Questions tagged [upgrade]
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Windows 10 upgrade assistant stuck at 99%
Installed Windows 7 Ultimate (64-bit) on a fresh PC and after installing service pack 1 started the upgrade to Windows 10. The assistant app downloads and verifies but gets stuck at 99% in the ...
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How can I upgrade from Windows 7 to Windows 8 and keep my files and applications?
I want to upgrade from Windows 7 to Windows 8. How can I do this while keeping all of my files in-tact? Is it possible to retain all of my applications and user settings, too?
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How can I update gcc to the latest version in Ubuntu 10.04?
I have Ubuntu 10.04 32-bit with gcc 4.4.3 currently installed on it. I want to upgrade it to gcc 4.6.1.
How to update using Ubuntu Package Manager:
apt-get upgrade/install
As a second option I ...
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How to install an updated version of PEAR / PHPUnit on Ubuntu?
Most tutorials online show how to install PEAR by doing this:
sudo apt-get install php-pear
This installs version 1.6.1. It works great because it's super easy! My problem is that I want to install ...
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Skip a specific upgrade in emerge -auvD world
Is there a simple way to skip a certain upgrade in emerge -auvD world?
For example, currently there is a broken media-sound/teamspeak-server-bin-3.0.5-r1 marked as stable in the portage tree which ...
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Will it be possible to upgrade from Windows 8 Release Preview to the RTM version?
Will it be possible to upgrade from Windows 8 Release Preview to the RTM version?
I've seen this related question Upgrade/Update Windows 8 customer preview to normal version, but I'm interested to ...
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Upgrade motherboard and CPU without reinstall
I have a home server running Ubuntu 10.04. I want to replace the motherboard and CPU without reinstalling the OS. I read a long time ago that this would sort of work on Windows XP, but with stability ...
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Trying to upgrade my laptop SSD, 1mm too big to fit in the slot
I have an MSI laptop with a Toshiba SSD 256GB (thnsnj256g8nu) and I want to upgrade it to an Evo 970 plus.
The old SSD fits perfectly but the new one doesn't, like it's 2mm bigger.
New SSD
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How to backup Windows 7 and revert upgrade to Windows 8
I am currently on Windows 7, and want to upgrade to Windows 8. In case something goes wrong, or an important application stops working on Windows 8, how can I create a backup that can be used to ...
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Upgrade Ubuntu from 32 to 64 bit edition
Is there a way to upgrade my 32-bit version of Ubuntu to 64-bit version? I use Ubuntu 9.10.
If there is no simple way, what if I simply copy my home and /etc directories to new installation, will it ...
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If I buy the Windows 8 Pro upgrade, can I do multiple fresh installs?
My understanding is that when I first upgrade, I can choose to upgrade as a fresh install.
If I want to do another fresh install in the future, can I do that? I tend to reinstall Windows every 1-3 ...
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What happens to the Windows 7 key when upgrading to Windows 8? [closed]
Microsoft is offering "Microsoft Windows 8 Professional Upgrade" at a discounted price compared to the OEM version. However it states:
If you currently have a personal computer running Windows 7, ...
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How to resume or abandon an apt-get dist-upgrade after connection reset?
In the middle of a "sudo apt-get dist-upgrade" on my Raspberry Pi, while waiting for user input, my ssh connection got reset. I was not running in a screen. The last few lines looked like this:
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How do I upgrade pear from 1.4.9 to the latest version?
It looks like it might be 1.7.2, but I didn't find any definitive, "THIS IS THE CURRENT VERSION OF PEAR" on the pear website.
I'm trying to upgrade PEAR on a system that I'm not all that familiar ...
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Does upgrading a Windows 7 OEM licence to Windows 8 remove the OEM restrictions?
I have Windows 7 OEM version installed on my PC at the moment and I want to upgrade my motherboard, CPU and graphics card, but I've been told that an OEM version of Windows will not boot if I change ...
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Can a processor upgrade cause BSOD?
I Had the following hardware setup:
Phenom II X4 945
Asus M4A97
4GB DDR2 OCZ
Radeon HD5850
OCZ Agility 2 120 GB
Windows 7 x64 Pro Fully updated (latest drivers and windows update patches)
Then I ...
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How to resolve Windows 10 installation error FIRST_BOOT, MIGRATE_DATA?
Trying to update my German Windows 8.1. Professional to Windows 10, it fails after about half an hour with the (German) error message:
We couldn't install Windows 10
We've set your PC back to the way ...
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Do I *have* to purchase the Snow Leopard box set?
I have Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger), and I really don't want to purchase the iLife and iWork suite that the Box set includes.
Is the version of Snow Leopard in the Box Set different from the version which ...
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How to dismiss the Windows 8.1 Upgrade banner?
As of today, my Windows 8 system is displaying a large banner covering about a quarter of the screen, demanding that I upgrade to Windows 8.1 for free. The banner helpfully informs me that that I can ...
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System performance myths [closed]
What are examples of advice on system performance, maintenance or upgrade that don't actually provide benefit or can actually result in detrimental changes?
As examples:
Zapping the PRAM on a Mac
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Is RAM that is sold as server-RAM compatible with desktop-PC and why? [closed]
I have an old Lenovo ThinkCentre M83 SFF i3-4130 (Serial-No. S4C05873) with a Intel-Q85-chipset (Haswell).
From the Lenovo-page I got some compatible products. Among them I found one module that has ...
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Windows 10 Offer Icon (GWX) - How to get it on AD/Domain joined PCs?
I know there´s no need to rush getting Windows 10 as I should receive it for free in the future, at least according to what I´ve read.
However, information about the upgrade offer popping up in the ...
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Repair Ubuntu after unsuccesful upgrading
I was upgrading Ubuntu 11.10 to Ubuntu 12.04 and during this process I was using Google Chrome and some Nautilus windows and suddenly something came wrong (compiz or other package was updating...) X ...
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Can I have two different capacity RAM sticks?
In general and specifically in my MacBook pro (2012). I'm confused on if the answer is yes or no because I have heard both answers. So I have come here to get things cleared up.
Can I have two ...
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What happens to installed packages on a sysupgrade in OpenWRT?
I've just upgraded my OpenWRT router from 10.03.1-rc4 to rc5 (testing).
It looks like all my installed packages are gone. Is that the expected behaviour? If yes, I should be able to just reinstalled ...
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Upgrading Ubuntu 9.04 to 9.10 when Update Manager doesn't let you
I've been trying to upgrade my installation of Ubuntu 9.04 to 9.10, but all of the instructions I've found haven't been helping. They mostly say to run the update manager and it'll tell you that there'...
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Using the same Windows 8 Upgrade installer on multiple PCs
As per the article How the new Windows 8 license terms affect you:
You may transfer the software to another computer that belongs to you. … You may not transfer the software to share licenses ...
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What limits my laptop on upgrading RAM at 8GB?
I have a Toshiba Portege M780-S7240. It's an i7, 64-bit and currently has 4GB RAM. I'd like to upgrade to 16GB. (If it matters, I'm running 64-bit Ubuntu.)
I checked with a RAM vendor who said it ...
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Can I replace a SODIMM SDRAM with SODIMM DRAM in my laptop
Can I replace a SODIMM SDRAM with SODIMM DRAM in my Acer aspire 5742g?
I want to update my memory, but all this types are confusing me.
I looked at my computers memory and it says it has a SODIMM ...
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What is the technical differences between "update" and "upgrade" with yum?
I frequently use the following when updating/upgrading RPM-based distros (CentOS, RHEL, and Fedora in my case):
yum -y update && yum -y upgrade
However, I'm not sure exactly how the two yum ...
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Is Windows 10 OEM Home upgrade to Pro possible?
I am considering purchasing the desktop computer that fits my requirements, except it comes with Windows 10 Home while I need the Pro edition. Is an upgrade of the OEM version after purchase offered ...
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How do you Upgrade Ubuntu from an ISO Image By Mounting as Loopback (without burning)
I'm trying to upgrade 9.10 without burning the ISO image to a disk. What are the steps to get this to work?
I am using the Ubuntu-9.10-desktop-amd64.iso image.
There are a few postings around on ...
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Why have I had to disable Enhanced Halt State (C1E) for my new CPU?
So, I've just upgraded my PC's CPU and RAM from an AMD Phenom X4 9600 with 2×2GiB DDR2-800 to an AMD Phenom II X6 1055T (the 95 version, HDT55TWFK6DGR) with 2×4GiB DDR3-1333.
The system worked - I'm ...
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Where can I download Powershell 2.0 for Windows 7?
I have spent the better part of a day hunting the Internet looking forr a way to download Powershell 2.0 to my already Win7 environment. Windows 7 is supposed to come with PS 2.0 however - I have 1.0. ...
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How can I determine a computer's specs? [closed]
I have a client who has a computer they want to upgrade. They are unable to tell me the specs of this computer and they're not the type of person I could walk it through with.
Ideally, I'd like to ...
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How do I upgrade my motherboard without reinstalling Windows 7?
I'm going to be upgrading my motherboard, CPU and memory very soon. Everything else about the computer is staying the same, but I'll be changing from a core 2 duo CPU to an i5 2600K, plus changing to ...
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Windows Vista 32-bit to Windows 7 64-bit upgrade?
I have an old Vista box sitting around, and I'm thinking of upgrading it to Windows 7 64-bit, as it has 4gb of RAM. Well, I know that there's an "in-place" upgrade from Vista, but does it work from 32-...
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Is it possible upgrade to Windows 8 from Windows XP/Vista/7 OEM?
In a Microsoft's post about Windows 8 upgrade it is written:
We set out to make it as easy as possible for everyone to upgrade to Windows 8. Starting at general availability, if your PC is running ...
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Can I make dist-upgrade list the packages it will install?
I'm thinking about upgrading my Intrepid Ibex Ubuntu installation to Jaunty Jackalope, but I want to know if any of the new packages it installs will conflict with the many libraries I've installed. ...
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Is there a difference between 2x2GB and 1x4GB RAM?
Possible Duplicate:
Is it better to have 4x2GB or 2x4GB of RAM?
Given the choice between either 2x2GB or a single 4GB RAM module with all other advertised aspects being equal (same price, same ...
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Office 2010 always reconfiguring itself on startup
I've just installed Office 2010 Professional Plus (upgrading from Office 2007). It works fine under my admin account, but when I login with my wifes non-admin account, every time I open a document or ...
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Can I upgrade to the new Ubuntu 10 from Ubuntu 9.10 without formatting my computer?
I'm using Ubuntu 9.10
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Do I get any performance boost with an IDE to SATA adapter?
I picked up a barebones PC kit the other day so that I could get a speed boost and still use my old hard drives/DVD drives, etc.
I currently have two IDE drives and unfortunately the new motherboard ...
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Adding more RAM at different speeds? Will it impact performance as much as to make it worse than without adding it?
I got a new laptop with 4GBs of ram, expandable to 8GBs. It has 1 4GB stick DDR3 PC3-12800 at 1600Mhz. I can't seem to find another one exactly the same locally, the closest I've found is 1 4GB stick ...
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Windows 8.1 upgrade download location [duplicate]
My Windows 8.1 upgrade is currently downloading via Microsoft Store.
I have two laptops running Windows 8 both of which I am planning to upgrade. Since the upgrade requires downloading 3.6 GB, ...
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Windows 8 Upgrade Failed - No Error Info
When I tried to upgrade 7 (standard install, primary NTFS partition), the installed stopped at 29% and gave me a message that "Installation failed". Not even proper punctuation! I have no idea where ...
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Which ext4 features are missing on an upgraded filesystem?
Which ext4 features will be missing on a filesystem upgraded from ext3 to ext4 using the instructions here?
The text explains:
There are additional ext4 features, such as flex_bg and > 16TB ...
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Does Seven suffer of a performance decrease compared to Windows Vista?
I have to format and reinstall Windows on an old laptop (bought around 3 years ago) because of usual degradation of performance of Microsoft operating systems..
The computer had Windows Vista and I ...
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What's the easiest way to move from one Macintosh to another?
Here's the story:
Company bought me a $599 Mac mini (as of this writing, 2.26GHz/160GB HD/2GB RAM)
I have it set up to some extent with software for development
Company decides it needs a second Mac ...
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apt-get upgrade openssl won't bring Ubuntu 12.04 to latest version
I've tried the following, but I can't get a build date later than:
Tue, Aug 21 05:18:46 UTC 2012
I have done the following:
apt-get dist-upgrade
apt-get update
apt-get upgrade openssl
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