Cheers , you may have missed the punchline, I was able to log in. She now has a laptop with nothing on it bar basics , have reset my laptop and she cant log in
I'm aware all is good now, just an idea for the future
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Cheers , you may have missed the punchline, I was able to log in. She now has a laptop with nothing on it bar basics , have reset my laptop and she cant log in
Appreciate adviceI'm aware all is good now, just an idea for the future
What OS do you use?Sometimes Windows 10 can somewhat inconsistent in its behaviour. It's one reason I refuse to use it.
The idea that Microsoft can add updates without your explicit agreement is an absolute anathema to me. My sister in law brought her laptop over for help as Win 10 had locked up and she was in danger of losing a fair amount of work. In the end I could do nothing. The problem? Microsoft had updated it and I'm guessing she didn't allow an immediate restart. After a time it decided it was going to have to restart and then simply refused to function until the restart and install of the updates completed....some 40 minutes later. Not to mention the lost productivity.
The reason provided by Microsoft does not wash with me. They have taken away the power to decide to apply updates and now dictate to the 'owner' what they can and can't do with hardware they purchased.
Its part of a growing trend from companies that wish to have control over what a user does with their products. Apple constantly adds updates to defeat people who wish to jailbreak their equipment. Too bad if you paid for it but Apple wants to retain control over it.
Sony has done things like install rootkits if you use a CD in your computer. They've sued people who program additional dance moves into the robot they 'sold' to people.
Anyway, I could go on but rant over. You get my point by now.
Next time you have that problem, use a non-windows bootdisk. Unless you have encrypted your hard disk, you will be able to copy your data off to a USB drive. Trust me, that part is easy. If you have encrypted your disk or your user partition, it can still be recovered but that takes specialist software and techniques (and time). The worst to deal with is full disk encryption but in my experience, thats a rare beast.
My advice, don't use Windows but if you have to then you can generally recover your data in the event of something going bad.
What OS do you use?
I use a Mac laptop and Windows 10 desktop. I tried mint on Virtualbox but wasn't willing to move away from Ubuntu as my Linux distro. Why did you choose mint?Currently, Mint 18.1 KDE
I use a Mac laptop and Windows 10 desktop. I tried mint on Virtualbox but wasn't willing to move away from Ubuntu as my Linux distro. Why did you choose mint?
Have spent most of the morning attempting to install the Windows 10 Creators Update, consistently running into a brick wall at 32%. Others are reporting repeated failure at this point. Microsoft - use your telemetry data and fix it.
Be patient. Wait a week. You know how this works, let others download it first, have MS fix all the first teething issues, and then make a move yourself.
had it just over a year on a new pc. straight away got rid of cortana, edge. would like to completely get rid of the sign in screen on startup but apart from that, the only real issues i tend to have is compatability (often 3rd party things, sorting out fixes for games that liked to use games for windows live).
Google is a wonderful thing
https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/3539-sign-user-account-automatically-windows-10-startup.html
There is an option in group policy to turn of Cortana. It was the very first thing I did after upgrading from windows 7.Am interested in how to ship off Cortana. But also are my issues down to the new updates or??
My PC wouldn't boot so I've rolled back.
It's a late 2013 gaming rig. i5 4670k on a Z87 chipset should be fine.Could be any number of things, though I'd bet on drivers.
How old is the PC?
Also, at what stage did boot fail?
It's a late 2013 gaming rig. i5 4670k on a Z87 chipset should be fine.
Got the Windows logo then the white spinning dots. Then it would hang on a black screen. Jiggling the mouse would show the cursor, albeit as the animated loading ring...