Windows 10: Help! Coming from Vista and failing fast.

I thought I had Firefox set to delete all history when closing. When I start typing in the search bar the history comes back. Is there a setting in windows I need to change? I can't find anything since Vista is so old. I just want the pc to retain as little as possible.

Also, does anyone know a sub where I can get Vista help? In the last 2 weeks it shuts itself.down and when I turn it on it asks if I want safe mode. At the very least I need to get stuff transferred off.

Thanks all!

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Vista Pre-SP1 vs. Vista SP1

I've been Windows Updating for two straight days and I finally saw SP1. If you want to troubleshoot it, follow these steps:

• Show hidden updates
• Manually install any failed updates (google the KB_____ and install from the windows site)
• Make sure everything in Device Manager is good to go

I had to do step two for like 4 or 5 updates to be able to see SP1.

Any other benchmarks you guys want to see? I might try PCMark05 (I think it works on Vista).

 

help to remote connect

not sure how to use both programs u 2 suggested, i need more helpful steps thanks

 

Disk boot failure after removing old Vista partition

Thank you for the reply, muchomurka! As I indicated in my post, I have already tried all the steps you suggested to no avail:

- I cannot choose startup repair since the computer does not boot from the installation media
- I cannot use command prompt since the computer does not boot further than the POST screen
- I have disconnected and tried out all hard drives individually.

Since I had Win 10 up and running a few hours ago, I can say with 100% certainty that none of the hardware is faulty.

The real mystery is, how come the system won't boot from any media without an empty disk containing an old Vista boot sector being on top of the boot priority list? And which steps to take now that I've cleaned this disk and it does not exist anymore?

Would appreciate any ideas and pointers!