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I've tried this twice now (on the same machine) and each time Control Panel won't work; it doesn't open. If I change the start menu to show links to Control Panel applets only some of them work; User Accounts, Display, Power Settings, Windows Update and others just do nothing. This means I can't adjust my display properties to get the correct alignment of my dual monitors, among other things, so I've given up on it meantime.
Has anyone else had this problem, or any suggestions on how to overcome it?
Has anyone else had this problem, or any suggestions on how to overcome it?
reghakr
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reghakr
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I believe Microsoft will provide a way to do a "clean" install for upgrading.
In the past when you upgraded, I always reformatted the hard drive, and then Windows asked to the the OS disk you were upgrading to to validate it's an upgrade. Since it's now in ISO formatted I don't know if this is possible, maybe they will just ask for a key from the previous version of Windows.
As with Vista, PC manufactures do not give you a DVD with your purchase.
They now use the factory recovery partition to re-install
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In the past when you upgraded, I always reformatted the hard drive, and then Windows asked to the the OS disk you were upgrading to to validate it's an upgrade. Since it's now in ISO formatted I don't know if this is possible, maybe they will just ask for a key from the previous version of Windows.
As with Vista, PC manufactures do not give you a DVD with your purchase.
They now use the factory recovery partition to re-install
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