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Thanks Guys.

Following your suggestions I found that the problem was site specific. Adobe Test PDF and other googled PDFs works just fine. Accordingly I logged a support request with the relevant web site.

Thanks again

Trevor

Thanks to Sudo15 and Satrow for their suggestions.

Since my last post on 19 December I haven’t suffered a BSOD, so it seems that whatever I’ve done at your suggestion (which includes a BIOS update from Lenovo), or MS has with an uncontrolled and unidentified update, has resolved my issue – I hope forever. Looks like I’ll just have to wait and see. If the problem returns I’ll return to this thread with details.

Thanks again,

Cheers

Trevor

Try this procedure to gather more info, Trevor, attach the zip back here and we can check through that, there may be further clues as to the source(s).

Hi Satrow,

Thanks for your offered assistance. I’m attaching the following files:

[INDENT]

[*]SysnativeFileCollectionApp.zip
[*]20161219 PerfMon Report Thinkpad W541 – TRB.zip
[*]20161219 Thinkpad W541 – TRB – System Information Report.zip
[*]20161219 Response to Questions.TXT

[/INDENT]

I hope you can find some clues as to the cause of my BSODs.

Cheers

Trevor

Thanks for the suggestion Satrow.

I ran MemTest86+ over both memory sticks (16GB RAM) many times (lost count:confused:) and no errors found – Passes all round:)

So, still no clue as to the cause of my BSODs, which incidentally do not appear to be related to what I doing or running at nay particular time.

Cheers

Trevor

Hi Joe,

Hardware is fully up to date according to Lenovo Thinkpad System Update Scanner.

What hardware tests do you suggest?

Cheers

Trevor

Hi Rory,

Many thanks for the suggestion.

with Excel closed, I opened the “Excel.officeUI” file in Notepad++ and with a search quickly found the offending “D:” and replaced them with “C:”

That resolved the issue completely:)

Thanks again.

Cheers

Trevor

Hi Zeddy,

Many thanks.

That’s an absolutely brilliant solution. So much simpler that the long and complex SUMPRODUCT solution I was using.

Cheer

Trevor

Okay Genii, I got it working.

Not sure why but the formula shown above is now working just fine.

Cheers

trevor

Hi Zeddy,

I actually tried to post a message yesterday but it seems to have got lost:(

Your suggestions have completely resolved the issue:) :clapping: I’d spent a lot of time (days) trying to work out what was going on before posting.

Thanks also for your additional comments and the alternate suggested “fade-away” startup Userform. I’ll have a close look at how you’ve done that and, in the highest form of flattery, copy your approach.

Thanks again for your assistance.

Cheers

Trevor

Thanks Rory, That’s resolved the issue beautifully.

Cheers

Trevor

Hi All,

I’ve just had another go at upgrading Windows 10 Pro v1511 to the Anniversay Update. Success at last:)

Here’s the latest synopsis:

[*]I have my Windows system on Drive C: (a 220GB SSD with 93GB used) and the user profiles at D:Users[Username]… (a 931GB HDD with 604GB used).

[*]Created Windows 10 Pro Anniversary Update using the Media Creation Tool.

[*]Created a System Image and Recovery Disk of drive C:. My drive D: data is already double backed-up.

[*]Following various advice, I attempted to move D:Users[Username]…, (except “Documents”, “Music” and “Videos” – they’re too big) back to the C: drive using the instructions to “Move Users (and possible ProgramData) back to C: drive” from [HTML]http://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/1964-users-folder-move-location-windows-10-a.html[/HTML], but that failed at my first attempt with an inability to run the “Sysprep” process.

[*]Later in the referenced instructions is comment to the effect that “Sysprep” will not run on an upgraded system, so I followed the instructions to modify the Registry Entry at HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESYSTEMSetup to delete the KEY “Upgrade” and DWORD “Upgrade” and at HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESYSTEMSetupStatusSysprepStatus and ensure that the DWORDs “CleanupState” and “GeneralizationState” both had a value of 7.

[*]I disconnected my Internet connection, disabled the WiFi and Ethernet adapters.

[*]I did a bit of housekeeping on drive C: by deleting the renaming the following folders (which I after everything else was tried and tested, I deleted them):
[INDENT]$GetCurrent
$SysReset
$WINDOWS.~BT
$Windows.~WS
Windows10Upgrade[/INDENT]

[*]Before trying again, I killed “Windows Defender” and “Malwarebytes Anti-Malware” and all other running applications.

[*]Attempted yet again to move D:Users[Username]… back to the C: drive and this time it worked, but as part of the process I had to create a New User and needed to enter my Windows 10 Pro Product Key. This time it worked without any issues.

[*]While still logged in as my “new user”, I then attempted the Windows 10 Pro Anniversay Update yet again :crossfingers:

[*]After a number of reboots I was able to logon with my usual Username and Password.

[*]So I typed “Winver” into the “Run” dialogue and found that I now had Windows 10 Pro version 1607 installed.

Wonders will never cease — it worked:fanfare: Hooray:clapping:

Oops:confused: What’s this, some of my setup has been changed and now I have to try and find my way around the changes that have been made in Windows 10 Pro Anniversary Update and set things up again the way I like them:(:

Cheers

BygAuldByrd:cheers:

Hi WildcatRay,

While I’d like to do a clean instal, and will undoubtedly have to do it sometime not too soon, that ends up being days of re-establishing my system with its multitude of installed applications.

I’ll try your suggestion of disconnecting the Internet and see if that resolves the issue, using the Windows 10 Pro AU ISO I’ve already created using the Media Creation Tool.

Cheers

BygAuldByrd

Hi Satrow (and all other responders),

Thanks to all for the suggestions and guidance.

I haven’t resolved my problem with Windows 10 Pro AU Update as yet – been heavily engaged on other activities and not had time to devote to this.

I’m wondering, should I make an image of both my System drive (C:) and my data drive (D:), or is it only necessary to do C: – all my data is otherwise backed up.

I’d also note that only my “Users” folder has been move to D:. No other system folders have been moved.

I’m hoping to have time later this week to get back to this issue and will update how I get on.

Cheers

BygAuldByrd

Wait for Satrow to confirm those and see if he will accept running this cmd from a Command Prompt (Admin) would do any good and if you would need to create a restore point before running it –

You can copy & paste it to the cmd prompt.

%SystemDrive%Program FilesUpdate ServicesToolsWsusUtil.exe reset

This cmd will reset the WSUS server.

I tried running WsusUtil.exe (after setting a Restore point), however the path you have specified does not exist on my Windows 10 system:confused: And a search of my SSD and HDD did not find WsusUtil.exe:confused:

Cheers

BygAuldByrd

Hi Satrow,

Thanks for the suggestion, but before I charge off to try it, am I correct in assuming that by “D:/Users’ ‘Special Folders’ ” you mean:

[INDENT]D:/Users/[Username1]/…
D:/Users/[Username2]/…
[/INDENT]

and by the remaining “D:/Users folders” you mean:

[INDENT]D:/Users/All Users/… (which incidentally has a shortcut icon)
D:/Users/Default/…
D:/Users/Default User/… (which incidentally has a shortcut icon)
D:/Users/DefaultAppPool
D:/Users/Public/…
D:/Users/TEMP
D:/Users/[Username1]/…[/INDENT]

I note that on my system drive I already have:

[INDENT]C:/Users/All Users/… (which incidentally has a shortcut icon)
C:/Users/Default/…
C:/Users/Default User/… (which incidentally has a shortcut icon)
C:/Users/Public/…
C:/Users/[Username1 Administrator]/… (only laptop’s user as an Administrator)
C:/Users/[Username1]/… (only laptop’s user as a non-administrator)[/INDENT]

Should I simply overwrite these folders – which doesn’t seem like a good idea to me.

Just wish to be sure I’m understanding your suggestion before I screw up my system.

Cheers

BygAuldByrd