Windows 10

[muffler dragon]

Good Morning Everyone.

My PC gave me the following error message on its attempt to upgrade Windows 10 this morning:

windows can't update because this pc has an unsupported disc layout for uefi firmware

This PC was purchased with Windows 10 on it (not an upgrade from a previous version). Why wouldn't the disc layout be already set up for this? And is there an easy way to resolve this on my part? I'm not particularly PC-minded on this type of stuff.

Thanks

 

[kinch]

Good Morning Everyone.

My PC gave me the following error message on its attempt to upgrade Windows 10 this morning:

windows can't update because this pc has an unsupported disc layout for uefi firmware

This PC was purchased with Windows 10 on it (not an upgrade from a previous version). Why wouldn't the disc layout be already set up for this? And is there an easy way to resolve this on my part? I'm not particularly PC-minded on this type of stuff.

Thanks

I can honestly help with this.

Do you use GRUB or any sort of dual boot loader? What upgrade was this? More questions to follow upon your reply.

 

[muffler dragon]

I can honestly help with this.

Do you use GRUB or any sort of dual boot loader? What upgrade was this? More questions to follow upon your reply.

I don't use a dual boot loader as I don't know what that is.
I was trying to do the Anniversary Update.

For what it's worth, as I read up more on this, I found a few things:

My drive is MBR not GPT (which apparently works best with the UEFI firmware). In order to make that change, I would have to do a complete clean re-install or some sort.
This issue has arisen for a fair amount of people, and one possible solution was to make an MSR on my drive; however, that is also dependent upon a GPT drive.
Some MS personnel talk about waiting for the "next build" to take care of the issue, but apparently, that's not come about in some time now.
I have even called Dell Technical Support, because my warranty lasts through Dec 2016. After about 10-15 minutes, all I got out of the agent was a pitch for extending my warranty.

I've more or less just decided to let it go, because my PC is operating just fine.

 

[kinch]

I don't use a dual boot loader as I don't know what that is.
I was trying to do the Anniversary Update.

For what it's worth, as I read up more on this, I found a few things:

My drive is MBR not GPT (which apparently works best with the UEFI firmware). In order to make that change, I would have to do a complete clean re-install or some sort.
This issue has arisen for a fair amount of people, and one possible solution was to make an MSR on my drive; however, that is also dependent upon a GPT drive.
Some MS personnel talk about waiting for the "next build" to take care of the issue, but apparently, that's not come about in some time now.
I have even called Dell Technical Support, because my warranty lasts through Dec 2016. After about 10-15 minutes, all I got out of the agent was a pitch for extending my warranty.

I've more or less just decided to let it go, because my PC is operating just fine.

That makes sense. Windows 10 upgrade destroyed my disk because I dual booted Linux Mint. Microsoft expects everyone to be dumb and only do things their way, they are the king of the lowest common denominator approach to this stuff. Well, actually Apple is, but with Apple, they are right, most people don't buy an Apple and fool around with it or vary off the simplistic course.

It is very easy to convert an MBR to GPT. It would be good to back up first though, of course.

 

[gmen6981]

Interesting to hear about the dual boot issues. When I was still running Win7 on my laptop, I was set up to dual boot Windows/ Linux Ubuntu. I didn't do the upgrade to Win 10, but did a clean install instead ( don't ask how I activated it.......let's just say 10 isn't nearly as secure as MS would have you believe ) I just never got around to re-installing Linux. Wonder if I would have an issue with the latest upgrade to Win 10?

 

[kinch]

Interesting to hear about the dual boot issues. When I was still running Win7 on my laptop, I was set up to dual boot Windows/ Linux Ubuntu. I didn't do the upgrade to Win 10, but did a clean install instead ( don't ask how I activated it.......let's just say 10 isn't nearly as secure as MS would have you believe ) I just never got around to re-installing Linux. Wonder if I would have an issue with the latest upgrade to Win 10?

My guess would be that once 10 is installed it won't be a problem with future updates or if you chose to put GRUB in for your boot. I was upgrading to 10 from 7 on a GRUB managed boot, and I don't think the upgrade allowed for not being the only OS in that situation. After I fixed it, by plugging the drive in as a slave into a USB Mint OS and manually fixing the crap it did, I no longer had GRUB. That is why I am pretty sure it was the problem. The upgrade "thought" it performed perfectly.

 

[Dryden]

Nice job Microsoft. Good effort.

https://www.techspot.com/news/77321-microsoft-working-fix-windows-10-pro-activation-bug.html

Microsoft is working on a fix for Windows 10 Pro activation bug
Has your Windows 10 Pro installation suddenly deactivated?
By Shawn Knight, Today 11:35 AM

In brief: Microsoft has suffered through a steady stream of bugs in recent memory and the latest appears to be primarily targeting Windows 10 Pro users that upgraded from Windows 7 Ultimate or Windows 8.1 Pro via the free upgrade offer a few years back. Microsoft is aware of the issue and should have a fix ready to go soon.

Some Windows 10 Pro users are grappling with a mysterious bug that is deactivating licenses and downgrading them to Windows 10 Home.

Feedback from Reddit seems to indicate that the issue is largely affecting users that upgraded to Windows 10 Pro from a Windows 7 Ultimate or Windows 8.1 Pro installation as part of the free upgrade program years ago.

Microsoft is aware of the issue and is sharing the following statement with concerned users:

Microsoft has just released an Emerging issue announcement about current activation issue related to Pro edition recently. This happens in Japan, Korea, American and many other countries. I am very sorry to inform you that there is a temporary issue with Microsoft's activation server at the moment and some customers might experience this issue where Windows is displayed as not activated.

Our engineers are working tirelessly to resolve this issue and it is expected to be corrected within one to two business days.

Aside from an annoying watermark, the issue doesn’t seem to be causing any major issues at the moment. The best course of action, as Microsoft has suggested, is to simply wait until a fix is ready. At that time, I suspect the issue will automatically work itself out and everyone will be able to move on.

This is the latest in a string of bugs causing headaches for Microsoft. In October, the tech giant paused the rollout of Windows 10 October 2018 Update (version 1809) due to a file deletion bug. A security update earlier this year caused issues with USB and onboard devices.

 

[Deety]

I had this issue last week as the result of a virus. What worked was to go to "Run" and type "slui 3" for manual activation and then enter the Windows 7 product code from the computer case.

Some instructions said to use "slui.exe 4" (the "slui 3" was from Microsoft tech support), so that might also work for some.