I just loved Microsoft today. So many people, 10 of them, desperate to get their free upgrades to Windows 10 from their – actually legitimate installation of – Windows 7 or 8.1, in Chennai. I had to ‘help’ them out when their expected smooth-as-baby-backside upgrades didn’t go about as expected.
In the bargain, I earned a nice handsome fee of Rs. 611/- per PC to upgrade fully legal Windows 7 & a couple of 8.1, for not a dozen, but just two off – 10 PCs. And all of them had either one of the problems, which I’m going to give you FREE.
So, if you are one frustrated, last hour updater from India (or nearby countries), you can slog through the night to get the FREE Windows 10 upgrade today, which finishes on 29 July 2016.
To cut the BS short. Most PCs in India, with either Windows 7 or 8.1 have their automatic updates disabled. So the first start is there. Switch on your automatic updates.
In addition (or in total) you have to have all these services up and running on ‘Automatic’ mode:
If you are lucky enough to see some Windows 10 Upgrade Error Codes, then you are lucky. You can get the solution from these Microsoft KB articles:
http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/insider/wiki/insider_wintp-insider_install/how-to-troubleshoot-common-setup-and-stop-errors/324d5a5f-d658-456c-bb82-b1201f735683
and
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/3107983
If you are not able to get a solution from above, or even before attempting above error fix techniques, just check my fix out. Most (almost all) of us in India, use the US-Keyboard, and most likely (but not in all cases) is the language too set as English (United States), with very few as English (United Kingdom).
And here is the quirk. Starting from Windows 7, you could set your locale to ‘India’. While I do not know the effects of setting English (UK) with India as locale, in almost 8 of the 10 PCs which bought me bread for the next month, setting up locale as ‘India’ with English (US), was the reason for upgrade failure. Changing it to USA, solved the issue in every case.
Tags: windows-10
In the bargain, I earned a nice handsome fee of Rs. 611/- per PC to upgrade fully legal Windows 7 & a couple of 8.1, for not a dozen, but just two off – 10 PCs. And all of them had either one of the problems, which I’m going to give you FREE.
So, if you are one frustrated, last hour updater from India (or nearby countries), you can slog through the night to get the FREE Windows 10 upgrade today, which finishes on 29 July 2016.
To cut the BS short. Most PCs in India, with either Windows 7 or 8.1 have their automatic updates disabled. So the first start is there. Switch on your automatic updates.
In addition (or in total) you have to have all these services up and running on ‘Automatic’ mode:
- Background Intelligence Transfer Service
- Cryptographic Service
- Windows Installer Service
- Windows Module Installer Service
- Windows Update Service (this is the automatic updates referred to above)
If you are lucky enough to see some Windows 10 Upgrade Error Codes, then you are lucky. You can get the solution from these Microsoft KB articles:
http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/insider/wiki/insider_wintp-insider_install/how-to-troubleshoot-common-setup-and-stop-errors/324d5a5f-d658-456c-bb82-b1201f735683
and
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/3107983
If you are not able to get a solution from above, or even before attempting above error fix techniques, just check my fix out. Most (almost all) of us in India, use the US-Keyboard, and most likely (but not in all cases) is the language too set as English (United States), with very few as English (United Kingdom).
And here is the quirk. Starting from Windows 7, you could set your locale to ‘India’. While I do not know the effects of setting English (UK) with India as locale, in almost 8 of the 10 PCs which bought me bread for the next month, setting up locale as ‘India’ with English (US), was the reason for upgrade failure. Changing it to USA, solved the issue in every case.
Tags: windows-10
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