HP Envy 2000: upgrade Windows 10 failed, cannot recover Windows 8

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• VMware tools will not install on Windows 2000 comments: "Setup failed to upgrade windows install.

  Just installed VMware player 5.0.0 on a host windows 7 to run a guest OS for win2k.  Going to install VMware tools, the installation program starts as expected but gives the error dialog box, ' the installer could not upgrade windows install "and closes.  How can I install VMware tools?

  See attached screenshot.

  Thanks in advance.

  Service Pack installed inside the 2 k VM?

  AFAIK the installer needs to SP 4

• can I upgrade windows 2000 pro for Windows XP?

  can I upgrade windows 2000 pro for Windows XP?

  Hello

  Note Windows 2000 and Windows 2000 Professional can only be upgraded to Windows XP Professional. You cannot upgrade Windows 2000 to Windows XP Home Edition.

  "How to install or upgrade to Windows XP"

  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/978307

  What specifications are needed for XP.

  "System requirements for Windows XP operating systems"

  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/314865

  "Taken Windows XP supported upgrade paths"

  Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional >

  Windows XP Professional Retail (full) version
  Windows XP Professional Upgrade Version
  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/292607
   
  "The upgrade to Windows XP Pro in Windows NT/2000"
  http://www.winsupersite.com/article/product-review/upgrading-to-Windows-XP-Pro-from-Windows-NT2000
   
  See you soon.

• Need to upgrade a computer running Windows 2000 to Windows XP

  We have a computer in the office that is still under Windows 2000.  What improvements we need to run to bring it up to Windows XP, to match other desktop computers?  Can I just buy a download of Windows XP, or is there an in-between system that must come first?

  Tuesday, January 4, 2011 18:38:59 + 0000, Office YL wrote:

  We have a computer in the office that is still under Windows 2000.
  What improvements we need to run to bring it up to Windows XP, to match other desktop computers?  Can I just buy a download of Windows XP, or is there an in-between system that must come first?

  You cannot upgrade Windows 2000 to Windows XP, with or without a
  "the in-between system". You must do a clean installation
  Windows XP.

  Without knowing your hardware configuration, I can't tell you if
  It is adequate for XP, but chances are if it's enough for Windows
  2000, it is also adequate for XP.

  So you would need to buy a full version of Windows XP (there is none
  Downloads). Unfortunately, Windows XP is no longer available, if you
  must seek and hope that a place still has one in stock. Or
  you might find a copy used on sale somewhere. But if I were you, I would
  Be very careful not to buy a place like eBay, because it
  would most likely be a pirated copy it.

  Ken Blake (MS-MVP)

• Laptop HP Pavilion G6: after upgrade windows 10 - cannot detect wireless network

  Hello

  I upgraded my computer windows 10 laptop and it cannot detect a network.   The network adapters that appear in the Device Manager - controller Realtek PCI FE and Qualcomm-Atheros 802.11 AR9485 wifi adapter but I can't see any network.   I tried to install several drivers for Atheros without success.   I went back to windows 8.1 and network drivers works, I have upgraded to windows 10 back and I can't connect to wireless networks. I tried to update the drivers without success, uninstall and reinstall without success, I have alos tried the solution published on the microsoft unsuccessfully Web site: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/3084164

  I get an error message saying "the system was unable to find the key to register specified or the value '. '" I didn't install any software VPN or another, is there a solution to my problem?

  Hi there @tikaro23,

  Thank you for visiting the Forums HP's Support and welcome! It is an excellent site to find answers and ask questions. I understand that you have a problem with your Wi - Fi on the laptop HP Pavilion G6. You mentioned that you can't detect a wireless network.

  I did some research and found a great document for you called HP PC - troubleshooting wireless network and Internet.

  What happened with you have attempted to use the resolution of the problems mentioned in the link you so much?

  Have you tried to restore the BIOS?

  Have you tried to connect directly to the Modem/Router?

  Have you tried to boot mode safe?

  You can maneuver in Mode safe without problem?

  In my research, I also found a Support Forum on the page called Microsoft Community after upgrading Windows 8.1 for Windows 10, no wireless networks are available.

  There is a post of RajithR. Read his message in its entirety. (I also provided it below.)

  

  You said you tried to uninstall the driver. Are - what you got to do it in the order shown below?

  • Uninstall the driver of network card in Device Manager,
  • Reboot the laptop twice,
  • Reinstall the driver.

  Please use the HP Support Assistant, it will help with the software and drivers on your system at the time of purchase or this update of need.

  I know you said you tried to update the driver also. Have you tried to do it in the Device Manager in the order given below?

  • In the Device Manager
  • Click the network adapters to expand
  • Right-click on the network adapter family
  • Select software update of the driver
  • Choose search for automatically updating driver software.
  • Once the installation is complete, restart your laptop.

  Please follow the troubleshooting steps above and the re-post with the results, information from the above questions and HP Pavilion G6 Notebook PC model number.

  Thank you!

• I want the 10 upgrade window, but it fails.

  * O.T. > window 7

  I want to upgrade window 10 I tried but fail

  I suggest you to download the tool for creating Windows Media 10 ISO and make a place in upgrade.

  Download the update of Windows Media Player 10 tool creation build 10586:
  http://www.Microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/Windows10

  How to download an ISO using media tool:
  http://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/9230-Windows-10-ISO-download.html

  How to make a upgrade in Place using method 1:
  http://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/16397-repair-install-Windows-10-place-upgrade.html#step6

  If this does not work please provide more information for your issue to be diagnosed.

  Restart your computer and wait 20 minutes for the system to operate before you download information. When the review much, not Event Viewer log files all problems show in the period immediately after the computer has booted.

  Please provide a copy of your system information file. Type the system information in the search box above the Start button and press the ENTER key (alternative is select Start, all programs, accessories, System Tools, system information). Select file, Export and give the file a name noting where it is located. Not to place the cursor in the body of the report before exporting the file. The system creates a new information file system each time system information is available. You must allow a minute or two before the file is completely filled before exporting a copy. Please download the file to your OneDrive, to share with everyone and post a link here. If the report is in one language other than English, please indicate the language.

  Please download and share with everyone a new copy of your log System of your event viewer on your disc one and post a link here. It allows to avoid confusion if you delete all previous copies of the log files of your OneDrive.

  To access the system, log, select Start, Control Panel, administrative tools, Event Viewer, in the list on the left of the window, expand Windows logs and select System. Place the cursor on the system, select the Action in the Menu and record all events like (the evtx default file type) and give a name to the file. Do not offer not filtered files. Do not place the cursor in the list of reports before selecting the Action from the menu. Do not clear the logs so that you have a persistent problem.

  For assistance OneDrive see paragraph 9.3:

  http://www.gerryscomputertips.co.UK/MicrosoftCommunity1.htm

• UPGRADE WINDOWS 2000, 2003 OR 2008 WITH EBS - 11.5.10.2 AND DB 10 GR 2

  Hello...
  
  We have a new project to start upgrading windows 2000 to 2003 or 2008 (Wich is better). As I would like to know what our options here .all reference will be more useful.
  
  
  I think the cloning option. What do you think?
  
  
  Thanks in advance.
  
  
  Kind regards

  Hello

  We have a new project to start upgrading windows 2000 to 2003 or 2008 (Wich is better). As I would like to know what our options here .all reference will be more useful.

  You would need to go with Windows 2003, Windows 2008 is not certified with 11i - see (update on the Installation of Oracle Applications Release 11i (11.5.10.2) [316806.1 ID]) for more details.

  I think the cloning option. What do you think?

  You can use quick Clone to clone the instance of Windows 2000 to Windows 2003 in accordance with the following documentation.

  Documentation fund quick Clone, version 11i and 12 [799735.1 ID]

  Or, you could simply upgrade the operating system directly, and in this case, please make sure that you follow the steps described in these documents.

  Note: 356878.1 - how to recreate a link to all of the Installation Applications 11i
  Note: 407055.1 - process to upgrade the operating system and the Oracle database server

  Thank you
  Hussein

• Pavilion dm1: failed upgrade Windows 10 other dm1

  Upgrade Windows 10 would not move on my Pavilion dm1 (A1N56AV) after you fix all of the problems identified by the Support Assistant and Forum.  It hangs at "working on it..." "Downloaded ISO upgrade of Microsoft, engraved on DVD and ran from the DVD. Seemed fine until he asked for a product key Windows 10. Suspected that my Windows 7 64-bit edition unit bombed a mass program affecting the eligibility of license. You want to confirm this!

  I tried a "clean install" as well, and got stuck in the product key.  It must be installed as an update of the support of Windows Setup https://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/software-download/windows10 the upgrade with exisiting Apps or in my case only sucessfully but keeping all files on my DM1.

• Cannot upgrade Windows XP to Windows 7

  I want to upgrade to Windows 7 but my computer dosent want to upgrade window xp sp1i have a hp pavilion a510nwhat should I do?

  This isn't your fault. Microsoft has dropped the ball on this one.

  If you have JUST performed a CLEAN INSTALL of XP and you are at the SP1 level, you can do the following (somewhat tedious):
  Preliminary work:

  Download the SP3 installation files (SP2 is not necessary if you already have SP1 or SP1a!), IE8 and Microsoft Security Essentials, which is an effective antivirus/antimalware program. I prefer to keep these (and other useful files) on a USB key, but this is optional. Here are the links to all the installation of three files:

  http://www.Microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?ID=24 (for SP3)

  (You can TOTALLY ignore the message "intended for it professionals"!)

  http://www.Microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?displaylang=en&ID=43 (for IE8)

  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows/products/security-essentials (for MMS)

  1. physically disconnect from the Internet. Also unplug all unnecessary devices!

  2. temporarily disable the automatic updates. To do this:

  Start | Control Panel (switch to Classic view if not already selected). Automatic updates

  Select "Turn off automatic updates" and click OK.

  3. install the SP3. Restart TWICE.

  4. switch to IE8. Restart TWICE. (Note: it is important to let IE at the level before the upgrade to SP3 IE6.) After you are in SP3, then you can switch IE6 to IE8).

  5 install MSE.

  (What happens very often is that someone has their software antivirus running as they try to install SP3, which often translates into chaos! "This is why it must be done after installing SP3 and IE).

  6. make sure that firewall Windows is activated (it should already be):

  Start | Control Panel | Security Center

  (Now you can physically reconnect to the Internet. Update Antivirus program.)

  7. visit Windows Update to download and install only the critical security updates. Restart each time you are prompted.

  8. reactivate the automatic updates.

  In case you're not SP1 and SP1a level (effectively SP0), download the following installation to SP2 at the same time, you do your preliminary work leading up to:

  http://www.Microsoft.com/en-US/Download/details.aspx?ID=28

  Of course, you install it before installing SP3.

• HP Deskjet 1055 J410 series: I've recently upgraded Windows 8 to 10 of Windows but cannot connect to my HP printer Deskjet 1055

  Unable to connect my printer HP Deskjet 1055 all-in-One J410 series from my HP 15 laptop computer after upgrading Windows 8 to 10 of Windows

  Hello

  Most likely, you need to reinstall the software and driver. Please read the following instructions:

  http://support.HP.com/us-en/product/HP-OfficeJet-Pro-8610/8620/8630-e-all-in-one-printer-series/5367...

  Kind regards.

• Upgrade Windows reserved 10 cannot display the Confirmation of

  I can see Windows reserved 10 upgrade is watch display the confirmation in blue. There appears to be a hyperlink.  I click on view confirmation and nothing comes... I m running Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit with SP1.  Why I don't get the upgrade windows free 10?

  Thank you

  The fastest way to get the upgrade is to download the ISO.  Year ISO is like a dvd in order to to use, you need to right click > go up.  Begin upgrading Windows.
  

  I would use the link techbench
  

  The Final Windows 10 official download is now available (10586) Use the download tool to create ISO support to update your windows. http://www.Microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/Windows10 https://www.Microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/techbench

• Vista upgrade - > Windows 7. Cannot uninstall Intel Proset wireless WiFi Software

  Computer: Computer laptop Toshiba Satellite A305

  I got the upgrade disc for Windows Vista, upgrade to Windows 7. During installation, the message appears that Windows 7 can not finish the episode, and I need to uninstall the Intel Proset Wireless WiFi software.

  I use the utility for uninstalling programs of the control panel. When I select "Intel Proset wireless WiFi Software", there is no option to uninstall the program. I tried to use the repair feature, but the Windows 7 upgrade hangs at this point, insisting on the fact that I have to uninstall the Intel Proset Wireless WiFi software. I'm so stuck. Thank you for your suggestions. It's late here now. I'll check back tomorrow.

  Update: problem solved by a local computer expert. He connected to Intel and later that the visit was able to uninstall the Intel Proset Wireless software. Then the upgrade Windows 7 complete installation and is very good. The new wireless software program included in Windows 7. That's why Windows 7 wanted the Intel program deleted.

• Cannot upgrade windows 7 here since I am of the Iran.

  I'm from IRAN,
  Unfortunately I can't up grade my Windows laptop here.
  What should I do?
  How can upgrade windows 7 'home premium' to 'ultimate '?

  You will need to purchase a license upgrade to Windows 7 Ultimate retail. It will be either mean you need to buy at a local store computere or if you have relatives or friends in Europe, let them buy a copy for you and send it to you.

  If you can buy products online, you can probably try to purchase the license yourself:

  Windows 7 - buy, download and upgrade from Microsoft Store UK

• Upgrade Windows 10 repeat failures

  Upgrade Windows 10 starts automatically - and failed due to an unknown error C1900101-30018. Now he keeps repeating the process and do not and it seems impossible to prevent. It's incredibly annoying because it takes the computer for a few hours at a time. There seems to be no way to correct the problem and get 10 Windows running, or stop the automatic update doomed diversion from my computer. It is my current Windows 7 Home Premium. The message displayed says "Windows cannot configure one or more system components.

  Any help much appreciated.

  Hi Roger,

  Thanks for posting your query on the Microsoft Community.

  According to the description of the problem, you can not upgrade your system to Windows 10. I suggest you return the article mentioned below to upgrade your system to Windows 10 and see if this helps you to upgrade.

  Upgrade to Windows 10 for free

  In addition to this, I suggest to know system requirements and for that you can see the article mentioned below.

  Before installing

  You can also see the article mentioned below to downloaded 10 Windows on your computer.

  Download Windows 10

  You can also refer to article WIKI de Andre da costa provided below and see if it helps you to solve the problem.

  How to upgrade to Windows 10 8.1 for Windows or Windows 7 by using Windows Update

  Hope that the information provided is useful. Let us know if you have questions related to Windows, we will be happy to help you.

  Kind regards

• Upgrade Windows 7 to 8 leaves too many problems - is a new installation required?

  I spent literally the last 3 weeks by train to improve our 9 PCs from Windows 7 to Windows 8 and I have an incredible number of problems.

  For example:

  1 updates fail and return to Windows 7, unless all 3rd party drivers are uninstalled (Windows Update drivers are OK) and most of the software that contains services that interact with the material are uninstalled (such as CPU - Z, PC-Wizard, etc.).  Note that the Windows Upgrade Wizard indicates that these programs and drivers are OK (latest versions at least) it becomes an effort of trial and error to figure out what needs to be uninstalled to start successfully in Windows 8.

  2. I moved (using the folder properties supported ' location' tab) download for all users folder in the shared c:\users\public\downloads folder in Windows 7.  During the update the permissions folder become corrupted with the latest user created on the PC Windows 7, ending up as the only user with the permissions to read/write to this public folder.  The structure of NTFS in Windows 8 is damaged at this point and it '' believes '' the public downloads folder inherits permissions from user created c:\users\{last} instead of c:\users\public and is unable to change them.  I had to use icalcs substitute all c:\users\public file permissions manually down to allow other users to access the public download folder.  Check the hard drive (even to force a full audit) does not correct the inconsistent file permissions.

  3. the c:\users\public folder is shared even if a public share is off, but it is shared corrupt (read-only, but no remote users can actually access it and cannot be modified or deleted).  Change the 'sharing public folders' option has no effect.  Same "net share" may not change or see even the share of existing corruption.  I'm not able to create a sharing of this folder (results in an error message), or delete the existing share.  This problem is present on every PC, I've updated so far.

  4 family Safety is damaged and unusable.  Windows Live Family Safety has been one of the applications that caused the upgrade fails, then it has been uninstalled directly before the upgrade to Windows 8.  Unfortunately, this seems to leave Windows 8 in a State of dysfunction in security for the family.  I've been using an online id to log on to my children and this seems to have enabled temporarily family safety but not totally.  Unfortunately, the only way to make changes is the local PC as the fss.live.com site is no longer synchronizes with any of my Windows 8 PC (if I pass local ID and online, it syncs once).  Also delays no longer work and my children can stay on their PC, as long as they like.  I spent hours scouring the Web for a solution and other that "refresh the PC" or http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows/essentials-2012-release-notes?T1=winlivefamilysafety I have not found a solution (I've not updated the PCs).

  5 Windows 8 apps don't work for one of my children on all accounts the PC but works very well for adult administrator accounts.  I tried everything from wsreset.exe, creation of new user accounts, temporarily making kids accounts administrator, uninstall, and reinstall, all apps, switching back and forth between accounts ID base and online local, etc manually.  Sometimes, that I managed to get re-installed applications to work temporarily, but after an opening session and closing session or possibly another user by connecting on the apps again fail (in failure, I mean it seems they start and then just close without an error message).  Even the app store is messed up for some users, in what he repeats to me it can not load the store, then, after pressing 'try again', it loads only a small subset of the store.  Also when I look at the apps installed (in the store) it shows nothing is installed and nothing is bought (not same mobiles which was installed by the same user on another PC of Windows 8; well on the other PC of Windows 8, they arise).

  6 folder and registry permissions are changed in many places and this causes some games to stop working.  Manually uninstall and reinstall the game solves the problem by opening of also manually security on folders and registry entries.  I assumed that the process of upgrading resets all the folder permissions and registry, but some older software requires write access to the folder 'program files' specific in order to update the configuration files, etc., and the upgrade process breaks it.

  7. any user that office has been moved (using the tab "location" supported in the method properties) has no read access to their workstation after authentication and Windows Explorer will not start (when you click on "desktop").  I had to delete and recreate the users, or manually change the folder permissions.

  8. users where their documents, photos and videos have been moved to a second hard drive (again using methods officially supported in Windows 7) end up with all sorts of issues such as incorrect file permissions, Windows 8 apps do not work until the user is deleted and recreated, etc..

  8. the problems seem to continue to go on and on.  Each day we discover a new broken feature that must be manually fixed one way or another and I lose all of my time to research on the web and try to resolve these problems.

  Unfortunately I still failed to operate Family Safety, nor have I managed to get Windows 8 job applications (more there are many other minor things that are broken, such as some items in Control Panel do not work, etc.) and officials "tips from Microsoft" seem to be "cool PC".  Unfortunately this is essentially a new installation of the operating system, as far as I'm concerned, because previously all installed software must be reinstalled manually.  I tried this on a PC (after saving) and I've always found that I had delete and recreate my children's accounts to get Windows 8 applications work.

  At this point I don't know what to do and how to proceed.  As a 'Christmas gift' we 'bought' Windows 8 for the world and I had planned to take advantage of the $39.99 special and free Media Center/Bitlocker/etc. addition which is available only until January 31.  Unfortunately, the upgrade process has been nothing less than a nightmare total and at this stage, I believe the following will produce:

  1. I need to break down and perform a new installation of Windows 8 on every single PC followed by reinstall all software and reconfigure all the user accounts, family safety, etc.  Otherwise realistically me uninterrupted work on all of this for the rest of the month (something that I don't really have time for).

  2 Microsoft needs to release updates of Windows 8, which allows to improve the level of experience and greatly improves the installation of Windows 8 resulting.

  3. I have abandon on the installation of Windows 8 at the moment, but I can't justify paying $269 - $469 in the future for Windows 8, so we'll probably with Windows 7, until we buy new computers.  I guess another partial option is to buy Windows 8 for $39.99 for each PC and then to later pay another $70 for the upgrade of Media Center/Bitlocker/etc. (currently we use Media Center on every single PC with 3 of our PCs being devoted to Media Center full-time and the rest operating as 'customers').

  Is there any hope that #2 is going to happen or Microsoft 'done' with the upgrade and will continue to recommend a "refresh" after an upgrade to solve problems?

  I've tried a fresh install of Windows 8 on a different partition with 5 of the 9 PC and it went flawless and very quickly (in less than an hour, I had all 5 upwards and running Windows 8 - although without additional software installed, no user accounts configured, etc.) so I know that it will work.  With one of these installs I have experimented with Windows 8 for a few days (and that my children and wife home to test) to confirm that everything seems to work properly, including applications of Windows 8, the installation of some of our software, etc..  Based on this, I think that all the questions that we are experiencing are caused by a routine upgrade of Windows 8 very fragile, not by the base Windows 8 operating system.

  I should also mention, I have backups of the installed Windows 7 original and I tried to restore and re-upgrade several times and even if I can improve things (returning to download default folder locations, additional software uninstall, etc.). I can't get Windows 8 apps working on my children's accounts, nor good difficulty number other issues (such as security for the family, permissions of file corrupted for some software, etc.).  Whenever I try it takes at least 4 hours, so I gave up trying to figure a way to upgrade "functional" at this stage.

  Thank you

  Steve

  I realize that Microsoft recommends customers perform a 'Refresh' on their upgrades of Windows 8 to solve many problems, but it is not a path I am willing to travel. I experiment in the updating of a PC, and as you say this has resolved most of the issues (even if once again, Windows 8 apps stopped working a few days later).

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  This resulted in the continuation of the process of upgrading for our family PCs (steps 9 to 33 are the steps in upgrade of base):

  1. Restore our latest backup of Windows 7 (before the upgrade to Windows 8). If still running Windows 7, perform a full backup.
  2. Make sure that the latest virus signatures are installed for the installed Antivirus (Microsoft Security Essentials in our case currently) software and run a full scan of the system.
  3. Download Windows 8 drivers for the hardware.
  4. Possibly find enough disk space to create a partition to restore the existing installation of Windows 7 (which just saved) to. This can be on a second drive or disk manager can be used to reduce an existing partition to create a new partition large enough to restore Windows 7. Restore Windows 7 for the new partition, and then name the new volume with a unique name (for example, TempWin7). EasyBCD to add partition newly restored to the Windows boot loader. Starting system test and make sure that the drive root (usually C:\) uses the new volume (check the drive c. name (this way if Windows 8 does not work you can return to Windows 7 easily.)) Finally, when you do know that Windows 8 is not working properly you can delete this volume). Note on my ~ 8th update attempt on the 2nd PC I was upgrade the upgrade has failed and left the system with a MBR corrupted with no way to start it. The MBR has been so badly damaged that the process of repair of Windows 7 and Windows 8 could not solve the problem. Same bootrec /fixmbr /fixboot, bcdboot c:\windows, bootsec all/force/MBR bootrec, etc. were not able to get a bootable system. I ended up performing a new installation of Windows 8 on another hard drive and then I added step 5 below to my list of upgrade tasks to ensure that I didn't not get stuck like this again).
  5. If the PC contains more than 1 hard drive and they are not all used in a hardware RAID, use EasyBCD to install the bootloader of Windows on the second/third hard disk and configure the boot loader to boot from the hard drive with all the bootable partitions configured (this provides a work around to get the operating system if the Windows 8 upgrade process fails and translates by a unbootable system).
  6. Download and run the tool TDSSKiller Rootkit, GMER Rootkit detection tool, Malwarebytes Anti-Rootkit and Anti-Malware Malwarebytes to make sure there are no hidden rootkits or malware installed. Uninstall all the installed utilities.
  7. Uninstall all software known to cause trouble (both reported using the upgrade wizard, search on the web and attempts to upgrade Windows-based 8 prior who does not).
  8. Once complete scanning, starting test the computer while forcing the BIOS to boot from the disk hard other to make you that there is an available alternative starting method.
  9. Uninstall Live Essentials 2011.
  10. Installing Live Essentials 2012 (this is because they have seen many cases where Windows 8 fails to migrate settings of Live Essentials 2011 properly and leaves you with a dysfunctional state that requires an update of the system for safety of work; Live Essentials 2012 is apparently able to migrate settings from 2011 and 8 Windows upgrade can apparently works with Live Essentials 2012 settings).
  11. Start Live parental controls and run through the configuration steps (without necessarily making changes) to ensure that the settings are migrated from the Live Essentials 2011.
  12. Sign in using each account monitored by parental control and after that the drive stop loading of applications, log off.
  13. Log on with an administrator account and uninstall Live Essentials 2012.
  14. Uninstall all anti-malware and anti-virus software and unplug the network cable
  . If security software Norton has been used, download Norton Removal Tool before uninstalling it and after using the program manager to uninstall, run the removal tool (note that Norton fails to remove certain services when you use the program to uninstall Manager that caused the Windows upgrade process 8 fail on one of our PCs other AV software may have similar problems).
• Activate Microsoft Defender and Windows Firewall.
• Uninstall everything about software and software which includes services that interact with the hardware or virtual hardware.
• Uninstall all 3rd third-party drivers that are specifically designed to interact with the user and if possible only to install the drivers for "Windows Update". If not available, install just the naked driver for the device or leave the unit without a driver during the upgrade process, if it is not critical manually.
• Uninstall the video driver ATI, including the Catalyst Control Center software (even if the driver is listed as support Windows 7 and Windows 8, CCC upgrade breaks and leaves the system with the dysfunctional video settings in Windows 8)
. Allow Windows Update to install the basic video driver only or install manually only the video base by using the device manager driver.
• If all user folders have been moved in Windows 7, move them back to the default locations. For example we moved the documents, photos, videos and office on a secondary hard drive on some PC and these user accounts is damaged because of this sequel to the upgrade of Windows 8. We also move all folders download user to c:\user\public\downloads and this too must be moved to the location of the individual user (c:\user\{user}\downloads) before the upgrade because it causes corruption of NTFS security after the upgrade to Windows 8.
• Perform an upgrade on-site (repair) of Windows 7 SP1 to Windows 7 SP1 to upgrade the operating system in a known and stable state. Note that this must be done with a DVD of Windows 7 SP1 RTM and slipstream not updated media, nor can it be done with a DVD of Windows 7 without SP1.
• If necessary, connect the network cable and install all updates using Windows Update critical update (note, officially, it is recommended that the system is fully updated before you attempt to upgrade to Windows 8, but technical support suggests why a clean Windows 7 SP1 install with a few critical updates which should install automatically if updates to the installer of Windows 8 are enabled during the process) at level).
• Optionally, install the latest Microsoft System (KB947821) tool. If an upgrade on the spot did not it is a critical step, but with the upgrade on the spot, it should be redundant and not required (this tool checks the status of the update of the operating system and makes sure that every file that is supposed to be updated through any installed update is updated. He then sets up Windows Update to install or reinstall incompatible updates may not be correct).
• Installing Live Essentials 2012 (it is not clear if this step is necessary, but apparently the upgrade in-place to Windows 7 can potentially cause of parental control settings enter an inconsistent state).
• Connect the network cable and using an administrator account set up parental controls.
• Log in using accounts controlled by parental control
. Once the disk activity subsides, sign out.
• By using an administrator account uninstall Live Essentials 2012.
• Run a chkdsk /f on the drive system and start-up and restart.
• Connect the network cable (if it is disconnected) and perform an upgrade from Windows 7 to Windows 8 on-site, ensuring that the post-installation updates are enabled during the process and that there is an Internet connection.
• Activate and install the Media Center add-on by using the same key used in the previous attempt to upgrade to Windows 8.
• "Turn Windows Features on / off" enables the Hyper-V instead of Virtual PC and XP Mode (even if Virtual PC and XP Mode have been installed and being used in Windows 7, the upgrade process uninstalls them and does not allow for Hyper-V, which is the replacement of Windows 8).
• Updates by using Windows Update, select all the recommended and the optional updates (deselect everything, you don't want such as Bing Office; right click and hide updates you don't want), click 'Install' to start the download. Allow the download and install updates before proceeding to the next step.
• Install Windows 8 3rd part drivers If Windows 8 specific drivers are available and desired. This includes installing the latest video driver for Windows 8.
• Connect with each user and pass to a Microsoft Account to activate parental control. Open a session out and back in.
• The Bank of Windows startup, click on in the upper right corner and update all installed applications which have updates available.
• Restart the Windows store, right click and select the installed applications. Install all of the applications associated with the Microsoft Account, you already have installed (and want to install). Do this for each user.
• Configure Hyper-V to replace Virtual PC to virtual operating systems.
• Install a previously uninstalled like cell phone software, CPU - Z, EasyBCD software, etc. (as long as it supports Windows 8).
• EasyBCD allows to set up the dual boot or triple (most of our PC have MCE2005 (XP), Vista and Windows 7 on separate partitions or units).

I stressed step 20 above, because the technical support said they find that this step can make a significant improvement in the final Windows 8 upgrade results. Without the Windows 7 upgrade (repair) inplace before the upgrade to Windows 8, he said that they have poor results that require an update of the system to get things to work. By adding this step, step Live Essentials 2012 associated, by ensuring more 3rd third-party drivers are uninstalled, uninstalled all the 3rd party software that interacts with the hardware and all records are found in their locations by default, the upgrade process is apparently much more likely to result in a closing fully functional install Windows 8. Unfortunately, told me that they always have problems with some PCs, even after all the above, and that is why a new installation is always the best approach. They also said that until that antivirus makers improve their compatibility Windows 8 it is better to stick with the software antivirus from Microsoft that is built into Windows 8 and not install any AV 3rd party software.

Anyone have any additional suggestions or disagree with the installation steps above? Although it is a lot of work, if it is, it will be much easier than a new installation and I already spent 100's of hours trying to get Windows 8 to upgrade properly and 100's of hours trying to clean upgrades corrupt I end up with (with only partial success).

I have a total of 11 PC, I tried to upgrade to Windows 8 and so far I have 2 semi-functional updated of (with control parental does not not work and Windows 8 Apps doesn't work is not for non-administrator accounts). For the moment, I restored Windows 7 (reconfigured the Boot Manager to start Windows 7 instead of Windows 8) with the 4 other PCs ended up broke after trying to upgrade to Windows 8.

IT WORKED!

Finally, I updated 2 PCs from Windows 7 to Windows 8 with parental control and applications of Windows 8 works for all users and I didn't have to mess with security of folder or the registry, difficulty missing junctions or mess around with anything to get this working.  In addition, for the first time, I didn't need to perform a refresh and reinstall all software (programs and features shows 187 programs installed to a PC and the other has more than 200).  So far, looks absolutely everything works (even if I did have enough time to ensure that the reports of parental control and all safety features are 100% still works but it doesn't look like it will).

The bad news is that it took 8 hours to upgrade each PC because of the number of steps (compared to the hundreds of hours lost trying to get the previous corrupt Windows 8 updates work properly, it was easy).  In the future, I'll work on several computers at the same time to speed things up.  Upgrading Windows 7 on Windows 7 on-site took several hours alone, but I think that this step is crucial to get an upgrade of Windows 8 fully functional (Technical Support of Microsoft agent I talked to strongly recommended this step and said that it was necessary to upgrade his personal computer Windows 7 to Windows 8 also).

Now I have 9 PCs to go.  For PCs with a minimum software installed and with a rootkit, I will perform a new installation but the rest I'm going to use this procedure.

The next challenge is to get enough key to install Media Center on each of them.