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Visit our corporate site. All rights reserved. England and Wales company registration number Question Constant Blue Screening since upgrading to Windows 10, tried many online fixes with no luck. The install required me to first remove Windows Media Center before confirming and continuing. The program is not listed in Programs and Features list, a search and found instructions to select the Windows Options menu item and unticked that program.

It popped up a restart request, I ignored this and returning to the W10 install clicked on the Confirm button and it continued to completion. Checked activation and looking good. Only issue was that my Office Suite became inactivated. I didn't have the product key since I obtained the license through my company home use program HUP. I called Microsoft with my work email and confirmation code and they provided me with the product key.

Thanks so much for the article!! Had to download and re-enable W. Photo Viewer. Also wiped out Firefox I guess incompatible but once downloaded and reinstalled all emails still intact. Worked great! I cloned my win 7 to a new SSD, then used this to upgrade from windows 7 home to windows 10 home. So this is 3 months later and couldn't be happier with this update to windows Thanks scottstgelais for your instructions.

Works great!!! Hi - Brilliantly clear instructions I currently run Win7 Ultimate. Will installation automatically Win10 Pro or do I need to follow a different route?

Many Thanks - Bob. We recently did an upgrade to a version of Windows 7 Enterprise and it did upgrade to Windows 10 Enterprise. So, we would have to believe the same would hold true for a version of Windows 7 Ultimate. Absolutely fantastic. Followed your instructions to the letter and my Win 7 Ultimate upgraded to Win 10 Pro without any other input being required. Many thanks for your help.

Best Wishes - Bob. Re-install AV and other protection after upgrade is complete. The specs on your Dell Inspiron N are within the requirements for Windows If it runs Windows 7 or Windows 8. But we always recommend doing a full backup before doing the upgrade, just in case it does fail. And we have found that not allowing Windows 10 to download updates before installation works best. You will just have to go through a few rounds of updates after the upgrade to get Windows 10 fully updated.

But the upgrade works better that way. All files carried over. Thanks very much Geeks In Phoenix. Windows7 Home Premium.

I kept Norton Security Suite active during upgrade and chose update now rather than later. Took about 3 hrs. Thanks for your clear instructions which gave me a lot more confidence. This article was written in Nov Is it still valid?

Or is there any update to the procedures? All of the information in this article is still relevant. In fact, we upgraded a laptop running Windows 8. It worked for me. Just completed this upgrade as per the instructions given. All worked great from Windows 7 Home to Windows 10 home. When asked for key, I entered Windows 7 key. Recreated media on a USB stick, ran setup. Checked activation in Windows 10 and it showed activated. Everything else seems fine. Did not uninstall Norton Security beforehand, just turned off the firewall.

Thanks for the good instructions! Thank you Geeks! I have followed your directions for an old mini dell with 8. Everything went seamless. I didn't turn off Norton or anything else.

I had read that Microsoft Outlook wasn't going to work on Windows 10 so I converted all my addresses and collected address to Thunderbird and made the switch.

 

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Can you help us improve? Resolved my issue. Clear instructions. Easy to follow. No jargon. Pictures helped. Didn't match my screen. For more info, see Activate Windows. First, check if you have a Windows Pro product key. For more info, see Find your Windows product key. Then, follow the steps that apply to your product key scenario. Select Change product key , and then enter the character Windows 11 Pro product key.

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Thunderbird for Android. Telegram Premium. File Explorer Tabs in Windows Google Maps Air Quality. Dell XPS Mass Effecton GeForce Now. Thank you so much!! Upgraded from Windows 7 Home Premium on No problems. Thank you. Excellent info.

Works fine as of 14 July Took me two goes, but first time was my fault because I did not follow the advice properly; I only disabled Bitdefender and Acronis Active Protection, rather than uninstall them. I'm guessing the Win 10 upgrade re-installs them which then re-enables them? Cancelled out, and it hung, so expected to have to resort to restoring the system image I'd made, but left it a good while before hard shut down, and then my Win 7 Home Premium booted OK.

Bitdefender a pig to uninstall, but once it and Acronis AP uninstalled, retried the upgrade. Now have fully activated Win 10 home with digital licence. Many thanks. As long as each computer has its own unique, legitimate not hacked product key, you should be good to go. Worked for me from W7 on 18 July The install required me to first remove Windows Media Center before confirming and continuing.

The program is not listed in Programs and Features list, a search and found instructions to select the Windows Options menu item and unticked that program. It popped up a restart request, I ignored this and returning to the W10 install clicked on the Confirm button and it continued to completion.

Checked activation and looking good. Only issue was that my Office Suite became inactivated. I didn't have the product key since I obtained the license through my company home use program HUP. I called Microsoft with my work email and confirmation code and they provided me with the product key.

Thanks so much for the article!! Had to download and re-enable W. Photo Viewer. Also wiped out Firefox I guess incompatible but once downloaded and reinstalled all emails still intact. Worked great! I cloned my win 7 to a new SSD, then used this to upgrade from windows 7 home to windows 10 home. So this is 3 months later and couldn't be happier with this update to windows Thanks scottstgelais for your instructions.

Works great!!! Hi - Brilliantly clear instructions I currently run Win7 Ultimate. Will installation automatically Win10 Pro or do I need to follow a different route? Many Thanks - Bob. We recently did an upgrade to a version of Windows 7 Enterprise and it did upgrade to Windows 10 Enterprise. So, we would have to believe the same would hold true for a version of Windows 7 Ultimate. Absolutely fantastic. Followed your instructions to the letter and my Win 7 Ultimate upgraded to Win 10 Pro without any other input being required.

Many thanks for your help. Best Wishes - Bob. Re-install AV and other protection after upgrade is complete. The specs on your Dell Inspiron N are within the requirements for Windows If it runs Windows 7 or Windows 8.

But we always recommend doing a full backup before doing the upgrade, just in case it does fail. And we have found that not allowing Windows 10 to download updates before installation works best.

You will just have to go through a few rounds of updates after the upgrade to get Windows 10 fully updated. But you don't necessarily have to shell out the cash: Over the summer, there was a free Microsoft upgrade offer that worked it still might. Updating to Windows 10 now will make future updates, like Windows 11, easier. But you can expect to update to Windows 11 soon because support for Windows 10 will end in Read more: Windows 11 review: Familiar but fresh.

Windows 7 users who don't upgrade to Windows 10 are already missing out on Microsoft's security updates, bug fixes and technical support. So the best way to protect your computer from viruses is to update it now. We'll show you how to download Windows 10 for free and give you the latest on Windows 11 computer requirements and a common Windows 11 error that Microsoft users are running into.