[AT] OT-Windows 10

Fri Feb 19 07:17:02 PST 2021

Just tried to do an in-place upgrade from Windows 7 Pro to Windows 10 Pro
20H2 on my friend's Dell Inspiron laptop.

After the upgrade, the laptop screen is black and cannot be made to work.
The laptop works on an external monitor.

I just tried to upgrade a Dell Optiplex workstation running Windows 10 2004
to Windows 10 20H2.  This also failed.  I've

never had a Windows 10 version upgrade fail and neither has my brother who
has his own IT company.

That is why before I do anything like this, I do an image of the system
using Active@ Disk Image.  That way, if I have a failure

for whatever reason, I can restore the system to what it was before.  It's
better to be safe than sorry.  Of course I could have

done a fresh installation of Windows 7 on the laptop and Windows 10 2004 on
the desktop workstation, but all of the programs

and files would have been lost.  If the system is not running, you can't
roll it back to the previous version of Windows.

I always assume that if anything can go wrong, it has a good chance of doing
it.  It's too late to close the barn door after the horse is out.

William

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From: AT [mailto:at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com] On Behalf Of Mogrits
Sent: Thursday, February 18, 2021 9:21 PM
To: Antique Tractor Email Discussion Group
Subject: Re: [AT] OT-Windows 10

No worries Mike, just "let it rip". If it offers you a chance to save a
restore point back to whatever version you have now let it do that but as I
recall the Windows 10 upgrade automatically saves that restore point. Once
you have it installed and it boots up reliably, run that open shell file and
I think you will be well pleased.

Unrelated to the open shell interface, Windows 10 will want to download and
install new drivers for whatever hardware you have. At this point you should
have no worries since 10 has been around so long. But it could take Windows
a week of intermittent updates to get all these done.

Warren

On Wed, Feb 17, 2021 at 4:39 PM Mike M <meulenms at gmx.com> wrote:

OK, so last night I downloaded windows 10, I have not installed it yet. Is
there anything I should know or do before hitting the install button. I've
already downloaded Open Shell, I'm just not sure what to expect, when I
click the button. 

Thanks,
Mike M 

On 2/16/2021 9:27 PM, William Parris wrote:

Classic Shell has been abandoned and is not being developed.  It has been
taken over by others and is now called Open Shell.  This is based on the
original Classic Shell.

You definitely want to install Open Shell and tweak it to the Windows start
menu style you like best.  It is much easier than using the native Windows
10 start menu. 

William

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From: AT [mailto:at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com] On Behalf Of Mogrits
Sent: Tuesday, February 16, 2021 8:04 PM
To: Antique Tractor Email Discussion Group
Subject: Re: [AT] OT-Windows 10

I second Dan Glass' comment. BEFORE installing Windows 10 download to the
desktop the free add-on "Windows Classicshell" by searching those keywords.
Get the latest version you can find. I say download before because I found
it very difficult to navigate in Windows 10 to the point I had trouble even
opening a browser window. I said download to the desktop so you can actually
find it under Windows 10.

After the Windows 10 is installed then run the classic shell install file
you downloaded. Once it's installed you can set classic shell to run just
like any version back to Windows XP. I think the simplest way is to open
classic shell and select the "Start Menu" Tab. You can customize it a lot
but it's not necessary to do so. Just set it back to the version you liked
and it's business as usual.

Warren

On Tue, Feb 16, 2021 at 8:54 AM Dan Glass <danglass at usa.com> wrote:

Download Classic Shell and it makes Windows 10 look and act like Windows 7.
I have used it since Window 10 came out with no problems. 

Sent: Tuesday, February 16, 2021 at 2:39 AM
From: "Mike M" <meulenms at gmx.com>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Subject: [AT] OT-Windows 10

Has anyone here been able to download windows 10, and have it act like
windows 7? I love my windows 7, but it its not compatible  with the
current tax preparation software Turbo-tax.

Thanks,
Mike M

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