When I see things like this I just loose the will and thank every deity in the universe for Linux... An error screen like that and the convoluted way around it is just unforgivable in this day and age. It might have been marginally acceptable in Windows 3 but 25 years on, no!GiveMeABreak wrote:I know - that's really meaningful isn't it...
In case this is a cry for help Steve...
Close the dialogue box
Go to control panel and select 'Clock, Language Region'
Then go to the Administrative tab
Then hit the 'change system locale' button
Then change this to English United States
Apply and restart your PC
Windows update should complete the upgrade.
Later, you can always change this back to English UK once the upgrade has completed.
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No, I don't have W10 and If I had and saw this it would be replaced by Linux faster than you can say itGiveMeABreak wrote:I know - that's really meaningful isn't it...
In case this is a cry for help Steve...
Close the dialogue box
Go to control panel and select 'Clock, Language Region'
Then go to the Administrative tab
Then hit the 'change system locale' button
Then change this to English United States
Apply and restart your PC
Windows update should complete the upgrade.
Later, you can always change this back to English UK once the upgrade has completed.
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I 100% agree with that Steve...myglaren wrote: No, I don't have W10 and If I had and saw this it would be replaced by Linux faster than you can say it
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And there was me thinking Steve has taken the plunge and upgraded to Windows 10 - not!
@ Jim / Steve: You're both right of course - a ridiculous situation to be in these days. I have undertaken 1000s of OS installs over the years, but the worst of all had to be Win 7 and the dreaded update failures. You would think they would simply update the Windows Update Agent to the correct version and scrub all the erroneous updates that cause the knock on failures, so subsequent installs bypass all the dodgy updates and go straight to the correct ones. But no, we have to go through all the pain again and all the fixes and all the work arounds every time. Sometimes you can be lucky and have no issues, but most of the time they always get stuck needing remedial action.
But I have to admit the 'Something went wrong' message is a complete joke for saying we haven't got a clue what's wrong! Oooops!
@ Jim / Steve: You're both right of course - a ridiculous situation to be in these days. I have undertaken 1000s of OS installs over the years, but the worst of all had to be Win 7 and the dreaded update failures. You would think they would simply update the Windows Update Agent to the correct version and scrub all the erroneous updates that cause the knock on failures, so subsequent installs bypass all the dodgy updates and go straight to the correct ones. But no, we have to go through all the pain again and all the fixes and all the work arounds every time. Sometimes you can be lucky and have no issues, but most of the time they always get stuck needing remedial action.
But I have to admit the 'Something went wrong' message is a complete joke for saying we haven't got a clue what's wrong! Oooops!
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Cor yes! I've encountered that enough in my professional lifeGiveMeABreak wrote: the worst of all had to be Win 7 and the dreaded update failures.
Worst if you built a 2008R2 Server from scratch and applied updates before installing Service Pack 1. A BSOD was the result and no way out except a rebuild...
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Re: [CLOSED] OT : Any Windows MCSEs out there?
GiveMeABreak wrote:And there was me thinking Steve has taken the plunge and upgraded to Windows 10 - not!
@ Jim / Steve: You're both right of course - a ridiculous situation to be in these days. I have undertaken 1000s of OS installs over the years, but the worst of all had to be Win 7 and the dreaded update failures. You would think they would simply update the Windows Update Agent to the correct version and scrub all the erroneous updates that cause the knock on failures, so subsequent installs bypass all the dodgy updates and go straight to the correct ones. But no, we have to go through all the pain again and all the fixes and all the work arounds every time. Sometimes you can be lucky and have no issues, but most of the time they always get stuck needing remedial action.
But I have to admit the 'Something went wrong' message is a complete joke for saying we haven't got a clue what's wrong! Oooops!
Well it is April 1st. I think someone is on a wind up.
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No, 100% genuine... Seen it with my own eyes...Gibbo2286 wrote:Well it is April 1st. I think someone is on a wind up.
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C'mon guys ... close it down now for everyones sake
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OK, will do...xantiamanic wrote:C'mon guys ... close it down now for everyones sake
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