hey guys, so I managed to do a clean install of the windows 10! and it seems to be working. I didn't have to take any additional steps after the install, and my version says it's activated! not sure...

and how do you like it? from what I understand, I can run windows apps using the emulator, and that's what I really need!

So I have been toying with the idea of installing Linux Mint, instead of trying to install win 10. Has anyone done that? yay or nay?

Hey guys, so I was trying to do a clean install, via USB installation method.

- First downloaded windows 10 64 ISO
- Used rufus to create the bootable USB
- restarted the PC, and then hit f12,...

hey NavyLCDR, that seems to be pretty easy. If I can run that from safe mode, then why not? I will buy an external HD today, and then backup my data, and should be off to the races!

ok I think I will just do a factory restore. It's such a pain to re-install all the software that I have! but given that I have not been able to use my PC, maybe that's the best option.

I am...

Hey guys, so somehow my windows 7 PC doesn't really work anymore, it keeps on crashing after a minute or two with the dreaded exception message (I suspect one of the automated system updates didn't...