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First, I HAVE NOT read through the umpteen thousand entries for this topic, so if the actual answer is buried in here, I apologize...
<flame on>
As a user of Windows since 3.1 and DOS before that, I'm pretty used to things not working "perfectly" or often at all, with new versions. But MS managed to exceed even my capacity for sighing heavily and just saying "well, it's just Microsoft"...
They essentially FORCE me to use their MediaCreationTool to create a DVD for later installation (I haven't FOUND any way to directly download the ISO), and then have THAT fail with some incomprehensible error that has no meaning amazed even my most cynical side...
I DON'T want to install it today, I JUST WANT TO BURN A <insert your favorite vulgarity> DVD...
I've now wasted 2 hours scouring the Internet for posts from the umpteen thousands of people that are getting THE SAME <repeat> MESSAGE. And coming up with umpteen things that DON'T WORK...
From "Run as Administrator" which didn't work
to "Change Local and Language Settings to English" which didn't work
to "Disable or Uninstall Antivirus Program or Internet Security Suite" which IS MICROSOFTS TOOL AND STILL DIDN'T WORK
to "Make sure all these services are turned on automatic" WHICH DIDN'T WORK
to "run wuauclt.exe /updatenow" which DIDN'T WORK
to on and on and on........
It's been a while since Microsoft managed to frustrate and infuriate me to quite this level, but they've managed to find a way again...
I've gotta go find a puppy to kick or something 'cause this is utterly ridiculous. It HAS to be either deliberate or they just totally screwed the pooch on testing AGAIN 'cause this is BEYOND stupid.
<flame off>
If anybody has an ACTUAL METHOD THAT WILL WORK TO GET THIS *&^%$#@ Media Creation Tool to work so I can create a DVD, please put it in here...
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