On 21/12/2020 19:31, mm0fmf wrote:
On 21/12/2020 18:03, John Rumm wrote:
On 21/12/2020 16:13, Bert Coules wrote:

Any suggestions as to why my Windows 7 (Home Premium) desktop PC
insists on telling me that it's updating the operating system (always
with three updates) every single time I switch it off or reboot it?
Win7 hasn't been supported for about a year now, has it?

On every occasion, the "upgrading" goes through, only to happen again
the next time.

Probably windows update got its knickers in a twist. If you run the
troubleshooter, it has an option for fixing that which works most of
the time.

Failing that delete or rename the c:\windows\Software3Distribution
folder, and then manually run windows update once again.

Alternatively download the media creation tool for win 10, and let it
upgrade the machine to 10:

https://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/soft...load/windows10

7 is getting far enough out of support to be a liability now.


If you have a genuine Win 7, you can still move to Win 10 without having
to pay. You will either need the licence key number on the sticker on
the computer case or if you have a mass produced PC that came with Win 7
preinstalled (Dell, HP, Lenovo etc.) then your licence key is built in
the BIOS and Windows will find it automatically during the install.

The upgrade tool will work on any Win 7 or 8.1 platform that is
currently activated without needing to enter or specify a key. It also
seems to accept any real Win 7 or Win 8 / 8.1 key entered during a fresh
install.

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Cheers,

John.

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