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Now Microsoft is breaking Windows 7 to get users to upgrade to Windows 10
BetaNews ^ | 5 May 2016 | Wayne Williams

Posted on 05/07/2016 4:41:19 AM PDT by WhiskeyX

Microsoft has made a change to an update for Windows 7 that can prevent certain systems from booting. While you might expect me to say, "good news, the software giant has fixed the problem", in fact what Microsoft has done is switch the update from "optional", to "recommended". So, on some systems, it will now install, and break Windows 7 automatically.

There is good news though, and that’s you can solve the problem and get your computer working again by (can you guess?) upgrading to Windows 10. Hooray!

The update in question is KB3133977 and what this does is fix a problem that stops BitLocker encrypting drives because of service crashes in svhost.exe. If that’s a problem you have, you’ll welcome the fix.

Unless you have an ASUS motherboard.

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TOPICS: Computers/Internet
KEYWORDS: microshaft; microsoft; windows; windows10; windows7; windowspinglist
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To: thoughtomator

Thanks for the instruct, friend. I’m going to do what you suggest.

If I have a question as to whether it’s safe to turn off something, would you mind if I ran it by you via freepmail?

Much appreciated!


61 posted on 05/07/2016 10:46:32 AM PDT by Windflier (Pitchforks and torches ripen on the vine. Left too long, they become black rifles.)
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To: Windflier

yep it’s fine

do me a favor and do a web search on the service in question before posing it to me, it’ll save both of us time


62 posted on 05/07/2016 10:49:17 AM PDT by thoughtomator
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To: Buttons12; onona; NewHampshireDuo

“Is it a difficult task to change from Win 7 to Linux ?”

Close to 20 years ago, I started running Linux as a hobbyist. It was rather difficult and time consuming to learn, so as I replaced my computers, I abandoned Linux and went back to Windows.

When all this controversy with MS forcing upgrades to windows 10, I decided to give Linux another try.

If you have a spare USB flashdrive an easy way to find out if Linux is right for you is to go to https://sourceforge.net/projects/unetbootin/ and download unetbootin. Once you have it, execute it and it opens a dialog to allow you to choose the distribution you want to try. Choose the USB stick as the destination to install the files for the distro you want to try.

I chose Linux Mint 17.2_Live_x64 and was very pleased with it. Unlike the old days, the installation was automatic and found all my hardware without issue.

Once the download is complete and you’re ready to reboot, just do so, and when your computer starts, press the esc key, F8, DEL key, or whatever your particular system requires to allow you to select which OS to start.

Like I said, the installation process is almost completely automatic but most questions are multiple choice. Just choose the ones that apply to you as to timezone, authorization info if you have a wireless connection, etc.

The best part is, doing it this way you never touch your existing Windows system. The Linux OS runs entirely from the files on the USB stick. Any changes you make to the system like screensaver, applications you install, etc last only until you reboot the computer. Once you turn it off, it reboots as if it’s the first time and you start again.

The default installation comes with firefox browser, but if you prefer chrome, you can download and install the appropriate package from google.

In my case, almost everything I do is done in the chrome browser so I can’t really address issues like photoshop and other apps.

If your computer activity is mostly web browsing, Linux is a very good alternative to Windows. Hope this helps.


63 posted on 05/07/2016 10:57:51 AM PDT by Nacho Bidnith (America is a country founded by geniuses and run by idiots. Trump 2016)
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To: thoughtomator

“do me a favor and do a web search on the service in question before posing it to me, it’ll save both of us time”

Roger that. I wouldn’t think of asking for help on something I can sort out by myself. I very much appreciate the help you’ve already given me.


64 posted on 05/07/2016 11:19:10 AM PDT by Windflier (Pitchforks and torches ripen on the vine. Left too long, they become black rifles.)
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To: WhiskeyX

http://ultimateoutsider.com/downloads/

THEES ONE-
GWX Control Panel

FUMS


65 posted on 05/07/2016 11:46:55 AM PDT by matthew fuller (I want him tried, convicted, and executed for Treason!)
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To: NewHampshireDuo

They did this to me...they prevented me from being able to scan from and print frommy own printer until I did a reboot which they knwe and I knw was going to loand and install Win 10 over my Win 8.1. When it did I got on the chat line and they instructed howto remove with a reboot and other instructions, BUT when it did it totally remove ALL of my already paid for OFFICE 2010 Apps and now I had all the files (mostly Word and Excel) that were worthless. After hours and hours all I could get back was a month fress OFFICE 2016 then $149 or $19.95 per month..a bunch of f’ing thieves...bill and linda of f yourselves...sumbags!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Hid behind your gates and do tell us how really great you are giving away our billions and avoid paying txes!!!!!!!!!!!!


66 posted on 05/07/2016 12:56:47 PM PDT by ldish (Have had enough...you??????)
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To: Nacho Bidnith
Thanks for the directions Nacho.

I've got two laptops, so I'm downloading Win 10 on one and will try Linux on the other to do a side by side comparison.

Thanks for the help, Brian

67 posted on 05/07/2016 12:59:09 PM PDT by onona (Honey this isn't Kindergarten. We are in an all out war for the survival of our Country !)
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To: Nacho Bidnith
If your computer activity is mostly web browsing, Linux is a very good alternative to Windows. Hope this helps.

It does, except for the part about "difficult and time consuming to learn." ;)

Can I do what you suggest on any old (or new) laptop with Windows in it?

I really don't do much online. Email, a few simple websites, youtube, and a lot of shopping.

68 posted on 05/07/2016 1:01:24 PM PDT by Buttons12 ( It Can't Happen Here -- Sinclair Lewis.)
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To: cardinal4

:-)


69 posted on 05/07/2016 1:29:40 PM PDT by BBB333 (Q: Which is grammatically correct? Joe Biden IS or Joe Biden ARE an idiot?)
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To: Buttons12

Difficult to learn was 20 years ago. I was amazed when I tried Linux again how simple and intuitive it was to set up. Other than the desktop looking a bit different than it does in Windows, there really aren’t any noticeable differences between the 2 OS’s.

Web browsing is just about all I do and either chrome browser or firefox on Linux will do anything as well as Windows. The advantage with chrome is that flash is built in to the browser which is different than it is in firefox.

I’m a heavy user of youtube and any web site like CNN or any other places we typically go with video works just the same as with Windows.

All of the adblock and noscript utilities are available for Linux too.

If you use a standalone email client (which I don’t), thunderbird is available for Linux. I use yahoo mail from my browser.

Best of all, Linux is historically better on older machines than on new ones, and it’s generally less memory intensive. If your machine runs Windows well, it will run Linux just as good if not better. If it runs like a dog in Windows, it will probably be nominally better in Linux.


70 posted on 05/07/2016 1:34:34 PM PDT by Nacho Bidnith (America is a country founded by geniuses and run by idiots. Trump 2016)
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To: onona

Don’t believe all the wonderful claims about Linux, especially about Windows apps running under Wine.


71 posted on 05/07/2016 1:41:44 PM PDT by Moonman62 (Make America Great Again!)
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To: Nacho Bidnith

Thank you so much! I have 10 thumbs at this sort of thing but would like to understand better. Just not on my #1 computer. If I can experiment on one of the others, I won’t get into any trouble :D


72 posted on 05/07/2016 1:57:27 PM PDT by Buttons12 ( It Can't Happen Here -- Sinclair Lewis.)
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To: WhiskeyX

Damn, I use Asus boards in my builds so....bookmark.
Thanks for posting.


73 posted on 05/07/2016 2:02:52 PM PDT by right way right (May we remain sober over mere men, for God really is our one and only true hope.)
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To: thoughtomator
shut off everything you’re not using.

Easy for you to say, you know wth stuff is!

I keep a close eye on the Task Manager but still have no idea what 95% of those programs are.

A while back I noticed the laptop was getting sluggish and Adobe Flash was lingering in the TM even after closing the page it was called up for.

That got me in the habit of watching the TM. I generally see 20 or so background processes and 25 or so Windows processes, including a whole heap of "Service Host" processes. I googled some of these things looking to learn what I could do without, but it's difficult for someone whose specialty is Byzantine history.

Still, I did find that making Adobe Flash a permission-needed program, cured a lot of misery. Just say no!

74 posted on 05/07/2016 2:13:17 PM PDT by Buttons12 ( It Can't Happen Here -- Sinclair Lewis.)
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To: Buttons12

My task manager, when I’m not running any programs, shows six running processes, two of which are the task manager itself and its UI.

The rest are system processes that must always be running: crsss.exe, winlogon.exe, dwm.exe, and explorer.exe.

Most people don’t have my skills so they’ll need an anti-virus running (I eschew them personally but I have other methods of staying virus-free), so that would be seven, maybe eight if there are two processes for the AV.

Anything more than that is something that probably shouldn’t be running unless you are using it.


75 posted on 05/07/2016 2:24:36 PM PDT by thoughtomator
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To: Buttons12

I have occasional problem with my browser freezing. Turns out it is the Shockwave plugin crashing. Win7 64 Ultimate here.


76 posted on 05/07/2016 2:24:37 PM PDT by Dalberg-Acton
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bttt


77 posted on 05/07/2016 7:41:52 PM PDT by Unrepentant VN Vet (Smile. It'll drive people nuts trying to figure out what you know or have done.)
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To: WhiskeyX

for later


78 posted on 05/08/2016 3:51:53 AM PDT by GGpaX4DumpedTea (I am a Tea Party descendant...steeped in the Constitutional Republic given to us by the Founders)
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To: Mark was here

When my old computer with XP finally failed last August, I got a new Dell with Win 7 on it. Guess what - no serial port for my trusty 1996 HP LaserJet 6P printer. I was told to buy a new one and forget about it. I refused and researched the problem. I bought a cable from Amazon with detailed instructions on how to configure and BINGO - my trusty printer is now back in operation.


79 posted on 05/08/2016 7:36:51 AM PDT by CedarDave (Moderate Muslims are the tall grass in which Jihadi Terrorists hide undisturbed)
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To: CedarDave

I take care of printers at work and the 6p is the Honda Civic of printers. I still have a couple running.


80 posted on 05/08/2016 7:44:28 AM PDT by ez ("Abashed the devil stood and felt how awful goodness is..." - Milton)
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