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WSslubo
AskWoody Plusmight be a stupid question….in order to backup automatically the flash drive should be plugged in?
Tx
Sam -
WSslubo
AskWoody PlusI need some help. The updating process went wrong asking to close some unspecified files. I Cannot proceed and the icon on my desktop is not shown any more. I cannot delete/uninstall the app as it is not listed at Win 10 pro applications list.
I have tried to uninstall with 3<sup>rd</sup> app (Revo Uninstaller) but it is not listed either…I tried reinstalling I get the same request: “close open files”.
Many TX
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WSslubo
AskWoody PlusThanks for your prompt answer….your suggestion was done already before …but useless…each shift to Latin character or to a sign and than returning to Hebrew yield not the style configured font…it drives me crazy
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WSslubo
AskWoody Plushow one shares with a trusted guest’s device 63 or 128 characters password?
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WSslubo
AskWoody PlusSet the following to a DWORD value of 0 on the server:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Print\RpcAuthnLevelPrivacyEnabledThen restart your print spooler (or just restart the computer)See if that fixes your issue?could not find in my registry under “Print” the “\RpcAuthnLevelPrivacyEnabled”
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WSslubo
AskWoody Plusstill to try…i let u know
tx
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WSslubo
AskWoody Plusoctober update is 2 MS-defcon – no did not installed
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WSslubo
AskWoody PlusHi
I have had the same experience. ” I found that the program did not play
nicely in the background. My experience was that it was a CPU hog grabbing up to
80+% of my CPU and slowing down work I was trying to do. I have therefore
uninstalled it and will continue to rely on good practices and Malwarebytes”.Once uninstalled win 10 2004 went back to its regular performance.
Tx Sam
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WSslubo
AskWoody PlusPart 6: Reliable site: obtain, download, verify software
It’s been discussed locating a reliable site. Recommended is the author or publisher site making sure you have the correct address and not a clone site….
How to make sure it is not a clone site?
Tx
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WSslubo
AskWoody PlusNope, it’ll be a software issue. If it were hardware it just wouldn’t work.
cheers, Paul
you are probably right but I did almost everything one could imagine: resetting all with windows command lines, new driver, uninstalling completely and reinstalling – all no avail.
I give up
thanks a lot
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WSslubo
AskWoody PlusWhat causes software corruption? If we knew that…
cheers, Paul
Unfortunately my announcement was premature…rebooting with the old NIC needed release/renew commanding. I uninstalled the old one and i’m happy with the new tp-link pci one that works fine. It is a hardware failure.
Sam -
WSslubo
AskWoody PlusYes, attempt to revive the old one. The issue will be software, not hardware, as the addressing was weird when viewed with IPCONFIG and that is all software.
cheers, Paul
Done as said. works now. now I have a spare NIC on board. I wonder what caused it.
Thanks a lot
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WSslubo
AskWoody PlusYes, attempt to revive the old one. The issue will be software, not hardware, as the addressing was weird when viewed with IPCONFIG and that is all software.
cheers, Paul
Hi paul,
It should be an experiment as for now the system works fine and I won’t have any use of the new NIC if the experiment should become successful. I’ll update you. it is interesting.
sam -
WSslubo
AskWoody PlusAs you have installed a new network card, the implication is the original card has some manual / corrupt settings. Go to Device Manager and un-install the old card, plug the ethernet cable into it and re-boot. Hopefully this will clear up the dodgy settings.
cheers, Paul
To fully understand what you suggested I’d like to clarify:
The dodgy adapter is a motherboard built in one.
installing a new NIC in the express pci slot and disabling the old adapter runs now connectivity flawlessly
so, now what you suggest is to revive the old one ?
sam -
WSslubo
AskWoody PlusI’ll talk to the ISP people…will up date the outcome
thanks
samupdating:
ISP tech replaced the router – no avail
I inserted NIC pci-E on the motherboard and everything is working now flawlessly. thanks all
this now the status:
Microsoft Windows [Version 6.1.7601]
Copyright (c) 2009 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.C:Users>ipconfig /all
Windows IP Configuration
Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : muli2
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : NoEthernet adapter Local Area Connection 4:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Gigabit PCI Express Network Adapter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : EC-08-6B-04-B6-6D
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::3953:cc22:c67b:7a2b%15(Preferred)
IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.21(Preferred)
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : יום חמישי 18 אוגוסט 2016 16:54:23
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : יום חמישי 18 אוגוסט 2016 19:24:26
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
DHCPv6 IAID . . . . . . . . . . . : xxxxxxxxx
DHCPv6 Client DUID. . . . . . . . : xxxxxxxxxxxx
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 213.xx.2.5
213.xx.22.5
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : EnabledTunnel adapter isatap.{9BD9D016-89AC-4AD5-99D6-7AF26707B814}:
Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft ISATAP Adapter #2
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : YesC:Users>
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