|
Windows Media Creation Tool failed with the same error on both my windows 10 PC trying to create a bootable USB AND on my windows 7 pro PC I'm trying to upgrade... It's been awhile since I've installed Windows 10, am I missing something obvious? Edit : is there a better way to install Windows 10 now? I haven't tried since upgrades were free...
|
#
¿
Mar 24, 2017 12:08
|
|
|
|
| # ¿ Apr 26, 2024 19:24 |
|
|
Bloody Hedgehog posted:What error are you getting? Is your USB stick large enough for the install files? It's a 16gb USB drive, but the error occurs whether I'm using the tool to upgrade in Windows 7, without using a USB drive or if I'm using my other PC to try to create a bootable USB. I will have to try it again today, I didn't take a picture of the error code. It's especially odd to me, because it gets to 100% on both PCs and then kicks back an error message. I'd create a boot USB myself using a different program but I can't seem to find the iso
|
|
#
¿
Mar 24, 2017 13:03
|
|
|
Bloody Hedgehog posted:Doesn't the tool also let you choose to download the ISO? I just used the tool myself a few days ago, and I seem to recall it asked if I wanted the tool to create the bootable USB stick, or just download an ISO. It didn't let me download the ISO on either machine, which is the weirdest part. I wasn't using a USB stick at all on the windows 7 machine at all  . It actually gave me the same error message on both machines, regardless of whether I chose the "upgrade this machine" option or "create media to update a different machine" I'll have to check when I get home re: error code, I believe the USB is a SanDisk Cruzer.
|
|
#
¿
Mar 24, 2017 13:30
|
|
|
Flipperwaldt posted:Logged in as administrator? Yes. I also tried running as administrator and etc with same errors. At least on IE (w7 machine) , edge (w10 machine) and Firefox (on both machines) , i don't even get the option to download the ISO, the page redirects to the tool download page only, with no option to just direct download the iso. If I access it on my phone chrome browser, I can download the iso. I will probably give it a try on one of my Linux laptops this afternoon.. It's just baffling to me honestly
|
|
#
¿
Mar 24, 2017 17:34
|
|
|
Well I finally got windows 10 installed so I figured I would give an update to a way to get the ISO if the tool doesn't work: in Google Chrome, I used an add on to allow webpages to run in "mobile" view. Using a mobile view tab, I was able to access the direct download link for the Windows 10 iso. I used Rufus and the iso to make a boot USB- I didn't actually get the boot USB to work because I forgot to change the boot order in bios, but I was able to run the setup.exe file on the USB drive, on my windows 7 PC, and now it's running windows 10 fully patched and updated and etc. I really appreciate everyone's help and advice and I figured I would give an update as to what worked for me, in case others can't get the tool to work 
|
|
#
¿
Mar 25, 2017 15:24
|
|
|
dihaploidy posted:I'm on 1607 of the Home edition. The update menu in settings has been telling me that the "Creators Update is on it's way" for months, it but it insists that it's up to date whenever it does an update check. I had to manually download it and etc on mine, it literally never showed up. The other couple computers did it all automatically. Very weird
|
|
#
¿
Oct 13, 2017 14:18
|
|
|
I bought a windows 10 key on ebay for an old lovely laptop for 3$
|
|
#
¿
Nov 22, 2017 03:43
|
|
|
SwissArmyDruid posted:*proprietary* PSUs and components. Most non slimline Dells haven't used proprietary psus since at least the i5 2500 era. The only proprietary component is the motherboard.
|
|
#
¿
Dec 5, 2017 23:13
|
|
|
My default mail app changed the quick action from "delete" to "archive" on my ryzen PC but not my Intel laptop and I loving hate it. Everything I've tried doesn't bring the delete function back 
|
|
#
¿
Jul 20, 2018 15:43
|
|
|
Volguus posted:I did that once when I changed the MB+CPU+ram: made a new Ms account, tied it with the system, relaunched windows on the new hardware (same HDD) and it was all in vain. Had to call MS itself to solve the issue. And even them could only fixed windows with a brand new generated key. On the flip side, I have probably 7 computers all running on the same Microsoft account and the only key I have is a key that came with my Inspiron and my $5 ebay key lol
|
|
#
¿
Aug 2, 2018 04:29
|
|
|
jerk irl posted:Is there a way to disable win10 full screen optimization in latest build, I can't find a setting. I'd prefer not using windowed mode, but full screen optimization fucks with some games. If there is I also want to know. Besides disabling it on every single exe I don't know of one
|
|
#
¿
Aug 7, 2018 21:02
|
|
|
redeyes posted:You guys mean this thing: https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/104080-enable-disable-fullscreen-optimizations-windows-10-a.html ? Ah yeah thank you. I guess I was hoping to do it without reg. editing but so be it none of the other options work anymore
|
|
#
¿
Aug 8, 2018 21:50
|
|
|
Medullah posted:Is there an actual "shut down" option? I have a laptop that I rarely use, but every time I do I have to charge it up since "shut down" mode seems to just be a different version of hibernate so over the weeks the battery dies. Isn't it just shift+shutdown?
|
|
#
¿
Aug 13, 2018 21:01
|
|
|
Bing is really good at looking up porno
|
|
#
¿
Aug 16, 2018 20:18
|
|
|
That "old editions of windows" thing is driving me crazy. 120gb boot nvme with 40+ gb of old versions of windows. Just delete already god dammit lol
|
|
#
¿
Oct 5, 2018 20:24
|
|
|
Lambert posted:Go to Settings - System - Storage - Free up space now Oh I already did, I just keep forgetting that exists lol. I pretty much do emulation on this machine and that all sits on a mechanical drive so I couldn't figure out what was taking up all my c drive!
|
|
#
¿
Oct 5, 2018 20:57
|
|
|
PUBLIC TOILET posted:Wait, what? Really? I had to tick a box to enable it to delete downloads but it's certainly possible it does that by default for some people lol
|
|
#
¿
Oct 7, 2018 17:02
|
|
|
Can anyone explain to me how to change this? When I copy a folder into a destination, instead of giving me the "overwrite option, it adds it to the folder and just creates a "copy" wtf is this Edit: my computer decided to default this 140gb folder with like 15,000 items as read only :/ Captain Yossarian fucked around with this message at 23:18 on Jul 26, 2019 |
|
#
¿
Jul 26, 2019 23:12
|
|
|
Dylan16807 posted:A folder being read-only doesn't really mean anything. I will check this out too. Thank you! Changing it from read only DID fix the problem which I thought was odd. It appears quite a few of my folders got made read only, no idea when 🤷🏻♂️
|
|
#
¿
Jul 28, 2019 00:05
|
|
|
Captain Yossarian posted:I will check this out too. Thank you! Changing it from read only DID fix the problem which I thought was odd. It appears quite a few of my folders got made read only, no idea when 🤷🏻♂️ So, going back to this. Why would windows 10 decide to make my entire computer, every single file and drive, read only? I'm discovering this is what happened and while I can give myself full access to all drives again, I wonder WHY my entire C drive decided to make itself read only in the first place
|
|
#
¿
Jul 28, 2019 13:59
|
|
|
What should I do if windows constantly fails updates? They appear to download fine but fail at installing or hang at 0% until they fail
|
|
#
¿
Nov 15, 2019 20:41
|
|
|
GreenNight posted:poo poo, I'd grab the 1909 ISO and upgrade to that. It's a Windows OS issue. I might have to. It updated fine on all my laptops but my big boy computer? Of course not lol
|
|
#
¿
Nov 15, 2019 21:46
|
|
|
A follow up to my "can't upgrade to 1909 on my desktop through Windows update" problem. I just used the windows upgrade tool which worked fine and also now my other updates that were stuck or not working all installed fine 🤷🏻♂️
|
|
#
¿
Dec 3, 2019 19:02
|
|
|
My laptop that sits basically right next to it and is used 99.9% of the time for the exact same stuff except on the couch updated just fine with no issues at all. Truly baffled
|
|
#
¿
Dec 4, 2019 14:52
|
|
|
You can buy a windows 10 code on eBay for like $1.50 if you don't want to activate the old one
|
|
#
¿
Dec 27, 2019 00:15
|
|
|
So I'm going to upgrade my m.2 boot drive and I have an open m.2 slot. Is it as easy as installing the new drive in the open slot, cloning the drive (macrium maybe?), and then changing the boot drive order to the new one?
|
|
#
¿
Jan 2, 2020 17:47
|
|
|
Holy poo poo I had trouble with sharing hard drives and network shares over the weekend. Who knew it would be so loving complicated jfc 
|
|
#
¿
Jan 8, 2020 20:30
|
|
|
baka kaba posted:The main issue I've had with that is not realising a wifi connection's defaulted to Public instead of Private, so you can't see shared stuff Its pretty much this. I have four computers I use at home, one of which is used only as a Plex server and storage for other torrented stuff and holy moly the settings keep resetting about every other time I touch one
|
|
#
¿
Jan 8, 2020 22:49
|
|
|
Another windows question: is there any way to resize a single icon/shortcut on Windows? I have a frequently used program that I would like to place a shortcut for dead-center on my monitor and make like four times as big to call attention to it. I seem to remember being able to do this on Linux (and Android?) but I don't know if it's possible on Windows.
|
|
#
¿
Jan 8, 2020 23:00
|
|
|
Statutory Ape posted:How much do you like your windows key Thanks for the idea!
|
|
#
¿
Jan 9, 2020 16:42
|
|
|
Lowclock posted:Maybe you're thinking of something else? Windows10Debloater does not remove the store. I used the debloater on four PC's over the last week and the store still exists and works on all of them
|
|
#
¿
Jan 10, 2020 20:29
|
|
|
Please for the love of God get an SSD
|
|
#
¿
Apr 28, 2020 23:45
|
|
|
2004 reset all the sharing options on my Plex server PC and changed literally nothing else. One of the more baffling changes I've run into in awhile. I was pulling my hair out trying to figure out why I couldn't access that PC on my network without it prompting me for a password (I would like to point out that the Plex server PC does not and has never required a user password). 
|
|
#
¿
Jul 22, 2020 15:34
|
|
|
Captain Yossarian posted:2004 reset all the sharing options on my Plex server PC and changed literally nothing else. One of the more baffling changes I've run into in awhile. I was pulling my hair out trying to figure out why I couldn't access that PC on my network without it prompting me for a password (I would like to point out that the Plex server PC does not and has never required a user password). Kinda solved my own issue? This is at least partially related to Windows disabling SMB because turning it back on solved all my issues. I don't think I ever noticed the problem previously because before now all five of my PCs were on different windows 10 versions 🤷🏻♂️
|
|
#
¿
Jul 23, 2020 00:08
|
|
|
Klyith posted:SMBv1 gets disabled by windows updates for a very good reason, it is a gaping goatman-sized security hole. If you have devices that can't access your plex server without SMBv1, it's time to update or change those things. If I'm using windows built in network share, these drives literally can't be accessed without it. All the machines are running windows 10 pro lol. I'm sure it's a security hole, I just don't have an alternative
|
|
#
¿
Jul 23, 2020 12:53
|
|
|
Windows file sharing on my network literally only works if the first is on lol. I wish I knew why Edit: I should add that this only occurred when the PC was updated to 2004. Prior to the upgrade, I didn't have to to any fiddling with any settings. Every PC is set to private network and file sharing is "on" on every PC Additional edit: looking online, I guess a ton of people are having this issue with 2004 so I guess I'm not alone
Captain Yossarian fucked around with this message at 20:23 on Jul 23, 2020 |
|
#
¿
Jul 23, 2020 19:32
|
|
|
wolrah posted:Are you using guest file shares? That has not worked reliably in my experience since 9x. Make sure both ends have the same user set up with the same password. No it doesn't even have anything to do with sharing or not as far as I can see. If I turn SMBv1 off on ANY computer I use, no network PCs show up at all and all mapped network drives disappear. If I turn on SMBv1, then every single PC shows up. I can go through my gaming PC, laptop, second laptop and the PC I use for Plex and it's repeatable across every single computer. It's simply "SMBv1 on, all networked computers are visible, smbv1 off, all network drives disappear"- this includes the external hard drive I have connected to my router and everything. It's extremely odd lol
|
|
#
¿
Jul 23, 2020 22:33
|
|
|
Malwarebytes somehow prevented by qbittorrent from working correctly my so now it is my sworn enemy
|
|
#
¿
Jul 24, 2020 02:41
|
|
|
Adding to my mystery of the SMB addled windows network, I have discovered that turning SMB v1 off does not actually prevent me from connecting to the drives if I use the direct network path, however the network drives disappear, and if I map them, they no longer work. I think it does relate to what the poster said about guest accounts because with SMB off it only appears to allow 1 person access at a time. A very strange problem, but at least I'm able to move stuff to my PC without needing smb v1 🤷🏻♂️
|
|
#
¿
Jul 24, 2020 18:49
|
|
|
|
| # ¿ Apr 26, 2024 19:24 |
|
|
wolrah posted:So you can access the shares by IP address but not by name? Between this and red-eyes post, this pretty much solved all my issues! ("Pretty much solved all my issues" sums up my windows 10 experience lol)
|
|
#
¿
Jul 28, 2020 19:26
|
|