FWIW - I just applied the recommended gpedit fix to force the Power Plan to maintain High Performance across restarts. My Win10 desktop was forcing Balanced. I am on 20H2, 19042.804. I believe, but...

:rolleyes: OK, OK, I guess I'll start looking at NAS. This is a pain. Currently I use the shared port on my router with a 32G thumb drive. That works as advertised for small stuff across all four...

Both machines on the same Workgroup. Both machines SMB settings look like the attachment. Both systems started as clean installs.
Thanks,
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:confused: OK, I give up. Basically I can see shares on a Win10 desktop from a Win10 laptop on the same net, but not vice versa. Garden variety home network. Four systems, single router, all systems...

Brink, thanks for the advice. It's healthy to get back to basics now and then. :-)

Update: I checked my BIOS settings on my 1909 XPS 8700. I had already set Secure Boot to Enabled. I confirmed I still had USB set before Boot Manager. I booted with the new SanDisk stick. I have to...

I used RUFUS 3.11.1678.0; ISO from 9/4; confirmed a install.wim [4.3G]; checked the SHA1 and confirmed a 1909 from Oct 16 2019; 18362.418; Win10 Pro was at Index 6; confirmed BIOS at A14 [latest from...

Surprise: :eek:Boot blew right by the Win10 install USB drive and booted normally. USB drive in one of the front USB3 ports. Doing a clean install on a Dell XPS 8700 desktop. Using a RUFUS-built...

Update and results: :-):-)I am now at Win10 Pro, Version 1909, build 18363.1016 on my Dell XPS 8700. Challenges met. This is what works for a video driver. YMMV. Dell sourced NVIDIA card, GeForce...

Here's where I am:
Macboatmaster: The first driver you recommended turned out to be Win10. I tried it anyway since I didn't see anything in the extract that prohibited Win8.1. I realize it was a...

I went back to the Dell Win8.1 driver because I didn't know if the MS installer did any kind of interrogation of the target card to see if there was anything special to take into consideration when...

I decided to go as neutral as possible for the clean install. I completely uninstalled the Nvidia 451.67 driver. I downloaded the Dell Video driver for a Win8.1-64 machine and installed it. The Dell...

I'm getting ready to do a Win10 Pro MCT ISO USB based clean install on a Dell XPS 8700. The machine has an NVIDIA GTX 745 card. In preparing for the install I discovered there are three 451.67...

:DShawn, I am at 17763.737 and verifying results.

I used the UUP Dump ISO
Stripped the laptop down to wired keyboard and wired mouse.
Read the Tutorial over and over carefully!
Took a long...

Dalchina, Thanks for getting me on the right track. I am now at 17763.737 using a repair ISO from UUP Dump. I'm in the process of verifying where I ended up. Looking good so far.

Shawn, Thanks for the UUP Dump tip. I will be using a 17763.737 ISO for the in-place repair.

I have downloaded 1809 ISO's from Heidoc, TechBench and MS. They all come up with the same Indexes [obviously, same source MS libraries]. Due to my inexperience I don't see an Index for a plain old...

I am trying to find an ISO to do a in-place repair of my Win10 Pro laptop. It currently is at 17763.805 and I'm trying to do the in-place repair with something just before that. The problem I'm...

I'm currently doing my homework on doing the in-place upgrade repair. I have tried the Policy Editor setting for removing WU scan from Settings [including all of the options] and none seem to make a...

The attachment shows the results from re-registering Settings. There are no contents, just the title. Sometimes the Settings/Update and Security page along with Settings fails instantly and...

Thanks for taking the time to offer some ideas.
My Computers//Computer Two describes the Win10 Pro laptop I'm using to get comfortable with migrating to Win10.

I'm currently using the Policy...

Winver: 1809, build 17763.805. Issue: Windows Updates item gone from the left hand column of Settings/Update and Security. Disappeared after installing KB4519338. The update installed ok and I...

Progressed from the Win7 to Win8 and now to the Win10Forums. I'm using a Win10 Pro laptop as a learning tool. Boy, what a learning curve. I'll have to admit the Windows Update process on Win10 does...

I was just Notified that KB890830 was ready for install. It is for Malicious Software Removal. My normal process is to use WUSHOWHIDE to hide what is offered, and then do some research to see what...

KYHI...Thanks for all your help and tips..Win10PESE going well...saving FSCapture files to the boot USB stick worked like a charm, exercising the apps and learning more...what a great pkg for...