Problems with latest update

This is an old machine from around 2010.

I advise you to 'go back to the previous build'.

If you can boot to the login screen, then click the power button, SHIFT + left click restart and navigate thru the prompts to 'go back to the previous build'.

Go Back to the Previous Version of Windows in Windows 10

If that works for you, you can stay with that and disable Windows Update. There are some bugs in 2004 anyway.

Currently I'm dealing with a thread where someone updated an old laptop to 2004 and no has no sound - just an example.

If I turn off the power at the wall socket and then switch it on again it will take me to the point which asks for my password, where do I go from there? Not sure what you mean by 'click on the power button'

At the moment, from the desktop I managed to click on 'restart' but I have been looking at the screen for 15 minutes or more and it is just the word 'restarting' with the dots circling above it and so it doesn't seem to be going anywhere.

Thank you dalchina, I have now spotted what you are saying to me and am now going through the 'uninstall' process.

EDIT - Thanks a million, all seems to have been uninstalled and everything seems to be back to normal and working again.

Thank you so much, greatly appreciated.

On the login screen, bottom right on the screen there is a button shown - click on that using your mouse.

There’s also a conflict between Malwarebytes & 2004 which is causing slowdowns, the solution is to either update to the latest Beta version or disable ransomware protection.

I suggest you try this: put a spare drive into your PC, clean install build 2004 on that and see if it will run.

That separates problems related to installed software and tells you is you will have driver problems, without much messing about.

Any upgrade on an old PC not specified for Win 10 is at the owner's risk.

If ok, then return to your present disk, consider if you want trouble, create a disk image of what you have now, then attempt the upgrade. But there's nothing in 2004 that will excite you....

Hi, you don't want two Win 10 installations on the same PC like that...

If you don't wish to swap the disk your options are:
a. Create a disk image of all partitions now and be prepared to restore them should things go wrong. Then attempt upgrading.
If upgrading fails, don't try to spend days probably failing to resolve the problem.
b. Ignore build 2004. It adds nothing. Live in a state of calm and gratitude because yo have a working PC and can get on with things.

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