Windows 10 - 1903

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Re: Windows 10 - 1903

Postby spanish_lad » Fri Aug 02, 2019 2:31 pm

Easily sorted, a security setting had changed on the main machine ... All back to normal now
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Re: Windows 10 - 1903

Postby knowal » Fri Aug 02, 2019 8:53 pm

The new version of windows does not have "homegroup" any more. They have changed the way to share files on a network. Another problem to create a work around.

https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/hel ... -a-network

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Re: Windows 10 - 1903

Postby Wicksey » Sat Aug 03, 2019 1:18 pm

The update became available today so I am just doing it. It's been stuck on 'downloading: 99%' for about an hour. Is this normal? The % went up gradually OK but seems stuck now.

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Re: Windows 10 - 1903

Postby Enrique » Sat Aug 03, 2019 1:45 pm

Hi,
Depending on system it could take some time to move forward.
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Re: Windows 10 - 1903

Postby Wicksey » Sat Aug 03, 2019 1:53 pm

Just come up with the message that it couldn't complete the downloading so it's cancelled the whole thing and I have to start again!

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Re: Windows 10 - 1903

Postby Enrique » Sat Aug 03, 2019 2:35 pm

Hi,
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If u have time have another go

Added: if it fails again, you will need to download the . ISO file use Rufus to build it onto USB memory stick , Bootup normal windows system and from USB use setup and it will do upgrade. Step by step instructions can be found on Microsoft site.

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Re: Windows 10 - 1903

Postby Wicksey » Sun Aug 04, 2019 9:27 am

After 12 hours yesterday I gave up and am now trying using the Win10 Update Assistant app which I now remember I used before. Up to 87% complete in an hour so will wait to see if it works this time.

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Re: Windows 10 - 1903

Postby Enrique » Sun Aug 04, 2019 1:37 pm

Hi,
If you're on 1809 then you don't need to upgrade to 1903 as it's supported 18months from release date..
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Re: Windows 10 - 1903

Postby Wicksey » Mon Aug 05, 2019 9:48 am

It took 8 hours but it's done now. I guess at some point I would have to update it to the latest version and it was much simpler using the update assistant.

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Re: Windows 10 - 1903

Postby Enrique » Mon Aug 05, 2019 3:25 pm

Hi Wicksey,
Good to hear u got sorted , 8hrs not too bad for an average spec system and Spanish internet connection.
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Re: Windows 10 - 1903

Postby El Cid » Mon Aug 05, 2019 5:29 pm

Not bad? It’s absolutely pathetic!

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Re: Windows 10 - 1903

Postby gerryh » Mon Aug 05, 2019 7:51 pm

Sid
I'm sure you are aware that Wicksey has a very sloooow internet connection, not like your fast connection.
I have a not so slow speed connection I think most of my downloads and installs took something less than 4 hours but I left most of them running overnight or when I didn't need to use that particular machine.
So I didn't care whether it would take 8 minutes or 8 hours.
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Re: Windows 10 - 1903

Postby Enrique » Mon Aug 05, 2019 8:03 pm

Hi,
Follow on from Gerry's Post,........
Some Members would have come by Windows 10 from Windows 7 , and their systems will be fairly low spec.
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Re: Windows 10 - 1903

Postby Paulinmalaga » Mon Aug 05, 2019 8:19 pm

Yes thats a possibility however having read many of Gerry's posts I get the feeling that he has if not top but close to it current spec machine(s) and they took in the region of 4 hours....which IMO vindicates my decision I posted earlier in the thread to bin my windows machine. To update; my iMac arrived, after unboxing plugged it in and entered current apple account set up on my ipad 2 yrs ago then 5 mins to set various things in the set up then Machine needed to update itself to latest OS Mojave which took a total of less than 40 minutes....then good to go....more than happy.
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Re: Windows 10 - 1903

Postby El Cid » Mon Aug 05, 2019 9:42 pm

gerryh wrote:Sid
I'm sure you are aware that Wicksey has a very sloooow internet connection, not like your fast connection.
I have a not so slow speed connection I think most of my downloads and installs took something less than 4 hours but I left most of them running overnight or when I didn't need to use that particular machine.
So I didn't care whether it would take 8 minutes or 8 hours.
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Yes, I now have a fast connection, but most of the time taken to upgrade Windows seems to be the installation, not the download.

OSX upgrades take minutes, not hours.

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Re: Windows 10 - 1903

Postby Wicksey » Tue Aug 06, 2019 11:00 am

gerryh wrote:Sid
I'm sure you are aware that Wicksey has a very sloooow internet connection, not like your fast connection.
I have a not so slow speed connection
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I'll have you know that I now get a whopping 8mbps now I have changed my ISP :lol: My laptop is only a couple of years old and has always been Win10 so it's relatively modern. I must say it puts me off upgrading my older PC to Win10 as doing these updates on 2 machines each time would be a bit much :problem:

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Re: Windows 10 - 1903

Postby knowal » Thu Aug 08, 2019 11:08 am

Windoze really do need to work out why customers are having to have so much downtime installing these updates. As Sid says other operating systems can be updated in minutes, why can't Microsoft's?

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Re: Windows 10 - 1903

Postby gerryh » Thu Aug 08, 2019 11:44 am

Windoze is, and always has been, a very bloated piece of software.
It tries to be everything to everybody and run on a wide range of machines not made by Microsoft..
Apple OS is very neat, and quick to install, as it is designed to run on a very small range of machines that are made by Apple.
So everything is tightly controlled.
Before moving to Spain I used an Amiga 1200 which had a very small and neat OS.
The OS came on a couple of floppy disks. Very quick to install and update.
But, as with Apple, it was only designed to run on a small range of machines.
I stopped using my Amiga as support and development of the OS and programmes more or less ground to a halt.
Can't afford to buy an Apple machine.
As I said before, Windoze is slow to update but I do most of it overnight so it doesn't bother me that it takes hours and not minutes as I am asleep.
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Re: Windows 10 - 1903

Postby Enrique » Thu Aug 08, 2019 11:48 am

Hi,
Did an upgrade yesterday............"Download and Install"
30 mins later including download and install it came up with Error message.
Plan B Install from .ISO using Setup.exe............completed in 30mins.

Done four "Upgrades" so far and all have Failed and needed to go to Plan B........... :(
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Re: Windows 10 - 1903

Postby El Cid » Thu Aug 08, 2019 12:00 pm

I recently set up a brand new HP All in One for a friend. The first thing it did was to download the latest updates, whatever they were (it didn't tell me). That took 11 hours on a 30mb connection.

When Windows 10 finally appeared on the screen, it immediately downloaded and installed another load of updates which took another 2 hours.

I now only support Apple PCs and W7 PCs. I had a full OS upgrade this week on my iMac. 15 minutes later it was up and running with all the previous apps in place on the screen.

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