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Perhaps try disabling the remote desktop and remote assistance services, and then block all inbound traffic on port 3389 in Windows Firewall or in whatever firewall program you are using on your computer. The reason is that it could be a hacker trying to get into your computer. Also check your router’s firewall and make sure that network address translation NAT) is enabled.

Additionally, use an online scanner for malware or PUPs on your computer. It has been years since I have had to deal with any malware, so please ask others about what online malware scanners to use on your computer.

I disabled all wake triggers in my computer’s BIOS. I also don’t allow any scheduled tasks to wake my computer. The only way that I can wake my computer from sleep or hibernation is to momentarily press the computer’s power button.

Perhaps try disabling the remote desktop and remote assistance services, and then block all inbound traffic on port 3389 in Windows Firewall or in whatever firewall program you are using on your computer. The reason is that it could be a hacker trying to get into your computer. Also check your router’s firewall and make sure that network address translation NAT) is enabled.

Additionally, use an online scanner for malware or PUPs on your computer. It has been years since I have had to deal with any malware, so please ask others about what online malware scanners to use on your computer.

How do you use group policy editor to disable Cortana?

Go to Control Panel and then Internet Options. In the Internet Properties popup window, go to the Advanced tab. Scroll down to the bottom of the settings. Make sure that Use TLS 1.o, Use TLS 1.1 and Use TLS 1.2 have check marks. Yeah, everyone is supposed to disable Use TLS 1.0 due to a severe security issue if TLS 1.0 is enabled on a local network, yet disabling TLS 1.0 breaks the functionality of older printers and causes some computers to not show up in the network.

In Windows Explorer, try going to the folder where the file was saved to. Then right-click on the folder an in the popup menu see if there are any previous versions of the folder and its contents.

As alejr has indicated, User-Agent Switcher and Manager is the best. I use it in Firefox and in Chrome.

What you need is something similar to the Win10Tel.cmd script from our abbodi86. The Win10Tel.cmd script is for Windows 7 and Windows 8x computers. See the link below for the Askwoody topic in which he describes it in detail:

https://www.askwoody.com/forums/topic/2000012-neutralize-telemetry-sustain-win-7-8-1-monthly-rollup-model/

I don’t know if abbodi86 has created a similar cmd script for Windows 10. Perhaps ask him!

I have MS Works 4.5 on floppies. I still use it for simple and quick and dirty stuff.

I have a similar collection.

Hey, the mouse scroll wheel actually works for changing the volume level without hearing any “ding” sound! I never knew that.

forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php

I wondered if the lack of https:// in front of the above link caused the orange block. Apparently it did not.

 

Do you also use CCleaner? If yes, then in CCleaner under Applications, clear the check box for MS Search. This is what fixed the issue for me on all of my Windows 7 computers.

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Endora

After using the Office Removal Tool, CCleaner found absolutely no leftover traces. It truly is as Office had never existed on the computer.

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Kathy Stevens

Hi Kathy,

I have used the Office Removal Tool before. First you uninstall Office just like any other program from under Control Panel. After doing that and rebooting, you then run the Office Removal Tool. The Office Removal Tool takes quite a while to run, and at times it might appear that it is not doing anything even though it is. Aside from searching for and removing all remaining traces of your current version of Office, the tool also has to search for all remaining traces of other uninstalled previous versions of Office as well. The latter is what makes the tool take so long. Once the Office Removal Tool has started to remove all traces of Office, perhaps walk away and enjoy a nice cup of coffee.

As to why there are duplicate emails, Outlook on the computer is configured to use IMAP and the user likely is also using their cell phone configured to use IMAP to also check for email. This setup (e.g., two separate devices using IMAP to check email) can cause the duplicate email issues which you reported.

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lmacri, Kathy Stevens

In Step 4 of my instructions, the four files in the HermSSL.zip file which you need to copy to your Eudora program folder are:

libeay32.dll
QCSSL.dll
rootcerts.p7b
ssleay32.dll

 

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Ian C