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Main Forum => General Computer Support => Topic started by: The old timer on November 06, 2014, 05:38:36 am
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I have an old pc that has Windows 8 on it. The machine has never been really quick. Since it was having a couple of problems I decide to try running the all in 1 suite on it.
It's now been going for about 3 hours & is still on step 1 which I have been told is the slowest. I still seems to be processing & already lists a few things that it wants to change or already changed. I dont if it makes change as it goes or not.
How long can it take & do I just let it run?
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It's still running having gone overnight. Do I just abort the process? If I do will any of the changes detected take effect?
When Windows 8 was installed I recall that within the first few days lots of update occurred. I still get some & they work. The update to 8.1 doesn't.
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Step 1 is still running? Can you post a screen shot of the desktop for me so I can see the program and if the cmd.exe window is running. Also check the task manager and make sure the setacl exe is running. :wink:
Shane
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Sorry for not getting back sooner. I wanted to send you a screen show as you suggested. I aligned the window with the task manager window which showed that the cmd.exe window was running. I had intended to use the snipping tool to take the picture but found the it appeared to be missing. The old screen print using print didn't appear. I don't know if its even supposed to be in Windows anymore.
So I aborted the program & restarted the PC & wold it to rerun all modules. Its still running but is almost finished. I can set one thing that its currently repairing & that is the snipping tool. I will let it finished ,then reboot & see if there are any changes. I have to go out now so it might be a while.
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Once finished the pc was rebooted. I had to request this becuse the program didn't do it even though the box to do so was ticked. The first thing I looked for the snipping tool & was pleased to see it was restored.
It then did a lot of updates that previously failed, so that to seems to have been fixed. I will look later to see if it also moved to version 8.1 or not.
I'll let you know. Thanks again as things certainly been improved.
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Even thought I had some improvement by running the all in 1 & had the program do many updates it had previously downloaded & had reversed before. It still didn't change to 8.1.
From what I read almost everyone hates Windows 8 & 8.1 so maybe I'm better off without it. Microsoft goes from one horror to another. I see that Microsoft has already withdrawn from sale almost all versions of 7 & 8 & intends to jump to version 10.
I bought Windows 95 when it first came out but as everyone knows if didn't do what it claimed. The you bought & paid for Windows 98, with exactly the same results. I have also been through the same thing other version like XP ,7 & some other versions.
If anyone intends to use Windows 10, Microsoft should be paying you for all of the wasted time & money it cost. Instead of purchasing it we should be suing them for false advertising.
These big software have bugs in them & continue to do so. Another example is iTunes which for years has had a duplicate track finder that is wrong. You can have the same song title by the same artist on different albums, with different arrangements & could have been recorded 30 years apart ,where the length of the one version can to double that of the other one yet they call them duplicates.
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Windows 10 is due out next fall, so i will still be a while.
With the problem you are having, there is a faster way to go about it. You need to get a hold of the Windows 8.1 install disk, which there is a way to download the ISO for it, then just do a repair install following this guide
http://www.eightforums.com/tutorials/26095-repair-install-windows-8-a.html
That will not only repair the system and keep your programs but it will also get you up to 8.1 :wink:
Here is one way to get the ISO and make a cd with it
http://betanews.com/2014/04/15/how-to-download-and-install-the-windows-8-1-iso-using-a-windows-8-or-8-1-key/
Shane