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Oww, come on, you need only the RunasTI.exe, I am attaching it nonetheless. And - normally - you do not run .cmd's by right clicking on them, but rather you open a command prompt (as Administrator) and in it you execute the batch, this way you have more control (but yes, you can type exit, possibly more than once will be needed, when you have finished with the batch). jaclaz RunAsTI.exe

Well, JFYI, it's not at all like "news", that photo has been floating around since - at the very least - 2013, it is supposedly coming from Moscow, Russia: http://owned.com/p/welcome-to-advertising-in-moscow-er-maybe-not-9427 jaclaz

Well, the fact that Winimage hasn't been updated means nothing, the software dates back to 1993 or 1994 originally, and it's not like anything actually happened in the meantime since 2013, except - maybe - the coming of the .vhdx format. I seem to remember I had some issues in particular setups (non-standard "sectors before"), but a lot of time have passed so I am not too sure. To save space do yourself a favour and use a sparse file (on NTFS of course) instead of a dynamic .vhd. jaclaz

Well, not really-really, through IMDISK you are still mounting a volume (as opposed to the "whole disk" and possibly multiple volumes) only you are doing it at a different level of integration to the OS, if you want to actually "open" a volume (without mounting and read only), 7-zip is better suited (limited to RAW files or fixed size .vhd's) or Winimage (R/W, with some hiccups, if I remember correctly). jaclaz

That image is October 2005 , so it is "MSDN Subscriptions Library" or possibly "MSDN library subscription". If you have the actual CD can you provide an image of it and/or the "code" (like the X11-52519 and X11-29382 in the image you provided a link to)? April 2004 should be X10-38397 according to: http://www.um.es/informatica/index.php?recurso=6991 It seems like (for the October 2005 example): X11-29380 is Disc 1 X11-29381 is Disc 2 X11-29383 is Disc 3 so disc 3 April 2004 should be X10-38399 Are you sure that those KB are "only" in the April 2004 CD? Or maybe they are periodically re-inserted in other CD's? jaclaz

No, it didn't. You should take some time to learn how to critically read *any* statistical data. Variations within +/- 1% or -more likely - 2% represent only the possible error in the sampling or data collection. jaclaz

Good. jaclaz

Check also for $RecycleBin (hidden). See if these work (though they are about "removable" disk drives): http://www.thewindowsclub.com/prevent-system-volume-information-folder-usb https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/office/en-US/44a54eee-7e11-4fed-a043-8db90439666c/prevent-system-volume-information-from-being-written-to-an-external-drive-on-windows-10?forum=win10itprogeneral jaclaz

Check (and double check) if you are booting UEFI or BIOS (actually CSM or "legacy mode"): https://www.eightforums.com/tutorials/29504-bios-mode-see-if-windows-boot-uefi-legacy-mode.html jaclaz

Ok, will need to be a tad bit more specific. There are AFAIK two distinct Hall's Laws: http://www.murphys-laws.com/murphy/murphy-laws.html that seemingly BOTH apply in this case. Assume that a non-destructive repair isn't, so treat it exactly like you would treat a destructive one. Simply image your system "as is" by making a full disk image or a clone, then attempt the "presumably non-destructive" repair, if after all it turns out to be destructive, all you have to do is to re-image back to current state. In theory you reinstall/repair the windows 7 (and the Windows 7 should boot and temporarily lose the Windows 10 booting) and then reinstall/repair the Windows 10. This is of course greatly risky as if the Windows 10 reinstall/repair fails you likely lose BOTH the Windows 7 and the windows 10 booting Besides making the full disk image (that is however STRONGLY suggested, I would define it a VITAL pre-requirement) most probably you can make also an image/clone of the "special" boot partition only, as restoring just that should be enough to bring you back to the current working dual boot situation even if the "plain" repair fails. Anyway, you will need to provide a lot more information if you want/need more specific guidance, like the exact way the disk is partitioned, which drive letters are currently used, whether you use (I presume BIOS) BIOS or UEFI booting and if you currently can boot successfully (even if possibly with some minor issue once booted) both the Windows 7 and the Windows 10. jaclaz

And don't forget that usually "Ed Bott's good advice" is considered as well an oxymoron... jaclaz

Any more detail? Maybe it can be found among the ones here: https://archive.org/details/msdncds? jaclaz

I have now found the perfect practical example of what is happening. NT is a plastered wall. Windows 2000 is first layer of (white, plain) paint applied to it. Windows XP is a (fancy) second layer of paint. Vista is a (shocking pink ) third layer. 7 is a return to more agreeable (pastel) colours, but is indeed a fourth layer. 8/8.1 are the fifth layer (coming from a decorator under LSD effects ). 10 is the sixth layer, just like it happens on real wall, the paint starts to peel off here and there, and if you want to have something acceptable, you need to scrape off until you get to the plaster before reapplying a new paint. jaclaz

BUT quite a few people deserve it (and they as well deserve windows 8/8.1/10)... jaclaz

I am getting old , this seems WhatsApp or Twitter to me. jaclaz

... meanwhile in Redmond ... http://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/01/19/windows_10_bug_undercuts_ipv6_rollout/ The actual blog post: https://blog.apnic.net/2017/01/19/ipv6-only-at-microsoft/ jaclaz

And - just for the record - another suitable tool is Registrar Lite, in an old version that you can get from here: http://web.archive.org/web/20040803094650/http://www.resplendence.com/download Which has very nice search and replace features, still COA2 remains the "best suited" tool. jaclaz

And - back to the future past - a new initiative : https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2017/01/human-knowledge-salt-mine/512552/?single_page=true jaclaz

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Maybe it is an issue with "false pairs", but being questioned or interrogated here means something different, particularly if done by a secret service or a defence agency. Someone (supposedly retainers of extremely secret or private data and possibly connected to the French secret services) asked you an opinion or suggestion on how to securely erase some disk drives. For some reason they were afraid that data could be recovered AND didn't want to make use of any of the (documented) international, if not standards, "recommendations" such as the DoD one they could ask NOT anyone among their IT security experts AND THEN they asked this question to you, unofficially, since you don't have any particularly related qualification, education or experience. Now I see. Just for the record, even set aside perpendicular recording in 2006 the NIST already published a document about the proved effectiveness of a single pass on anything manufactured after around 2001 or 15 Gb in size: http://web.archive.org/web/20120901055431/http://csrc.nist.gov/publications/nistpubs/800-88/NISTSP800-88_with-errata.pdf of course it is entirely possible that that was a clever move by the US intelligence to trick all the world (including their own agencies) to adopt excessively lax standards in order to be able to retrieve information not fully overwritten and thus recoverable (by them). jaclaz

... menawhile in Germany ... http://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/01/17/microsoft_germany_says_windows_7_already_unfit_for_business_users/ jaclaz

Well, the only good thing about being old (at least before being visited by that old German gentleman Al *something*) is that of remembering old tools. http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,21065,00.asp http://web.archive.org/web/20120418153743/http://htmole.altervista.org/info/coa2.htm it works nicely in XP too. (and with a couple tricks also in Vista): jaclaz

Sure, but lucky guessing has its own merits you shouldn't be so negative about it. jaclaz

You do understand how this is exactly he opposite of "troubleshooting", right? You should disconnect each and every USB device, then run USB deview and remove each and every of them you see there. Then try again with just one, single device attached. (the keyboard, for whatever reasons right now you have three instances of it. that may be part of the issue) And do try with a "normal" keyboard! jackaz

Then, JFYI: http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/money/industries/technology/2004-11-29-honeypot_x.htm http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/08/19/infected_in20_minutes/ The Sans paper you can get via Wayback Machine: http://web.archive.org/web/20050117145027/http://isc.sans.org/presentations/xpsurvivalguide.pdf jaclaz