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River Song Send message Joined: 30 Jul 15 Posts: 268 Credit: 1,735,966 RAC: 0 |
Unread Message 1775293 - Posted: 31 Mar 2016, 14:23:48 UTC - in response to Message 1775262. Last modified: 31 Mar 2016, 14:58:37 UTC @Linda Latte So, of the TWO versions of GWX offered, if I go with the "install" version, and NOT the "standalone" .exe I will then get a screen icon and other stuff? Visit the GWX Control Panel User Guide, and scroll down to "DOWNLOADING AND INSTALLING GWX CONTROL PANEL". If you are presently using the stand-alone version and are upgrading to the installer version, even more so, you should follow the above. Is the install version a .zip file? Both are .exe Stand-alone is GWX_Control_Panel.exe Installer is GwxControlPanelSetup.exe EDIT: The author of GWX has an account on YouTube. He made a 5 min video (Understanding Windows 10 Upgrade System Settings) pertaining to KB 3035583 and how to circumvent it. Thank you for the additional VERY informative info on GWX !! Watch out if you go for a ride with Siran d'Vel'nahr on his spaceship! He may 'put the pedal to the metal' and scare the bejeezus out of you as he did to me. :) River Song (aka Linda Latte on planet Earth) "Happy I-Phone girl on the GO GO GO" |
Ulrich Metzner Send message Joined: 3 Jul 02 Posts: 1256 Credit: 13,565,513 RAC: 13 |
On Win 7 the dreaded KB2952664 is back AGAIN! I put it on blend away and don't bother me again the 3rd time, let's see how relentless it will be... :/ Aloha, Uli |
Cosmic_Ocean Send message Joined: 23 Dec 00 Posts: 3027 Credit: 13,516,867 RAC: 13 |
On Win 7 the dreaded KB2952664 is back AGAIN! From the KB page for them.. Article ID: 2952664 - Last Review: 03/31/2016 16:17:00 - Revision: 19.0Assuming they didn't skip revisions, and they don't use minor versions.. it has been re-released 18 times. Article ID: 2976978 - Last Review: 03/31/2016 16:18:00 - Revision:22.0 And that one has been re-released 21 times. Linux laptop: record uptime: 1511d 20h 19m (ended due to the power brick giving-up) |
River Song Send message Joined: 30 Jul 15 Posts: 268 Credit: 1,735,966 RAC: 0 |
Test Post... Please forgive.. My Win 7 PC 64-bit crashed bad and I needed a HD re-format. Am now trying to get BOINC and my on-line business working again. I have about 35 programs to load and try to find the registration codes for. A real nightmare! Sorry for taking up BW.. Just wanted to make sure all aspects of SETI are working for me. I will shut up now. :) River Song (aka Linda Latte on planet Earth) "Happy I-Phone girl on the GO GO GO" |
TimeLord04 Send message Joined: 9 Mar 06 Posts: 21140 Credit: 33,933,039 RAC: 23 |
I'm pretty sure I posted this in here awhile back; but, for those whom are interested: To Restore the F8 Boot to Safe Mode in Win 10, (8.1, too), do this: Open cmd.exe as Administrator, then type in: bcdedit /set {default} bootmenupolicy legacy Close cmd.exe, reboot, hit F8 until you get the Advanced Boot Menu Options... TL TimeLord04 Have TARDIS, will travel... Come along K-9! Join Calm Chaos |
Phil Burden Send message Joined: 26 Oct 00 Posts: 264 Credit: 22,303,899 RAC: 0 |
Test Post... Please forgive.. It might be an idea to grab yourself a free copy of Macrium Reflect, acquire an external HD, and do occasional image backups. It means you can do a full restore in a matter of minutes. No more re-installations. worth a look, no? P. |
Bill G Send message Joined: 1 Jun 01 Posts: 1282 Credit: 187,688,550 RAC: 182 |
Or you could use the built in Windows Image found in Backup on your W7 computer. I recommend it as well as Macrium. Test Post... Please forgive.. SETI@home classic workunits 4,019 SETI@home classic CPU time 34,348 hours |
Jord Send message Joined: 9 Jun 99 Posts: 15184 Credit: 4,362,181 RAC: 3 |
Or you could use the built in Windows Image found in Backup on your W7 computer. The irritating thing about that is that it requires a 1TB drive to backup to, even if the Windows partition is just 120GB. I see that Macrium allows for individual partition imaging and cloning, so you can store multiple images or partitions on a 1TB drive. |
arkayn Send message Joined: 14 May 99 Posts: 4438 Credit: 55,006,323 RAC: 0 |
Or you could use the built in Windows Image found in Backup on your W7 computer. I just used Reflect to move my Win7 install from a 90GB SSD to a 250GB SSD. |
HAL9000 Send message Joined: 11 Sep 99 Posts: 6534 Credit: 196,805,888 RAC: 57 |
Or you could use the built in Windows Image found in Backup on your W7 computer. I like Symantec Ghost or Acronis True Image to make system backups. Rather than install their software I use the "recovery media" method. Boot to it. Then make or restore the OS image I need. It is also a grate method for running a system with multiple OSs without messing around with multiboot options or bootloaders. SETI@home classic workunits: 93,865 CPU time: 863,447 hours Join the [url=http://tinyurl.com/8y46zvu]BP6/VP6 User Group[ |
shizaru Send message Joined: 14 Jun 04 Posts: 1130 Credit: 1,967,904 RAC: 0 |
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Bill G Send message Joined: 1 Jun 01 Posts: 1282 Credit: 187,688,550 RAC: 182 |
Or you could use the built in Windows Image found in Backup on your W7 computer. I must be doing something wrong as I am using 500GB drives for backup. If you are backing up a 1T drive, it will only restore onto a 1T drive, even if the image size is smaller. SETI@home classic workunits 4,019 SETI@home classic CPU time 34,348 hours |
Cosmic_Ocean Send message Joined: 23 Dec 00 Posts: 3027 Credit: 13,516,867 RAC: 13 |
Or you could use the built in Windows Image found in Backup on your W7 computer. That's interesting, because on literally a dozen laptops that I've done clean installations of 7 on, they had a 120-500gb HDD in them, and I carved-out ~25gb at the end of the drive for another partition and 7 has no issue with making a system image of the main partition onto that smaller one. There's just the standard warning that the recovery partition is on the same physical drive, so if the drive dies, you lose your backup, but it will still do it. And it's not so much that if you're backing up a 1TB drive that it has to be a 1TB drive that you restore to.. it's all about the partition size. Since the actual LBA/sector count of 1TB drives varies by model and especially by manufacturer, if you ever plan on wanting to be able to successfully use your backups.. it is generally a good idea to shrink the C partition using disk management (run > diskmgmt.msc) down to something fairly universal. Like if you do a clean install and do all the updates and don't add all your software, you can shrink it down to under 80gb, make the backup, and then expand it back out to the limitation of the disk. That way in the future, if you replace your C drive with a smaller drive, you can still use your backup image, as long as the new drive is larger than the size of the partition when you made the backup. Linux laptop: record uptime: 1511d 20h 19m (ended due to the power brick giving-up) |
Jord Send message Joined: 9 Jun 99 Posts: 15184 Credit: 4,362,181 RAC: 3 |
And it's not so much that if you're backing up a 1TB drive that it has to be a 1TB drive that you restore to.. it's all about the partition size. I can't help it, at the time that I'd made an in-place repair installation of my Windows, on a new SSHD, I wanted to backup the Windows partition only to the old drive that held Windows and several other partitions. The Windows backup program told me at the time that I needed a 1000 GB drive to be able to do what I wanted. It now tells me I need a medium with at least 174.5GB free. Which is still a little over as the Windows partition is 500GB with only 120GB used. |
David S Send message Joined: 4 Oct 99 Posts: 18352 Credit: 27,761,924 RAC: 12 |
Let me ask something: Even if I never install 10 on any of my existing computers, could MS still get into them if I bought a new one with 10 on it and connected it to my home network, or to an existing one via Teamviewer? What about if I connect to a friend's network with 10 boxes on it? David Sitting on my butt while others boldly go, Waiting for a message from a small furry creature from Alpha Centauri. |
ML1 Send message Joined: 25 Nov 01 Posts: 21231 Credit: 7,508,002 RAC: 20 |
If you run any version of Windows, you are completely vulnerable to whatever Microsoft and their "trusted 3rd parties" have programed 'your' computer to do. Happy computing, Martin See new freedom: Mageia Linux Take a look for yourself: Linux Format The Future is what We all make IT (GPLv3) |
Grant (SSSF) Send message Joined: 19 Aug 99 Posts: 13855 Credit: 208,696,464 RAC: 304 |
Let me ask something: Your existing computers will be as secure (or unsecure) as they are now. Grant Darwin NT |
kittyman Send message Joined: 9 Jul 00 Posts: 51478 Credit: 1,018,363,574 RAC: 1,004 |
Let me ask something: And the problem is this is making many users INSECURE. Meowsigh. "Time is simply the mechanism that keeps everything from happening all at once." |
Gary Charpentier Send message Joined: 25 Dec 00 Posts: 31012 Credit: 53,134,872 RAC: 32 |
If you run any version of Windows, you are completely vulnerable to whatever Microsoft and their "trusted 3rd parties" have programed 'your' computer to do. Sounds exactly like any other O/S. |
Siran d'Vel'nahr Send message Joined: 23 May 99 Posts: 7379 Credit: 44,181,323 RAC: 238 |
If you run any version of Windows, you are completely vulnerable to whatever Microsoft and their "trusted 3rd parties" have programed 'your' computer to do. Greetings Gary, That may be so. But, is there data mining and theft of it and passwords and tracking in Linux or any other non-Window$ 10 OS? ;) Keep on BOINCing...! :) CAPT Siran d'Vel'nahr - L L & P _\\// Winders 11 OS? "What a piece of junk!" - L. Skywalker "Logic is the cement of our civilization with which we ascend from chaos using reason as our guide." - T'Plana-hath |
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