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Damn, all that data collecting takes space :D

Edit: Not sure if insider builds are different, just looked since I'm slacking at work :)

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johnb35 said:
Unfortunately you won't be able to reactivate windows 8 if the upgrade to 10 was more then 30 days ago. Windows 8 license actually becomes a windows 10 license and you can't go back.
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Well isn't that dandy.

On another note, anyone having issues with Windows Explorer working extreeeemely slowly from time to time? It seems to be drive specific, like right now, my F: is taking like 10-30 seconds to navigate through folders, where C: is just fine. And it's not just file navigation, scrolling is very delayed, clicking on items causes delay, it's like the whole Explorer window is running on a Pentium 75mhz. Reboot and bam, it's all good again. This is the second time it's happened. I don't think it's a failing drive either, because once I do find like say a high bit rate 1080p blueray rip, it plays just fine. Also like I said, a reboot will clear it up for a while until it randomly happens again weeks later.

I've fresh installed on this computer so it's not an upgrade issue.
 
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johnb35 said:
I would run a diagnostic on that specific drive.
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Ok I've done a test with the seagate tool (SMART test) and it passes. An error scan in windows comes up with nothing, and an error scan in HD Tune comes up as 0.0% damaged blocks.

If there's another tool I should be using let me know.
 
SMART tests are kinda useless and a hard drive can be failing long before it throws a SMART error. Run the Seatools long generic test for a thorough check of every sector. Windows check isn't great either, although I haven't heard of HD Tune
 
Darren said:
SMART tests are kinda useless and a hard drive can be failing long before it throws a SMART error. Run the Seatools long generic test for a thorough check of every sector. Windows check isn't great either, although I haven't heard of HD Tune
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I didn't see a whole lot of info when it finished, just 'Long Generic - Pass'. Luckily this program seems to keep the logs, so if there's something else I should have looked at I should be able to bring it up without rescanning.

Like I said, I think it's something with Windows. I did some googling and stumbled across this post which also explains the problem I was having with Explorer jumping to the top of the page all the time:
https://www.tenforums.com/general-support/7009-file-explorer-extremely-slow-unstable.html

Which contained this suggestion:
https://www.howtogeek.com/219936/how-to-disable-quick-access-in-file-explorer-on-windows-10/

Gonna try it out, hope that clears both those issues. Drives me nuts when Explorer jumps to the top on me, so really hope this fixes it!
 
Jiniix said:
What build is it? I have both 14393.0 and 14393.479 ISOs, which are around 4GB exact. The latter downloaded this weekend.
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I actually used this to a fresh install the other day, I just now checked what build it is and its 14393.693. So unless there was an update after I installed than I don't know what build it was.
 
That's the most current version atm. .576 -> .693 should be a 1GB update, as far as I can see. So it makes sense.
 
I'm having troulbe with Win10 updates.

I tried the group policy method to change the update policy and I set it to "allow local admin to change..." and I click update (so that it would take) but it still says "updates will be downloaded automatically" and I can't change squat.

Then I set it to "notify me" and it STILL says "updates will be downloaded automaticall."

I even tried to set it to "notify" with Winaero Tweaker, but even that didn't take.

HOWEVER, some days ago I got notified that this update is available:

Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool for Windows 8, 8.1, 10 and Windows Server 2012, 2012 R2, 2016 x64 Edition - February 2017 (KB890830).

And it WASN'T installed automatically. Matter of fact, I've been avoiding it for a while now :) Periodically I'll get a message that says something like "Updates need to be installed" but I can close it.

Trouble is, there's no way for me to just dismiss this update and tell Win to not ever download it, furthermore, I imagine that when ANOTHER update comes, one that I DO need and want, I won't be able to install it without also installing this thing I don't want.
 
Dimitri said:
I'm having troulbe with Win10 updates.

I tried the group policy method to change the update policy and I set it to "allow local admin to change..." and I click update (so that it would take) but it still says "updates will be downloaded automatically" and I can't change squat.

Then I set it to "notify me" and it STILL says "updates will be downloaded automaticall."

I even tried to set it to "notify" with Winaero Tweaker, but even that didn't take.

HOWEVER, some days ago I got notified that this update is available:

Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool for Windows 8, 8.1, 10 and Windows Server 2012, 2012 R2, 2016 x64 Edition - February 2017 (KB890830).

And it WASN'T installed automatically. Matter of fact, I've been avoiding it for a while now :) Periodically I'll get a message that says something like "Updates need to be installed" but I can close it.

Trouble is, there's no way for me to just dismiss this update and tell Win to not ever download it, furthermore, I imagine that when ANOTHER update comes, one that I DO need and want, I won't be able to install it without also installing this thing I don't want.
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The only version of 10 that you can set not to install updates is windows 10 pro.
 
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