Path: csiph.com!tncsrv06.tnetconsulting.net!usenet.blueworldhosting.com!diablo1.usenet.blueworldhosting.com!feeder.usenetexpress.com!tr1.iad1.usenetexpress.com!news-out.netnews.com!s1-2.netnews.com!peer01.iad!feed-me.highwinds-media.com!news.highwinds-media.com!fx02.iad.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Char Jackson Newsgroups: alt.comp.os.windows-10 Subject: Re: Now I absolutely know why Windows 10 completely sucks Message-ID: <9nmlnjpub7inou87m6ik9pf7ebol7op59a@4ax.com> References: X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 6.00/32.1186 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Lines: 43 X-Complaints-To: abuse(at)newshosting.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 05 Jan 2025 19:20:32 UTC Organization: Newshosting.com - Highest quality at a great price! www.newshosting.com Date: Sun, 05 Jan 2025 13:20:33 -0600 X-Received-Bytes: 2589 Xref: csiph.com alt.comp.os.windows-10:181129 On Sun, 5 Jan 2025 13:38:55 -0500, Paul wrote: >On Sun, 1/5/2025 1:05 PM, Newyana2 wrote: >> On 1/5/2025 12:50 PM, Paul wrote: >>> On Sun, 1/5/2025 8:14 AM, John C. wrote: >>>> My copy of Windows 10 Pro is now so riddled with problems and >>>> non-functional modules that it's at the point where it may be time to >>>> look at another operating system. So what's causing this issue? >>> >>> You could do a Repair Install. >>> >>> It's one of the fastest ways to correct a myriad off issues. >>> >> >>   Do you really find that? Actual corruption of system files >> is likely to be extremely rare. At the same time, if all settings >> are kept as before, nothing is really changed. If I were going >> to try a repair install I'm make a disk image first. Some people >> might be happy to have Windows back to Day 1. Others would >> be horrified. > >It all depends on which of your original manipulations, you >kept notes of the things that worked well. Then you can >carry on with your modifications. > >And if you want to experiment with other OSes, you can >place them in a virtual machine, and not risk busting >anything. The contents aren't important here, it's just >what is set up for test at the moment. The OS on the >left (booted) allows me to access Disk Management and >see the partition which is half-way through an installation. >I will be asking CoPilot in a moment, what I can do to fix >the one on the right -- I'm expecting a daft and context-free >answer. > > [Picture] > > https://i.postimg.cc/YSKxq2sD/Test-OSes-In-A-Box.gif If you've ever wanted to experiment with VMware Workstation Pro but were put off by the cost, be advised that they made it free as of November 2024. IMHO, it's a very substantial upgrade from VMware Player.