Hi All,
I have Windows 8.1 on my laptop. I have very little installed on my PC other than :-
No Windows Store Apps (I don't use them)
A few desktop games and other desktop programmes
Apache OpenOffice installed instead of Microsoft Office
Mcafee Livesafe Internet Security.
In my case is the Windows Refresh option pointless? If I have any Windows problems in the future am I better off just using the Windows Reset option instead.
The only thing I can see as a possible advantage of Refresh over a Reset in my case is maybe saving me having to redownload the latest Nvidia graphics drivers and any other updated drivers etc.
Does a Windows Refresh preserve all of the downloaded Windows Updates (in my case on a slow connection about 3 hours of a job including installing them) or even with a Refresh do you end up having to download all the Windows Updates from scratch to bring your system back up to date?
I have Windows 8.1 on my laptop. I have very little installed on my PC other than :-
No Windows Store Apps (I don't use them)
A few desktop games and other desktop programmes
Apache OpenOffice installed instead of Microsoft Office
Mcafee Livesafe Internet Security.
In my case is the Windows Refresh option pointless? If I have any Windows problems in the future am I better off just using the Windows Reset option instead.
The only thing I can see as a possible advantage of Refresh over a Reset in my case is maybe saving me having to redownload the latest Nvidia graphics drivers and any other updated drivers etc.
Does a Windows Refresh preserve all of the downloaded Windows Updates (in my case on a slow connection about 3 hours of a job including installing them) or even with a Refresh do you end up having to download all the Windows Updates from scratch to bring your system back up to date?
My Computer
System One
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- OS
- Windows 8.1