ɹəuəllıʍ ʇɐb Posted April 26, 2015 Report Share Posted April 26, 2015 I will be offline for the next 5 to 10 days; I am confident you can cope without me... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ɹəuəllıʍ ʇɐb Posted May 10, 2015 Author Report Share Posted May 10, 2015 Ok, I'm back. Looks like I didn't miss much in terms of updates... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irene Posted May 10, 2015 Report Share Posted May 10, 2015 Welcome back, Pat. I hope you had a good day on your birthday. May I wish you a belated Many Happy Returns! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ɹəuəllıʍ ʇɐb Posted June 21, 2015 Author Report Share Posted June 21, 2015 Once again I will be off for about a week; see you when I'm back... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irene Posted June 21, 2015 Report Share Posted June 21, 2015 Have a good time, Pat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ɹəuəllıʍ ʇɐb Posted July 1, 2015 Author Report Share Posted July 1, 2015 Thanks, Irene: I'm back now. Glad nothing happened (no updates, except CCleaner) during my absence. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ɹəuəllıʍ ʇɐb Posted August 9, 2015 Author Report Share Posted August 9, 2015 I'm off for another week. No, it's not our planned trip to Angkor Wat, but another stay at the hospital. (But for a very harmless procedure; nothing to worry about.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irene Posted August 9, 2015 Report Share Posted August 9, 2015 Hope all goes smoothly with your procedure, Pat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ɹəuəllıʍ ʇɐb Posted August 18, 2015 Author Report Share Posted August 18, 2015 All went well, thank you, although it took a bit longer than expected. Fortunately there weren't too many updates during my absence. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ɹəuəllıʍ ʇɐb Posted October 16, 2015 Author Report Share Posted October 16, 2015 I apologize for disappearing like that... 10 days ago I was rushed to the hospital (I spare you the details), and a few days my computer followed. I tried for over a week to get it to connect to the hospital's Wi-Fi, but without success. Today the allowed me to go home for a few hours, to do some important tasks, including Windows Updates. But at the end I have not achieved much.... Don't know when I will be permanently back; perhaps in a week or so... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irene Posted October 16, 2015 Report Share Posted October 16, 2015 Pat, very sorry to hear that you are having health issues. I hope it will soon be improved and you will be home again. In the meantime, I hope you manage to find a way to connect to the internet - I am sure that I can speak for everyone when I say that your presence on the forum will be missed until you are recovered and back home. Get Well Soon! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ɹəuəllıʍ ʇɐb Posted October 17, 2015 Author Report Share Posted October 17, 2015 What I managed to do yesterday was to kill Windows 10 completely! When I connected my system to my LAN at home, it immediately started downloading & installing Windows Updates. That's what I expected. When it came to a restart, I went to lie down for a few minutes, and when I came back, the screen was black. Power Off/On just goes to that black screen at the end. I am trying to set up a Windows 10 repair now, but so far I have not been able to complete the Windows 10 ISO on my old XP system! Something is trying to drive me crazy... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boris Posted October 17, 2015 Report Share Posted October 17, 2015 As and when you get it back you can get it to do a controlled restart/install (when you want) rather than the immediate install it tries to do. In the Settings app, go toUpdate & Security > Windows Updateand then click the Advanced options button.In the drop-down box, switch the setting to “Notify to schedule restart.” See Method 1 here :- http://www.askvg.com/fixing-windows-10-automatic-updates-install-problem/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ɹəuəllıʍ ʇɐb Posted October 18, 2015 Author Report Share Posted October 18, 2015 It's unbelievable how quickly an afternoon goes by... I have managed to download the Windows 10 installer ISO onto an external disk.The Microsoft Media Creation Tool as well. Subsequently I found that I need a number of additional things to get that thing on a USB memory stick (including a larager 8GB stick)... And just now it completed the generation of the bootable USB device. Up to phase two now - the Windows 10 repair. I have an hour, then I must go back to the hospital. Thanks for all the good wishes, and also your PM link, Irene. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ɹəuəllıʍ ʇɐb Posted October 18, 2015 Author Report Share Posted October 18, 2015 And just now the tool tells me that it has still been unable to run bootsect, despite me downloading the 32-bit version into the same folder as the rest of the downloads (that's what it says in the online help http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/windows-usb-dvd-download-tool). I may get discharged from the hospital before I can fix my computer... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ɹəuəllıʍ ʇɐb Posted October 23, 2015 Author Report Share Posted October 23, 2015 I just came back home, and I'm feeling great! Interestingly so does my Windows 10 - as nothing was ever wrong with it... That's my only post for today; I need a bit time to clean up many neglected things. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gandalph Posted October 25, 2015 Report Share Posted October 25, 2015 Pleased to read you are feeling OK Pat. Don't over do it on the tidying up side. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irene Posted October 27, 2015 Report Share Posted October 27, 2015 Welcome back, Pat. Good to hear that you're feeling better. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ɹəuəllıʍ ʇɐb Posted November 8, 2015 Author Report Share Posted November 8, 2015 I will be off for most of next week (yes, hospital again!), so I won't be able to post any update details. So either someone else does it, or it will be late again... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irene Posted November 8, 2015 Report Share Posted November 8, 2015 We'll look forward to seeing you return, Pat. All the best with your hospital stay. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlanHo Posted November 11, 2015 Report Share Posted November 11, 2015 WE will patiently await your return Pat - hopefully very soon and raring to go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irene Posted November 18, 2015 Report Share Posted November 18, 2015 Just a note to say that we are missing you, Pat. Hope all is going well and look forward to seeing you again soon. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belatucadrus Posted October 28, 2016 Report Share Posted October 28, 2016 Not a post I make with any pleasure, but found something that appears to confirm what many of us must have suspected. Click Here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlanHo Posted October 28, 2016 Report Share Posted October 28, 2016 Very sad - but thank you for the information Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irene Posted October 29, 2016 Report Share Posted October 29, 2016 Thanks for the info, Belatucadrus. Very sad confirmation of the news. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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