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   From: zeke@nosuchmail.com   
      
   "Frank ess"  wrote in message   
   news:6eadnfA8GfRiffjQnZ2dnUVZ5hudnZ2d@giganews.com...   
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   > I managed to get the Update version downloaded and installed in less than   
   > half an hour. Then came the re-boot: it wouldn't.   
   >   
   > Last time Windows updated anything, same story, so I knew where to go:   
   > disconnect everything except the monitor, mouse, and keyboard. Bingo.   
   > Jumps right up as if it knew what to do.   
   >   
   > Kind of a hassle to unplug and re-plug three external hard drives (one   
   > USB-3.0) and two scanners, but practice is making it quicker.   
      
   Don't your scanners and external hard drives have a power switch?   
      
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