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Originally Posted by badgoodDeb
"Administrative assistant" or some such, I think. At a banking type institution, where she has rather specific tasks, and no allowed use of the internet otherwise. Which is too bad, as she hadn't learned even basic skills, that might help on some NEXT job.
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I worked for a bank back when. They tend to be fussy about employee use of the Internet.
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Can I download the Win10 package to my MAC and burn to a CD, or do I need internet access during the install? I can get the latter by bringing the PC to my house, but burning a CD at work (much faster internet) would get the process started faster.
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Yes, you can, but it won't fit in a CD. It needs a DVD. I downloaded the upgrade stuff for an offline install and put it on a USB thumbdrive. It works from there, too.
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edit: The only web source I see requires access FROM the PC, so it knows eligibility. If that's my only choice, that's OK. Just thought I'd ask.
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As mentioned, you can DL the upgrade package and do it offline. But you probably
do have to go online from the machine you want to upgrade to confirm it's eligible. Essentially, you are taking an existing Windows 7/8.1 license and applying it to Win10 instead, so there must
be a valid existing license.
And before you upgrade, there will be a boatload of critical security patches that likely never got applied, and you'll need to let them apply first. Expect multiple reboots in the process, because some patches affect things that can't be modified while Windows is up and running. You must reboot after the patches are downloaded, and they'll be installed when you reboot before Windows fully loads.
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Dennis