holdum333

Heya @Steve K. good question. They could be pdf files. In that case the poster would need Adobe or Foxit Reader.

I prefer Foxit because Adobe has become a magnet for malware.If you use Adobe, you need to keep it updated.

https://www.foxitsoftware.com/products/pdf-reader/

Hi @buffy2011 Here's a good read for you.  Please update us if you're still having problems and other members will try to help you.

When you have no clue what kind of file you’re dealing with or what software will run it and if Windows doesn’t know how to open it, try opening it with the native Windows tools Notepad or WordPad.

Hi @buffy2011 Welcome to the forum! Have you tried to open the files with word or note pad? You may get more replies from other forum members latter!

Heya @bassfisher6522 Welcome to the forum. I hear what you're saying. The first thing I do when I log on to the forum is click on "Online Users"  Then my next click is "activity"

It's not the same as "new posts" but it works similar. It shows all the posts that are made daily and hourly. I rarely ever click on "unread tab" Once you read the post , they go from dark to light so you can see that you read them before!

I'm sure @Steve K. will read your suggestion and respond!

PS I have seen you post on other help forums and I'm sure you will be a big asset here. Welcome to the forum!

Hi @srinivasan You may get more replies from other forum members latter. I don't think your Celkon 400 is eligible for the W10 update!

You can read about it in the link below! If you got the message "not available" there's a good chance your phone is not eligible for the upgrade!

Welcome to the forum!! Here's a good link to check by @Brian Burgess  https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/windows-10-mobile-upgrade

http://www.alphr.com/microsoft/1001418/windows-phone-owners-won-t-be-happy-with-this-news-about-windows-10-mobile

My question is why is the built in account popping up! I thought that was a trouble shooting option. IMHO the poster has had a lot of help. I agree with @Steve K. that you are trying to do something that MS doesn't want you to do. Nice Steve!

12 hours ago, Rich-M said:

The way I always say it, is flash a bios only when you have an issue, that you know a certain Bios flash will remedy and don't do it on a day where there is any likelihood of a thunderstorm or any other possible downed power line possibility. Now that said there are some motherboards i.e. Gigabyte who for some time have been making boards with dual bios which would protect against any of the scenarios I was pointing to and those boards are not in brand name computers.

Hi @Vadim I think @Rich-M has replied the way I feel about this subject.

Thanks for your reply @Steve K. You're above my pay grade friend. I have never been there before, but I'm sure Cindy and others can follow you, and may or may not comment.

I have only flashed the BIOS one time on a old HP lap top that was given to me by a senior; and it worked. It would BSOD all the time and that was my last resort. Gave it to my daughter and she still has it. If it ain't broke, don't fix it. I'm sure I'm be hide the times and need to do some more reading on the subject! I came here to learn new things and I'm doing that all the time.

Hi @Steve K. @allheart55 (Cindy E) is a builder. So is @Rich-M and so is @Profiler They have been custom building for many years I'm the only non hardware Geek here without a custom build. Just my old Toshiba laptop!

Did that answer your question?

Hi! I've checked my old Toshiba laptop for BIOS up dates. I have never see one. If it ain't broke,don't fix it!

3 hours ago, Steve K. said:

Since then, Lenovo updates the BIOS/Firmware on the laptop every 60 days or so

Wow I never heard that before. That's amazing! I don't think I understand BIOS!

http://whatis.techtarget.com/definition/BIOS-basic-input-output-system

You very welcome! Thanks for your reply and how you solved your issue. I'm sure it will help other users!

Heya! I suggest you take this up with MS. Welcome to the forum! Can we help you with any other issues? Maybe others will have a suggestion latter to this issue??

Heya friend! Thanks for your help @Profiler Team work is always a good thing IMHO. You get a reputation from me, for this one my friend!

Hi @Rajesh Ramtere We all are volunteers here and all in different time zones. I'm sure you will get more replies from forum members latter. I'm not sure what your issue is??

You're wanting a better solution to "security measure" ? Are you running the new anniversary addition of W10? Do you have Access Control set to lowest level? I fail to see how we can come up with a better solution here on the forum. Maybe you should contact MS and see what they have to say!! Which setting is inhibiting the MS programs?? I'm sorry if I don't understand what you're asking!

Hi @Tbird544@ Welcome to the forum friend! 

I have a HP printer and I like the print and scan doctor! It's worked really well for me. I used it after upgrading to W10

Thank you for your post and welcome to the forum!

http://support.hp.com/us-en/document/c02073861

Hi! @babylis I don't know way your not getting a reply! Here's a link and a reply by @adacosta . I hope this helps! You may get more answers from other forum members latter!I hesitated to answer your post and was waiting for  a W8 user to answer! Maybe no one is answering because this is W10 help forum??

http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_8-windows_install/how-can-i-find-my-windows-8-product-key-if-it-came/a2dbcf1f-97b2-48a7-be57-56d1401c4e25?auth=1

Yuppers Team work is always good!! Thanks for your support old friends!

Hi There I feel compelled to create a thread about flashing the BIOS. In my opinion it gets thrown around to lightly. When should you flash the BIOS? I could use my own words, but I'm going to steal some from @Brian Burgess Updating or flashing the BIOS is different from other updates and IMHO should be done only when all else has failed. I'm going to steal this from Brian's blog and then add his link to this thread. @Brian Burgess will warn you what can happen and then give you all the facts you need to flash the BIOS if that's what you decide to do. If you have any thing to add to this thread, I welcome all comments. @Brian Burgess writes for groovypost!

Important: Updating your BIOS can be tricky and isn’t for the faint of heart. If you’re not a power user, or comfortable messing with it, don’t. If you install the wrong thing, or if something were to go wrong during the update, you can completely brick your PC. I have actually seen it where you can’t even boot from a recovery drive to restore the system. You’ll definitely want to take all the precautions before messing with your BIOS like creating a bootable Windows SD card or flash drive and/or a system image backup…make sure all of your important data is backed up to an external drive and an offsite location using a service like CrashPlan…you can never be too careful.

http://www.groovypost.com/howto/find-computer-bios-version-easy-way/

Heya @Rich-M Don't know the make and model of the PC the poster is running. I had this posted earlier, but it got deleted.

May not work but, but i will post it anyway!

Press 2 keys at the same time: "FN" (next to the CTRL key, lower-left of the keyboard) and "num lk", which is the upper-right of the keyboard (it is on the same key as "scroll", and is next to "F12").

This will either turn on or turn off the "Num Lock" function. Both the "FN" and "num lk" are enclosed in a small rectangle.
 

12 minutes ago, Rich-M said:

Gary tell us how far you get and how it fails i.e does it hang, restore to last version...exactly at what point it stops you and what you have tried to do to go forward.

@Rich-M Holdum333 has left the building and at this time I'm not sure when or if he will return. I'm very happy that W10 is working for you. Good to see you back here on the forum!

Heya @Profiler That works for me also!

Heya! Seems like some are having good luck; and liking the Anniversary Addition, just like some had good luck with the July addition.

I might give it a go soon ! Just like the first upgrade, the MCT seems to be the best way to upgrade the anniversary update!

Hopefully good old Macrium Reflect will bail me out if it goes south!. I'm thinking a lot has to do with the way your PC is maintained.

I'm thinking that these are all good things from groovypost to check before trying to down load the update! These are good things to check any time IMHO!

http://www.groovypost.com/howto/10-things-check-before-installing-windows-10/

http://www.groovypost.com/howto/fix-most-common-windows-10-setup-errors-issues/

Heya Cindy! Thanks for your link. I'm thinking I may wait also! You think maybe MS is trying to aggravate Windows users! Just kidding Cindy!

Thanks for the above post. I guess I have the anniversary  update on a USB flash then, but I haven't tried it yet. I always have a back up image of my OS with Macrium Reflect, but I only have one PC and even though Macrium has saved me before, there is no guarantee it would if this update goes bad! If you know what I mean! Thanks for your post and the information my friend!

Hi There! I'm always wondering and thinking about these things. Now I'm wondering if the W10 update (July 29) has been extended for two weeks and if it has; will a Windows 7.1 or 8.1 user be able to skip it and go directly to the anniversary addition. That would be cool. I have heard rumors but I have not been able to verify that is happening. Can anyone verify that may be happening??

Hi Update! I just finished creating a USB flash as one of the 3 methods mentioned above. The first method did not work for me. It said I had the latest updates!

Here's the details for the USB flash. Does this look right and is it the anniversary update??

Waiting for a reply before I try the MCT flash!

Thanks!