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my experience trying to re-install w7
thu 10 sep 2015
after successfully upgrading to w10 from w7 I wiped my hdd and did a clean w7 install (no w10, just w7) which activated aok - I then kicked off windows update which started aok but after a while it just hung on me
wiped the hdd again and tried again, just w7, installed aok, activated aok but windows update though starting out good again then just hung on me
wiped the hdd again, did a clean w10 install off of the iso, no probs, installed ok, skipped the key bit and booted to see that it had self activated aok
I then shrunk the w10 partition and re-installed w7 as a dual boot, went through aok and activated aok - I then brought up windows update to get w7 up to date, initally windows update let me download updates but after a while it just hung
I then went through the whole process a second time, from wiping my hdd but no luck, the same thing happened, I was unable to get windows update to complete
bit of disappointment, I need to be able to vpn into work and my employer's vpn software doesn't like edge or the ie 11 on w10, installed chrome and firefox and again my employer's vpn software rejected both
all three browsers worked aok with my employer's vpn software when I used w7
any ideas?
thanks