mshultz

I burned my ISO onto a Blu-Ray (BD-R) disc. My desktop has had a LightScribe Blu-Ray burner for a long time. I recently replaced the DVD drive in my laptop with a Blu-Ray drive.

That works out to 88 gallons per day per person. Here in the US, we use 100 gallons per day per person in Water & Wastewater calculations. When I was hooked up to City sewer, I had the option to either get a City water meter on my well, or use the default household consumption rate of 400 gallons per day. Because I previously had my own water meter (out of curiosity), I knew that I used between 90-100 gallons per day, and opted for a City meter. I was always hesitant to recommend that my neighbors get City water meters, as I did not know their water consumption rates. For all I knew, they might be watering the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, and if your City water meter showed you were using more than 400 gallons per day, that became your new base rate, even if you no longer wanted a City water meter.

Why doesn't Windows 11 support Intel 6 & 7 generation CPUs? Asus motherboards from the 100 series on up have TPM 2.0 support (with updated Bios), as does my Dell laptop with 6 gen Skylake CPU (It's called PTT in the Bios). I can understand Microsoft's insistence on TPM 2.0 support, but to require Intel 8 gen or newer CPU is nothing more than planned obsolescence. Also, those of us in Real America (and probably other parts of the world) cannot depend on 24/7 internet access, so we need to be able to logon to a local account, and have Microsoft Office that does not depend on the cloud, so that we can still get work done (I use Office 2010, so not a problem).

You can try Open-Shell: https://open-shell.github.io/Open-Shell-Menu/ to see if it does what you want. I just replaced my motherboard, and quickly installed Open-Shell, along with UBitMenu: https://www.ubit.ch/software/ubitmenu-languages/ for Microsoft Office 2010.

I agree. What happens if your internet is down, but you still have work to do in Microsoft Office? I am not a gamer, so I limit my CPUs to 65 watts, and my GPUs to 30 watts. It's not like the old days, when a Pentium CPU was noticeably faster than a 486 CPU. Since the Capacitor Plague is no longer a thing, you can easily get 10 years out of hardware.

Fully supported. I was using it on my Windows 8.1 laptop until a few weeks ago, when I installed Windows 10. I did find, with a clean installation, that I had to install the Visual C++ Redistributable Runtimes All-in-One: https://www.techpowerup.com/download/visual-c-redistributable-runtime-package-all-in-one/ first before installing Waterfox.

Waterfox supports Windows 7 with Intel Core 2 or AMD FX. It is a 64-bit only web browser: https://www.waterfox.net/download/

Just download the version that is already named wnaspi32.dll from this site: http://www.frogaspi.org/download.htm. That being said, I'm not sure this program is compatible with a 64 bit operating system.

I think I was using NT4 when I got my first dual processor board, an Abit BP6. There was a marked improvement in performance. Whenever a stalled process brought one CPU to a halt, the other CPU continued to perform. I continued to buy dual CPU motherboards until dual core CPUs became available.

My first computer, a 486/33 with 16mb memory, was a speed demon compared to the 8088s at the local community college. I think I was still running the same setup when I installed NT4 & Win 95 (dual boot). The speed improvements have slowed to a crawl since those early days. It is not unreasonable, in my humble opinion, to expect operating systems to support 10 year old hardware.

I agree. Going from mechanical hard drives to SSDs made a big difference in my performance, as did going from DSL to fiber optic internet. But in terms of working with Microsoft Office programs, there is no noticeable difference from the Intel 3770S (65w) CPU with NVIDIA GeForce 210 I once had to the Intel 7700 (65w) and NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 I am currently using. When I went from a Skylake CPU to a Kaby Lake CPU, Windows 8.1 complained that it did not support this CPU. Microsoft is now complaining that I can't go to Windows 11, as it does not support it either. My current motherboard is TPM 2.0 compliant, too. Current hardware is robust; easily designed to last 10 years. There is no reason to require new hardware.

All they need to do is to adopt the Open-Shell layout.

Just use Open-Shell: https://open-shell.github.io/Open-Shell-Menu/ It works with Windows 7, 8, 8.1, 10, and 11. I use it on my Windows 10 desktop and my Windows 8.1 notebook. I also use UBitMenu with Microsoft Office 2010: https://www.ubit.ch/software/ubitmenu-languages

Deleting a system file is not a good idea. You may need to reformat and reinstall.

Waterfox 6.06 once again allows me to retrieve my email. Not sure what the problem was. Some time ago, I could not access one of my financial accounts with Waterfox. This problem was eventually corrected, but no indication in the release notes.

For the first time in a number of days, I was able to update the Windows Defender definitions on both the desktop & laptop, and without error messages. It could be much worse; a recent Windows 11 update is causing a BSOD on some computers.

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=39667 It's just listed as Service Pack 2 for Microsoft Office 2010 32-Bit Edition.

That is unfortunate. I avoid software that is suspiciously low in price, but ultimately, it is a matter of faith. Sometimes you win, though. I purchased Visual Studio 6.0 Professional that was sold as the Academic version, because close examination of the packaging told me it was the Commercial version that had been purchased at a college bookstore. The Office 2010 Home and Student edition would have met my needs, but I bought the Home and Business version so that some future cantankerous member of Church Council would not be able to accuse me of using an Office version illegally, by stating incorrectly that the Home and Student version could not be used for Church Council minutes. The Window 8.1 Pro Pack tag says Made in Mexico. Most Microsoft software is made in Puerto Rico. Microsoft software that says Made in USA is suspicious.

I received my Windows 8.1 Pro Pack yesterday. The installation took longer than expected, but was successful. I had to re-activate Windows afterward. Went into gpedit.msc and told it not to display the lock screen. The Pro Pack, Office 2010, and Windows 8.1 that I purchased from eBay all appear to be legitimate software, so I am pleased.

Something has been going on with Windows Defender update. Today was the first time in 6 days that I have been able to update Definitions, and that required 2 attempts on the Desktop computer. I was able to update the Laptop computer on the first attempt through Windows Update.

OK, my Office Home and Business 2010 arrived yesterday from Canada. Another quick deliver from Canada, but then Northeast Ohio is just on the other side of Lake Erie. Installed and Activated. Like Office Professional 2010, it has both 32 and 64 bit versions. I installed the 64 bit version on the Laptop, then spent a lot of time turning off the auto formatting features. I hope I got them all. I then installed Adobe Acrobat X Standard. This will allow me to merge the Church Council minutes into one .pdf file on either computer. In order to get the Laptop to boot directly to the login screen, I need access to the Local Group Policy Editor. However, this is only available on Windows 8.1 Pro. I bought a Windows 8.1 Pro Pack key off of eBay. Whether this is a good use of $35 is open to debate. The Pro Pack also includes Windows Media Center, but the Windows 8 version is crippled compared to the Windows 7 version. My 2 new Logitech B100 mice also showed up. It soon became apparent that I was not going to become proficient on the Touch Pad anytime soon, and the mouse I was using had a sticky wheel due to age.

My definitions are now 4 days old. Manual update is not working. Also, I created a Microsoft account this weekend. Successful, but when I tried to enter my landline number, it tried to text me a security code. I do have a cell phone now, but it is for emergency use only. If I start handing out that number, I might start to get calls on it, which I do not want.

I installed Windows 8.1 x64 on my Dell laptop yesterday. I had a spare 2TB SATA SSD card, so I swapped out the 2TB card in the laptop. This would allow me to reinstall the original card with Windows 7 x64 if the install did not work out. I also replaced the Bios battery while I was there. I write the date (7/2023) on the bios battery when I change it. The laptop would not turn on, but a careful re-installation of the battery pack fixed that. I went into the Bios and set it up for UEFI, Secure Boot, and selected the DVD as the first boot device. I had to correct the time & date, of course (Do this either before installing an operating system, or after successful Activation. If you install Windows, then correct the time & date before Activation, Windows throws a fit). Although I have no use for Virtualization, my laptop Bios says it has to be enabled when using Secure Boot, so that's what I did. The installation went smoothly. I had downloaded all of the drivers I would need from Dell beforehand. Office Pro 2010 would not activate. It appears the information on Wikipedia is incorrect; it can only be installed on one computer, not 2. I purchased Office 2010 Home and Business from eBay (I had previously purchased a second copy of Window 8.1 x64 for the laptop). I am cautiously optimistic it will show up before Church Council meeting on August 1. If it does not, I have a number of options. I just saved the .doc template as an .rtf file. This removed the heading, but I would be able to copy & paste my notes into the .doc template on my desktop computer. Both computers are joined to a private network, but I am still transferring files with USB sticks so far. The Dell memory card driver would not install (I don't think it installed on Windows 7 x64 either). It took a bit of searching, but I found a Dell driver that did install this morning. I did not install the Dell apps. The improvement in startup time is amazing. I just got a Cherry keyboard without number pad for my desktop computer. This has 2 advantages. The keyboard is now directly in front of me, instead of off to the left, and the keys are similar to the laptop. This should help my typing. I'm not a real Secretary, nor do I play one on TV, but I was asked to serve, so here I am. Having the same operating system and software on both computers makes life easier.

Yes. In fact, I installed Windows 8 x64 on my laptop yesterday, and am running a full scan this morning. Windows Defender is working normally on both computers.

I ran Chkdsk. On the D: (data) drive, the results were too fast for me to read, and I am a fast reader. Had to scroll to see what had happened. On the C: (system) drive, there is just a progress bar. I had to go to Event Viewer to see what had happened. Window made some corrections, which is typical on a new installation.