hahaahah JB,......:-) mine worked like a charm :-) I DID follow the instructions HP send out in their little messaging app on the Laptop. I let my son upgrade his PC first :-)
On Mon, Aug 3, 2015 at 1:58 PM, John Bird <[email protected]> wrote: > So after 4-5 hours on technical support with HP downloading and trying > various network & wifi drivers, I am no better off. No Network, no wifi. > > I also tried a USB wifi adaptor which I went out and brought to get around > this conundrum (Netgear A6100). This is also not recognised by the system > after installing the driver for it. "USB adaptor not found" is the message > from the Netgear Genie software. > > The rest of Windows 10 mainly works OK > > HP answers have always been "you just need to reinstall the correct > drivers" and sent me to various routes of deleting drivers, let the > startup reinstall them, or downloading different ones every time, of which > none have made any difference. (4,5,6x) > > In theory I should be well covered as I have disk images for Drive C > before upgrade, and after upgrade (*) > > Best options so far look to be: > > 1 - Restore Windows 8.1 with disk imaging software. Hit a problem with > that - Windows 10 created an extra partition or two, so the C drive is now > 903GB instead of 904GB and cannot restore the disk image unless I figure > out which partition to restore - assuming I can resize C to fit where it > was. > > 2 - Use Windows 10 inbuilt Recovery/Refresh option, which will remove all > installed programs, keep personalised settings and reinstall Windows 10. > > 3 - Revert to previous Windows 8.1 (this is an option - looks like it > still deletes installed programs). Don't know if it undoes the change in > size for C drive partition. > > Reading the scarce details that Microsoft supply about each option, it > looks like number 2 - Reinstall Windows 10, might not only wipe the > installed programs - I can live with that if it fixes the networking not > working. It may however also delete the previous version of Windows > backup. In other words I may get to try either option 2, or option 3, but > only one of them? > > Does anyone know? > > Also - option 3 Revert to Windows 8.1 - does anyone know if it resizes > disk partitions back to how they were for Windows 8.1? > > Cannot get any answer from Googling, or Microsoft support on these simple > questions (2 hours + on hold for technical support). There is a good > chance that they won't know anyway. > > John > > P.S. > > Practical tip - if you have to get out an old laptop to do Googling, and > said laptop hasn't been used for 18 months, turn off Windows Updates before > it starts downloading piles of updates. Said laptop shut down to install > updates, started up and blue screened, couldn't get into safe mode. > Fortunately I was able to resurrect the old laptop from its disk image > backup. So after a lot of creative and productive work, I am back now > exactly where I was 5 days ago, old laptop to do googling. New one with no > networking, and no clear safe and path what to try next. > > P.P.S. > (*) "In Theory, theory and practice are the same. In Practice they are > different" - Yogi Berra > > > > ******************************************************************************** > This email or attachment(s) may contain confidential or legally privileged > information intended for the sole use of the addressee(s). Any use, > redistribution, > disclosure, or reproduction of this message, except as intended, is > prohibited. > If you received this email in error, please notify the sender and erase all > copies of the message, including any attachments. > > Any views or opinions expressed in this email (unless otherwise stated) > may not > represent those of Pegasus Health Ltd. > > > ******************************************************************************** > > _______________________________________________ > NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi mailing list > Post: [email protected] > Admin: http://delphi.org.nz/mailman/listinfo/delphi > Unsubscribe: send an email to [email protected] with > Subject: unsubscribe >
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