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I've had two of the Win 10 Pro keys from Kinguin. One's on a friends PC and one on my mothers i3 system. Also had a 7 Pro key from Kinguin for repairing an ageing laptop. All three worked out fine.
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Hieronymous Alloy posted:How on earth did they gently caress up something as fundamental as search
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Jun 16, 2016 04:50
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Bing up Cortana's rear end
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Jun 16, 2016 04:52
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havenwaters posted:To get a windows 7 style start menu back you can install classic shell. It still works the same in windows 10 as it did in windows 8/8.1 I don't visit SHSC that often but I'm kinda surprised this isn't in the op. Classic Shell has always worked flawlessly and gives a start menu that's better than anything MS could ever conceive.
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Jun 16, 2016 05:09
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SinineSiil posted:I got a orange screen of death while I was playing a game. What the hell is it? I have never heard of it. Also after that reboot, Windows started installing updates with another restart. What is orange screen of death? Google hasn't been very helpful about this.
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Jun 16, 2016 07:53
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Hieronymous Alloy posted:Haha gently caress so it really isn't just me then I keep sending MS feedback for this loving broken rear end search trash.
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Jun 16, 2016 14:26
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Snow Fire posted:I tried, and search could not find it, checking the index, it's there. Doing some research, it seems exe files despite being in the search index, get filtered out by search itself for whatever reason. It's annoying that search doesn't find them, but Windows probably has a whole lot of .exe files around that you are never supposed to run manually. 563 .exes under C:\Windows\System32\ alone. So it would make sense to only include the ones that have a shortcut.
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Jun 16, 2016 18:29
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Saukkis posted:It's annoying that search doesn't find them, but Windows probably has a whole lot of .exe files around that you are never supposed to run manually. 563 .exes under C:\Windows\System32\ alone. So it would make sense to only include the ones that have a shortcut. Windows doesn't index files inside the Windows folder, or many places for that matter. The only locations indexed are Internet Explorer History, OneNote, Offline Files, Start Menu, and everything in the Users folder excluding the AppData folders. Also, by default, encrypted files are excluded from the index. To add more locations and add encrypted filed requires you modify the index settings-nya~
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Jun 16, 2016 18:53
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Anyone find Windows 10 drivers for the old 690G northbridge AMD poo poo? My brother has this dumb little Windows 7 system that runs his barcode labeling for his farm. It's ancient but just works and farmers never throw poo poo out unless its really broken. I get a call from him that Windows 10 installed itself on there but that the video display is messed up. I check it out and its just using a basic display driver with poo poo resolution. Somehow it upgraded itself without a compatible device driver which I thought wasn't possible. It's an Asus M2A-VM, some old integrated Athlon X2 thing. Normally I would tell him to simply replace it but there's nothing wrong with it. I can't find display drivers for this thing and the Windows 8.1 drivers won't install because of a version check.
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Jun 16, 2016 18:54
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The Gunslinger posted:Anyone find Windows 10 drivers for the old 690G northbridge AMD poo poo? My brother has this dumb little Windows 7 system that runs his barcode labeling for his farm. It's ancient but just works and farmers never throw poo poo out unless its really broken. I get a call from him that Windows 10 installed itself on there but that the video display is messed up. I check it out and its just using a basic display driver with poo poo resolution. Somehow it upgraded itself without a compatible device driver which I thought wasn't possible. It's an Asus M2A-VM, some old integrated Athlon X2 thing. Normally I would tell him to simply replace it but there's nothing wrong with it. I can't find display drivers for this thing and the Windows 8.1 drivers won't install because of a version check. I'd consider rolling it back to Windows 7. I had a client's laptop eat its own hard disk due to driver issues under Windows 10 that I couldn't solve no matter what drivers I tried. It worked normally under Windows 7 so I just reinstalled that.
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Jun 16, 2016 19:09
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Rexxed posted:I'd consider rolling it back to Windows 7. I had a client's laptop eat its own hard disk due to driver issues under Windows 10 that I couldn't solve no matter what drivers I tried. It worked normally under Windows 7 so I just reinstalled that. I wish I could do that but he ran disk cleanup because it was whining about free space due to the old Windows Install. So of course he nuked it. Windows 10 or bust now I guess. Oh well, I will keep looking or tell him to upgrade the hardware I guess. Just such a waste, they've got default drivers for everything except the display which makes no sense to me.
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Jun 16, 2016 19:27
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It's silly but you could toss in a cheap video card like a 6450 or a GT620 that will have compatible drivers: https://www.amazon.com/MSI-Profile-PCI-Express-R6450-MD1GD3-LP/dp/B004X6ABTM/ <- I have two of these and they're fine for basic use in Win10 even though they're not that recent http://www.evga.com/Products/Product.aspx?pn=01G-P3-2621-RX <-this one is b-stock refurbished but comes with a year warranty If his system is that old you may want to ask him what he's going to do if the hard disk dies or something else breaks just so he starts thinking about backups or replacements.
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Jun 16, 2016 22:03
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The Gunslinger posted:Somehow it upgraded itself without a compatible device driver which I thought wasn't possible. This absolutely happens. Seen it myself, seems Microsoft have done no real testing/don't give a single gently caress about effectively crippling machines.
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Jun 16, 2016 22:52
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So I'm upgrading my CPU/Mobo tomorrow. From the looks of things in the OP, this might mean my Windows 10 upgrade from Win 7 will become invalidated? My current plan was to install the new parts, plug in my SSD with my current install, attempt to activate it if it lets me, then do a System Reset to clear previous drivers from the last mobo since that apparently keeps your system activation status. Anyone with experience doing this? I'm kind of in a pickle due to not knowing where the box with my Windows 7 cd key is, so I'm hoping this works so I don't need to hunt it down. E: Couldn't find my Windows 7 box, but I did find my old HD with the Windows 7 install I previously had before I upgraded to a SSD. So I was able to copy the key with Jellybean Key Finder. Hopefully that'll be what I need. Beautiful Ninja fucked around with this message at 01:06 on Jun 17, 2016 |
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Jun 17, 2016 00:25
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The Gunslinger posted:I wish I could do that but he ran disk cleanup because it was whining about free space due to the old Windows Install. So of course he nuked it. Windows 10 or bust now I guess. Oh well, I will keep looking or tell him to upgrade the hardware I guess. Just such a waste, they've got default drivers for everything except the display which makes no sense to me. Sometimes what'll work will be Windows 7 drivers even if Windows 8/8.1 drivers throw a fit and refuse to install. Give it a try, it can't hurt!
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Jun 17, 2016 00:48
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Yeah I tried, no joy. Oh well, I'll tell him to get a $30 videocard like rexxed suggested or just upgrade. I took a complete backup with Veeam for when it dies anyway so what the hell.
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Jun 17, 2016 04:00
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On the current Insider build of W10 Mobile (143xx, I forget the exact build) I can mark photos as favourites in the Photos app and set the live tile to show those favourites in the settings, but I can't do either of those things on 10586 on desktop. I assume that's just not a part of the current public build?
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Jun 17, 2016 10:38
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Beautiful Ninja posted:So I'm upgrading my CPU/Mobo tomorrow. From the looks of things in the OP, this might mean my Windows 10 upgrade from Win 7 will become invalidated? My current plan was to install the new parts, plug in my SSD with my current install, attempt to activate it if it lets me, then do a System Reset to clear previous drivers from the last mobo since that apparently keeps your system activation status. Anyone with experience doing this? I'm kind of in a pickle due to not knowing where the box with my Windows 7 cd key is, so I'm hoping this works so I don't need to hunt it down. Please report back on how this goes once it's over!
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Jun 17, 2016 13:53
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My Google-fu has failed me... Is there any way to slipstream the 1151 update into the Windows 10 installer?
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Jun 17, 2016 15:38
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Do you mean the 1511 update? You could always just search for an .iso file using the checksum. The .iso I have has a SHA1 checksum of 875ec108288b9f581e5d8099cf0edb79f0f3e483 Even if you get it from a torrent site, so long as the SHA1 matches you know you've got yourself an unadulterated copy of the official MS release.
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Jun 17, 2016 15:42
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Welp, Windows 10 bricked my home laptop. It won't even power on anymore. At least I have an external backup and can go back to an OS that works.
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Jun 17, 2016 15:51
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A lovely Reporter posted:Welp, Windows 10 bricked my home laptop. It won't even power on anymore. I really don't think windows 10 did that.
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Jun 17, 2016 15:52
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A lovely Reporter posted:Welp, Windows 10 bricked my home laptop. It won't even power on anymore. At least I have an external backup and can go back to an OS that works. EFI?
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It happened during an attempted file restore. It locked up, turned itself off, then wouldn't power on again. Edit: What's EFI? Edit 2: Also it kept crashing after the update to 10. Took 15 minutes to start up, and File Explorer kept throwing errors during normal use. A Shitty Reporter fucked around with this message at 15:57 on Jun 17, 2016 |
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Jun 17, 2016 15:53
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DeaconBlues posted:Do you mean the 1511 update? Derp, yeah, I meant 1511. Ah so a ISO with 1511 included exists? I know the official utility from MS' website to make a Windows 10 installer doesn't include it yet...
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Jun 17, 2016 16:00
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My laptop can't see my cousin's wifi network, but my Android phone can just fine. I set up a connection with the correct information anyway, but it didn't matter. What the hell is this about?
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Jun 17, 2016 16:04
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hooah posted:My laptop can't see my cousin's wifi network, but my Android phone can just fine. I set up a connection with the correct information anyway, but it didn't matter. What the hell is this about? Maybe the network is only available on 5 GHz band and your laptop doesn't support that.
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The Gunslinger posted:Yeah I tried, no joy. Oh well, I'll tell him to get a $30 videocard like rexxed suggested or just upgrade. I took a complete backup with Veeam for when it dies anyway so what the hell. poo poo, for  I've got a 512 mb video card that I know works on Windows 10 (was using it until a friend of mine gave me a way better card).
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Jun 17, 2016 16:32
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A lovely Reporter posted:It happened during an attempted file restore. It locked up, turned itself off, then wouldn't power on again. This rather sounds like your hard drive or RAM was already hosed up.
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Jun 17, 2016 16:34
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stevewm posted:Derp, yeah, I meant 1511. If you download a fresh copy of the latest Media Creation Tool, it will download version 1511 with updates up to April 2016. https://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/software-download/windows10 WattsvilleBlues fucked around with this message at 19:44 on Jun 17, 2016 |
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Jun 17, 2016 16:44
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Hieronymous Alloy posted:How on earth did they gently caress up something as fundamental as search They've been loving it up since Win7, it's my single biggest beef BTW the SM in Win10 only searches stuff within your C:\Users folder, if you have a redirected onedrive folder or any other files/folders outside that indexed you will have to hit "My Stuff" for it to search outside of C:\users
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Jun 17, 2016 18:17
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A lovely Reporter posted:Welp, Windows 10 bricked my home laptop. It won't even power on anymore. At least I have an external backup and can go back to an OS that works. No. You had failed or failing hardware already and the stress of installing/updating to a new OS pushed it over the edge.
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Jun 17, 2016 20:39
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A lovely Reporter posted:It happened during an attempted file restore. It locked up, turned itself off, then wouldn't power on again. Won't power on again isn't likely to be the fault of software. Is it actually powering on but not booting? There isn't much hope for your backup saving the day if it really won't turn on.
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Jun 17, 2016 21:06
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A lovely Reporter posted:It happened during an attempted file restore. It locked up, turned itself off, then wouldn't power on again. EFI == Extensible Firmware Interface, it replaced BIOS as a PC firmware standard a few years back since BIOS is old enough to have a college education and really needed replacing. If the PC isn't even showing the boot-up screen then there's no way Windows did it, your laptop just happened to die at the wrong time. If it's getting to the boot process and that isn't working then something could have gotten screwed up with the install but it sounds like you probably have a hardware failure.
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Jun 17, 2016 21:27
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Thanks for the help everyone. The thing doesn't even start at all. No fans, no lights, no sounds, the screen never activates. Guess the thing just kicked the bucket then. It was over a decade old at this point, but generally worked for what I used it for, mainly internet and playing older games. Thanks again. Edit: The backup is on an external SSD that wasn't attached when the computer died, so hopefully it's intact.
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Jun 17, 2016 23:10
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I'm sure the backup is fine, I just meant it probably wouldn't be able to bring your computer back to life. Try taking the battery out of the laptop, unplugging it, and letting it sit for a few minutes, then try powering it up. It's possible the firmware that handles power on/off is in some kind of bad place and it won't reset until power is really removed.
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Already tried that, no success. It happened about a week ago and I've been posting from a tablet with an add-on keyboard since then.
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ToxicFrog posted:Please report back on how this goes once it's over! Good news, my Windows 7 key did successfully reactivate Windows once I put the new CPU/Mobo in. I'm doing the System Reset now to clean out all the previous stuff I had installed. I believe with the keys, Retail keys do work for multiple different Windows 10 upgrades since Retail licenses allow you to put the key on any computer you want, as long as only 1 is activated at once. OEM keys have their 1 computer limit, so you don't qualify for multiple Windows 10 free upgrades if you have an OEM key.
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Jun 18, 2016 00:24
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nielsm posted:Maybe the network is only available on 5 GHz band and your laptop doesn't support that. This was it exactly. Goddamn, Lenovo, put better poo poo in your laptops!
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hooah posted:This was it exactly. Goddamn, Lenovo, put better poo poo in your laptops! Don't even bother trying to replace the lovely stock wifi card with a better one. Lenovo whitelists which cards are allowed and refuses to boot if a different one is detected unless you're comfortable running a modded BIOS. The takeaway from this is and all the prior event factory-bundled MitM attack and malware vectors: Never buy Lenovo, ever.
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