Upgrade W10 64bit - Page 3

DNSB · 07-24-2022, 12:11 AM

Depending on his computer meeting the requisites, he could try an in-place upgrade to Windows 11. I've done more of those than I care to think about and so far only one computer had an issue and that was due an odd motherboard chipset issue that was fixable.

quoddle · 07-24-2022, 04:33 AM

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Originally Posted by BetterRed

The advantage being, an In-place Upgrade leaves applications as-is.

I've done this on 4-5 systems to good effect; not mine, colleagues/friends, they were invariably well pleased.

I've always followed this tutorial ==>> Repair Install Windows 10 with an In-place Upgrade | Tutorials

BR

Thanks for that link. It looks straightforward. Do I need to change the PC startup option to boot from the USB drive if I use that option?

quoddle · 07-24-2022, 06:52 AM

I've just done the In-Place upgrade which went very smoothly and surprisingly quickly. The icons on my desktop are all over the place and need sorting out but apart from that everything seems fine and I have now installed Calibre 6.

Thanks for all the help guys.

JSWolf · 07-24-2022, 07:50 AM

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Originally Posted by quoddle

I've just done the In-Place upgrade which went very smoothly and surprisingly quickly. The icons on my desktop are all over the place and need sorting out but apart from that everything seems fine and I have now installed Calibre 6.

Thanks for all the help guys.

We've learned one important thing. Even if you run Windows 10, Calibre 6 can still fail to run if Windows 10 is too old.

DiapDealer · 07-24-2022, 08:28 AM

The moral of the story here is, I think: don't throw the baby out with the bathwater. There was no need to completely cripple the Windows Update Service when simply disabling auto updates would have sufficed. I'm afraid I wouldn't trust anything but a fresh install of the OS under these circumstances. An in-place update of an OS with a hosed registry sounds like a recipe for disaster to me.

JSWolf · 07-24-2022, 08:41 AM

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Originally Posted by DiapDealer

The moral of the story here is, I think: don't throw the baby out with the bathwater. There was no need to completely cripple the Windows Update Service when simply disabling auto updates would have sufficed. I'm afraid I wouldn't trust anything but a fresh install of the OS under these circumstances. An in-place update of an OS with a hosed registry sounds like a recipe for disaster to me.

My question now is...Do updates work after the Windows 10 update or are they still hosed?

quoddle · 07-24-2022, 10:44 AM

No idea thought I've turned them off using the gpedit method that was suggested. The options certainly weren't greyed out as they were previously

I'm not really bothered about updates, all I wanted was to get Calibre 6 working which it is thanks to the help on here.

DiapDealer · 07-24-2022, 01:22 PM

All's well that ends well.

You can still disable the auto updates now that everything is working. Nothing wrong with deciding when you might want to update.

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07-24-2022, 12:11 AM	#31
DNSB Bibliophagist Posts: 47,107 Karma: 169815798 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Vancouver Device: Kobo Sage, Libra Colour, Lenovo M8 FHD, Paperwhite 4, Tolino epos	Depending on his computer meeting the requisites, he could try an in-place upgrade to Windows 11. I've done more of those than I care to think about and so far only one computer had an issue and that was due an odd motherboard chipset issue that was fixable.

07-24-2022, 06:52 AM	#33
quoddle Enthusiast Posts: 45 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2009 Device: Kobo Libra H20	I've just done the In-Place upgrade which went very smoothly and surprisingly quickly. The icons on my desktop are all over the place and need sorting out but apart from that everything seems fine and I have now installed Calibre 6. Thanks for all the help guys.

07-24-2022, 08:28 AM	#35
DiapDealer Grand Sorcerer Posts: 28,709 Karma: 205039118 Join Date: Jan 2010 Device: Nexus 7, Kindle Fire HD	The moral of the story here is, I think: don't throw the baby out with the bathwater. There was no need to completely cripple the Windows Update Service when simply disabling auto updates would have sufficed. I'm afraid I wouldn't trust anything but a fresh install of the OS under these circumstances. An in-place update of an OS with a hosed registry sounds like a recipe for disaster to me.

07-24-2022, 10:44 AM	#37
quoddle Enthusiast Posts: 45 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2009 Device: Kobo Libra H20	No idea thought I've turned them off using the gpedit method that was suggested. The options certainly weren't greyed out as they were previously I'm not really bothered about updates, all I wanted was to get Calibre 6 working which it is thanks to the help on here.

07-24-2022, 01:22 PM	#38
DiapDealer Grand Sorcerer Posts: 28,709 Karma: 205039118 Join Date: Jan 2010 Device: Nexus 7, Kindle Fire HD	All's well that ends well. You can still disable the auto updates now that everything is working. Nothing wrong with deciding when you might want to update.

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