Hurrah! A New Error Code…
So I physically disconnected my Linux drive from the computer and Windows 10 finished downloading. I then started the install and the screen said this was going to take a while, so after watching the computer start a standard reboot I left.
A few hours later I returned to the Windows 10 blue screen of death – a blue version of the angled window frame. I had to do a hardware reset, Win 7 booted up and instead of Error 800703ED, I got “unknown error” C1900101-20017. People have been seeing this “unknown error” since at least 2015.
Before my next attempt, as I have downloaded the update, I will disable my virus software after disconnecting from the Internet and give it another go. I would note that the fact that they pointed out that the only form of dispute settlement was mediation, and you couldn’t be part of a class action lawsuit, tends to make me believe they have little trust in the worth of their software 😈
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My wife’s computer suddenly displayed an update screen that told her to select a windows 10 upgrade time. There was no alternative. It was going to update a functioning 8.1 system to 10. No apparent way to bail out.
So I get on my system and search for “stopping a windows 10 update” and there is a way. It’s tedious but just follow the instructions on any of those sites. I would recommend you copy and paste the instructions in a local file.
Microslop is getting very aggressive in its upgrade policy and I will not take it for 4 reasons:
1. You Bryan. You’re not the only who has experienced issues.
2. MS will update your computer whenever they feel like and their aint nothing you can do about it. Why the heck would I give anyone this power; especially since the MS reputation is less than stellar.
3. This update privilege can down your computer for an undefined period of time.
4. My company has an IT consultant and claims this is MS way to enlisting
millions of Beta testers.
I’m really considering a dual boot system with Linux as the other system. It shouldn’t be to hard since I was pretty fluent in Unix.
Shirt
I’m running dual boot on the system with all of the issues. Load Windoze first so it doesn’t see another system, then load Linux and “grub” will take care of your dual boot. Use two separate disks so you can isolate the systems. It is a lot easier to troubleshoot problems when you are only dealing with a single operating system at a time.
I’m going to install 10 on the big box because, unlike my other systems, I have all of the install disks for that machine if I have to rebuild it from scratch. I have no intention of upgrading this little Toshiba from Win 7 because it just works. If the Win 10 upgrade had gone without problems I would have considered upgrading, but not after what has happened.