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Latest ver Windows 10 May 2019 - 1903
« on: Wednesday 22 May 19 21:42 BST (UK) »
https://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/soft...oad/windows10/
Be aware that this took me all of 4hrs to download/install using a 100Mb download link.
So using a laptop use your power brick to ensure no power drops!
First impressions are that this is now a slick operating system very responsive using firefox browser.
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Re: Latest ver Windows 10 May 2019 - 1903
« Reply #1 on: Thursday 23 May 19 12:24 BST (UK) »
Brian, the link you posted returns "We are sorry, the page you requested cannot be found."  :(

I agree that Windows 10 is a very good system, but even better if you uninstall, turn off or disable all the unneccessary "apps" and use open source software like Firefox, etc.  8)

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Re: Latest ver Windows 10 May 2019 - 1903
« Reply #2 on: Thursday 23 May 19 17:55 BST (UK) »
https://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/software-download/windows10/
Try this if above link broken (checked earlier and it was)?
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Re: Latest ver Windows 10 May 2019 - 1903
« Reply #3 on: Saturday 25 May 19 10:40 BST (UK) »
I installed 1903 yesterday on a 10 year old laptop (2GB memory + SSD).
The download and install took about three hours. No issues during install, and it runs very well for simple tasks like web browsing.
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Re: Latest ver Windows 10 May 2019 - 1903
« Reply #4 on: Wednesday 29 May 19 15:04 BST (UK) »
Hi. Thanks for the information. I updated from Windows7 to W10 ?when. System shows I have Version 1803 installed 17/05/2108. Do I await to be updated or advance rapidly?
Seem to receive many regular updates and nothing I require really alters (apart from things disappearing!). Cheers.
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Re: Latest ver Windows 10 May 2019 - 1903
« Reply #5 on: Wednesday 29 May 19 18:20 BST (UK) »
I was also on 1803 having gone the same update path Windows 7 to Windows 10.
As I said in my original post be aware this update takes time!
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Re: Latest ver Windows 10 May 2019 - 1903
« Reply #6 on: Thursday 27 June 19 22:01 BST (UK) »
1903 seems to run on more of the machines I've tried than 1809 did - that one refused to start the setup on a couple of boxes.

All versions have trouble with older drivers, and video hardware seem to be the part most likely to have support dropped by the various makers. You can get by with a video driver built for a Windows version as old as Vista, but it becomes more fragile.

If you want to run Win10 with old drivers, it is likely that you will need to turn off the "Fast Start" option. Fast Start relies on newer features being implemented in the drivers to deal with power management, and if they don't exist, or don't work properly, Windows will crash. Without Fast Start, things are done in the same way as in Windows 7.

To turn it off, head to Start menu, Windows System, Control Panel.

In Control Panel, select Power Options.

On the left, select Choose what the power buttons do.

Click on Change settings that are currently unavailable.

Untick the box for Turn on fast start-up.

Click Save Settings.

As I mentioned, the video drivers are the most likely to have problems on older hardware, but second on the list are drivers for WiFi. The symptom is that the connection works fine, but after Shut Down and restart, you see the right network, but Windows says it can't connect to it. Disabling fast start makes Windows do a better initialisation of the hardware.
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