Thanks Ghot, dalchina and eLPuSHeR! Your wisdom is very much appreciated.

Next weekend, I'll be seeing the family again so I will do a quick re-check on their computers just to make sure I didn't...

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So, I have now successfully switched my family's computers over to Windows 10 and everything went very smoothly. After installation, I updated the computers through Windows...

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I just wanted to post a quick follow-up to let you know that thanks to your wonderful words of advice, I have successfully completed all 4 installations without so much as a hiccup. ...

Thank you very much NavyLCDR!



I am going to try an upgrade to Win10 first. If it's unsuccessful or Mom & Dad have any issues, then I will do a clean installation.

You all have been very...

Yes, that's what I always thought as well, but maybe in this case, an upgrade would work? If not, I could delete the partition and do a fresh install, right? I really don't mind the time involved -...

Thank you very very much folks! This is why I love these forums - you all give the BEST advice!

Megahertz and NavyLCDR - In the spirit of confusing things as much as possible for you (and my...

Okay, one more question, hopefully for the last time.

Tomorrow, I'm heading over to my folks' place to install Windows 10 on their 32 bit PC. I will have to download the MS media creation tool...

Thanks so much for all your assistance everyone! You've all been very helpful!

Well folks, I just opened up a whole can of worms and I need a little clarification/help before I dive in. Please forgive my ignorance...

I just got back from a little visit with my dear parents....

Thank you for the clarification Try3 - your help is very much appreciated! :-)

I was just wondering if I should disable updates for MS products now in WU since Office 2010 is no longer supported. ...

HOLY MOLY! MisterEd, I just clicked on my OneNote for the heck of it and got the window you speak of. I clicked on the local option and lo, and behold, I've got my preferred version and I don't...

Thanks everyone! You all were right - I installed it and it went through without an issue.



Good question - I guess it's a sentimental thing. I'll probably get rid of it someday, but for...

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Well, it's been over a year since I've last posted, but I'm happy to say that as of last night, I am now dual booting my old Dell laptop with both Windows 7 and Windows 10. So...

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So, this afternoon, I was playing around on my son's Win10 laptop, and the fan started making that rattling noise again. When I had cleaned the laptop up and reapplied the thermal...

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So, since I was able to clean install & activate Windows 10 on my son's old laptop, I have been playing around on it and have discovered that I really, really like this OS. This...

I just wanted to thank you all for your help with this and give you an update. The new keyboard is slated to arrive on Friday, but I could not wait to apply the wisdom you all shared and it went...

Hi folks! Hopefully I'm posting in the right area - please forgive and let me know if I'm not.

So, a few weeks back, I gave this old laptop a deep clean (cleaned up the fan and air vents) and...

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I have been reading these forums and the Windows 7 forums for some time now, but this is my very first post on either, and I must say, I am tickled pink to be...