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BillyGoat wrote:

big-all wrote:well that took nearing 2 hrs not to work

0-92 in 70 mins stuck at 92% for 20 mins so forced a shutdown then reloaded the old version another 20 mins
any ideas

I'd have left it myself....go out, enjoy the weather, come back later!

BG

it wasnt moving at all it was on 68% download on the part it was working on

someone-else wrote:

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Now this is odd.

Above is a screen shot of my connections. You can clearly see I am now connected via a cable, and that the wifi connection is not being used. Odd thing is, I have done ...............nothing.

It's possible it was an update or something - who knows.

The PPOE connection would is a dial on demand connection. It's if you have ADSL/"Fibre" and connect directly to a modem - it allows you to establish a connection to your internet provider without a router doing the work for you.

I'd not expect this to be connected unless you were into a modem and not a router. It's normally used for testing, than the norm.

BG

is it worth me having another go at loading
what might cause it to stop dead for twenty mins at 92% total and 68% off the task in hand ??

well thats interesting
i can use the laptop on this second attempt unlike the first when it was just a display screen

Last time every five min I checked and there was at least four percent every five mins so twenty mins no change I assumed it had locked up when do I decide its frozen three weeks on Tuesday

Mine took well over 2 hours, even though they say its not supposed to.

so nothing worth the effort appart from getting freecell back again
really all the bells and whistles are pointless and have removed as much as possible to declutter

win 10 - up and running fine but what I will say is configure the settings so it doesn't send data to MS and turn off connect to a wifi hotspot feature

everything can be found with just using the box on the taskbar - its made it far simpler to use but the power user side of things is a bit hidden

ps. you can check on download progress in windows update as millions are downloading it the download speeds can be hit and miss

How big is the download for Win 10?

I ask as I have suddenly got 5.8Gb file in the Windows files temporary folder, but the notification still says I have to wait for it.

Just wondered if it could be win 10 before I delete it!

gas4you wrote:How big is the download for Win 10?

I ask as I have suddenly got 5.8Gb file in the Windows files temporary folder, but the notification still says I have to wait for it.

Just wondered if it could be win 10 before I delete it!

Mine looks to be 5.7GB so it's likely the download.

If you can't wait, then you can start it by downloading this and selecting 'upgrade' when prompted (or build an ISO/bootable drive).

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/softwar ... /windows10

BG

Thanks BG

Not in a particular hurry, but me being me, cant understand why it has installed if I have it on my PC?

gas4you wrote:Thanks BG

Not in a particular hurry, but me being me, cant understand why it has installed if I have it on my PC?

Try opening control panel then windows update.. it might say ready to install there....

Mine did (W7)

Thanks wino.

Just done that and it has apparently tried and failed about 10 times for some strange reason!!!

Well, I have now downloaded and applied every 'fix' I have been able to find in Microsoft support, all to no avail

Trust me to have a problem PC

Now going to try BG's link.

Now up and running with Win 10.

Thanks for the link BG. Didn't take long at all.

First impressions good.