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My Acrobat X Pro has expire over a year ago. described by Adobe support as “server no longer active” for validation.  I have searched for alternatives, but found nothing in the perpetual license or free universe.  Can you recommend a replacement for Acrobat Pro?

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Roy Alan Christie, Will Fastie

My experience exactly.  I now use CS6 on Windows 7 machines and am quite content.  Adobe saw my last purchase with my upgrade to CS6.  Their customer service has been rude since they turned off the server turning the lights out on my 30 year relationship with Adobe….and AutoDesk products.

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Norio, Myst

How do I force an Update on Windows 10?

 

Edition Windows 10 Pro
Version 22H2
Installed on ‎2/‎27/‎2021
OS build 19045.4529
Experience Windows Feature Experience Pack 1000.19058.1000.0

I see that several updates have started downloading, but are at various percentages of download.  Maybe I have had the the updates paused too long.

 

Any help appreciated.

Yes, the input is correct on the TV.  We have been using a Win 10 computer on the connection for streaming.  We were attempting to view a DVD on the Win 7 computer.  The Cyberlink DVD software on Windows 10 now wants an upgrade after working for several months.

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Cybertooth

Thank you for your response.  The TV is a Sony Bravia Model HKL-40VE5.

I am in the same situation with Adobe products, Photoshop CS6 and Acrobat Pro 10. A Widows 10 Pro update apparently broke the functionality of Acrobat 10 and Adobe is unrelenting on allowing me to fix the activation process. I have both products on retired computers, so will use the hardware/software combination until the hardware dies. I will NEVER again pay for an Adobe product because they sold me perpetual licenses on these products and reneged. They have lost a customer that would otherwise consider their products in the future.

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PL1, Mr. Austin, Cybertooth

Problem solved with Dell support page.  Thank you for the elaboration on the problem.

No speaker audio Win10 22H2 OS build 19045.3693.  I have lost speaker audio on my Dell Precision 7520 with RealTek audio.  I can get audio fine through headphones.  I have had no success attempting the MS troubleshooting procedure.  Does anybody on the forum have ideas?

Susan,

Great article on hard drives.  How about systems that power on, but won’t boot through the BIOS?  System is clearly on, but clicks off before entering BIOS.  Dell M6700 Win7Pro.  Any secret tips you can think of?

 

Thanks

bwsantana

JohnW wrote:

If you know how to create a portable Windows 7 that boots directly from USB, go for it.

Well, here I am displaying my ignorance.  The USB key that I have was provided by Dell as a way to reinstall Windows 7.  It appears to be pretty much the Windows 7 SP1 that I got with the computer on CD/DVD.  During this process I have been able to reinstall Windows 7 from both devices by repeated start/shutdown cycles using the power button until the system recognised either the USB or CD with the OS.  So maybe it is not bootable, just a device with the OS on it for reinstallation.

I like the idea of the Linux boot on a a stick as a diagnostic tool.  I would like to create one.  I do have a 32-bit Linux Mint bootable USB key a friend made for me several years ago.  I use it for an old M6300 (when I want to get on the internet)  that also has Windows XP, but my M6700 is a 64-bit system.  I will pursue your suggestion of the Rufus utility and attempt to make a 64-bit Linux Mint bootable USB.  I suspect the USB I have with Windows 7 is not really a “bootable” version.  If Linux will boot, I will try to install it on the mSATA card and retire the machine from Windows use.  Thanks for your help.

JohnW wrote:

just to use it for a USB boot as a test to see if the system will boot up from an external boot source.

John,

Please excuse my ignorance. What would be different booting to Linux on a USB device compared to booting to Windows Windows 7 on a USB device?  I have attempted the USB Windows boot as well as booting to Windows 7 on a CD.

At this point, based on what I have been able to find on the internet it may be that the repeated startup shutdown attempting to get the system to boot to the HDD, then repeated requirements to get it to boot to USB or CD has caused a problem with capacitors somewhere in the power supply circuit probably requiring a MB replacement.

The only easy fix I found (after trying a complete restoration of the OS on the HDD) was to detach the CMOS battery for 10 minutes to clear the BIOS, then replace the CMOS battery.  I am waiting for a new CMOS battery to try that.

John, Paul, Energy Saver,

I have tried connecting w/o battery, reseated connections, besides reloading Win 7 on a different, larger mSATA drive.  The computer is an older very nice laptop I am retiring and I really wanted to put it on the shelf in good condition.  I have not tried a Linux boot, but will if I can figure out how.  I’m not sure drivers will be available for the Precision M6700, but if it will run on Linux I will give it a try.  Thanks for your help!

Other problems.

The inability to boot this laptop was not resolved with a new Windows 7 OS reload or a bad mSATA card.  I was able to cajole a boot to CD and reloading of the OS on a new mSATA drive.  After loading the OS and ALL the Dell drivers, the first total shutdown resulted in a no boot situation,  I was able to get into the BIOS one more time to assure it was set to boot to the mSATA drive, but nothing since.  My early suspicions of a hardware problem now seem more likely.  I am at a loss as to what to try next.  Replacing hardware does not seem sane other than replacing the CMOS battery, which I have on order.

Any additional suggestions and opinions appreciated!

Paul, I’m not sure how you would do that with the mSATA card.  I don’t have access to the card yet, but as I recall it plugs into a slot like a WiFi card (similar to a memory slot).  I’m not sure how I would connect the refurbished card to an mSATA connection in a laptop.  I do have a spinning disk base connection I can plug into a USB port, maybe even an external SATA port, but I will have to find it.  Hasn’t been used in over 10 years.

Alternatively, I was thinking I would work on restarting the system, installing the Crucial storage executive program, check the original mSATA card for errors, reboot  to the BIOS, change the boot sequence to bypass the mSATA card and boot to an OS Disk and shut down.  Replace the original mSATA card with the refurbished mSATA card, shutdown and reboot to the Windows 7 disk and see if I can see the Storage Executive .exe file on a data drive, install the program on the spinning disk and check the refurbished mSATA card.