Repair Install Prep Questions Win 7 Ult x64 SP1

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  1. Posts : 16,119
    7 X64
       #11

    You can leave windows firewall as it is.

    Do not boot from the flash drive. Repair (upgrade) install can only done from within your existing windows.

    Start into windows normally. Plug in the flash, then run setup from the root of the flash drive. It will say Setup is starting". When it asks , select "Upgrade installation."

    It might take quite a while. It gathers your files and settings, moves your current installation into a folder called windows.old. It expands the files from install.wim onto your C partition, adds in the files and settings. It reboots a few times during all that.

    If you have a lot of settings and programs installed it could take a couple of hours or more.

    You will need to reactivate windows with a valid product key.
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  2. Posts : 137
    Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit SP1
    Thread Starter
       #12

    Okay. Thank you for helping me.

    I still have the product key. I used it to download the ISO thing with SP1 from a Microsoft web page.

    Thanks again.
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  3. Posts : 137
    Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit SP1
    Thread Starter
       #13

    The only program it mentioned when checking compatibility was iTunes. It said something about deauthorizing the computer, but I don't really know what that means, and I don't recall even using iTunes since 2015, so I just clicked the red X, then yes to cancel repair install, uninstalled iTunes, restarted the computer, and started the repair install over from the beginning.

    I guess the repair install went okay. It completed anyway. I was going to go back and read what Snick and Brds7t7 wrote about reinstalling Windows updates including using a convenience update or something, but it already started installing a boatload of updates automatically before I got a chance. I thought I would have more time to figure out what to do. I hope the computer, or Windows or whatever, knows what it's doing because I sure don't. I just hope I don't see that "Failure configuring Windows updates" message again. This is so stressful.

    Thank you all again for helping me so much.
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