Upgrading to Windows 10? Don't Lose Your Data!
Looking to roll out around 50 workstations with an image based on Win7 Pro under a VL license. Also need to be able to re-image those machines if they go bad or get infected. Need to be able to push apps to those same Machines. Also need to be able to take an image of one or two of our servers and and re-image them.
Your site shows 2 options when attempting to get an idea of pricing but not sure which to choose. I'm trying to budget the cost of this for my proposal....
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Things to try:
· Rebooting your PC/Mac
· Using another browser
· In Windows run your browser as administrator
· Mac users - confirm your account rights - make sure admin appears under the current user.
· Mac users - add go.sky.com in the parental controls section from the system section
· Add go.sky.com to trusted sites
· Uninstall/reinstall the Silverlight plugin
· Disable Win10 Audio enhancements
· Disconnect any peripheral audio devices (headphones, microphones, headsets etc…)
· Reinstall/upgrade audio drivers. Make sure that your audio drivers are compatible with the OS and Microsoft certified.
· Try Silverlight V4
· Reinstall the PlayReady runtime.
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