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Well. The whole script is run multiple times by the Windows schedule. I did modify the script to save previous WGET output file. But, both the new and the previous one are exactly the same. The task definition uses the same credentials, as the user running the script from Explorer. Also, manually running task from schedule list ends with just one connection. The amount of connections from schedule task is random. But all connections are made in just 2 s time period. As Holmes said. After eliminating all the other possibilities, the one remaining must be the truth. Windows schedule runs the same task multiple times during 2 s time period. To prove that I did modify the script by adding a PING 127.0.0.1 command in it. The script execution takes more than 2 seconds now. So far the result is just one connection, every time.

I encountered strange result when runnig batch script from Windows 10 schedule. The script uses WGET.EXE to connect to check if a HTTP service is running on the same computer (127.0.0.1). If thre is a problem an Email is sent and the service gets restarted. The WGET output is redirected to a file, so all operations are visible there. When running from command line or explorer there is just one connection in the HTTP service log, as it should be. But if the same script was executed from Windows 10 schedule, there are multiple connections visible in the log, from the same source at the same time. All connections are done in 1 to 2 s time frame. I did test the idea with using a reverse proxy server co connect to the same service. The proxy log shows the same multiple connections effect. So, it is not a problem of the HTTP service. There are multiple connections from the same address, because the proxy logged them, as well. The output file from WGET shows just one connection. The command line has a -t1 switch to limit the attempted connections to just one. The -o switch redirects output to a text file, and there is just one connection attempt in the output file. I'm stuck. I do not know how to crack this behavior. I wish to know what is going on here.

Switching E-Mail address is a significant problem. Too much hassle to consider it a solution. In any case, I would certainly not use Onet or WP. I would use an E-Mail server in my own domain, instead.

It seems the Email Tray is unable to set up a GMail account. The procedure just requires E-Mail address and the password. The OAuth2 autentication is not performed, and the applications says the password is wrong. So, I do believe the Email Tray does no support OAuth2 authentication.

The general idea is to get audible new E-Mail notification, with the speakers turned off. The old solution was to get the notification through PC Speaker. It worked well in Windows XP and later Windows 7, while using POP Tray and later POP Peeper applications. To read GMail originated messages the Thunderbird was used. In case of mails from different server it was enough to read the header, and then just delete it. As, they are just notification of events like power failures and such. POP Tray went useless, after GMail forced OAuth2 authentication procedure. POP Peeper is unable to select the audio output. So, it worked well with the beepxp driver, generating system error beep through PC Speaker. But, failed to do the same on HP z220 CMT computer. For some reason I was unable to get the PC Speaker function on z220, while it worked perfectly on HP z210 CMT. So, here you have it. Now, I'm looking for an E-Mail notifier with. - ability to generate audible notification on audio output different from the default one on Windows 7 x64. - ability to use OAuth2 authenication - multiple E-Mail account support, and ability to view headers and delete mails without running a full blown E-Mail client. - visible seconds on E-Mail list. The POP Peeper was unable to display seconds on the list of new mails. I'm using internal E-Mail server to monitor events on multiple devices. Somtimes it is difficult to get the sequence of events, if the seconds are not visible. - it would be perfect if the apllication is free (with commercial use included).

Sorry, but cloning will not do. I have to be able to modify the user profile acting as Administrator. With cloning I would have to clone the user profile to Administrator login, then make modifications, then clone the profile back to the user. It's much simpler to change the user password, log in as user, then to make changes to the user settings, then to tell the user to change the password back.

I need to have two users with different passwords but the same user settings and layout. The idea is for the Administrator to be able to login as user and to be able to work with user profile and make modifications to it. In case of Windows 7 I was able to have the same user folder by linking the Users\Administrator folder to the user folder by a symbolic link. It works in Windows 10, but there are issues with default applications. Every time I login as a different user the default applications get reset (Mail client, Web browser, ...). So I need to find a different approach, or to get the default applications function under control.

Indeed Windows Update Blocker 1.8 did the job. I did not use the Protect Service Settings feature, however. On the note WUB disabled more than just the Windows Update. Apparently some other services were responsible for turning the Windows Update back on. Also, after the WUB did the job, the Windows Update was set disabled. But, after system reboot, Windows Update returned to the manual start, again. Good thing is it was not runnig. It did not work for me. Well, not in Windows 10. I was able to force the Windows Update to ask for permition before downloading, but not to disable the nagging for updates after every login.

I'm trying to get Windows Update service under control. There is a lot of articles in the Internet saying, the only way to get automatic updates disabled is to get Windows Update service disabled. Unfortunately, all my attemps to get Windows Update service to be turned off, failed. The service gets turned on after a while. I presume, there were some changes in newer versions of Windows 10, and the old ways are not working, any more. Right now I'm dealing with 22H2 version.

Since the flame war has ended, it is a good time to think about the future of VxKex. By my understanding the best project to continue with is the BeitDina / VxKex fork. It has the whole source posted on Github, with last available version of 1.0.0.999. It appears to be compiled with Microsoft Visual Studio 2010.

I do have saved KexSetup_Release_1_1_0_1291.exe and KexSetup_Release_1_1_1_1375.exe files. So, I did download KexSetup_Release_1_1_1_1375.exe again, then did "fc /b" command to compare both files. The files were identical. Well, the KexSetup_Release_1_1_1_1375.exe does not work correctly in 32bit systems, so I,m using older KexSetup_Release_1_1_0_1291.exe, instead.

The project disappeared from the github. Does anyone know what happened?

VxKex disappeared from github. Does anyone know what happened?

I was able to run an accounting application, made to work on Windows 10, on Windows 7 x64 with VxKex enabled. Without VxKex execution ends with missing dll export. It seems the VxKex does not work on Windows 7 x32 at all. If I enable VxKex for any application, windows 7 compatible or not , the execution always ends with BEX error. ---------------- Well, after switching to KexSetup_Release_1_1_0_1291.exe, everything seems to be working correctly in Windows 7 32bit.

The KexSetup_Release_1_1_1_1375.exe installer is not working, if the Temp folder is on FAT32 disk D:. If i set the Temp to be on the system drive C:\Temp, installer works correctly. I do not know if the problem is related to type of file system FAT23 vs NTFS, or disk drive letter D: vs C:. Another problem, is the link property settings on 64bit Windows 7. I can set the VxKex properties of an application desktop link on 32bit Windows 7. But in case of the 64bit system it says the EXE file path should start with drive letter, and will not let to save the properties. On the other hand it is possible to set everything in the VxKex global configuration application.