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With the advent of MS’s latest browser  will MS remove IE and its’ vestiges from Win 10?

And further as Chredge seems not to be intertwined with the operating system as was IE, will Microsoft allow users to completely uninstall Chredge giving us the option of an MS browser free system?

Thanks for this information as I was just considering what the best way would be to move my data files from my computers Windows 7 drive to the Windows 10 (clean install) drive as I “upgraded” this week.

After spending most of the day (good thing I’m retired) attempting various proposed fixes found searching the internet to no avail, I just went ahead and installed 1903 and all is now well.

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Paul T

I would love to simplify my life with something like a Chromebook, but that ain’t going to happen.  Even ignoring potential privacy issues, I cannot run the standalone programs I require, such as TurboTax (No, I do not want to use the on-line version), Family Tree Maker and a couple others.  I have tinkered with various linux distrbutions and the problem is the same with applications.

If most people only use their computers for e-mail, web browsing and on-line office suites, a Chromebook (except for Chrome’s relatively short eol policies) or linux would be fine.

My old workhorse Lenovo Ideapad Z580 i5 (circa 2012) is approaching it’s Win 7 eol and if I cannot get Win 10 to work, it’ll go on MX Linux and I’ll use my even older ASUS U56E i3 (circa 2011) that has Windows 10 running on it to run my programs.

I agree with PK Cano, but as an FYI, many “toolbox” like programs often show as viruses even though they may not be due to the actions they are programmed to run.  Your issue may, or may not be a false positive.

It would be a good idea to scan any program you download prior to running it and always download from a reliable source.

Thanks.  I was thinking of never using it again.  I think I’ll stop the scan and let things get back to normal.   I had tried googling the issue before posting here, but couldn’t find anything.

I appreciate you help.

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The drives (Toshiba N300), HDWQ140XZSTA) are listed on the compatibility list and I’ve had no other issues with them.

The only changes made have been keeping the applications and firmware updated.

AV is still scanning this morning (9/15) still showing 9%.

Many thanks for your assistance.

I keep the NAS fully updated on a regular basis.  As the NAS was scanning a new firmware update became available, but I thought it better to install it after the AV scan.

I’m going to let the AV scan continue on, but I hope it doesn’t restart Monday as the schedule is set.

This long scan is ridiculous and is bogging down the NAS response times.

Good point.  However, wouldn’t it be much easier to be able to download any supported version when needed rather than trying to catch them before they are replaced by the current version?

While this revised updating process certainly looks promising and, if it works, might allow me to relax enough to put my remaining Win 7 machine on Win 10.

However, I would still be very uncomfortable with having to update to the current version when the installed version approaches EOL.  I feel the user should be allowed to choose which supported version would be installed to replace the EOL version.

I’ve tried several Linux distros over the past few years and have settled on Anti-X for an old netbook and MX for an ex-Win 7 laptop.  Several other distros are also very good, but these appeal to me the most.

I keep a Windows machine only to run software not available for Linux such as Turbo Tax.  As most likely pointed out in other posts, the only real weakness of Linux is support for certain windows applications that don’t have Linux counterparts.  Wine and Play On don’t always work with Windows software.

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Klaas Vaak, Microfix

Having a methodology and effectively using it are two different things.  Starting with Win 10, and now affecting all current versions of windows, effective use of the methodology seems to have gone by the wayside.

I’m sorry for trying your patience geekdom.  I do appreciate your continued help.

The reason I looked in Installed Updates is that there is no .NET Framework of any version that shows up in the Programs and Features/Install or change a program list.

In C: \Program Files (x86) there is a Microsoft .NET directory with two subdirectories, Primary Interop Assemblies (5 .dll files) and RedistList (2 .xml files).  All of these files are very old.  This leads me to the conclusion that the .NET program(s) were somehow uninstalled at some point in time.  If that is the case I don’t understand why KB 4471987 can be installed as no .Net program exists in the system.

As I don’t appear to have .NET installed I would guess that there is no security issue involving it, only the possibility of a malfunctioning program that uses .NET.

Perhaps I’ll just let it be and when I’m forced to upgrade to Win 10 the issue should be resolved.

Thanks again for you help.

 

Thank you geekdom.

In looking at .Net updates in installed updates, 4 show, KB 4087364, 4338420, 4344146, and 4457035 all installed on September 21 2018.  When selecting any of the 4 updates, I am only given the option to uninstall (not to change).  When right clicking on any of the updates to uninstall, I receive the following message:

“An error occurred while trying to uninstall Update for Microsoft .NET Framework 4.7.2 (KB Number).  It may have already been uninstalled.

Would you like to remove Update for Microsoft .NET Framework 4.7.2 (KB Number) from the Installed Updates list?”

I am at a loss as to why or how that happened.

Would you suggest removing these apparently non-existent updates from the list and attempting to install KB4471987 again?

Bill,

Thanks for the time you spent replying to my dilemma. I feel as though I now have a better understanding of the mechanics a play and that I’m more confident in attempting to resolve my situation.