Windows 10

[NBHorn7]

I did the first link yesterday and everything was already set correctly.

The upgrade says it is ready. Then I accepted the terms and it went through the process to about 83% and then I get a message that says your pc has encountered a problem. It then attempts to recover the installation, but fails.

Then it restores my previous version of Windows 7. Downloading the installation is not a problem and I have not gotten a message from MSN saying I'm not ready for installation.

 

[Dionysus]

@Horns11 — Good informative posts, thanks. Despite my snarky comments I’ve been reading some positive things about Windows 10. I hope this turns out to be a very solid release for Microsoft’s customers.

 

[Horns11]

NB, did you do the second action I suggested? Because honestly that one's more important than your first error code about the BITS.

If you're getting all the way to 83 percent and THEN there's a problem, I think it's either the installer for Win10 or something wrong with fragmentation on your hard drive. I'd get autoruns or CCleaner and check through all of the lists on processes and services to make sure there's nothing out of the ordinary (missing links, malware, etc.). Make sure you've deleted all the repositories for Windows Update, run wuauclt, and restarted your computer at least once before going back to Windows Update and trying for Win10 again.

 

[Dionysus]

FYI — I found an article that might be of interest to Windows 10 users about privacy settings, how to configure them to your liking and possibly reduce exposure of your personal data.

jonathan.porta.codes/2015/07/30/windows-10-seems-to-have-some-scary-privacy-defaults/

The article also links to this Reddit thread on how to disable data logging in Windows 10.

 

[Dionysus]

One other thing I saw this morning from the following post.

http://bgr.com/2015/07/31/windows-10-upgrade-spying-how-to-opt-out/

This excerpt in the Terms of Use is disturbing, but you can opt out:

“We will access, disclose and preserve personal data, including your content (such as the content of your emails, other private communications or files in private folders), when we have a good faith belief that doing so is necessary to.”

One other source about Microsoft’s abusive data policy:

https://edri.org/microsofts-new-small-print-how-your-personal-data-abused/