For Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 users only
Windows 10 free upgrade for customers who use assistive technologies
Click on “UPGRADE NOW” button to start.
Alternative method using Media Creation Tool
Download Windows 10 Media Creation Tool
Click on “Download tool now” button. Open downloaded Setup file and click Yes, Accept, choose “Upgrade the PC now”, then click Next.
Note: you may be asked to enter your Windows 7 or 8.1 product key.
When having problems connecting to the LAN or Internet the following terminal commands may clear the problem.
Reset IP stack; Winsock catalog and firewall
netsh int ip4 reset netsh int ip6 reset netsh winsock reset netsh advfirewall reset # beware resets rules to default Restart computer to effect changes
Renew IP address
ipconfig /release ipconfig /flushdns ipconfig /renew
If losing network after sleep check adapter settings under “Power Management” to ensure the interface is not powered down to save energy.
After battling for days trying to install Windows 10 AU on my Vbox Windows 10 Guest I ended up with an unbootable machine and no where to go!
To solve the problem and to at least get back my activated copy the following worked for me:
From the Host Command line use the VboxManage resize option to increase the disk capacity
VBoxManage modifyhd \path-to-vdi-location\Windows\ 10\ Pro.vdi --resize 35840
This example is from a Linux host and increases the total size of the disk to 35GB (35 * 1024MB)
Once this is completed start the image and and use Windows Disk Manager to extend the volume to use the unused partition space.
This method should work for most Windows stand-alone programs.
This example shows how to transfer a legacy program called ACT! v5.0
ls /mediasudo mkdir /media/windows
mount -t ntfs-3g -o ro /dev/sda3 /media/windows
If you need to completely remove VirtualBox, e.g. because a new version install fails preventing future installations then from the Console run commands below:
List VirtualBox installations
sudo dpkg -l | grep virtualbox
Example below
sudo dpkg -l | grep virtualbox rc virtualbox-4.3 4.3.30-101610~Ubuntu~raring amd64 Oracle VM VirtualBox iW virtualbox-5.0 5.0.28-111378~Ubuntu~trusty amd64 Oracle VM VirtualBox
Purge these installations in sequence replacing 4.3 and 5.0 with your versions and answering ‘Y” to questions
sudo apt-get purge virtualbox-4.3 virtualbox-qt
sudo apt-get purge virtualbox-5.0 virtualbox-qt
After reboot you should be able to reinstall VirtualBox without errors
The steps below are for Catalina but it should be the same for other versions of macOS.
For reasons only known to Microsoft since the AU update you can no longer disable it from the desktop. However you can make the following registry change to work round this.
Press Windows+R and run “regedit” and navigate to the following key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Search
If you don’t see a “Windows Search” below the Windows folder, right-click the Windows folder and select New > Key and name it “Windows Search”. Right-click the “Windows Search” key (folder) and select New >
Check hard disk Integrity to rule out disk faults
Boot the computer up in single user terminal. On chime press Command + S and run file system checker and repair
/sbin/fsck -fy
Reboot as follows:
/sbin/mount -uw / reboot
Repair Permissions
Open Disk Utility and choose your main hard drive from the sidebar (in most Macs there will only be one.) Now click on First Aid and Repair Permissions.