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This is ransomware. So if: - they don't have backup (Basing on their panic, they don't); - shadow copy is off or deleted (and WannaCry deletes shadow copy); - there is no known decrypter (and since it uses RSA 2048, it can't be done easily); The only thing that could be done is to try to pay ransom. But since it's author is probably chased by major national investigation bureaus, I bet he shut his services down. I didn't find any 'universal' decryption method in the internet, and if any will appear, major IT sites will inform about it within minutes. We can only hope author will release his key pairs hoping to take down the chase. http://elkews.com/preview/1390099

Actually someone responded to your question: But I''ll make it a bit more verbose. In general, POSReady stands for 'Point Of Service Ready', which means it is designed for devices like Cash machines, ticket machines, and Endpoint for McDonalds employees. It is not designed for Desktop PC, it doesn't have some of Home XP elements, and it was never sold in retail version. It seems after quick googling that you can download an evaluation CD ISO, burn it into physical disc and install it on your PC. https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=11196 But unfortunately, it's 120 days evaluation licence. Maybe you can play a Warez d00d and get illegal activation key, but this will be... uh... illegal They were never sold for Personal users: https://www.microsoft.com/windowsembedded/en-us/purchase.aspx Some features might work or not work no POSReady installation, when compared to XP - best review Microsoft pages for list of changes.Example dorm this topic: O, besides, there was actual topic about that on MSFN:

Oh, no one uses Googleless search engine. I do it on a daily basis. Must say, that sometimes I have to swap for Google for more sophisticated search queries. Also, DDG fails while looking for images showing 1% of what google does. But for regular things It supplies >99% of my searches correctly... and sometimes is much better than Google... I admit I use TrackMeNot to lie to Google. But still...

Any project website, git repository or anything? Sorry, but such miracle solutions provided as a file wake my cautiousness.

Programs written in language that is based on .NET Framework will require .NET Framework. Security updates... well, patch known vulnerabilities According to @heinoganda's revelations, these are hotfixes fixing something broken in previous .NET updates. If you are not using stop-computer cmdlet in Powershell (and if you are outside of corporate network and don't know what 'powershell' is, this is rather unlikely) you most probably won't notice that changes provided. .NET is a base for more and more programs for Windows (for example, popular password Manager KeePass2 requires .NET framework to run). However, of you don't use any .NET based program, you might uninstall it completely - which might not be that easy, to track down which dependency every of your programs require. Personally, I uninstalled .NET 1.1 Framework on XP, no more updates are being provided, and I failed to install any available POSReady updates into it. And I don't think I have ever used .NET 1.1 based program o_O. A base for digital signatures and internet encryption. They have their own expiration dates, and some are being revoked if stolen or published by authority that later appeared., eh, slicky. Not to dig deep into it's theory, it's worth to have them updated. Windows has it's own certificate storage, but other programs, f. e. Firefox browser, have their own as well.

Machine might have 'Windows installation' mode in BIOS. Can't promise you much, but in my case I could use USB 3.0 on windows 7 before installing drivers with this setting on.

Name your topic after the question you are trying to find answer for, and: a) more people will be likely to read it and help you, b) mods might magically move your topic to desired subsection if necessary with ease

@FranceBB So I thing I'll try to find time to post on their forums. I can get away with updates (POSRedy updates are not an official way, I get they might don't want to support them), I know how PUP is wrapped within installers and how to mitigate it, but a problem with scanner effects directly my relatives, and I don't want to be called by person for every document scanning :/

https://ryanvm.net/forum Here harkaz has his topic.

You won't get any refund

So Time Zone in Punta Arenas is changed... this is not the world I knew any more...

I came here only to confirm that I got my POSReady patches and Office 2007 patches (14 files total) in about 2 hours. No errors noticed so far.

In terms of dollars M$ is bathing in, 5 million is more a giggle than a strike, isn't it?

It was 7 years for the previous console generation before their heir came to being (I do not count Nintendo - it's different world). There ate many techies among gamers, that upgrade their units every year or so, and they are usually the loudest, arguing about points in benchmarks for their favourite Franchise or build. And, probably, marketing and Gaming/PC media are trying to make you think that gaming is all about buying new hardware for the sake of few frames more. But there are still many people playing on their middle-level PCs for years. Speaking the language of statistics, the average gamer most probably spend more money on parts and buy them more often, but the median and the mod, I guess, is about the same. Well, new Xbox and PS is a fully functional media center, with cable-television ability, VOD and internet streaming apps, torrent clients and various other uses. So most probably 'less' in most cases, but it can be used nearly 24/7 by someone, who is rarely playing.

Truly, thanks for pointing this out. I did a small correction to the post, should be a bit better right now. I originally thought about games, cos the new ones can download a gigabytes worth with small gap between each update (Quantum Break for Xbox One had an update that was bigger than original game - which meant redownloading all audio, textures, videos etc. plus a small fix, over 60 GB. And yeah, I know we are talking about Windows PC, but Xbox can have SSD, too. And since Windows 10 offer cross-play with Xbox One with UWP-packed games from windows store, this is worth remembering. And we need to remember, that little publishers care about publishing their games polished, so this might become standard... ok, enough :>).

Works as pagefile on HDD - will write something on the disk, when system or program will decide it's necessary. And, AFAIK, it will be stored on SDD following the same logic, which simplified model was provided by jaclaz, not any sort of special file that tries to wear specific cell of. So you should be rather concerned by overall data writes along time, not specific files or partitions. Bigger capacity, improved reliability, and long endurance of 200TB TBW(total bytes written), the drive could be used over 10 years with daily usage of 20GB - taken from the ADATA specs you've linked. Unless you'll continuously throw thousands of photos, games, movies, databases, (anything that needs lot of storage), you should be fine with the hardware for years. There are, of course, rare occurrences, when specific programs has bad impact on SSD's, but if you'll keep some common sense you shouldn't be struck by sudden loss. https://www.extremetech.com/computing/239268-spotify-may-killing-ssd http://www.msfn.org/2016/09/27/adjust-setting-firefox-wears-ssd-drive/

This is not a solution, since it is a computer for relatives, not for me

Ooooh, leave XP's with their beauty of pixelosis. Real fonts have corners!

Below You'll have a review of ADATA SSD that interests you (512 GB variant, but this shouldn't be much concern). Polish only, but hey, we have translators, and article contains lots of comparison bar charts about speed of different SSDs under different circumstances, that are self-explanatory, I hope. https://www.purepc.pl/pamieci_masowe/test_dyskow_ssd_adata_ultimate_su800_konkurencja_dla_crucial_mx300 Can't say about partitioning of SSDs, I use my GoodRam Iridium Pro it as a single partition OS drive. Only drawback I can recall is that SSD's tend to slow down when filled up, but I can't find up to date data about this ad-hoc (this article form 2013 might be slightly outdated. https://www.howtogeek.com/165542/why-solid-state-drives-slow-down-as-you-fill-them-up/

I had to wait for more than 12 hours to see the updates. The thing is, Wu on XP has some problems with Avast! on my machine, so I have disabled all the IS programs, and this PC is used by my family members. And I needed to bail out of home at the time, hoping nothing bad will happen. But finally I got 'em all, including Office 2007 updates. @FranceBB I think You have said you are in touch with Avast! devs and that you are aware of problems, that this software has on XP. Are they planning to fix em? I don't really expect them to do anything in favor of POSReady updates, since they are not a part of XP (officially), but Avast! turned on prevents me from scanning a document, and this is a serious issue for me. Already thinking of changing the AV solution on my PC...

Bersaglio, you have saved my eyes. Thanks ! BTW might be worth punning on MFSN frontpage ^^

If they won't wipe any of the phones told to be hacked, it means it was a hoax from the very beginning... If they will, internet will be loud about it.

Additionally, lot of Android code is written in Java.

Direct link to English version (2.0): http://h20564.www2.hp.com/hpsc/swd/public/detail?sp4ts.oid=412123&swItemId=lj_24947_4&swEnvOid=228 Site where I got it: http://h20564.www2.hp.com/hpsc/swd/public/readIndex?sp4ts.oid=412123&swLangOid=8&swEnvOid=228 I didn't test it.

Cool. so I won't have security updates, if I don't have newest systems... makes sense.