What does Windows do when I ask it to shut off and not update?

"Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing." (granfury) 03/12/2020 at 22:48 • Filed to: None

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Because of course.

It’s a $20 Dell with an incorrect version of Windows. I want to reformat and reinstall but now I have to wait. And wait. And wait...

boredalways > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. 03/12/2020 at 22:53

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No you don't.  Just hold the power button down until it shuts off.  Power on and at bios screen choose to boot from the disk.

Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. > boredalways 03/12/2020 at 22:56

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Well, yeah. I didn’t mean to say reformat, but I do want to reinstall Pro over the Home Premium that’s there. Then again, there’s nothing I need to save so I guess I will reformat...

facw > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. 03/12/2020 at 22:56

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Why? Shutting it down in the middle of an update might bork things, but if you are refor matting anyway, who cares?

Just power that sucker down...

Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. > facw 03/12/2020 at 23:01

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I misspoke. I wasn’t going to reformat, but now I’m getting HD errors so it’s time to swap the drive. At least it’s easy to get to.

someassemblyrequired > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. 03/12/2020 at 23:02

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With Win 10 you can just “unlock” Pro if the existing Home install is ok.   You can just change the “key” to the correct version - see here:

https://www.lifewire.com/upgrade-windows-10-home-to-pro-4178259

Nom De Plume > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. 03/12/2020 at 23:05

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Fresh install always.  Windows is bloated enough without a single update.

boredalways > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. 03/12/2020 at 23:05

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Don't forget to delay the quality updates.  The KB one ending in 996 borked two hard drives that took forever to reformat and reinstall.

Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. > someassemblyrequired 03/12/2020 at 23:06

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The computer has a 7 Pro key, but home premium, with no key, installed. I was just going to update, but then I get a message saying that the HD is about to fail, so I’ll just swap in an SSD and try again.

someassemblyrequired > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. 03/12/2020 at 23:09

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ah yeah, sounds like a plan

Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. > boredalways 03/12/2020 at 23:19

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I’ve heard about that, but so far I’ve updated a few systems and haven’t been affected by that bug. I’ll take a look when update time comes and see if I can delay that one.

ateamfan42 > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. 03/13/2020 at 08:31

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Anyone running Windows and thinks the computer works for them is deluding themselves. You are Microsoft’s slave.

Few things are more annoying than being in the middle of working on a document and the damn computer decides it MUST reboot to update right this bloody instant. Didn’t already save your work? Too bad.

This is why I like my Unix computer at home. It only updates when * I* decide it is time to run and update, because the computer works for me.

NojustNo > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. 03/13/2020 at 22:05

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Youd have to reformat anyway to go to pro.

Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. > NojustNo 03/13/2020 at 22:47

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They never make it easy, do they?

However, having the HD fail (probably the reason I got this E5520 for $20...) prompted me to replace it with an SSD and do a full install of 10. Problem solved.