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Well, it could be a MS lottery ticket (congratulations,you have won Google Play Music) or more simply a non-disclosed form of A/B testing (one of the stupidest approaches EVER to software development): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A/B_testing jaclaz

Out of curiosity, BIOS or UEFI? jaclaz

There is a follow on: http://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/fight-companies-pushing-nonsense.html jaclaz

If you have a few files, it is not "massive". If it is "massive" then probably batch is going to be too slow for the activity. There are several dedicated tools. Usually they would be better and easier: http://www.bulkrenameutility.co.uk/Main_Intro.php There is also a command line version that you can use from batch. In "pure" batch it will depend on the specific naming scheme (current) and specific naming scheme (after processing), that would be, in the case you provided (which I doubt is actually the way you have files named) a simple for loop to separate the "main" name from the suffix, then recreate an incremental suffix and possibly add the extension that you omitted in your sample. There are (there will be) any kind of complication, as soon as someone will post a small batch doing exactly what you asked, you will try using on your actual data and it won't work (because you didn't describe accurately enough the data, because of file/directory permissions, because of non ASCII filenames, etc.). jaclaz

Try cleanspl: https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/windowsserver/en-US/6de177db-df34-4801-be93-1a8e4231f183/how-to-reinstall-print-spooler-service?forum=winserverfiles There used to be a newer "fixit": https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/askperf/2012/02/24/microsoft-fixit-for-printing/ but it has to be seen if the new version for 7 still works on XP. The actual link to it now resolves to a "generic" fixit help page: http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9662904 The file is/was MicrosoftFixit50126.msi it is seemingly still available here: http://mycontactinfo.net/index.php?action=artikel&cat=26&id=85&artlang=en jaclaz EDIT: Ok, the file is still on MS servers, for the usual reasons (carelessness, utter stupidity, etc.) they only broke the dynamic go.microsoft link: http://download.microsoft.com/download/5/6/2/562F8B81-5288-4098-ADED-D4027464D130/MicrosoftFixit50126.msi

@Dave Naah, the plural is normally used for the single character or key on keyboard. In English also, the "double quote" (singular) or "inverted commas" (plural for the actual character/key on keyboard) are actually a (singular) "quotation mark". The plural is ambiguous: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/inverted_comma Also in computing the single quote mark is actually an apostrophe: https://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~mgk25/ucs/quotes.html And of course if you want to write an apostrophe you use the U+2109 "right single quotation mark" jaclaz

A Brazilian nitpicking on the usage of quotes by the Americans (BTW one of the very few cases where - by pure chance BTW - they have it "right"[1]) as opposed to the British: https://www.scribendi.com/advice/when_to_use_double_or_single_quotation_marks.en.html .... and an Italian nitpicking on the nitpicking, they are actually called "inverted commas" by the British (you know the good people that just voted to be not anymore in the EU, and as a side note: ahh, the good ol' times when twelve pence would make a shilling and twenty shillings a pound ): http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/words/inverted-commas I guess we have now seen it all and we can shut down the Internet for good . jaclaz [1] virgolette in Italian, comillas in Spanish, aspas in Portuguese, they are all plural (because they are double quotes)

The Convenience Rollup is very different from a Service Pack: 1) it is NOT cumulative 2) it needs - besides "itself" AND the previous SP1 - a specific update as a prerequisite 3) it is not "all inclusive", what is inside it is a subset (the most relevant) of updates issued after SP1 Calling it SP2 is - besides inaccurate - giving it a "dignity" that it completely lacks. But if you are happy calling things NOT with their names, you are very welcome to do so, of course :). jaclaz

To be picky that is NOT a SP2 DVD (MS terms are already confusing enough, let us not add to the mess, if possible). A Windows 7 SP2 will only exist when (IF) the MS guys will release a Service Pack 2, what you made is still a SP1 fully updated to June 2016. jaclaz

Usual disambiguation needed. DOS is an operating system (command line only). It has a scripting language that uses the .bat extension for its scripts to trigger the command interpreter which is command.com Windows 9x/Me is essentially DOS (see above) with added a GUI shell (this is intentionally simplified, let's not have the usual "no Windows 9x/Me is a full 32 bit OS" type of objection), it still uses .bat files and the command.com command interpreter. Windows NT and later DO NOT HAVE DOS, they have a command interpreter (which is cmd.exe and not command.com) that runs script files, similar but NOT identical to DOS batches, with the .cmd extension, but also a .bat file will run in NT and later. It is recommended in NT and later to use the .cmd extension because this way a batch file written for cmd.exe but having the .bat extension won't be accidentally run on a DOS or Windows 9x/Me system, personally I remove the association to .bat from NT systems in order to avoid the reverse. We are talking here of COMMAND EXTENSIONS, they are a feature of the command interpreter (cmd.exe) not FILE EXTENSIONS (in Explorer). By default AFAICR these are turned on, but they are user configurable, so it is good practice to always start a .cmd batch eith either: @ECHO OFF SETLOCAL ENABLEEXTENSIONS or @ECHO OFF SETLOCAL DISABLEEXTENSIONS in order to know for sure if locally (i.e. within the batch) they are ON or OFF. jaclaz

Yep : http://www.coolergarbedge.com/ how can one make a picnic without one? Also otherwise trademarked: https://trademarks.justia.com/owners/garbedge-llc-1503379/ jaclaz

Well, until similar tests are done independently, the manufacturer will always test its own browser in an "optimized" setup comparing it against the other ones with "default" settings. With all due respect for the good Opera guys the 22% or so increase in battery life is almost as unbelievable as the more than the (reversed) 50% Microsoft published, still it sounds more reasonable. BUT the big difference may lie in the OS. MS tested Edge on Windows 10 (obviously), so it is well possible that Edge is optimized for Windows 10 and Windows 10 is optimized for Edge, or even that the Surface Book )or it's drivers/whatever) are optimized for both Windows 10 and Edge. I wouldn't go as far as proposing that Windows 10 (or the Surface Book) specifically makes non MS browsers burn more battery power, but it is a possibility , in any case it is just like (say) Shell stating that their fuel allows for more mileage after having tested it on a self-manufactured car specially designed for the specific fuel, it makes little sense until the same fuel is tested on other cars, the only problem being that the other cars (with - say - the more common Windows 7 engine) cannot run with that fuel... jaclaz

Would these two images infer something? First one is lab results by MS: Second one is what they got from telemetry on BILLIONS data point: Source is here: https://blogs.windows.com/windowsexperience/2016/06/20/more-battery-with-edge/ To me it seems like their laboratory testing provides results COMPLETELY DIFFERENT from the BILLIONS datapoints. This might mean that they suck (big) at designing lab experiments OR that the Surface burns LOTS of mW! And they do have the guts to write that "The billions of data points from these devices are consistent with the lab results," jaclaz

Just for the record, the "short version" is here: jaclaz

Possibly you have EXTENSIONS ENABLED. Use Start /Wait "PUT A TITLE HERE" REGSVR32.EXE /s MpaDecFilter.ax etc.. See: http://ss64.com/nt/start.html Does it make a difference? Side notes: What is the point of using %Windir$\System32\cmd.exe? IF the batch runs, a cmd.exe has been already started. You normally use .cmd for batch files intended to be run under NT and .bat for batch files intended to be run under DOS and 9x/Me. In theory .bat is associated to command.com, whilst .cmd is associated to cmd.exe. jaclaz

... or any other scripting language, since it is an installation, I would rather use the NSIS (which is IMHO simpler than AutoIt): http://nsis.sourceforge.net/Features Anyway, attached is a "decent" (IMHO) batch progress bar . jaclaz myprogbar.zip

Well, the point is still that having a progress bar (or similar) in batch is not really possible/smart (that is the essence of the thread I pointed you to, the "digital watch" there is equivalent to a progress bar), since essentially you are using an installer you might want to use an external program to show a "decent" progress bar, still (as in the given thread) it will be grossly approximated as you don't know how long will the actual install take. As an example you can use the good ol' Wizard Apprentice: http://wizapp.sourceforge.net/ it has a PB option that creates a progress bar: http://wizapp.sourceforge.net/manual.html jaclaz

You CLEARLY copied that part from another script, and that is NOT a "status bar" it is a "fake" status bar, it only increments itself every 1 second or so using timeout /t 1. This should work, but it will still (probably) suck big: @ECHO OFF SETLOCAL ENABLEEXTENSIONS ENABLEDELAYEDEXPANSION ::Initialize Status bar color 0f set load= set/a loadnum=0 :: BatchGotAdmin .... .... FOR /F "TOKENS=*" %%F IN ('dir /b *.msu') DO ( REM ECHO ABOVE IS echo %%F rem MY COMMAND´S IS HERE REM WUSA.EXE %%F /norestart /quiet CALL :_update_statusbar ) ECHO Out of For loop ECHO. PAUSE >nul GOTO :EOF :_update_statusbar set load=%load%Û cls ECHO. ECHO. ECHO. ECHO ÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜ echo Û Û echo Û Installation Progress Û echo Û 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 Û echo Û ÃÄÄÄÄÅÄÄÄÄÅÄÄÄÄÅÄÄÄÄÅÄÄÄÄÅÄÄÄÄÅÄÄÄÄÅÄÄÄÄÅÄÄÄÄÅÄÄÄÄÄ´ Û echo Û %load% echo Û %load% echo Û echo Û Û ECHO ÛÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÛ set/a loadnum+=1 if %loadnum%==52 SET /A loadnum=0&&SET load= GOTO :EOF jaclaz

Have you checked the EDID? (cannot say if it applies to win 9x/Me), anyway some reference: jaclaz

Attached WHERE? In your original post there is an image, in your second post there is nothing. How difficult is to post a link or at least name the program (or script or *whatever*) that creates that status bar? jaclaz

Basically that would be: @ECHO OFF FOR /F "TOKENS=*" %%F IN (Patchs.TXT) DO ( DISM /online /add-package /packagepath:%%F /quiet /norestart CALL :_update_statusbar ) eCHO finished PAUSE >NUL GOTO :EOF :_update_statusbar REM Put here whatever statusbar update command GOTO :EOF But which "status bar" are you talking about? The generic issue with status bars or similar is that there is no way to have them being "accurate", as you don't know how much time/how many items/etc. you are going to process, how many you already processed and how many will need to be processed. Only seemingly unrelated, a recent thread: jaclaz

Ok, perfectly usable for anything but top-end graphics and games. You know, quite a few people use computers to write text, make calculations on spreadsheets, and similar activities in which the 64 bits are totally irrelevant, and the SSE2, GDI+ and a number of other new technologies are even less relevant . You (and your software thingies) are surely on the "cutting edge", but the rest of the world is less advanced than that. jaclaz

Well, I have a few Via Epia's (ITX small motherboards) running NT 4.00 or 2000 since 2003 or so with IDE/PATA disk drives (and still running fine), and never had once a single instance of data corruption (a hard disk or two failed, of course, a well as more than a few Power Supplies, but nothing ever connected with the IDE bus), I guess that what you report depends on specific chips or chipsets or possibly even with drivers, but to generalize it so widely as you did seems to me excessive ... jaclaz

And (just in case) RDPRA: https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/johnromsft/2016/06/14/why-you-should-use-rdp-restrictedadmin/ jaclaz

Yep things tend to escalate, but people were warned : https://www.reddit.com/r/funny/comments/3qqva1/windows_10_upgrade_notices_are_getting_out_of_hand/ jaclaz