Update: Activation issue now solved as well thanks to some helpful assistance from a Microsoft tech who dialled in and resolved it for me. Not sure what the underlying issue was, but its now resolved...

Yes Bree, I must admit that as a long time IT Pro I have always been anti-MS, but I must admit that in recent times they do actually seem to have grasped the concept of support.

I encourage our...

Update

Out of morbid curiosity, after posting my question above I opted to contact Microsoft support via their online chat.
I have to admit that, cynic as I am, their response was extremely good,...

Hi folks,

History:
a) Had Windows 7 (bought the DVD in a box with a genuine product key years ago) - was running fine.
b) Upgraded online to Windows 10 during the free upgrade period after W10...

Thanks to Masterchief and ZTrucker for your input - W10 install is now almost complete.
Booting clean from the USB did the trick and its now installed.

My next challenge is activation.
For some...

Silly question time :-)

I was just reading through the link above on "How to Clean Install Windows 10" and it says I need to make sure that my motherboard supports UEFI 2.0 or later. How do I...

Thanks very much for this.
Will create another bootable USB key now and do as you suggested !

Sal

Thanks Masterchief.
I forgot to mention that I did also try a USB key boot, but that didn't seem to give me an option to do a clean install, it only wanted to upgrade (from memory - that was late...

Hi guys,

Have been running Windows 10 on an older desktop since I upgraded from Windows 7 during the free upgrade period a couple of years ago. Digitally registered to my MS account.

Now moving...