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AskWoody PlusRG,
It doesn’t appear that you have tried the three steps below, which I am sure you’re familiar with. I have had updates fail on occasion that I was able to install successfully after running them.
- chkdsk [drive] /f
- dism /online /cleanup-image /restorehealth
- sfc /scannow
If SFC finds and corrects errors, I usually restart the computer and run it again, to be sure all is fixed.
They may not help, but they’re easy enough to run, and if it saves you from having to do a clean install…
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AskWoody PlusI administer about a dozen Windows 11 24H2 Enterprise laptops, some OEM, some upgraded from Windows 10. I haven’t seen any BSODs so far.
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AskWoody PlusFrom everything I’ve read here on AskWoody, you are correct, although I’m not sure that you’ll be asked for an email address when you go through the “Work or School” setup routine, most likely you’ll just be asked for a username and a password to go with that username. Both the username and password will be stored locally on the computer you’re setting up.
I recently set up many PCs running Windows 11 Pro. You are correct about what follows choosing the Work or School option. Ultimately, you are asked to provide a user name and password that create a local account.
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AskWoody PlusNovember 27, 2024 at 7:17 pm in reply to: USERS ONLY Standalone installer script for Windows 7 ESU, regardless the license #2720862I am curious about your updates to IE. I have always been advised to not use it because it is very susceptible to malware attacks.
If by this paragraph you are asking if I use IE, the answer is no. But my understanding is that it is so intertwined in the guts of Windows pre-10, it still needs to be patched.
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AskWoody PlusNovember 26, 2024 at 1:17 pm in reply to: USERS ONLY Standalone installer script for Windows 7 ESU, regardless the license #2720484I tried both of them. It turns out, however, that Avast was blocking the URL. (I don’t know why it didn’t alert me before.) I turned it off for 10 minutes and was able to download the ZIP file. Thanks for confirming the link is good.
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AskWoody PlusNovember 26, 2024 at 12:45 pm in reply to: USERS ONLY Standalone installer script for Windows 7 ESU, regardless the license #2720473I tried downloading the dotNetFx4_ESU_Installer_v4, but got an error. It looks like the file is not in the directory indicated in the link. Was it removed, or am I mistaken? Thanks!
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AskWoody PlusThis information may be in a post upthread, but in case it’s not or anybody missed it, Version 115 is the last version compatible with Windows 7/8. This is according the the download page.
Thunderbird 115.15.0esr is the final release of Thunderbird 115.
Note that Thunderbird 115 is the final release to support Windows 7 and Windows 8.
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AskWoody PlusHave you always used the latest version’s executable or msi installer to go from one version to the next
I typically update through the button under About Thunderbird. I suspect that both old versions are from using a stand-alone installer. (I know the 115.10.1 version is.)
BUT, to get rid of the older versions’ entries in Programs and Features, you may have to click on their entries to remove them from the list
Which is exactly what I did. The rest of the message that popped up when I tried to uninstall them said they may already have been uninstalled and did I want to remove them from the list? I clicked Yes, they went away, and that was that.
Thank you for the follow-up.
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AskWoody PlusJust to clarify one point in case I wasn’t clear before, I didn’t set up my accounts again. I closed Thunderbird, opened Profile Manager, selected the profile I had been using, set it as default, saved it, and closed PM. When I relaunched Thunderbird all was as it should be and the version showed as 115.13.0. Hope that is clear.
I’m not sure closing Thunderbird prior to running the update would have mattered, though. When I look at installed programs, v. 115.10.1 is still listed (as is v. 78.14.0). Trying to uninstall either gives me the “may have already been uninstalled” error.
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AskWoody PlusJuly 22, 2024 at 2:24 pm in reply to: AutoAudioRecorder — Record any audio playing on your PC #2689687Thanks, Deanna! This worked great for me recording to MP3 on Windows 7. I like the simplicity of it.
FYI: It’s not specified in the OP, but checking the Loop Recording feature will create a new MP3 file if the requisite silence is detected.
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AskWoody PlusI updated from .10 to .13 with an installer downloaded from https://www.thunderbird.net/en-US/thunderbird/all/. I ran it with Thunderbird open. It didn’t ask to close it or offer to update my current install. Upon launching Thunderbird after the install it wanted me to set up my account. I used the profile manager to make my existing profile the default and all is well.
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AskWoody PlusWeirdly, when I checked today, I was on version 115.10.2, not 116.0. An update to 115.11.0 showed as available, so I updated to that. After the restart, that is the current version.
Apparently the update yesterday changed me from the Release channel to the ESR channel as well. Should I switch back?
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AskWoody PlusI just checked my version of Portable Thunderbird [115.10.1 (64-bit)] and it’s offering to update to version 116.0.
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AskWoody PlusHowever, for your bank, not a good idea because if the hacker gets in, the hacker now knows the bank you use, and if the hacker already has a dossier on you could call the bank and …
A valid point I hadn’t really considered. I guess it comes down to which you think is more likely/riskier – that a hacker gains control of your device, or that you mistype an URL.
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