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Clean install means installing everything, both system and apps, from scratch on a clean disk. You may be able to avoid a clean install by running Repair from the Windows 10 install disc. I think you can do this with Windows 10, but have never done it myself.
Good luck if you choose to avoid a clean install. I have a feeling you will need it. (The luck, that is.) 
Get me coffee and no one gets hurt!
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it sounds like it may be a possible running task.
Check the Scheduled task for a script running.
This was what showed up in a pop up Command window ?
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It's your legacy Packard Bell installed apps trying to update themselves and drivers which are now not used with your new hardware.
Have a look in your startup stuff and see if there is anything obvious, and if so - delete it!
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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The C:\ProgramData directory does not appear when I open the listing of my C: drive. So I though I would search for updater2.xml. It appears that ProgramData is a hidden directory on the C: drive and there appears to be no way to open it, which I wanted to do to see what else was in it. I wonder how many other hidden directories there are.
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In Windows Explorer, click "View -> Options" to bring up the Folder Options dialog box. In the "View" tab, under "Advanced settings", select "Show hidden files, folders and drives".
While you're in there, make sure the "Hide extensions for known file types" option is un-ticked.
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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Thanks for that. Looked at the hidden folders, but didn't learn much other than it is correct - those files are not there.
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If you have administrator access then you should be able to see all hidden directories. I can go straight into C:\ProgramData on my system.
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Yes, I did go straight into C:\ProgramData on my system. As I said, the files cmd.exe was trying to find weren't there.
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It sounds more and more like your system is in a mess. you have one of two options:
1. Keep struggling on trying to find out what is happening with no real idea of where these ghost processes are coming from, or what else might bite you in the future.
2. Do a proper clean install and ensure that you have a stable running system.
I would strongly suggest option 2.
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I hear what you are saying but Win10 and my apps are working exactly as I would expect them to. I am tempted to just ignore the error messages and continue for the time being. After all, they are not causing me any problems that I can tell. I can't face having to install everything from scratch again until I have to.
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Quote: I would strongly suggest option 2
I agree. Considering the time he already spent, he probably could have done a clean install by now!
Get me coffee and no one gets hurt!
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I have had a new system built but I didn't include any hard drives; I moved them over from my old machine. Everything seems to be good as far as they are concerned. Win10 boots OK off the C: drive; all my other apps open successfully off C:; and my data is available on the D: and E: drives.
However, I had a SSD installed in the new machine onto which I intend to transfer the WIN10 image on my current C: drive. However, although the SSD is displayed in the BIOS list of drives and in Computer Management\Device Manager\Disk Drives, it is not displayed as a drive letter in File Explorer.
Does anyone know how I can get it recognised by File Explorer?
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I'm not 100% sure that Win10 has the disk management util, but I expect that it would.
Here's the steps that work in 7/8
1. Open MMC as admin
2. File -> "Add/Remove Snap-In..."
3. Select "Disk Management"
4. Select the drive
5. Right-click and choose "Change Drive Letters and Paths..."
It's pretty self-explanatory at that point.
"There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies and statistics."
- Benjamin Disraeli
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Thank you for your help. I couldn't perform stage 5 but I did manage to find a way to format the drive correctly and set a drive letter at the same time. I can now transfer my existing system onto it when I am ready.
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xiecsuk wrote: I had a SSD installed in the new machine onto which I intend to transfer the WIN10 image on my current C: drive.
You might want to take a look at AOMEI Partition Assistant[^] - it apparently includes a wizard to do precisely that.
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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That is exactly what I was intending to use but I have had trouble downloading it. I got the error message “The signature of the file is corrupt or invalid” and it didn't complete the download. I am in contact with AOMEI about it.
EDIT
AOMEI are telling me that I need to use a browser other than Win Explorer to download it. It downloaded perfectly with Chrome.
modified 7-Jun-16 8:00am.
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I have installed jenkins uing Tomcat and Installtion successdul However I am not able to perform any operation after that, on submission of form it is giving below error.
"Syntax Error:Invalid Regular Expression:/^[/: Unterminated character class "
Please help me here how to debug or get solution
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We, the office, will start upgrading our computers OS to Windows 10.
We are not certain if doing an upgrade is enough or if we need to do a full re-install in regards to our current windows licenses ?
If I do a simple in-place upgrade my machine, I assume that Windows 10 will check that i have a proper license (product key) when it activates itself.
If I want to do a full re-install (reformat and reinstall everything), I assume I will need to have my Windows 7 product key and enter it at some point ?
Thanks,
Max.
I'd rather be phishing!
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Yes - though I do recall seeing some articles about how to get around the PK issue - though it hardly seems worth the effort. It's easier to use the key, and there is a simple VBA script to extract it from your OS if you need to.
How to do a Clean Install of Windows 10, the Easy Way[^]
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How do I change my IP Address ?
I have watched 3 videos on YouTube which Purport to describe this procedure.
I have asked in the lounge.
I have looked on the "Forum" sections which my ISP has.
I have asked Google, Bing, and somebody else, I forget.
So far, all answers have been wrong. What they tell me does not work.
I welcome an answer that actually does work.
Even more so if it works, oh, once a week or so.
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Which IP address are you referring to; a local one within your private home network, or a public one assigned by your ISP?
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Richard MacCutchan wrote: Which IP address are you referring to; a local one within your private home network, or a public one assigned by your ISP?
I believe the answer is: The public one assigned by my ISP
e.g., the address you get from sites such as IP Chicken[^]
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You believe? It would help to be sure. However, if that is the one that is assigned by the ISP then there is no way to change it, as they are dynamically allocated. You can apply for a fixed address for which you probably have to pay a premium. This was already explained in response to the same qwuestion you posted in the Lounge.
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Okay, I am sure.
It's the one that shows up in IP Chicken[^]
Okay, so, if the ISP assigns it, even though it is called "dynamic", it really isn't.
True ?
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