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Upgrades won't install after strange sequence of events. 15 Years Ago by MidiMagic I can't install any Windows XP upgrades, including Service Pack 3, after the …able to install Service Pack 3 and the upgrades that follow it. 6. A week later, …three later upgrades reported that they could not be installed due …it won't let me install SP3 and later upgrades. The only error message is "Not installed… X messed up (gnome) after <unstable> upgrades. 15 Years Ago by prushik … recently decided to take a chance and install some unstable upgrades (I love unstable things). So I upgraded many of my… think that my be the issue, not sure. After the upgrades, I had many many problems. I was able to fix… When one upgrades windows vista to windows 7 does it allow you to keep Windows Mail? 12 Years Ago by rnalh5gh [B]When one upgrades windows vista to windows 7 does it allow you to … all of its emails, mail rules and settings if one upgrades Vista to 7. Sony Vaio PCG-FXA63 upgrades??? 17 Years Ago by yajirobeus Hello all, I am about to receive a Vaio Laptop (PCG-FXA63) and was wondering what upgrades were available. Does anyone know if it can hold a 1GB of Ram? Is it worth upgrading or should I just resell it? Just wondering, any info from anyone would be appreciated. :lol: Exclusive: new PGP encryption upgrades for enterprise users 17 Years Ago by happygeek … [/URL] will announce on Wednesday the availability of numerous application upgrades across its entire portfolio. I have persuaded them to let… Google Upgrades Google Images 13 Years Ago by Emily Banks … made throughout the week worldwide. "We hope they (the upgrades) not only make it easier to search for images, but… Re: Sony Vaio PCG-FXA63 upgrades??? 13 Years Ago by ArlaFP [QUOTE=yajirobeus;309372]Hello all, I am about to receive a Vaio Laptop (PCG-FXA63) and was wondering what upgrades were available. Does anyone know if it can hold a 1GB of Ram? Is it worth upgrading or should I just resell it? Just wondering, any info from anyone would be appreciated. :lol:[/QUOTE] No....max is 512. Re: Upgrades won't install after strange sequence of events. 15 Years Ago by MidiMagic Update (and I really need this solved): I used the tips in the Windows KB page referred to in another thread "XP Service Pack 3 won't Install." These did nothing to help. In fact, the only effect I saw from these efforts is that the Internet Explorer icon on the desktop started making copies of itself when I doubleclicked it, instead of … Re: Upgrades won't install after strange sequence of events. 15 Years Ago by MidiMagic Further info: - Other companies' software will update normally. It's just Microsoft giving the trouble. - The windows sign on music distorts the first note. Re: Upgrades won't install after strange sequence of events. 15 Years Ago by dee101g There are reports of SP3 machines being unable to update further ... something to do with WGA corrupting. Sorry I don't have an answer, but maybe it will give you something to google. Re: Upgrades won't install after strange sequence of events. 15 Years Ago by moerpheus hi, to windows? XP SP2 will remain to be my favorite!... I wont go further!.. Vista is not in my consideration for now. Re: Upgrades won't install after strange sequence of events. 15 Years Ago by MidiMagic I loaded WGA and Windows Defender after the second infestation. WGA said my windows was genuine. Could WGA be messing up the downloads. Re: Upgrades won't install after strange sequence of events. 15 Years Ago by eibwen Try taking a look at this, maybe it will help: [url]http://support.microsoft.com/kb/943144[/url] Re: Upgrades won't install after strange sequence of events. 15 Years Ago by MidiMagic [QUOTE=eibwen;658296]Try taking a look at this, maybe it will help: [url]http://support.microsoft.com/kb/943144[/url][/QUOTE] That fixed it. It looks like Microsoft did a "Wups". Their update design expected everything to be done in order. They forgot that someone might have to rebuild after a crash or malware ruined something. I … Re: Upgrades won't install after strange sequence of events. 15 Years Ago by eibwen [QUOTE=MidiMagic;660658] It looks like Microsoft did a "Wups". [/QUOTE] You mean [I]another[/I] wups. :icon_wink: Glad it helped Re: Upgrades won't install after strange sequence of events. 15 Years Ago by MidiMagic I fixed the two that didn't want to install. Symantec Anti Virus tamper protection was blocking the install. Re: Microsoft's Heavy Handed Approach to Windows 10 Upgrades 8 Years Ago by Reverend Jim …://www.forbes.com/sites/gordonkelly/2015/10/30/windows-10-upgrades-now-automatic/)). >There's too many builds with older… Re: Microsoft's Heavy Handed Approach to Windows 10 Upgrades 8 Years Ago by Leo G http://www.zdnet.com/article/how-to-block-windows-10-upgrades-on-your-business-network-and-at-home-too/ Re: Microsoft's Heavy Handed Approach to Windows 10 Upgrades 8 Years Ago by Reverend Jim … Update `KB 3035583` which led to many unwanted Windows 10 upgrades and many more unwanted nags. You may want to block… Re: Microsoft's Heavy Handed Approach to Windows 10 Upgrades 8 Years Ago by MidiMagic … people need to quit working. It's time to ban upgrades. Operating systems and software should not be constantly changing. There… Re: Microsoft's Heavy Handed Approach to Windows 10 Upgrades 8 Years Ago by rproffitt The hand has moved. I'm getting reports of unsolicited, can't opt out upgrades to 10. https://www.google.com/#q=microsoft+windows+10+forced+upgrade seems to note you'll get the upgrade due to it becoming a Recommended item in Windows Update. Re: Microsoft's Heavy Handed Approach to Windows 10 Upgrades 8 Years Ago by rproffitt … if I don't like W10. It's the accidental upgrades that I take issue with. This is liked going to… upgrades, Whats best? 19 Years Ago by viperman224 I am thinking about upgrading my computer. I am an Intel guy normally but I wouldn't mind trying an AMD. I also like ASUS a lot. But I would not be opposed to trying another brand. What combination of RAM( I need atleast 512), Processor (I need atleast a 2.0 GHz Processor) and Motherboard should I get? I am new to AMD so I am not really sure. I … Re: upgrades, Whats best? 18 Years Ago by alc6379 What do you plan on doing with the system? Gaming? Coding? Drafting? Music? Before making any suggestions, it would help to know what you're doing, and what your current system setup is. Re: upgrades, Whats best? 18 Years Ago by viperman224 Sorry it didn't even dawn on me to explain why I wanted to upgrade. I am taking a video editing course in school so I would like to be able to edit my videos from my Canon ZR90. I would also like to use the machine to play music, some games, check email, work on my website and do school work. Currently, I have a PIII 1GHz, 512 megs of ram (PC100), … Re: upgrades, Whats best? 18 Years Ago by nizzy1115 is there any budget you have? Re: upgrades, Whats best? 18 Years Ago by dcc Try looking at mobo combos at tiger direct, they have an Asus K8V SE Deluxe socket 754 ATX motherboard with a AMD Athlon 64 3400+ processor for $299., you should be able to purchase a Kingston 512MB stick for about $50. Re: upgrades, Whats best? 17 Years Ago by kickers92 Hi all not sure if this is the right thread or forum. but i am going to upgrade my comp. i mainly play games on it (war games) and these new games coming out need more power than what i have at the moment not sure if i need a dual core processor as i really only browse the internet or play games so not sure what i need so if somebody could put me … Re: X messed up (gnome) after <unstable> upgrades. 15 Years Ago by John A Check the logfile in [icode]/var/log/Xorg.0.log[/icode], although if your cursor won't move, chances are that your [icode]/etc/X11/xorg.conf[/icode] file got screwed up (if it was even there in the first place). Re: X messed up (gnome) after <unstable> upgrades. 15 Years Ago by prushik I'll switch to linux and take a look at those two files. I think I may incidentally have a few backups of my xorg.conf file, so it would be a treat if that were the issue (I may not have them). It would make sense since I only used remove/install instead of purge/install. I suspect the issue is worse than that though, but I could be wrong. I'll …