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• My OS has been upgraded to Windows 7 at 10 without disabling the software Adobe Acrobat. I am currently not able to use the serial number. to validate the (Acrobat 9.0) software installed on the machine. How can I go on the validation of the software not

  My OS has been upgraded to Windows 7 at 10 without disabling the software Adobe Acrobat.

  I am currently not able to use the serial number. to validate the (Acrobat 9.0) software installed on the machine.

  How can I go on the validation of the software now?

  Try contacting the Adobe Support via chat and ask them to reset your activations - don't ask more than that or they are likerly tell you to look on the forums for help (where no one can help with reset).

  To the link below, click on the still need help? the option in the blue box below and choose the option to chat...
  Make sure that you are logged on the Adobe site, having cookies enabled, clearing your cookie cache.  If it fails to connect, try to use another browser.

  Serial number and activation support (non - CC) chat
  https://helpx.Adobe.com/contact.html?step=PHSP-PHXS_downloading-installing-setting-up_lice nsing-activation_stillNeedHelp

• Should I disable Adobe Indesign Jocelyne I upgrade Windows 8 to 10?

  Should I disable Adobe Indesign Jocelyne I upgrade Windows 8 to 10?

  I'd do it.  If the upgrade is to remove the software then definitely.  Whatever it is, disabling is harmless enough.

• 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.

• window upgrade Windows 10

  I can't leave the ANNOYING windows 10 upgrade window, who jumped on my screen, WITH OUTPUT NO choice;

  only choice is to update now, or reschedule - I don't WANT WINDOWS screen 10, but it will NOT let me xit.

  even after shooting computer power off, then on again - HE was THERE! Anyone know a solution to this aggravating situation?

  Thank you...

  Click Start, then click on power options, then click on restart.

  The best way to postpone the upgrade of Windows 10 is using third-party tools. They are easy to use and are faster.

  Option 1: How do I completely disable the update of Windows 10 Get App GWX

  Option 2: that stop the Windows 10 Upgrade with ever 10 or enforcement GWX itself

• Stucks upgrade window 10 to 99%

  After trying different methods...

  1. using Get windows APP 10 - no sign download

  2 Wizard upgrade Windows 10 - has taken so much time and stucks at 99%

  3 reboot 4 to 5 times the force fully - error on black screen

  Still no upgrade has been done.

  It is better to create a new application for the upgrade in order to avoid this type of methods of trial and error.

  Please help me on this

  Review:

  • How to: 10 tips before installing Windows 10
  • How to: 10 things to do if the Windows 10 install fails.

  Retry the upgrade manually:

  Option 1:

  Download the media creation tool

  Click with the right button on the MediaCreationTool.exe file and then click on run as administrator.

  

  Note: How to check if you are downloaded or installed the update Windows 10 November

  How to create an ISO or USB drive.

  Select upgrade this PC now and then click Next

  

  Option 2:

  Task of pre-required

  When you make significant changes to your computer for example updated operating system, you must always back up. See the links to resources on the backup by clicking the link for each version of Windows you are using: Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8/8.1

  • How to back up and restore your files manually
  • How to free up disk space in Windows
  • How to: 10 tips before installing Windows 10

  then

  • How to download official Windows 10 ISO files
  • How to: upgrade previous versions of Windows using the file ISO for Windows 10

  then

  • Turn off (preferably uninstall) your Antivirus utility before you perform the upgrade.
  • Reboot several times, and then try again.
  • Disable the general USB peripherals (for example - smart card reader).
  • If you are using a SCSI drive, make sure you have the drivers available for your storage on a thumdrive device and it is connected. During the installation of Windows 10, click on the advanced custom Option and use the command load driver to load the driver for the SCSI drive. If this does not work and the installer still fails, consider switching to an IDE based hard drive.
  • Perform a clean boot, restart, and then try again.
  • If you upgrade to the. ISO file, disconnect from the Internet during the installation, if you are connected in LAN (Ethernet) or wireless, disable both, then try to install.
  • If you are updated through Windows Update, when download reaches 100% disconnect from the LAN (Ethernet) Internet or Wi - Fi, then proceed with the installation.
  • If this does not work, try using the. ISO file to upgrade if possible.
  • If you are connected to a domain, go to a local account.
  • If you have an external equipment, attached to the machine, unplug them (example, game controllers, USB sticks, external hard drive, printers, peripherals not essential).

• Windows 7 starter upgrade Windows 7 ultimate upgrade

  I need to know something about what will happen if you upgrade Windows 7 to new version?

  my old software of file will remain?

  or they will be gone?  Help, please

  The upgrade in version i.e. Starter to Home Premium/Professional/Ultimate must not remove any programs or files. This is because first of all it's unlocking the features that were already there, but disabled.

  Having said that ANY task that involves significant changes to the operating system or disk must always be preceded by a complete system backup and copy your data files

  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-GB/Windows7/help/videos/upgrade-to-another-edition-of-Windows-7-by-using-Windows-Anytime-Upgrade

• problem in upgrading windows 10 on my pc windows 7.

  When I upgraded windows 10 on my pc, system says it does not know the problem and told to ask customer help and problem code is 0 x 80070005-0 x 20000

  80240020 8007002C 80246007

  1. navigate until "C:\Windows\SoftwareDistribution\Download" and delete the contents of the folder. 2. press on the Windows key + X > click (Admin) command prompt and then type "wuauclt.exe /updatenow. Press enter 3. open Control Panel > Windows Update and Windows 10 should begin to download...

  You can also try the upgrade manually:

  Task of pre-required

  When you make significant changes to your computer for example updated operating system, you must always back up. See the links to resources on the backup by clicking the link for each version of Windows you are using: Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8/8.1

  • How to back up and restore your files manually
  • How to free up disk space in Windows
  • How to: 10 tips before installing Windows 10
  • How to: determine if a device application or hardware is compatible with Windows 10
  • Will remain the documents and applications, or install app must

  then

  • How to download official Windows 10 ISO files
  • How to: upgrade previous versions of Windows using the file ISO for Windows 10

  then

  • Turn off (preferably uninstall) your Antivirus utility before you perform the upgrade.
  • Reboot several times, and then try again.
  • Disable the general USB peripherals (for example - smart card reader).
  • If you are using a SCSI drive, make sure you have the drivers available for your storage on a thumdrive device and it is connected. During the installation of Windows 10, click on the advanced custom Option and use the command load driver to load the driver for the SCSI drive. If this does not work and the installer still fails, consider switching to an IDE based hard drive.
  • Perform a clean boot, restart, and then try again.
  • If you upgrade to the. ISO file, disconnect from the Internet during the installation, if you are connected in LAN (Ethernet) or wireless, disable both, then try to install.
  • If you are updated through Windows Update, when download reaches 100% disconnect from the LAN (Ethernet) Internet or Wi - Fi, then proceed with the installation.
  • If this does not work, try using the. ISO file to upgrade if possible.
  • If you are connected to a domain, go to a local account.
  • If you have an external equipment, attached to the machine, unplug them (example, game controllers, USB sticks, external hard drive, printers, peripherals not essential).

• Upgrade Windows of Windows 7 to Windows 10

  Since October 2015, I failed attempted to upgrade Windows 7 to Windows 10.

  To activate the change to the settings, I had AVG Internet security. Each attempt installation of Windows 10 it fails with and error code 8007003 for which I found no willingness so far

  You can reset the Windows Update components by running the Fixit on this page. But if there is malware present, she will continue to reset the connection to the update servers:

  How to reset the Windows Update components

  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/971058

  Suggest you download and save the Fixit. Then configure the system before the clean boot by running:

  How to troubleshoot a problem by performing a clean boot in Windows Vista/Windows 7

  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/929135

  Once the Fixit has been downloaded and the system is started in the pure State, check that the native Windows Firewall is now on if a 3rd party firewall has been used previously. Now run the Fixit and choose the default mode. Restart once it's done and see if the system can be connected to the update servers. If he can't, then rerun the Fixit and choose aggressive mode. Turn it back on when he finished the race and updates.

  I suggest before you stop and install the updates, disconnect from the Internet, first.

  Try to update again, if it does not work:

  Task of pre-required

  When you make significant changes to your computer for example updated operating system, you must always back up. See the links to resources on the backup by clicking the link for each version of Windows you are using: Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8/8.1

  • How to back up and restore your files manually
  • How to free up disk space in Windows
  • How to: 10 tips before installing Windows 10
  • How to: determine if a device application or hardware is compatible with Windows 10
  • Will remain the documents and applications, or install app must

  then

  • How to download official Windows 10 ISO files
  • How to: upgrade previous versions of Windows using the file ISO for Windows 10

  then

  • Turn off (preferably uninstall) your Antivirus utility before you perform the upgrade.
  • Reboot several times, and then try again.
  • Disable the general USB peripherals (for example - smart card reader).
  • If you are using a SCSI drive, make sure you have the drivers available for your storage on a thumdrive device and it is connected. During the installation of Windows 10, click on the advanced custom Option and use the command load driver to load the driver for the SCSI drive. If this does not work and the installer still fails, consider switching to an IDE based hard drive.
  • Perform a clean boot, restart, and then try again.
  • If you upgrade to the. ISO file, disconnect from the Internet during the installation, if you are connected in LAN (Ethernet) or wireless, disable both, then try to install.
  • If you are updated through Windows Update, when download reaches 100% disconnect from the LAN (Ethernet) Internet or Wi - Fi, then proceed with the installation.
  • If this does not work, try using the. ISO file to upgrade if possible.
  • If you are connected to a domain, go to a local account.
  • If you have an external equipment, attached to the machine, unplug them (example, game controllers, USB sticks, external hard drive, printers, peripherals not essential).

• Upgrade Windows 7 to engine 8.1 on DESKTOP COMPUTER SONY VAIO LV27GJ PANEL from2008 origin that it was loaded with VISTA.

  Upgrade Windows 7 to 8.1 on DESKTOP COMPUTER SONY VAIO LV27GJ PANEL from2008 engine initially he was responsible for VISTA.  It has 4 gig RAM, concert HD500 main and 500 GB HD.  I go through the download of 8.1 WIN or buy the full version on CD?

  Thank you

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  There is no way to direct upgrade from Windows 7 to Windows 8.1

  If you want to preserve your personal files, applications, and settings, you must upgrade to Windows 8 first (DVD) then download Windows 8.1 free from the Store on the start screen.

  Windows 8:

  http://www.microsoftstore.com/store/msusa/en_US/PDP/ProductID.264951000

  Windows 8.1 free upgrade:

  http://techingiteasy.WordPress.com/2013/10/17/how-to-upgrade-from-Windows-8-to-Windows-8-1/

  If you prefer not to keep your applications, you can migrate directly from Windows 7 to Windows 8.1 using the upgrade wizard in Windows 8.1:

  http://www.Windows.com/buy

  You can use the upgrade wizard to create a backup copy.

  Backup your installation of Windows 7 before performing the migration of many:

  http://www.notebooks.com/2009/10/24/how-to-backup-your-installation-of-Windows-7/

• How to upgrade Windows Vista business to Windows 7 Professional?

  Hello

  Can someone help me to upgrade Windows vista business to windows 7 Professional. How upgrad? Since the location of the event it? What are the procedures? Required computer is windows vista is installed in the system to upgrade to windows 7? Can I clean install windows 7 Professional the disc?

  Please help me fix this.

  Thank you

  Prashant

  Where can I still get Windows 7?

  Full version - Microsoft Windows 7 Professional

  Version upgrade - Microsoft Windows 7 Professional Upgrade

  --------------------------

  How to upgrade:

  http://www.notebooks.com/2009/10/07/how-to-upgrade-to-Windows-7/

  -------------------------

  How to do a clean install:

  Boot from the Windows 7 DVD

  To learn how to change your BIOS options to boot from the DVD drive, the following tutorial:

  http://notebooks.com/2011/05/05/How-to-load-BIOS-and-change-boot-configuration/
  Click Install now
  Accept the license agreement
  When the option is displayed to select a type of installation, click (Custom advanced)

  Select the disk partition where you want to install Windows 7 click Next.

  You will receive the following warning:

  The partition you have selected may contain files from a previous Installation of Windows. If so, these files and folders will be moved to a folder named Windows.old. You will be able to access the information in Windows.old, but you will be able to use your previous version of Windows.

  (At all costs, do NOT click on anything in Format, deletion or Partition name.) So even do a custom installation, your personal files are still kept. Click OK

  The installation program will now begin installation. During installation, your computer will be restarted several times.

  Once the installation is complete, you can complete the Out of Box experience as the choice of your laptop, create a username, password, your time zone. You can then proceed to download the latest updates for Windows and reinstall your applications and drivers.

  You can then retrieve your personal files from the Windows.old folder and reinstall all of your applications and drivers.

  http://notebooks.com/2010/11/09/how-to-recover-documents-music-and-email-after-upgrading-with-the-Windows-old-folder/

• Upgrade Windows 7 Starter to professional on an Asus Netbook

  I've upgraded Windows 7 Starter to Windows 7 Pro on my Asus Netbook. Seems to be going smoothly, but slow execution of programs and surf the web.  I guess that I expected an improvement. I went to Windows Update at any time, when he asked my key updated code it tells me that the code is not valid. (I really wish that it would allow you to cut and paste in the confirmation e-mail.)

  Is that what I can do before calling customer support Monday? Is an increase in the speed an unrealistic expectation?
  Thanks in advance.

  Doug

  See the following topics:

  How to speed up your Windows 7 system:

  http://techingiteasy.WordPress.com/2010/01/11/speed-up-your-system-for-the-new-year/

  Please note that you are running a premium edition of Windows 7 on a NetBook running originally from Windows 7 Starter. Windows 7 Professional uses more resources than Windows 7 Starter, such as graphics Aero, Windows Media Center. You can disable certain features and functionality.

  http://www.notebooks.com/2009/10/26/how-to-customize-your-Windows-7-installation/

  also:

  How to make your Windows 7 system even faster! Part 2: Notebooks.com
  How to make your Windows 7 laptop computer yet faster! (part 3...

• Help, please! Upgrade Windows 7 0x7E error code and THE. DLL not found.

  I'm trying to upgrade Windows Vista to Windows 7 Home Premium.

  I did everything what I have to do before the upgrade, but when I tried to install it, I got are two following error messages:

  This application has failed to start because of THE. DLL was not found.
  Reinstalling the application may fix this problem.

  Windows could not load the required file WinSetup.dll. The file can be
  corrupt. To install Windows, restart the installation. Error code: 0x7E

  I searched the internet for solutions, but I have found none.
  Could someone please help?

  God, if only I knew I'd meet installation problems, I would probably rather stay with Vista and save my money $130.

  Click Start
  Type: CMD, according to the results, right-click CMD
  Click on "Run as Administrator"
  At the command prompt, type: sfc/scannow

  This will check for any breach of integrity

  Restart your system

  Check your hard drive for errors:
  Click Start
  Type: CMD, according to the results, right-click CMD
  Click on "Run as Administrator"
  At the command prompt, type: chkdsk /r
  When you restart your system, your computer will be scanned for errors and will try to correct them.

  You might want to think about doing a custom clean install:
  For more information, see the article below:
  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows7/help/upgrading-from-Windows-Vista-to-Windows-7-custom

  But you must ensure that your personal and settings files are supported using Windows Easy Transfer:
  Andre Da Costa http://adacosta.spaces.live.com http://www.activewin.com http://www.notebooks.com/2009/10/07/using-Windows-easy-transfer-in-Windows-7/

• Upgrade Windows 7 Pro 32 bit edition edition upgrade upgrade windows 7 Pro 64-bit

  I have an upgraded version of Windows 7 Pro 32 bit in the supply of Digital River in 2009.
  My computer can handle 64 bit, I just chose 32 bit out of habit at the time.

  Now I'm hoping to improve my memory a little, but 32 bits can not handle.

  I have a friend with the 64-bit upgrade media, but before I go through all the problems of backup, reformatting and reinstalling, I want to know if my key is still valid. I've read that at least some versions of windows 7 keys will work for 32 and 64.

  Otherwise, I just maybe upgrade to Windows 8 at the start of the promotional operation...

  As long as it is a disc of Windows 7 Professional Retail, Yes, you can use it with the product key that you used to install Windows 7 Professional 32 bit.

  You will need to do a clean install, there is no place on the way to upgrade Windows 7 32 bit to 64 bit.

  Using the disk of 64-bit Windows 7, install Windows 7 Windows Easy Transfer Utility from the DVD (to find it, simply navigate to x:\support\migwiz, "x:" is the name of your hard drive. (In this case, you will see a collection of files, the important"that you must search for and double-click is 'migsetup'.) run it and create a DAMP (Windows Easy Transfer file), if you have an external hard drive, you can access it later when you perform a clean install of Windows 7 64-bit disk so you can stored there.

  Once you have done this, just do a clean install of Windows 7 64 bit disc. In Windows 7 64 bit disk, start Windows Easy Transfer, follow the wizard screen, tap on which is stored the WET file (external hard drive) and it will restore your personal files and settings. Reinstall the applications needed.

  http://www.notebooks.com/2009/10/07/using-Windows-easy-transfer-in-Windows-7/

• Upgrade Windows 7 Edition Family Premium in Windows 8 for Windows 8.1 and maintain programs of Windows 7?

  Hello, I have just brought Windows 8 Pro Upgrade and improved to it from Windows 7 Home Premium. I chose to keep my programs, settings and personal files from Windows 7 and so everything has moved on more than Windows 8. Before deciding to buy Windows 8, I tried Windows 8.1 Overview but who won't let me keep my Windows 7 programs. I did an online hunting and found that it cannot keep their programs if they upgrade to Windows 8.1 Overview of Windows 7. It will always be the case once Windows 8.1 released? What about users upgrade Windows 7 to Windows 8? One will lose their programs to Windows 7 after that that they have upgraded to Windows 8 and then update/update of Windows 8.1 once it comes out? The most important that I have on my PC programs are Word and Excel from Microsoft Office Starter 2010 comes with my PC. I don't want to lose these. Thank you.

  Hello, I have just brought Windows 8 Pro Upgrade and improved to it from Windows 7 Home Premium. I chose to keep my programs, settings and personal files from Windows 7 and so everything has moved on more than Windows 8. Before deciding to buy Windows 8, I tried Windows 8.1 Overview but who won't let me keep my Windows 7 programs. I did an online hunting and found that it cannot keep their programs if they upgrade to Windows 8.1 Overview of Windows 7. It will always be the case once Windows 8.1 released?

  Yes

  What about users upgrade Windows 7 to Windows 8?

  People, the upgrade of Windows 8 for the final version of Windows 8.1 will be able to retain the settings, applications and personal files.

  One will lose their programs to Windows 7 after that that they have upgraded to Windows 8 and then update/update of Windows 8.1 once it comes out?

  See the answer above.

  The most important that I have on my PC programs are Word and Excel from Microsoft Office Starter 2010 comes with my PC. I don't want to lose these. Thank you.

• 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.