I got a Lenovo Tab 2. It's running Windows 8 or 8.1, don't know how to see the difference from the login screen.
It was set up years ago to connect to my old wifi (before the lighning fried it), I set it up using my main Microsoft account e-mail address and password.
It's my standard Microsoft account, I use it every day for several other services so the login credentials are valid.
Now, years later I want to boot up the Tab 2 to upgrade it to Windows 10. I try to login but it says it's in offline mode. The e-mail account entered is correct. When I enter my password it says I need to go online. But how du I do that? The wifi symbol on the login screen shows available wifis, I have wifi password and everything.
What do I do? What are my options?
I got a Windows 7 x64 USB boot key that I tried to boot from to reset the OS to Windows 7 and upgrade from there. But I can't get it to boot from the USB. I enter the boot menu, it finds the USB, I select the USB, but the screen just... flickers for a fraction of a second and the boot menu is still there. Secure boot is disabled.
It was set up years ago to connect to my old wifi (before the lighning fried it), I set it up using my main Microsoft account e-mail address and password.
It's my standard Microsoft account, I use it every day for several other services so the login credentials are valid.
Now, years later I want to boot up the Tab 2 to upgrade it to Windows 10. I try to login but it says it's in offline mode. The e-mail account entered is correct. When I enter my password it says I need to go online. But how du I do that? The wifi symbol on the login screen shows available wifis, I have wifi password and everything.
What do I do? What are my options?
I got a Windows 7 x64 USB boot key that I tried to boot from to reset the OS to Windows 7 and upgrade from there. But I can't get it to boot from the USB. I enter the boot menu, it finds the USB, I select the USB, but the screen just... flickers for a fraction of a second and the boot menu is still there. Secure boot is disabled.
My Computer
System One
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- OS
- Windows 8 Release Preview
- System Manufacturer/Model
- HP ProBook 6460b
- CPU
- Intel Core i5
- Memory
- 4 GB