W10, login box never appears

[Moltuae]

Wow, I've completely missed this. But presumably as an "upgrade" it has to be launched from within Windows?

That's right. At least if you're planning to use the Media Creation Tool or you need to do it remotely (you could probably boot from the ISO otherwise). Still comes in handy on a lot of occasions though. I had a similar login issue with one system recently, most likely caused by a driver, where the PC would hang at a black screen for half an hour or so just after login. After wasting 10-15mins checking logs, rolling back drivers, etc, I decided to cut my losses and start an 'in-place upgrade' (remotely), which enabled me to get on with more profitable/productive work while it did its thing.

 

[mraikes]

That's right. At least if you're planning to use the Media Creation Tool or you need to do it remotely. Still comes in handy on a lot of occasions though. I had a similar login issue with one system recently, most likely caused by a driver, where the PC would hang at a black screen for half an hour or so just after login. After wasting 10-15mins checking logs, rolling back drivers, etc, I decided to cut my losses and start an 'in-place upgrade' (remotely), which enabled me to get on with more profitable/productive work while it did its thing.

This is good to know, thank you.

 

[Rosco]

havent read any of the answers.

I know this might sound dumb but have you tried dragging the window up? I have had a few where no matter what you press doesnt go up. If you click on it and drag the screen it goes up no problem.

 

[nlinecomputers]

That's right. At least if you're planning to use the Media Creation Tool or you need to do it remotely (you could probably boot from the ISO otherwise). Still comes in handy on a lot of occasions though. I had a similar login issue with one system recently, most likely caused by a driver, where the PC would hang at a black screen for half an hour or so just after login. After wasting 10-15mins checking logs, rolling back drivers, etc, I decided to cut my losses and start an 'in-place upgrade' (remotely), which enabled me to get on with more profitable/productive work while it did its thing.

That still doesn't work if you boot from the ISO. It creates Windows.old and other .old folders. Nuke and pave with more hassles. I forgot and was reminded of all that pain when I posted my idea. Naturally, something easy M$ will p!ss all over.

 

[mikeroq]

That still doesn't work if you boot from the ISO. It creates Windows.old and other .old folders. Nuke and pave with more hassles. I forgot and was reminded of all that pain when I posted my idea. Naturally, something easy M$ will p!ss all over.

Since Vista if you want to repair install you have to start from inside the OS. With XP when you ran the installer from the disc it would detect your install and offer to repair it.

 

[Moltuae]

That still doesn't work if you boot from the ISO. It creates Windows.old and other .old folders. Nuke and pave with more hassles. I forgot and was reminded of all that pain when I posted my idea. Naturally, something easy M$ will p!ss all over.

Interesting. Hadn't tried with a bootable ISO to be honest because the vast majority of my work is remote. I just expected/hoped that it would work the same. It does seem kinda stupid of M$ not to provide a bootable option with the same functionality. Still, the in-place upgrade/repair works great when you are able to log in to Windows and, in my experience, the times that you can't are fairly rare. Most of the time you can get back in somehow, eventually, unless there's a hardware fault (in which case re-installing Windows ain't gonna fix it anyway).