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Nice , though personally I am not going to believe that ALL the updates listed in your point #5 are actually needed to have Windows Update working. It would make no sense whatever and - no matter how stupid is the update system and how much lazy and demented have the good MS guys become - it would be IMHO just too much that (say) KB3064209 (Intel CPU microcode update) is connected to slow Windows Update (I mean, what if I have an AMD processor?). Seemingly the actual cause (and the corresponding fixes/updates needed) is still to be found , it is however good to know that by integrating that long list of MSU's Windows Update works again . jaclaz

And of course you don't cite the references to what you found. No problem, though, the batch is in this topic here: and (but this is just a guess) you got the %userprofilepath% variable from here: http://superuser.com/questions/832681/batch-delete-temporary-windows-files-system-browsers-cache-etc-for-all-user but it is seemingly undefined in your "sketch". The very simplified batch was posted to answer a specific question and to show the OP a possible way to do what he asked which may (or may not) be the right thing to do and to show a (hopefully clear) "skeleton" for the batch Namely the procedure of counting (why?) the number of files deleted will slow down the procedure (if there are many directories and files) and if the scope is to actually clean *everything* it doesn't take into account (as an example) hidden files and folders (or read only files). If you prefer, one thing is a "half-@§§ed" quick, simple example batch, but to go from that to a "safe" (or reasonably safe), "foolproof" (at least to the extent something can be foolproof) and "working" (or reasonably working) on different systems batch there is a huuuge gap, and this gap should be filled by your learning the language (as opposed to have someone else writing the batch for you). Really , if you have issues in understanding where to insert in that batch the command to "show message when the task get done, one by one" you will need to study some more the basics of the scripting language and exercise yourself with something less (potentially) dangerous. Mind you it is not about "not helping you", it is actually about attempting to help you. Try figuring out the sequence of commands in that batch where the command to show the message should be put, try finding some example of user interaction routines (prompting the user for the Y and later for the R or L), etc. In other words try writing the batch yourself, if there are mistakes or if you have a specific issue/doubt I am pretty sure everyone will try and help you, but right now you are essentially asking other people to write the batch along some "guidelines" you devised, this way you won't likely learn anything and it is improbable that someone will write the whole thing for you). jaclaz

I often wonder why exactly there is this thread made a sticky here: http://www.msfn.org/board/forum/169-hard-drive-and-removable-media/ jaclaz

EXCLUSIVELY for the record (and hopefully to not go through the same things again) Previous discussion here: starting from around here:

JFYI, this is "by design", and - according to the good IPB guys - all the world has been wrong for all these years using just "Enter", when they should have used "Shift+Enter", so they made the stupid software configured to enforce this (totally invented out of the blue) "rule" (please note how xper - just like all of us - is a "victim" of the stupidity of the board software): jaclaz

Maybe , but - as you have just stated - not suitable for multi-choice polls (not that such polls would make any real sense anyway). jaclaz

Yes, that is nowadays a very common issue, though there is not a "universal" or "proofed" solution , the root cause seems to be the overcomplexity of past updates with new ones superseding the old and *what not*. See these threads: and this one: I would try using the "convenience rollup package" and then try again. jaclaz

I would say that without any disk, it is very likely that you have a BSOD during setup. Please STOP USING ALL CAPITAL LETTERS AND COLOURED FONTS, it seems like you are SHOUTING AT US and will ONLY annoy most people, Rule #11: http://www.msfn.org/board/guidelines/ UNIATA can be both integrated or used with a "F6 floppy" (which nowadays would be simulated by a grub4dos virtual floppy), but - as said - t seems like anyway that driver does not support your specific controller. Page 43 of the manual: http://download1.gigabyte.eu/Files/Manual/motherboard_manual_ga-p35-ds3p_2.0_e.pdf Try with: SATA RAID/AHCI Mode (Intel ICH9R Southbridge) <- Disabled SATA Port0-3 Native Mode (Intel ICH9R Southbridge) <-Enabled jaclaz

Allowing to use Twitter? jaclaz

Maybe (didn't really check) something *like* that has already been done. Try here : http://forums.mydigitallife.info/threads/22076-Latitude-D610-request-fix-for-137GB-BIOS-limit jaclaz

Not recommended why? On a Windows NT system if the OS supports 48 bit LBA there is no actual need for the BIOS to support it (of course one needs a "within 28 bit LBA" partition for the OS). At least it has been used for years by lots of people without any issues AFAIK/AFAICR, though a 120 or 128 GB SSD seems "just right" for the intended usage. And (just for the record) it should be SP3 onwards : https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/305098 Same as my concerns. In any case the 2 Gb are not that much for internet usage, it depends, but anyway the 7 should be tweaked to have a low RAM impact by the (mostly useless) standard services. jaclaz

Out of curiosity, how many years of PROFESSIONAL work with Autocad have you and your friends (cumulatively) experienced? And on which OS's? jaclaz

Good that it is MS terminology, you just saved 20 bucks : jaclaz P.S.: Maybe -just maybe - it is connected with "Replacevan" value in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Control Panel\Settings\Network: http://winaero.com/blog/change-network-icon-click-action-in-windows-10/ though seemingly the old Rundll32.exe van.dll,RunVAN doesn't work, maybe the Shell object works? https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/windows/it-IT/a4b02c98-9f97-4555-9b4a-81c6dcf72d30/vandll-runvan?forum=win10itpronetworking

That would be a Stop Error 0x0000007b, yes, it is likely to be the (missing altogether) SATA driver in NT 4.0 and the only thing that you can do is to EITHER set the BIOS to "IDE compatibility mode" (or similar), i.e. enable in BIOS the compatibility layer for having the motherboard controller expose a IDE compatible ID or *try* using UNIATA: http://alter.org.ua/soft/win/uni_ata/ though I doubt it supports the controller your motherboard has (which should be a ICH9R). jaclaz

No you didn't (just for the record) You asked about "flyouts" (whatever they are), and the given lists are (or should be) about *all* "shell objects" or GUID's, hence the "See if you can find ..." Thank you however for letting me know that folders are not tray applets and that "flyouts" mean (according to your dictionary) "tray applets" or "whatever comes out when clicking on a tray applet". jaclaz

See if you can find 'em here (there are more than one): http://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/3123-clsid-key-guid-shortcuts-list-windows-10-a.html or here: http://decal.sdf.org/doc/launching-windows-special-folders.txt Date should be the same {E2E7934B-DCE5-43C4-9576-7FE4F75E7480} and power the same {025A5937-A6BE-4686-A844-36FE4BEC8B6D} jaclaz

... and do not forget how those using bitlocker to protect their private data managed to give the key to the good MS guys (they do have it, even if you quickly "deleted" it form the cloud), how many will know how to change it? https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2016/01/windows_10_whol.html https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/arnaud_jumelet/2010/11/12/how-to-regenerate-the-bitlocker-numerical-recovery-password/ jaclaz

Well, if you for a moment ignore the hype in the Mark Wilson's article and you check this one instead: https://www.infoq.com/news/2016/06/visual-cpp-telemetry maybe you will be less "preoccupied" by the feature (as said I find it sneaky and reproachable, still we have seen far worse things lately). About LinkedIn, my activities on that platform equate exactly to 0, but they have, besides the little data in my "profile" and obviously my "network", my gmail address, and they asked more than once, but without success , for my telephone number (just in case I would have been locked out). Sure Google has both of them already, but that is not a good reason why the good MS guys should also have them. jaclaz

Besides being (without any need) arrogant and offensive, by calling their customers "careless" or worse: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/06/06/teamviewer_sorry/ they (probably) are not the real culprits, still when you have a door (as opposed to a solid wall), no matter how good is the lock on it, it will be easier to open it than to break the wall. jaclaz

You need to try editing the iaiosd.inf file (Notepad will do), review: jaclaz

Hey peeps, everyone should be aware and understand the (probable) reasons why the (stupid) limitation has been put into place (besides commercial reasons). What happened at the time was that most hardware (but not the high-grade hardware used on server machines) was somehow not fully compliant with the requisites for the PAE or the drivers (chipset/motherboard/etc.) were poorly designed/implemented. The above led to have the first "user grade" systems with 4 Gb or more to be unstable. To be fair, at the time very few "user grade" machine had (in 2002/2003) more than 1 or 2 Gb of Ram, so the issues were not that many. With SP2 (2004) instead of actually tackling and solve the issues, the good MS guys decided to limit the amount of RAM and reserve the PAE , etc. to the Server OS (that are supposed to run on "better" hardware with "better" drivers). There is no reason why this or that "patch" won't have very different results in practice on different systems, the *whatever* makes the OS unstable on a given hardware is not corrected, so someone will have the patch working perfectly on a specific system and someone else will experiment corruption or blue screens with the same patch on another system. jaclaz

Well, the telemetry in visual studio is sneaky but all in all not that bad, I mean they should be crucified for not documenting it and setting it as default, but it is not a "real" threat. Anyway, they will get whatever personal data they cannot get through their stupid new OS through LinkedIn: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/jun/13/linkedin-bought-by-microsoft-for-262bn-in-cash that would be something to be preoccupied about. jaclaz

Though on second thought - probably - if you have an old version, you can actually update manually. I.e. it seems like the issue is with some recent version of the actual program, so an older version may still work (with updated database). jaclaz

Ok, found some recent info, the above won't work the good MS guys seemingly f*ç#ed up the actual program, though hopefully (after some time) they at least acknowledged the issue: http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/protect/forum/protect_defender-protect_updating/windows-defender-offline-definitions-out-of-date/1502d0d1-dd89-4cbe-9c66-3566ed759e98 http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/protect/forum/protect_defender-protect_updating/windows-defender-offline-definitions-out-of-date/1502d0d1-dd89-4cbe-9c66-3566ed759e98?page=5 One month to understand that there was an issue, and seemingly almost one month to not yet resolve it. Most probably it's not their fault, but they have to work on highly efficient Windows 10 machines ... jaclaz

... only it is not necessarily Spanish, beati monoculi in terra caecorum or In terra caecorum monoculus rex is medieval latin, it is common saying in many countries/languages and of course H.G.Wells is a classic: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Country_of_the_Blind jaclaz