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Tech Help Please - Win 7 won't update
me | 8/2/2016 | The Louiswu

Posted on 08/02/2016 10:01:25 AM PDT by The Louiswu

I have done a fresh install of Win 7 OS but I can't get the windows updates. It's been a few days and I am getting nothing from MS - I've tried several "fixes" suggested on different OS forums, but still nothing. Anyone have any suggestions?

Thanks


TOPICS: Computers/Internet; Science
KEYWORDS: computer; microsoft; win7; window; windows; windowspinglist; windowsupdates
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To: Ingtar

Your claim that Firefox has a keylogger built in made me curious, so I did a search on the term, ‘Firefox keylogger’.

There are pages and pages of results for extensions you can add on to Firefox to defeat malicious keyloggers, but not a single reference for the browser having a built-in keylogger that reports back to Mozilla.

It appears your claim is false.


81 posted on 08/02/2016 6:16:48 PM PDT by Windflier (Pitchforks and torches ripen on the vine. Left too long, they become black rifles.)
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To: Windflier

Not sure why I typed Firefox in the list. It could have been the pain pills, but was not intentional. I should have stuck with the search engines to try to make my point.


82 posted on 08/02/2016 8:53:38 PM PDT by Ingtar
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks; Abby4116; afraidfortherepublic; aft_lizard; AF_Blue; amigatec; AppyPappy; ...
Win 7 tech help request ... PING!

You can find all the Windows Ping list threads with FR search: just search on keyword "windowspinglist".

Thanks to Tolerance Sucks Rocks for the ping!!

83 posted on 08/02/2016 9:48:16 PM PDT by dayglored ("Listen. Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government.")
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To: paratus

I run Linux Mint 18 and run Win7 32 bit in VMWare player in linux rarely. Installing and keeping Windows updated is a nightmare I don’t have to endure any more.


84 posted on 08/02/2016 10:32:57 PM PDT by Dalberg-Acton
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To: Joe Brower
Yes, your solution will work. The process is described in more detail here:

http://www.thewindowsclub.com/windows-update-not-working

After that, let Windows Update run its "Checking for updates..." for a very long time, at least eight hours with a fast connection, before giving up.

85 posted on 08/02/2016 11:05:57 PM PDT by TChad
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To: Ingtar

Of course Firefox has a keylogger. That’s how it is able (with the user’s permission) to record passwords.


86 posted on 08/02/2016 11:11:09 PM PDT by TChad
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To: Sans-Culotte

IMHO, you’re probably better off with anything else.


87 posted on 08/02/2016 11:27:36 PM PDT by matthew fuller (Obama Strategy: Disarm, divide, disrupt, diminish, desecrate, and destroy USA and Christianity.)
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To: AFreeBird

Knowing the computer industry as I do, I see where Microsoft saves money giving away windows 10 for free.

They want to get EVERYONE onto one operating system, so they can lay-off tens of thousands of people supporting old versions.


88 posted on 08/03/2016 5:01:24 AM PDT by Mr. K (Trump will win NY state - choke on that HilLIARy)
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To: The Louiswu

later...


89 posted on 08/03/2016 9:34:49 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: gattaca

Does anyone have a similar fix for Windows Vista?


90 posted on 08/06/2016 4:05:31 PM PDT by ducttape45 (Obama's legacy - Christianity outlawed, America shamed, morality destroyed. Need I say more?)
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Bookmarking


91 posted on 08/06/2016 4:14:43 PM PDT by RandallFlagg (Vote for your guns!)
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To: ducttape45

I’m not sure about that. When I need help I go to Microsoft Community or How-to-Geek.


92 posted on 08/06/2016 10:59:27 PM PDT by gattaca (Republicans believe every day is July 4, democrats believe every day is April 15. Ronald Reagan)
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To: ducttape45; LouisWu

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/949104


93 posted on 08/07/2016 11:04:26 AM PDT by smokingfrog ( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
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