Phone number trick worked for me, thx guys
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Phone number trick worked for me, thx guys
Been doing some digging and found this
Confirmed: Windows 10 Setup Now Prevents Local Account Creation
and this ...
Indeed that sorted it dalchina many thanks.
All1
I have just upgraded to the above and seems i have lost my ability to stop future windows updates, it seems i can only PAUSE them, have i lost this ability permanently now i have updated to 1903?
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I'm very happy with Acronis on my 7 system which i use now however when i move main system to 10 (just 2 laptops run 10 for now) in about 3 - 3 months then i will be moving to Macrium just because...
I did put classic on a test laptop and had no issues with it and it looked cool, i will have a look at Open Shell and see what that is like
I will have a look at this thread but at 75 odd...
I do run ESET Smart Security as well as Malwarebytes and to be honest i'd like to do away with all of MS "security" stuff but i have to read more into this.
storageman I see classic shell is no...
Yea that done it, so many hidden menus and options in 10 it's a joke but set limit to 1mb and renew day was tomorrow so it only done the activation which is what i wanted so many thanks everyone for...
If only it was that easy, when i go Windows Updates/Advanced options i see no pause option open to me.
All1
I have gone through the tutorials and a few seem to fit what i need to a degree but nothing mentions what i want to do and that is go online activate the machine and NOTHING else, no windows updates...
Thanks for the suggestion NavyLCDR i already use True Image and did so suring my whole install routine, so ttok an image just as basic windows, then when windows activated, then went drives had gone...
SO i have been able to get 10 installed, drivers updated, and windows updates done.
Now i have stayed away from 10 for many reason and one of them was all the spying and telemetry etc it want to...
Must admit when i made my post i had no issues with my disc and key but having read others post i can see how it's a bit grey area, it was a gift to me and i never paid for it so that is why i...
Sounds weird but i don't 100% know for sure, i think it was someone who used to work either for MS or some kind of tester, hence being able to use a single key for 10 activations but you can activate...
100% not stolen.
My key gives 0 hits on google.
All1
I have a rather unusual version of windows 7 U x64 that is legal, long story but given it by a friend it.
This is the information i was given when i got the disc
it's good for 10...
I have a new thinkpad and i think i had to hit ESC or F1 some options and F12 was for boot menu
Yep sorted, God knows how long i would have been trying to sort it doing it my old way so thanks everyone for your help, now i just have to get it the way i like.
All1
Oh OK it is not normally the way i do my installs, i like to set things up front always done it this since using fdisk years ago, ok i will give that a go now thanks for the advice everyone.
All1
It's not a case of i can do it better than MS it's a simple fact of i don't want that extra partition they leave behind that is all and the app i used was EaseUS Partition Master to partition and...
I had a laptop with a legal version of 7 U x64 and used MS download media tool to leech a ISO (32 & 64 bit) made a bootable thumb drive and then bit the bullet and wiped my old win 7 machine (500GB...
Thanks kimkl that worked a treat, i knew some of the keyboard shortcuts but not that lot i'll bookmark it so thx again.
All1
Fresh install of win 10 Pro (legal) on an old acer laptop and no drivers for win 10 so installed the OS put in LAN cable and update the OS, when it finally came back to life it would seem to have set...