I have just done a fresh install to 21H1 and I have a Samsung and an LG monitor. Now when I go to Advanced Display settings, the system identifies the Samsung and LG monitor correctly.When I do new...

My desktop boots to workable desktop W10 Pro 1903 in 43 seconds from POST. I just have Zone Alarm and Malwarebytes in startup group. Spec AMD 8350 8 core 4GHz (fairly old), 16GB RAM, 256 SSD with 25%...

My page fault non page area seems to have been caused by arcctrl.sys which I thought was a microsoft file. However on investigation it was related to Arc Soft's DVD player which I ditched years ago...

I agree with using Macrium!. I went from 1703 to 1903 because I had some minor issues after the computer had been to sleep for a couple of weeks whilst I was away. However, I am having issues with...

I have updated from 1803 to 1903 apart from one bsod it took about 2 hours. It works ok but sometimes when I boot, after POST but before windows 'blue window' appears it crashes bsod caused by page...

I downloaded the Win 10 upgrade assistant and let it do its job. Before I have always got into settings and deleted the american keyboard but cannot find it now in latest thing.

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I have just updated to 1903 from 1803. Apart from a bsod it seems to be working. However, I cannot get rid of the ENG in the lower right systems tray next to the clock in this version. It used to be...

I think it is because file history renames outlook.pst files like this. anyway will stick with what I have but can always backup to my network which should work.

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OK thanks guys. I do use Macrium when I do a regular image!

I have all my docs on a separate drive than my system drive c:, called drive I, and I back up using FileHistory to drive K. I and K are different partitions on a separate but the same secondary hard...

Or, if the server is now active again:
Go to an elevated c:\ prompt (right click on the c: command prompt and select run as administrator, when black box comes up type in

slmgr /ato
and press...

Is is Windows 10 Pro because there has been microsoft activation server issues.

Yes it has worked now. Thanks for the prompt help on this forum.
Incidentially I have found a better number for direct m$ support 0800 026 0329.

tried it again, not activated :)

doesnt work for me yet, but a microsoft techy did acknowledge the issue and wait a couple of days but hed did remotely get my w10 pro version back.

I am on my third version of W10 Pro (1803) upgraded free years ago from windows 8.1 pro. Today assuming after doing windows update my PC says its now not activated. Going to activation screen and...

Although it installed ok using the manual download, I see from windows update it still has it as a pending download.
Will it understand it is already installed or will it try again and totally mess...

My manual update went OK and I can still access my Apps and Windows Store OK. But I am on a desktop so dont really use the apps. However, Windows update has still logged the update as pending...

Many thanks for your suggestion. After thinking about it, I downloaded the file directly from the microsoft update catalogue online and used the windows update stand alone installer. That worked.

I have tried five times to run the July update KB4345421 which seems to stall at 25% installation then brings back an error code 0x80070002. Previous culmulative updates have worked ok. This is for...

If I use the media creation tool, it will show what version to download on ISO e.g. US-En or UK_En and it will be for the correct license if I leave the check box checked telling me the appropriate...

I guess Macrium is the way to go. Wonder what other stuff MS will be leaving out. Rather like Business Contact Manager in Office, because they want you to buy their own expensive crm software! We...

Thank you both.

I have belayed my update, to latest version of W10, as I understand the old windows 7 imaging files that were still available up to now have dissappeared from yesterdays major update. Does anyone...

General response only please. Well, used to get the occassional BSOD in Win 95, 98, maybe once in a while in XP, never in 7, 8 or 8.1. And W10 1st commercial release seemed OK. BUT Windows 10 1511...