Spinning dots on windows 10

[blumoon]

Hi folks I turned on my laptop today and it appeared to be updating but now it's stuck with spinning little dots like this for the last couple of hours. I'm absolutely tech savvy terrible so any idiot proof fix would be great. Thanks in advance folks

 

[Barcon]

It's thinking. Pull the battery out and start again.

 

[kaz7]

I agree with that advice,windows 10 can update for hours,don't let it do updates without asking you first,go into settings and change it from auto

 

[blumoon]

Battery is internal...poxy thing :-(

 

[malg]

Are you sat on a bench...?

 

[kaz7]

Battery is internal...poxy thing :-(

Assume you have tried to switch it off? press every thing on your keyboard including the enter,something might work

 

[blumoon]

Are you sat on a bench...?

Should I be ?

 

[Meatbag]

You should be able to press and hold the power button to shut it off. Though I did that once on a laptop running Windows 7 in the middle of an update and it messed up and wouldn't boot (fresh install time).

 

[blumoon]

You should be able to press and hold the power button to shut it off. Though I did that once on a laptop running Windows 7 in the middle of an update and it messed up and wouldn't boot (fresh install time).

This has worked. Thank yawl very much !!!

 

[stony]

This has worked. Thank yawl very much !!!

Make sure you turn off automatic updates so you can choose when to install them. They can take hours.

 

[Barcon]

Make sure you turn off automatic updates so you can choose when to install them. They can take hours.

Where do you find this? I can't find it on windows 10.

 

[stony]

Where do you find this? I can't find it on windows 10.

Hang on mate, I'll boot the lappy on have a look.

 

[stony]

Where do you find this? I can't find it on windows 10.

Settings, updates and security. If you can't find it, type it in cortina or whatever the fuck it's called and it should come up with it.

 

[Barcon]

Settings, updates and security. If you can't find it, type it in cortina or whatever the fuck it's called and it should come up with it.

The best IO can do is change active hours.
This thing is getting up to all kinds of stuff when I'm sleeping and running the battery down.

 

[stony]

The best IO can do is change active hours.
This thing is getting up to all kinds of stuff when I'm sleeping and running the battery down.

I'm still getting used to it myself, it's fucking horrible and uses up so much resources.

 

[Why Always Ste]

I agree, I really haven't taken to Win 10, most of the resource hungry features i don't even use.

I'm contemplating installing either Ubuntu or Win2000 as I only use the lappy for web browsing and messing with web design.
All this talk with cortina shite I can't be doing with, plus the regular updates and the almost spylike constant checkups on my activity. It's fucking awful.

 

[Barcon]

I'm still getting used to it myself, it's fucking horrible and uses up so much resources.

Let me know if you figure it out mate. I can't stand it.
The email address book is non existent.

 

[Barcon]

I agree, I really haven't taken to Win 10, most of the resource hungry features i don't even use.

I'm contemplating installing either Ubuntu or Win2000 as I only use the lappy for web browsing and messing with web design.
All this talk with cortina shite I can't be doing with, plus the regular updates and the almost spylike constant checkups on my activity. It's fucking awful.

It's absolute shit mate. I think I had windows ME or 2000 on the last one.

 

[stony]

It's absolute shit mate. I think I had windows ME or 2000 on the last one.

I've got windows 7 on the desktop and it's been excellent. The pc is on it's last legs but windows 7 has been exemplary.

 

[steviemc]

I agree, I really haven't taken to Win 10, most of the resource hungry features i don't even use.

I'm contemplating installing either Ubuntu or Win2000 as I only use the lappy for web browsing and messing with web design.
All this talk with cortina shite I can't be doing with, plus the regular updates and the almost spylike constant checkups on my activity. It's fucking awful.

Probably very little to choose from between Windows XP and 2000 if that's the way you want to go. I'm reluctant to move further than Win7 on my laptop, but still have XP on my main PC, simply because it runs perfectly well, uses very little resources without needing to update the hardware, yet still remains compatible with the majority of common programs/applications you may wish to throw at it. Windows 2000 is certainly a fine choice, but can be a bit slower on boot-up and isn't quite as accommodating to some of the later hardware/software drivers.