On 5/26/2018 8:09 PM, â˜*ï¸�Good Guyâ˜*ï¸� wrote:
On 26/05/2018 21:26, Steve wrote:


That reminds me, you never did assure me that a Windows 10 reset keeps
Windows 10 and will not revert to Windows 7 where this computer started.

I can assure that Windows 10 will not revert to Windows 7 ever again.Â* I
presume it has been more than 30 days (for Windows 7 reversion) and more
than 10 days for upgrade to 1803 from 1709?

First try to go back (some call this rollback) to 1709 by doing this:

Settings Update & Security Recovery

NowÂ* scroll down to the ‘Go back to the previous version of Windows 10’
section and if it is still there you can click on "Get Started"

This will take you to Windows 10 1709.

After this you can create a full backup or image of the HD BEFORE you do
other tests as suggested in this newsgroup.Â* You don't want to lose
anything important.

However, if you don't have many Apps that requires activation then the
best way forward is to do a clean installation.Â* this is by wiping
everything from the disk and starting again.Â*Â* With Windows 10 you don't
have to worry about license because it is already activated and you get
the license automatically.Â* I think Microsoft is using MAC address of
the machine to activate products.Â* People have tried to fool Microsoft
servers by cloning the MAC address but Windows doesn't rely on software
to get this info.Â* It goes straight to the hardware and gets it.Â* You
are safe to do clean installation.

I personally think that 1803 has gone terribly wrong on your machine and
so only the clean installation can correct it.Â* Recovery option may not
work IMO because the image files that Microsoft uses is broken on your
machine.Â* Me thinks so anyway.

Good luck.

I'm back... I didn't do anything until late last night because because
the computer shaped up (again) and, since I always talk to a small group
on Saturday nights, I figured I wouldn't mess with it until that was over.
I then started the rollback and went to bed. Today, I looked in settings
and it tells me 1709 was successfully installed (today). Now I wait.
It's perfectly fine right now, but it was also perfectly fine yesterday
for some hours before I did the rollback.
I'm not really optimistic because... here's the thing. I started this
thread on 5/18. I see the update to 1803 was on 5/16. The first episode
of it going all "jumpy" (as I've been calling it) was at least a week
before that.
When it messes up again and I resort to doing a clean install of Windows
10, I know I'll have a couple of questions.
Thanks for all the help. It is appreciated.