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#91 Post by rokytnji »

Woke up this morning and the first thing before coffee. The wife starts telling me.
"My Computer is broken. Where did you put the restore dvds?"

Sighing. I say,"Wait a second. I'll take a look see." :roll:

She is pushing keyboard buttons and being a control freak. But getting no where fast.
I move into the chair. Sure enough there a a Hundred pop up windows saying

"can't find so and so ram error". The Desktop is frozen. I be not fully awake amble over to the coffee machine and pour a cup and think. Then I remember this thread, just the title.

Anyhows. I boot Macpup 529. I mount the vista files and go into programs and program libs.
I delete some folders and some files in folders.
ramfreer
arcsoft
mcafee

Cross my fingers and reboot. Boom. Everything boots up faster and is right with the world again.

I download revo and proceed to remove some old java installs and cleaning up what I left behind on the puppy linux
cleanup. Vista is actually snappy now.

Now to slow it back down with a Avast install. Reboot. Scan. Delete old restore point. Make a new restore point (I could not even get into system restore earlier).

While doing all of this. I found listening to
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xy4FXhkm6Nw

was quit soothing. Macpup 529 rules.
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#92 Post by cthisbear »

Official Windows 7 SP1 ISO Image Downloads

Windows 7 SP1 ISO Download Links
Including English and Foreign Language Versions:

http://www.w7forums.com/official-window ... 12325.html

http://msft.digitalrivercontent.net/win/X17-24208.iso 2147483647 X17-24208.iso Windows 7 Home Premium x86 English
http://msft.digitalrivercontent.net/win/X17-24209.iso 2147483647 X17-24209.iso Windows 7 Home Premium x64 English
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Thanks Whirlpool Forum

http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/forum-re ... ?t=2110333

Chris

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#93 Post by cthisbear »

Karl Godt

Acronis - sorry but it's over.

Good Whirlpool post on cloning...backups.

http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/forum-re ... ?t=2029492

Chris.

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#94 Post by cthisbear »

What to do when Windows Explorer doesn't refresh>

Another Whirlie forum discussion I saw.

Mind you I use Explorer Lite so I don't see this.

http://zabkat.com/x2lite.htm

" All the shell goodies from windows explorer —
none of the hassle!
The free lightweight version of xplorer² offers dual panes and
folder tabs for efficient and trouble-free desktop file management. "

::::::::::

Strange Windows 7 Problem

" Basically, if I delete (or rename) a file in a folder, the deletion
(or renaming) doesn't *appear* to occur.

Although the file *has* been deleted/renamed, its not apparent.

It looks as if nothing has happened and that I need to try again –
to little avail because the file is no longer available. "

I have to close and reopen folder to see that the desired action has taken place, and wonder why something like that might be occurring.

http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/forum-re ... ?t=2138925

elmar01 states >>>

" This is the famous explorer refresh bug, they fixed it (I think)
in Windows 8."

and links below to

" Explorer refresh horror solved! 12 solutions (and workarounds)
for a 5-year-old Windows Explorer bug "

http://www.itworld.com/windows/259222/w ... nt-refresh

Chris.

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#95 Post by cthisbear »

Maybe one to try >> encryption with a difference.

Plenty of free Office compatible suites as well on the site.

" SSuite Picsel secures all your text messages using Steganography encryption..."

" This application uses steganography, an unbreakable encryption method using only images as your key; no password necessary. "

http://www.ssuitesoft.com/ssuitepicselsecurity.htm

Chris.

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#96 Post by cthisbear »

Falcon boot cd is updated.

One of the best Windows rescue discs in the world.


http://thepiratebay.sx/torrent/8326266/ ... 8F4UBCD%29

Blog.

http://falconfour.wordpress.com/2013/08/

Updates ISO to 4.61

""""""""""'

May 2015 download.

Doesnot like URL....but working.

https://mega.co.nz/#!LcxTQJJb!IU1jMVPpM ... iqi5T6LaEM
Chris.
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#97 Post by cthisbear »

Australian Federal Police virus >> removal instructions.

By booting Hitman Pro via USB.

Whirlpool forum posts again.

http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/forum-re ... 25966&p=18

Knuutr "Yes, this is a large posting and it continues as bad guys
keep spreading the virus.
I agree it is a persistent threat, it evolves and it blocks safe mode, command prompt now, but I don't
think it is impossible to remove it completely. "

" Products like malwarebytes, hitman and others do clean your PC completely. For those in need detailed instruction can be found here.

Hitman software mentioned above is free for 1 scan and can be used as trial and uninstalled once virus is removed.
It is not a must to pay your local computer repair man, you can do it yourself. "

"""""""

Instructions.

" You should press 1 as your choice.
Doing so will be followed by Windows starting to load.

• Right after Windows launches, the counterfeit Australian Federal
Police block screen will appear as it did before,
however in 15-20 seconds the HitmanPro main console will pop up
on top of that. "

http://privacy-pc.com/how-to/australian ... dvice.html

Chris.

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#98 Post by cthisbear »

Activate 'God Mode' on Windows 7 and 8.

How to from majorgeeks...

http://www.majorgeeks.com/news/story/ac ... and_8.html

" ‘God Mode’, something that allows you to access all sorts of settings you normally can’t see or find in Windows 7 or 8? "

""""""
God Mode for Windows >> Installer

http://www.majorgeeks.com/files/details ... ndows.html

" Simply download the installer, install on your Windows machine and
you will gain full access to all the administration tools that Windows
has to offer. "

:::::::

Not for the fainthearted.

Chris.

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#99 Post by cthisbear »

System Restore could cause issues in Windows 8 if not updated.

http://www.majorgeeks.com/news/story/sy ... dated.html

" Need to do a restore on Windows 8? It has a feature called “push-button reset

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#100 Post by cthisbear »

Beware >> Microsoft Security Essentials.

Microsoft fixes issue that caused some Windows XP PCs not to boot up.

I was reading Whirlpool forum...and ho! ho! ho!

Got to like Microsoft.
Microsoft Security Essentials program update hangs XP login.

::::::

" Windows xp kept hanging on login; safe mode was avaialble
Found the cause was security essentials
Have removed it completely. No other fix possible.
Compfused "

http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/forum-re ... ?t=2249653

http://www.neowin.net/news/microsoft-fi ... to-boot-up

Chris.

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#101 Post by mikeb »

Been playing with windows 7 recently.
Got a new old machine with it on but wanted to repartition.
I copied the install to elsewhere and sure enough it failed to boot somewhere along the line.
Did get to grips with that and copied it back to another drive and its booting and running just fine.

Only problem I created was that the winsxs folder has all the system files and more and much use is made of hard links...of course my 'clone' did not respect that so now I have 2 copies of a hell of a lot of files. There seems to be a bat file around to sort this out and in doing so save oodles of space but not to keen to try it.

Fun and games but one point... such methods will most likely mess up the BCD for booting... only way I found to fix it if you dont have a recovery disk was using easyBCD run in XP...works every time. There appear to be no workable tools in linux to do this. Its actually neater than using a recovery disk anyway ...not a console in sight :)

Just thought I'd join in

mike

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#102 Post by cthisbear »

" easyBCD. "

Yes...often heard it mentioned.

""""""

I'm sure Hirens and Falcon boot cds can fix that.

Of course some evil people would try

Windows Tiny7 Rev01 Unattended Activated CD

by eXPerience....to keep the file size down.

Just about fits on a cd...Depends on your cd type.
ahem! so I'm told.

Chris.

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#103 Post by mikeb »

I'm sure Hirens and Falcon boot cds can fix that.
in spite of a vast inventory hirens did not have something to do the job.

The method i used in the end was a usb bootable XP and easyBCD.
Thats also handy since you can edit registry hives if for example you need to enable AHCI.

mike

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#104 Post by cthisbear »

How to Update Windows XP After End of Support.

Thanks >>> bark_bark_bark for alerting me to this.


" A trick published on a German forum claims that tweaking Windows XP
in order to be identified by the Windows Update service as Windows Embedded POSReady 2009 could do the trick and help everyone that’s
yet to upgrade to keep their computers fully protected. "

http://news.softpedia.com/news/How-to-U ... 3631.shtml

Also...


How to Download Windows 8.1 Update 1 with a Registry Trick [Updated

http://news.softpedia.com/news/How-to-D ... 0944.shtml

Chris.

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#105 Post by cthisbear »

Chrome browser has been DRAINING PC batteries for YEARS.

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/07/19 ... cking_bug/

" Instead of waking up the processor every 15.625ms,
Chrome tells Windows to have it wake up every 1.000ms.

So while your PC normally wakes up the processor 64 times per second
when it's idle, as long as you have Chrome running, the processor wakes
up 1,000 times per second. "

Chris.

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#106 Post by cthisbear »

Boot Up to Logon Screen Like WinXP.

Whirlpool Forums again.

" Anyone know how to setup Win8.1 to boot up to the logon screen displaying all users, similar to how WinXP use to be which displays the option to select a user rather than booting up to the last user on the PC.

This is really frustrating me in Win8.1... "

http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/forum-re ... ?t=2316814

""""""""""""""""""""

Answer.

http://www.eightforums.com/tutorials/14 ... s-8-a.html

Sign in - Show All Users or Last User in Windows 8
How to Always Show "All Users" or "Last User" at Sign in to
Windows 8 and 8.1.

" When you have more than one user account on the PC, this tutorial will show you how to always show either all users or only last user that signed out listed in the sign in (log on) screen of Windows 8 and 8.1 after a restart or shut down of the PC for all users.

" You must be signed in as an administrator to be able to do the
options in this tutorial. "

Chris.

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#107 Post by cthisbear »

SoftPerfect WiFi Guard.

Saw this on Major Geeks.
Untested by me.

http://www.majorgeeks.com/files/details ... guard.html

https://www.softperfect.com/products/wifiguard/

Key features

Pings computers and other network devices and displays those alive.
Detects firewalled computers that do not respond to ping.
Scans your network at a specified interval.
Immediately alerts you if an unknown device is found.
Runs on Windows, Mac OS X and Linux.
Free for Windows & Linux, only $9.99 for Mac OS.

Has a portable Windows version as well...2.3mbs.

Other versions are a little smaller.

Might be good for Puppy as well.

Chris.

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#108 Post by mikeb »

I have this script run at boot....

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#!/bin/sh

SUBNET=""

while [ "$SUBNET" = "" ]; do
	SUBNET=$(ifconfig | grep inet | grep -v 127.0.0.1 | awk '{print $2}' | cut -d ':' -f 2)
	sleep 20
done

SUBNET=${SUBNET%.*}

while [ 1 ]; do
	mpscan -p 111 -t 1 $SUBNET.2 - $SUBNET.254 2>/dev/null | awk '{print $2}' > /tmp/NFS_servers
	#nmap -sP $SUBNET.* 2>/dev/null | grep Host | grep -v 192.168.1.1 | awk '{print $2}' > /tmp/NFS_servers
sleep 300
done
It does 2 things...makes a list of machines with NFS shares and in doing so keeps the router happy and alive for wifi.

Notice nmap can be used..mpscan just happens to be lighter plus doing the NFS scan when windows 7 machines where around got hung up on them using nmap for some reason..... it could be modified to look for say samba...just play with ports.

mike

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#109 Post by rokytnji »

Guess what I used last night to do a FIXMBR type of fix on a Acer Aspire One ZG5 that had grub on the mbr of /dev/sda1 and the Linux partition was blown
away and grub was the only thing that would show on the screen, and it was
grub rescue>

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Boot-Repair

Simpler than Hirens. Simpler than Parted Magic. One click fix.
Worked with Unetbootin on a 2 gig Sandisk USB Flash drive.

I'm keeping my iso on file with my other live iso tools.

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#110 Post by cthisbear »

mikeb & rokytnji

Thanks fellas...always enjoy your posts on Murga.

Chris.

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