Windows 10: Gripes section? problem solving?

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  1. Gripes section? problem solving?


    Hi

    Not sure where to put this.. after 2 years I got around to fixing my lenovo 575 laptop and fitted a new keyboard earlier this month and also did a restore to factory default which went swimmingly, I thought why not give win10 preview a go and that too went smoothly and overall was impressed with what I was seeing, then I read about roll back and thought give that a go to see if any problems occur.

    They did.. now my recovery partition is no more and have tried with partition wizzard which went a bit over my head and my win 7 system would not install programmes like skype as files are missing.

    My win7 came preloaded with the laptop and when i used a product key finder it came up with ** REMOVED ** which windows software recovery refused to accept and which is entirely different to the number on the bottom of my laptop which was also rejected.

    My dilemma is this... do I buy a fresh copy of win7 knowing that support ends in 5 years or so and my product will not be supported? there are "cheap" win7 home editions on amazon that have product keys but will they be accepted on a computer loaded this year? was surprised to be told that my product key was blacklisted by the microsoft rep and it seems lenovo do this with mass produced machines..

    upgrading back to 10 was easy, but still cannot install skype due to missing files.. its not important as this is a "play" computer... I never backed my system up before upgrading as I THOUGHT i had recovery disks which I have but CANNOT find them for love nor money and have turned the house upside down and no avail.. so class them as MIA.

    I would be grateful for any tips.. am thinking just wait until the win10 is out properly and have it installed on here but am wondering if I would still be left with the missing files?

    Cheers.

    :)
     
    eejitwalking, Feb 16, 2015
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  2. C7 - list of problems

    Is the 'personal gripe' line intened to suggest ' go an buy someone else's phone. there is nothing wrong with ours.'? That is what I will do and I only came here to answer a problem/gripe!
     
    contrractuser, Feb 16, 2015
    #2
  3. E70, major gripe

    yes i got the same problem too...

    is there any experienced symbian developer want to solve this problem? i think it's quite easy to do from the programming point of view...
     
    kemang---01, Feb 16, 2015
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  4. Dude Win User

    Gripes section? problem solving?

    First off do not post your key online. You could try calling MS.
     
  5. Edwin New Member
    Wow, totally missed that! Good eye!
    Although, nobody could use it while he/she is using it but good catch nevertheless! *Smile
     
    Edwin, Feb 16, 2015
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  6. LEE
    Lee Win User
    I f you Think you really need that copy of Win 7 then buy it. You are looking at five more years of support, and in all reality that is a good piece of time. . .I would. . .*Smile
     
  7. Hi and welcome to TenForums,
    No telling when a oem = full install of win-10 will be available they usually wait a bit and only give the free upgrades at first,

    Microsoft is more focused at upgrading prior os's 7-8-8.1 ers

    I would expect oem's to be released somewhere near the end of the year ?
     
    ThrashZone, Feb 16, 2015
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  8. Gripes section? problem solving?

    Cheers peeps..

    I only typed the win product key as the man from microsoft said it was already out there on the internet which it is LOL..

    I am going to take the leap and BUY the one from microsoft off amazon.. can mess about trying this and that and the other for that matter but end of the day I will need to either tear this house down brick by brick untill I find my existing recovery disks or save the labour and fork out 70 quid for a proper win 7 version ... or half the price on fleabay. *Smile

    Win 10 though so far has a big thumbs up but thats maybe because my win7 on here was well dodgy anyway *Wink
     
    eejitwalking, Feb 16, 2015
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  9. Pay the 70 pounds and don't take the chance of another dud key.... *Sad
     
    kingstonian, Feb 16, 2015
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  10. Phone Man Win User
    If its just a "play" computer, why not just continue with Windows 10 as updated versions are coming every month?

    Jim *Cool
     
    Phone Man, Feb 16, 2015
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  11. badrobot Win User
    Try contacting Lenovo. They may be able to send you a recovery disk for a minimum fee.
    I don't understand why some people take MS' warning about upgrading to Win 10 for granted.
     
    badrobot, Feb 16, 2015
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  12. I hear ya the upgrade offer is worth what you spend Nothing,
    The terms are clear you have No recourse for losses when you paid nothing for it *Tongue

    wait for the oem to be released if you like and want 10

    Play with a free Linux in the mean time *Wink
     
    ThrashZone, Feb 16, 2015
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  13. badrobot Win User

    Gripes section? problem solving?


    you probably just need to reboot your PC... *Smile

    I just did a test last night (upgrade and rollback to Winows 7), everything is fine.
     
    badrobot, Feb 16, 2015
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  14. Winuser Win User
    I would do a clean install of Windows 10 instead of the upgrade install and see if that fixes your problem. If not future builds may fix them. You have until October to decide if it's worth keeping or not.
     
    Winuser, Feb 17, 2015
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  15. Upgrading would create a crazy size restore point *Shock
     
    ThrashZone, Feb 17, 2015
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