RonM wrote: > I've recently installed a Pi system with PiCorePlayer successfully, > although it wasnt' pain free. The plan has been to continue using my > Windows-based server for the time being if it could be upgraded from > Win7 to Win10. So after the pCp was up and running I proceeded to > upgrade my little FitPC3 (fanless, low power, limited RAM). The upgrade > installed, and I then proceeded to upgrade LMS to V8.1.2. It appeared to > install but just wouldn't work -- I'd open it to start, try to do > something and it would crash. > > Then Windows proceeded to do at least one additional full upgrade, maybe > two, with reboots. > > It appears that what happened is that I installed LMS in-between Windows > updates, apparently after an update had started installation but before > necessary re-boots had occurred. Aside from LMS not working, Windows > itself was very slow. > > After all the Windows update stuff had completed, I uninstalled LMS > completely and reinstalled from scratch. Both LMS and Windows are now > working properly. > > The issue seems to be that when you install Win10 from the remaining > "free-install" download site it installs an older version, and then > requires what amounts to a further full upgrade to current version. It's > not always clear that its not done upgrading. > > I thought there was a fundamental problem with my FitPC and Win10, but > it turns out not to have been the case. All working fine now. I'll > probably shift over to the pCp sometime in the not distant future, but > it's good to know I have two different servers available. > > R
Ron, I think of the cartoon of a guy with a little "black cloud" hovering above his head with your recent software bad luck. :rolleyes: But maybe your luck has changed and it's time to buy a lottery ticket. Cheers. *Home:* VBA2.5 4TB -or- rPi4B-8GB/pCP7.x/4TB>LMS 8.1.x>Transporter, Touch, Boom, Radio (all ethernet) *Cottage:* rPi4B-4GB/pCP7.x/4TB>LMS 8.1.x>Touch>Benchmark DAC I, Boom, Radio w/Battery (Radio WIFI) *Office:* Win10(64)>foobar2000 *The Wild: *rPi3B+/pCP4.0, hifiberry Dac+Pro, 4TB USB (LMS & Squeezelite) *Controllers:* iPhone11 & iPadAir3 (iPeng), CONTROLLER, Material Skin, or SqueezePlay 7.8 on Win10(64) *Files:* -Ripping-: dbpoweramp > FLAC; -Post-rip-: mp3tag, PerfectTunes, TuneFusion; -Streaming:- Spotify ------------------------------------------------------------------------ garym's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=17325 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=113787 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
