues with Windows 10, but I shall try to keep each question limited to one topic. A quick history: I bought a new HP Pavilion Desktop PC 570-p027 computer in November of 2017. The only "original" problem I had was video-related, and I won't go into that here. I...

Can I upgrade to Windows 10? I am running Windows 7 on my PC and I want to upgrade my PC to Windows. So, I thought to confirm if I can do that. My PC specifications are: Intel Pentium G630 2.7GHz Foxconn H61MV V2.0 6GB (5.71GB usable) RAM Please reply fast! Any help will be appreciated...

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I am planning to upgrade from Windows 7 Home Edition to Windows 10 and have created a Windows 10 ISO file on DVD in readiness. The ISO file was created March 2016. If Microsoft release any updates before the cut-off date in July, will the upgrade automatically apply these updates as and when I...

Microsoft recently made the Windows 10 upgrade a recommended one meaning if your settings in Windows updates is set to automatically install then you will automatically upgrade to Windows 10. Here's a few tips from Winbeta.com on how to avoid an unwanted upgrade: Reference

I am almost ready to install Windows 10 on my PC that’s currently running Windows 7 Home Premium (x64) Service Pack 1 (build 7601) I have only installed Windows 10 on one computer this was a Toshiba laptop. At the time I would have liked to have done a fresh install (deleting all the previous...

I am helping a friend. Right now I am not at his place and have not all information in front of me, sorry for that. At some later time I will continue there, but now I am collecting all help and information I can get. It goes about this: The download of W10 completes, Preparing for Install...

Recently the process of Windows 10 activation and what happens in terms of activation keys has been a little vague. We now understand that Microsoft has changed the activation process significantly so much so that the need for actual keys has almost been done away with. If one now installs...

So I have never been able to successfully upgrade from 8 to 8.1 despite multiple attempts at trouble shooting. Every time I install it via the windows store, there is an installation failure that takes place right at the end of the installation. So I have just made due with the factory...

I reserved my copy of Windows 10 back a few weeks ago once I notice there was an option to do so. So it came out yesterday and I have Win10 on my laptop that had Window 8.1 x64 and still not had the option to do so on my desktop that has Windows 7 Pro x64 SP1 (legit) any way i can trigger the...

I have a boxed retail copy of Windows 7. The retail license allows me to use it on one computer at a time but I can also wipe a computer and install it on another as long as its only ever used on 1 at a time. I paid the extra for a retail copy rather than an OEM copy which is locked to one PC...

While I was moving from 7 to 10 yesterday the city power failed to our building. When power was restored I attempted to begin from scratch with the setup tool. Now when I select either 'upgrade this pc' or attempt the iso download option it fails with a simple 'Something happened' message...

I am wondering if the upgrade begins automatically or the user will be prompted before the upgrade process begins?

Hi Still debating how to go about moving my install of Windows 10 to a different drive. I noticed that my backup software will allow me to clone Windows 10 directly to the other hard drive? That would be easy and quick, but it still doesn't address the registration issue if I want to leave the...