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Questions tagged [upgrade]
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Windows 10 upgrade assistant stuck at 99%
Installed Windows 7 Ultimate (64-bit) on a fresh PC and after installing service pack 1 started the upgrade to Windows 10. The assistant app downloads and verifies but gets stuck at 99% in the upgrading window phase. Even after hours it remains…
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How can I upgrade from Windows 7 to Windows 8 and keep my files and applications?
I want to upgrade from Windows 7 to Windows 8. How can I do this while keeping all of my files in-tact? Is it possible to retain all of my applications and user settings, too?
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How can I update gcc to the latest version in Ubuntu 10.04?
I have Ubuntu 10.04 32-bit with gcc 4.4.3 currently installed on it. I want to upgrade it to gcc 4.6.1.
How to update using Ubuntu Package Manager:
apt-get upgrade/install
As a second option I downloaded the latest gcc snapshot file…
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How to install an updated version of PEAR / PHPUnit on Ubuntu?
Most tutorials online show how to install PEAR by doing this:
sudo apt-get install php-pear
This installs version 1.6.1. It works great because it's super easy! My problem is that I want to install PHPUnit and it requires PEAR version 1.8.1 so my…
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Skip a specific upgrade in emerge -auvD world
Is there a simple way to skip a certain upgrade in emerge -auvD world?
For example, currently there is a broken media-sound/teamspeak-server-bin-3.0.5-r1 marked as stable in the portage tree which breaks the whole upgrade since that package is the…
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Will it be possible to upgrade from Windows 8 Release Preview to the RTM version?
Will it be possible to upgrade from Windows 8 Release Preview to the RTM version?
I've seen this related question Upgrade/Update Windows 8 customer preview to normal version, but I'm interested to know if I will be able to upgrade from the Release…
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Upgrade motherboard and CPU without reinstall
I have a home server running Ubuntu 10.04. I want to replace the motherboard and CPU without reinstalling the OS. I read a long time ago that this would sort of work on Windows XP, but with stability issues. However, I have a hunch that on a modern…
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Trying to upgrade my laptop SSD, 1mm too big to fit in the slot
I have an MSI laptop with a Toshiba SSD 256GB (thnsnj256g8nu) and I want to upgrade it to an Evo 970 plus.
The old SSD fits perfectly but the new one doesn't, like it's 2mm bigger.
New SSD
Old Toshiba SSD
The Problem
Why is it not compatible, and…
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How to backup Windows 7 and revert upgrade to Windows 8
I am currently on Windows 7, and want to upgrade to Windows 8. In case something goes wrong, or an important application stops working on Windows 8, how can I create a backup that can be used to revert the upgrade? It should include the whole OS…
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Upgrade Ubuntu from 32 to 64 bit edition
Is there a way to upgrade my 32-bit version of Ubuntu to 64-bit version? I use Ubuntu 9.10.
If there is no simple way, what if I simply copy my home and /etc directories to new installation, will it work?
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If I buy the Windows 8 Pro upgrade, can I do multiple fresh installs?
My understanding is that when I first upgrade, I can choose to upgrade as a fresh install.
If I want to do another fresh install in the future, can I do that? I tend to reinstall Windows every 1-3 years, to get back to a clean system.
If it makes a…
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What happens to the Windows 7 key when upgrading to Windows 8?
Microsoft is offering "Microsoft Windows 8 Professional Upgrade" at a discounted price compared to the OEM version. However it states:
If you currently have a personal computer running Windows 7, Windows XP or Windows Vista then you can upgrade to…
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Does upgrading a Windows 7 OEM licence to Windows 8 remove the OEM restrictions?
I have Windows 7 OEM version installed on my PC at the moment and I want to upgrade my motherboard, CPU and graphics card, but I've been told that an OEM version of Windows will not boot if I change the hardware. If I upgrade to Windows 8 first then…
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How do I upgrade pear from 1.4.9 to the latest version?
It looks like it might be 1.7.2, but I didn't find any definitive, "THIS IS THE CURRENT VERSION OF PEAR" on the pear website.
I'm trying to upgrade PEAR on a system that I'm not all that familiar with.
pear version yields...
PEAR Version: 1.4.9
PHP…
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How to resume or abandon an apt-get dist-upgrade after connection reset?
In the middle of a "sudo apt-get dist-upgrade" on my Raspberry Pi, while waiting for user input, my ssh connection got reset. I was not running in a screen. The last few lines looked like this:
Installing new version of config file…
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