Windows 10: Reinstall Windows 10 ver 1809

Dear community,


I want to install the latest Windows version 1809 on a clean disk. I do not want to reinstall by Update & Security -> Recovery.


My plan is to create a USB installation media from the official site, start the computer from USB, format drive C and install Windows 10 from scratch.


My notebook has a preinstalled Windows 64-bit ver 1803 (build 17134.472) (latest update as of December 20th, 2018.)


Question 1: Do I need to provide a serial number for the new Windows 10 ver 1809? If yes, where can I find it?


Question 2: Will the Media Creation Tool download the latest version 1809?


Question 3: Is there a danger of erasing a partition other than the present drive C: ?


Here are my disk partitions:


DISK 238.35 GB
-- 500 MB EFI System Partition 1
C: 115.50 GB OS (boot, Page file, Crash dump, Primary)
-- 894 MB OEM Partition 4
D: 107.42 GB Primary
-- 834 MB WINRETOOLS (OEM Partition)
-- 12.10 GB Image (OEM Partition)
-- 1.15 GB DELLSUPPORT (OEM PArtition)

:)

 

[Solved] Windows 10 keeps reinstalling KB3119142

I noticed quite some time ago that KB3119142 (Update for Microsoft Visual C++ 2012 Update 4 Redistributable Package) kept reinstalling itself for some reason. At least once daily. Sometimes up to several times a day. I just ignored it. It didn't seem to be doing any harm. And I figured they'd eventually fix it. Well...days turned into weeks, weeks into months, with no end to the problem in sight. It dragged on unsolved for at least the last few months. Literally reinstalling itself hundreds of(at least a hundred, felt like more) times in that period of time.

So I finally googled it a couple days ago. And just got around to fixing it today. Which appears to have worked. And it couldn't have been easier to do. I feel so stupid to have let it intimidate me for so long.*Oops!

Below are links to the thread that I got the fix idea from, and the official MS support info page for KB3119142(from which I quoted the above).
http://www.tenforums.com/windows-up...-windows-10-keeps-reinstalling-kb3119142.html
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/3119142

 

Windows 10 Tweaks

Pressing “Windows+Pause Break” (it’s up there next to scroll lock) opens the “System” Window.

Windows 10: In the new version of Windows, Explorer has a section called Quick Access. This includes your frequent folders and recent files. Explorer defaults to opening this page when you open a new window. If you’d rather open the usual This PC, with links to your drives and library folders, follow these steps:

• Open a new Explorer window.
• Click View in the ribbon.
• Click Options.
• Under General, next to “Open File Explorer to:” choose “This PC.”
• Click OK

credit to Lifehacker.

 

Unlocked Realtek HD Audio Drivers Windows 7 & 8 (With Dolby Digital Live and DTS Interactive)

DTS supported natively by Windows 8/8.1 and it should work on windows 10 too just DDL require to unlock your driver .