W10 update; internet access problems
Discussion
I updated my netbook to W10 last year and have variable wifi issues.
Stick a wire in the ethernet socket and everything seems to be all David Bowie
- All the browsers (IE, Edge, Chrome, Firefox and Opera) are more miss than hit.
- I tried TOR which worked fine but is not really a browser for general purpose browsing (see you in court, Judge)
- Torrents seem to download without any issues
Stick a wire in the ethernet socket and everything seems to be all David Bowie
I've got a similar problem from a Win10 laptop, seems to work for a while and then stop (Firefox). I can connect to another PC using Remote Desktop but I just can't 'see' the internet. I did notice some websites took an age to load because I was waiting for a return from a third party site, so I installed a script blocker and that seems to have helped a bit but not completely. If I run Linux on the same laptop I don't have a problem.
T40ORA said:
Do you have to pay for the clean install?
No. But you will need to know the licence key.I'm planning on updating to Win 10 soon and the route I am taking is this:
1. Clean install current Win 7 OS
2. Download relevant Win 10 ISO
3. Update machine to Win 10
4. Use Jellybean key finder (or something similar) to find Win 10 licence key
5. Clean install Win 10
I'm hoping the above will work.
Edited to add - I may be wrong about the licence key as it may write it to the motherboard. Anyone else know the ins and outs of Win 10 licencing?
funkyrobot said:
I'm planning on updating to Win 10 soon and the route I am taking is this.
1. Clean install current Win 7 OS
2. Download relevant Win 10 ISO
3. Update machine to Win 10
4. Go to Settings > Update & Security > Recovery > Reset this PC
5. Clean install Win 10
I'm hoping the above will work.
Edited to add - I may be wrong about the licence key as it may write it to the motherboard. Anyone else know the ins and outs of Win 10 licencing?
funkyrobot said:
No. But you will need to know the licence key.
I'm planning on updating to Win 10 soon and the route I am taking is this:
1. Clean install current Win 7 OS
2. Download relevant Win 10 ISO
3. Update machine to Win 10
4. Use Jellybean key finder (or something similar) to find Win 10 licence key
5. Clean install Win 10
I'm hoping the above will work.
Edited to add - I may be wrong about the licence key as it may write it to the motherboard. Anyone else know the ins and outs of Win 10 licencing?
You can now do a clean install without having to upgrade from Win7 first.I'm planning on updating to Win 10 soon and the route I am taking is this:
1. Clean install current Win 7 OS
2. Download relevant Win 10 ISO
3. Update machine to Win 10
4. Use Jellybean key finder (or something similar) to find Win 10 licence key
5. Clean install Win 10
I'm hoping the above will work.
Edited to add - I may be wrong about the licence key as it may write it to the motherboard. Anyone else know the ins and outs of Win 10 licencing?
Simply delete all partitions on your drive, install Win10, use your old Win7 key to validate.
Interesting development. The tech guy said all was working well on his network; I took it home and still had the same problems.
I agreed to go back to him when I am back from working with clients, but today thought I would switch on the WiFi on the laptop and try to connect to a public network; lo and behold, it works fine.
So could there magically be some sort of compatibility problem between my internet/ISP and the updated W10 on my laptop? And if so, what is likely to be the difference between that and the public network I'm currently logged on to.
I agreed to go back to him when I am back from working with clients, but today thought I would switch on the WiFi on the laptop and try to connect to a public network; lo and behold, it works fine.
So could there magically be some sort of compatibility problem between my internet/ISP and the updated W10 on my laptop? And if so, what is likely to be the difference between that and the public network I'm currently logged on to.
StressedEric said:
funkyrobot said:
No. But you will need to know the licence key.
I'm planning on updating to Win 10 soon and the route I am taking is this:
1. Clean install current Win 7 OS
2. Download relevant Win 10 ISO
3. Update machine to Win 10
4. Use Jellybean key finder (or something similar) to find Win 10 licence key
5. Clean install Win 10
I'm hoping the above will work.
Edited to add - I may be wrong about the licence key as it may write it to the motherboard. Anyone else know the ins and outs of Win 10 licencing?
You can now do a clean install without having to upgrade from Win7 first.I'm planning on updating to Win 10 soon and the route I am taking is this:
1. Clean install current Win 7 OS
2. Download relevant Win 10 ISO
3. Update machine to Win 10
4. Use Jellybean key finder (or something similar) to find Win 10 licence key
5. Clean install Win 10
I'm hoping the above will work.
Edited to add - I may be wrong about the licence key as it may write it to the motherboard. Anyone else know the ins and outs of Win 10 licencing?
Simply delete all partitions on your drive, install Win10, use your old Win7 key to validate.
I just did a clean install of win 10. I had it on a bootcamp partition that I needed to resize. You can obtain the ISO from win10 directly, search in settings and it can be obtained via Microsoft. However there was an issue with it for me. It seems I didn't register the original 10 before I obtained the ISO for it, so it did not accept after the clean install. I couldn't argue either way as it was last summer I upgraded from 7, but I used the Microsoft help app/chat thing and they did some checks and reinstated my clean install with a new ISO. Bootcamp a lot more stable since - less heat/fan issues, which is a nice bonus. I have noticed that it won't automatically pick up the wifi though and I have to keep entering the access code.
funkyrobot said:
T40ORA said:
Do you have to pay for the clean install?
No. But you will need to know the licence key.I'm planning on updating to Win 10 soon and the route I am taking is this:
1. Clean install current Win 7 OS
2. Download relevant Win 10 ISO
3. Update machine to Win 10
4. Use Jellybean key finder (or something similar) to find Win 10 licence key
5. Clean install Win 10
I'm hoping the above will work.
Edited to add - I may be wrong about the licence key as it may write it to the motherboard. Anyone else know the ins and outs of Win 10 licencing?
If you have an OEM licence you cannot transfer it to another device if you have a FPP ;licence you can move it to another device (you will need the product key)
https://community.spiceworks.com/how_to/124052-tra...
https://community.spiceworks.com/how_to/122526-how...
Everything seems to be working fine on mine now, except for one thing. When the screen blanks out/sleeps (even if a background task like streaming radio is on) sometimes the wakeup process goes weird.
I get a Windows screen but without the entry field for my password. It sits there for a while, then disappears, and I get an 'egg-timer' type screen - which flickers for ages before it reverts to the proper Windows login screen.
I get a Windows screen but without the entry field for my password. It sits there for a while, then disappears, and I get an 'egg-timer' type screen - which flickers for ages before it reverts to the proper Windows login screen.
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