Tag Archives: Upgrade

Windows 10 V1607: Hyper-V/Bitlocker/DeviceGuard as upgrade stopper

Posted on 2016-08-18 by guenni

Users of Windows 10 Pro and Enterprise facing an issue during upgrading from version 1511 to version 1607. After first reboot Bitlocker is causing a serious problem. Advertising

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Windows 10: Still upgradable for free from Windows 7/8.1

Posted on 2016-08-02 by guenni

For the general public, Microsoft ended the free upgrade offer for Windows 10 on July 29, 2016. However there are ways to get a free upgrade from Windows 7 SP1 or Windows 8.1. Advertising

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Last Minute Tip: How to save your free Windows 10 upgrade

Posted on 2016-07-29 by guenni

Microsoft ends the free Windows 10 upgrade offer after July 29, 2016. If you are still using a system with Windows 7 SP1 or Windows 8.1 and intend to stay at this platform for a while, what's about "saving your … Continue reading →

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Lawsuits against Microsoft after forced Windows 10 upgrades

Posted on 2016-07-28 by guenni

Microsoft is facing to additional lawsuits seeking class-actions status, after the aggressive Windows 10 upgrade campaign. The Windows company is sued in Florida and Israel. Advertising

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Windows 10: Upgrade error 0xC1900101 – 0x20003

Posted on 2016-07-18 by guenni

Some users are receiving error 0xC1900101 – 0x20003 during upgrade from Windows 7 SP1/8.1 to Windows 10. Here are a an explanation, what's the root cause and few tips/workarounds to overcome this error. Advertising

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Windows 10-Upgrade: "Disk Controller: Current Active partition is compressed"

Posted on 2016-07-18 by guenni

Some users of Windows 7 SP1 (and probably Windows 8.1) are facing a curious error during upgrade attempt to Windows 10. The upgrade wizard refuses an upgrade with a note "Disk Controller: Current Active partition is compressed". Here a few … Continue reading →

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Windows 10 Upgrade: Legal action against Microsoft Germany

Posted on 2015-12-17 by guenni

A German Consumer Association (Verbraucherzentrale) has filed a legal action against Microsoft Germany to stop automatic download of Windows 10 Upgrade files. Advertising

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Trick: How to upgrade to Windows 10 using a clean install

Posted on 2015-08-30 by guenni

[German]A Windows 10 upgrade requires an installed and activated Windows 7 SP1 or Windows 8.1 and setup has to be executed from this Windows version. But it's not necessary to run a full upgrade. There is a way to do … Continue reading →

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Windows 10: Upgrade error 0xC1900101-0x2000A

Posted on 2015-08-16 by guenni

[German]Some users are receiving error 0x8007002C-0x4000D during upgrading a Windows 7/Windows 8.1 machine to Windows 10. Here are a few hints.  Advertising

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Windows 10: Upgrade error 0x8007002C-0x4000D

Posted on 2015-08-16 by guenni

If the upgrade from a Windows 7/Windows 8.1 machine to Windows 10 stalls with error 0x8007002C-0x4000D, it seems, that the user has caused this flaw. Here are a few hints.  Advertising

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