Windows 10: Feature Upgrades vs Windows To Go

Greetings locked-down insiders! Here’s a challenge for you...
My aging HP Compaq 6120 laptop has been failing to install W10 feature updates since 1709 - it spends an hour or two downloading and installing, then fails at the Safe Boot phase with the delightfully obscure error message ‘IRQL NOT LESS OR EQUAL.’ MS Tech Support could only suggest a driver that can’t be migrated, which sounds reasonable, but why can’t I find out which driver from the 160 pages of logs?
Having a bit more free time recently (!) I discovered Windows To Go, so decided to try making a bootable WTG USB stick for W10 1809. After many frustrating hours battling with OOBE (the worst program I’ve come across in 50+ years of computing...) I finally succeeded, and now it boots quite happily into W10 1809 and I was able to install drivers for any problem devices by pointing the 1809 Device Manager at the 1709 Windows\System32\DriverStore on my HD.
So...any idea why I can run 1809 perfectly well from my WTG USB stick, but can’t upgrade to it? The only thing I can think of is lack disk space on the HD and it’s true I can only free up ~9GB, but if that’s the issue why doesn’t the upgrade just say so? Surely it must know how much space it needs at the very start..??
Brian

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windows xp installation and dual core am

could someone please list the steps they follow to install windows with a dual core processor and windows xp service pack to. I'm reletively new to amd dual core and i feel i'm missing a step. All help will be appreciated. thanx

 

The Loss of the AccuWeather Feature during Upgrade to Windows 10

Hi Charles,

I realize that the AccuWeather feature disappeared after upgrading to Windows 10, let me assist you.

To assist you better, let us know the build of Windows 10 installed in the system.

• Press Windows key + R key, type winver and press
  Enter key. (To check the build number.)

There might be changes in the features of Windows 10 in different builds.

As an initial step of troubleshooting, I suggest you to follow the steps below and run the
Windows Store Apps troubleshooter and check if it helps.

• 
  Type Troubleshooting in the search bar and select
  Troubleshooting.
  
• 
  Click on View All, in the left view pane.
  
• 
  Find and click on Windows Store Apps
  and follow the on-screen instructions.
  

If the issue persist, try downloading the AccuWeather application from the Windows store and check if it helps.

Hope this helps. Kindly write back to us for further assistance on Windows, we'll be glad to assist you.

 

Windows 7 top feature request list leaked to the public

With Windows still managing to find its way to over 95 percent of the desktop computers sold each year, it's not surprising that one can find plenty of people interested in giving their feedback about what future versions of Windows should be able to do.

A few years ago, before Windows Vista had even shipped, Microsoft sent out a wish list form asking people what features they would like to see in the next version of Windows, currently code-named Windows 7. The top wished-for features in this list were recently leaked to the public and have popped up at various sites (e.g., Neowin). While anonymous sources at Microsoft tell us that they bear no relationship to the actual feature set Microsoft is currently writing for Windows 7, the list does provide interesting insight into what the Windows-using public most wants from Windows.

The features are listed in no particular order, but they break down into various categories depending on what part of Windows the feature request falls under. Many requests for improvements in Internet Explorer, such as a session restore function, are fairly obvious wishes for features that already exist in competitive products such as Firefox and Opera. Other suggestions, such as a tabbed Windows Explorer, look for features from web browsers to migrate into the general user interface.





Some of the feature requests are clearly unrealistic, such as the desire to "back up" Xbox 360 games to the PC (yeah, I don't think Microsoft will be doing that one). Others are minor user interface enhancements that would be nice additions but wouldn't really change the Windows experience, such as a progress bar when hibernating the system. However, there are a few that make good sense and would be welcome additions to the operating system, such as a built-in video and audio codec manager.

A Windows 7 insider who wishes to remain anonymous told Ars that the leaked feature list was gathered before any real development on Windows 7 was started, and readers should not expect to see requests from the list necessarily implemented in Microsoft’s next major Windows release.