So you want to install Windows 10 on an XP?

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How to Enable Full-Disk Encryption on Windows 10

How to Upgrade From Windows 10 Home to Windows 10 Professional

Microsoft Safety Scanner (127 MB) looks for viruses as a temporary resort since it expires in 10 days

How to Install Apps to an SD Card (or Another Drive) on Windows 10

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Checking Reliability on my 64 bit Win 10, I was surprised to see how bad it has been lately, but Windows Update?

Hadn't checked it for a while! Trying to look for new Windows 10 updates, it failed to work!

I found that my 64 bit machine's service registration is corrupt! NO FIX AS USUAL! Here's how to check it:
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/gp/ ... sues/en-us

I ran System File Checker(SFC) in DOS as Administrator(right click it and run) as advised by Microsoft Community for somebody else:

http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/wind ... 306eb7df4a

To paste commands into the DOS command window prompt, right click the window header and select Edit and Paste.
To copy text from the command window, right click the header and select Edit and Mark then highlight text to copy.
Then hit Enter or right click the header and select Edit and Copy to hold it in the clipboard for pasting elsewhere...

SFC/scannow came up with the following results which did not fix some files:

Don't bother to read the log file as it is typically long and in Greek...

Instead of reopening DOS like a fool as instructed in post, I ran DISM.exe /Online /Cleanup-image /Scanhealth next:

It ran for a long time with the === progress indicator at 20% and then completed in about a half hour.

Then it automatically inserted the next DISM.exe /Online /Cleanup-image /Restorhealth command so I pressed
Enter to run it. Cleanup and Restoration had the same 20% progress bar with little === progress shown for 15 minutes...

DANG! What is this? The DISM log file is as long as the other one. MORE WORK!

I ran MalwareBytes and it found 14 to remove, rebooted and at least Windows Update worked and updated Defender.
Ran Windows Defender which found nothing but took all night to do it. Was it Sleeping too?

So now I'm down to trying to use an ISO file to restore my afflicted PC. Downloaded the 3.7 G Windows 10 ISO here:
http://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/9230 ... ml#option1

Then I used Windows Power Shell(as administrator) to mount it as drive E: here:
How to Mount or Unmount ISO and IMG Files in Windows 10

Then I ran this command in Power Shell to no avail!

Windows PowerShell
Copyright (C) 2015 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> Dism /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth /Source:wim:E:\sources\install.wim:1 /limitaccess

Deployment Image Servicing and Management tool
Version: 10.0.10240.16384

Image Version: 10.0.10240.16384

[==========================100.0%==========================]

Error: 0x800f081f

The source files could not be found.
Use the "Source" option to specify the location of the files that are required to restore the feature. For more information on specifying a source location, see http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=243077.

The DISM log file can be found at C:\WINDOWS\Logs\DISM\dism.log
PS C:\WINDOWS\system32>

It took it TWENTY MINUTES TO SAY IT COULDN'T FIND THE FILE?

So I went into Update and Security settings to Recovery and Reset the 64 bit PC! This removed most of my programs, but kept my files.

I found that my 64 bit machine's service registration is STILL corrupt!

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Meanwhile I found a way to upgrade the laptop to Windows 10 Threshold 2 through a link:
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/softwar ... /windows10

The new version has several screens describing things as it finished up the upgrade AFTER I logged on:






Settings Update and Security now has a way to find your PC or phone through your MS account and location:

Clicking the Change button allows you to periodically send the location to MS or turn it off.

My 64 bit Win 10 machine never got the Find Device option in the Update & Security Settings!

My phone can also be located with the map, erase personal data, lock it and ring it:

Testing it, the ringing gets louder until the lock screen is lifted...

To find a MS account device on the internet use this link: https://account.microsoft.com/devices

Not much you can do with the laptop except locate it right now. Maybe someday:

My desktop still does not have this feature! You can use PREY to do this with up to 3 devices FREE!
Prey allows you to locate, lock or take a picture from a camera if equipped with one.
My Lumia only has a back camera so nothing happening there...

How to Track Your Windows 10 PC or Tablet If You Ever Lose It

Unlike my 64 bit Win 10 machine, the laptop seems to have all the programs intact! I'll be restoring 64 bit programs for weeks!

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So with HUNDREDS OF PROGRAMS DESTROYED on my 64 bit machine I get a bigger Start screen! DO NOT RESET unless you have no other option!

Oddly the Threshold 2 Upgrade on the laptop did not make it bigger...

Found upgrade and update waiting to be loaded anyhow:

Note that the Update and Security Settings page has not changed...

This is the new Windows 10 version and build now on both machines:

Use the Windows key + R and type in winver. Win key + pause(if KB has it) can indicate 32 or 64 bit.

The Win 10 Upgrade appears to have fixed the 64 PC's problem, but some files may still be corrupt:

In any event, I had to at least get Windows Update working first or I never would have got them!

Running SFC again found no problems:


UGH!

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BTW, the new Upgrade reset my lock screen to every sleep wake up again with password. Finding the setting ain't easy:

In Control Panel click the Change advanced power settings then click the Administrator notice above
the settings to change them from Yes to No on both or just when plugged in.

Or there may be just a password required when waking like the update set on the 64 desktop:

The change unavailable settings link must be clicked to change the power settings.
I'm loving all of these Administrator settings that could possibly block me someday...

Microsoft has posted an end-of-life date for Windows 10 Mobile, though it raises more questions than it answers.

According to Microsoft’s support website, mainstream Windows 10 Mobile support will cease on January 9, 2018. However, the posting also says Microsoft will make extended support updates and security patches available for “a minimum of 24 months after the lifecycle start date” of November 16, 2015.

Windows 10 Mobile gets an end-of-life date, surrounded by mystery

Finally MS has added a PDF printer to Windows 10 devices. It is listed in Printers list:
How to Print to PDF on Any Computer, Smartphone, or Tablet

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When I I tried to RESET my desktop 64 bit machine and LOST a ton of programs!

These are just SOME of the programs destroyed by the Reset shown in Chrome now. Some links actually work!

No more asking after selecting DELETE! Just tosses it into Recycle bin...

SHIFT + DELETE will DELETE THEM FOREVER! My keyboard shift stuck and could not even scroll!
Web pages will also open as new browser! Thought I was being invaded AGAIN!

I should have just downloaded the Threshold 2 Upgrade!

That FIXED the corruption problem' NOT the Reset: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/softwar ... /windows10

How to Roll Back Builds and Uninstall Updates on Windows 10

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As to the Belarc Advisor warnings? The KB critical update took me to M$ and then I had to use IE to download it!

The Java SE upgrade still hangs around. I found it for the 32 bit machine AFTER HOURS of looking!:

Even tried emailing it to myself, but I think it was only 32 bit anyhow...

Clicking the link takes you to this STUPID page all about it with ABSOLUTELY NO LINKS to downloads!


Try it yourself: http://www.belarc.com/cgi-bin/qferefer? ... 15-2367953

Java will Update OVER AND OVER, may try to remove older versions you may need!
Always make sure you see the 3 BILLION sign in the JAVA update box!

They used to download TO my computers! NOT ANY HURRY NOW after they got burned...

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Threashold 2 upgrade appears to have slowed down my laptop, especially the Chrome Browser!
Not only that, but apps seem to take at least 15 seconds just to start, Win 10 startups are no faster either.
Start and Action Center are often difficult to open requiring multiple clicks at times.

Even Internet Explorer is preferred over Edge to get the latest Windows 10 or Java updates.
Microsoft close to releasing browser extensions for Edge
Could M$ be messing with Chrome to make it work slower? Scrolling also seems more difficult now.

Laptop Reliability started all over with Threshold 2 and promptly stepped down again in quick order:

Still problems with Bluetooth OBEX services. Had to re-insall Synaptic's XP Touchpad driver again too!

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Today the laptop had the following problems:

Facebook app continues to quit a few times a day. No failures showed up in Reliability.

Twitter app has another failed update which showed up as a warning.

Camera app works with my new camera, but cannot be closed! Finally it went away...

Looked for a Clipboard app at Windows Store and found two 3 star apps. None work well.

I will make one of my own with QB64 to make editing the QB64 WIKI easier.
Already made one to copy my personal data to the clipboard to paste in forms.

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I had to reinstall my IP camera on the Win 10 64 desktop and could not change settings in Chrome so I had
to use IE as Administrator. IE Tab Chrome extension works with add on, but not Recording path settings:

No matter what, I kept getting the non-IE version of the IP camera web site on Internet Explorer w/o add on.

Found that Administrator with IE Compatibility View listing the site was what it needed:

After adding the IP address to the settings list, it downloaded the Active X add on I needed and ran the better
web page with the full settings up top instead of down below.

To run IE as Administrator, right click the IE icon in the task bar and

Right click the IE Explorer icon in list again! I could not find a way in the Start Menu!
Then go to Settings gear on top right side. Compatibility View settings is listed.
Add the numerical IP address for the camera and click Add.

If the camera's web page still does not come up and the Active X add on does not ask to download,
ONLY THEN mess with the Active X settings!

1) Click on the Settings gear and then on Internet Options.
2) In the Security Tab, click the Custom Level... button to change Active X settings ONLY.
3) Change all Active X settings that have Prompt as a choice to use the prompt. You SHOULD KNOW
when you are installing any!
4) CHECK TO SEE IF THAT FIXES THE PROBLEM before changing any from Disable to Enable!
Note I kept Scriptlets disabled! I recommend trying every setting moved from Disabled to
Enabled to see which one fixes the problem!

USE the RESET button on that setting tab if you run into problems later!

So after I got the full IP camera Settings working, I ran into a problem having it send picture emails
when motion is detected.

My IP email provider uses SSL, which is not listed as a choice. Only no setting, TLS which worked or
STARTTLS for Gmail when sending as noted.

Also the Veevocam Recording folder setup requires the Administrator run the web browser and must go
immediately to the Alarm setting to Save! Typing the folder path for videos did not seem to work either
so I had to use Browse...Oddly there is no Save button on that setting itself.

Took me hours to figure this stuff out! Now the camera emails pictures to my email, but not the videos.
They are saved into the Recording folder set earlier. It was sending them to my DVD drive D:\ as default.
Had to do the same thing with IE on my 32 bit laptop. But it only works in my WIFI range so I need to
keep the desktop PC running. That will require the home PC to not be updated while on trips.

Gonna test this before I go to see if it really doesn't shutdown. Can't trust M$ enough...

My Windows 8.1 Phone cannot install the IE Active X plug in, no video on screen, but can take pictures.
Don't know what I'm taking them of either and have to resign in to the web site to view the picture.
According to what I have read the phone upgrade to 10 is up to my provider and may never happen.
Windows 10 on phones will already EXPIRE by 2018... SIGH, just like One Drive space?!

While we're working hard to make Windows 10 available for other Lumia devices, the following is a first list of Lumia smartphones that will receive a free upgrade when available: Lumia 430, Lumia 435, Lumia 532, Lumia 535, Lumia 540, Lumia 635 (1 GB RAM), Lumia 640, Lumia 640 XL, Lumia 735, Lumia 830, and Lumia 930. Features may vary by device. 8 GB of internal memory required.

Microsoft Lumia 950 Review - The first smartphone that works like a PC

Someday I will figure out DNS so I can see them in real time when out of town...probably will take hours too!

Note: Start Menu and Action Center are harder to open and no way to run as the DREADED Administrator!
SAME Administrator BS KEPT ME and thousands of others from downloading or even VIEWING OUR OWN pictures!
Apps take over 15 seconds to do anything but sit there loading! Best keep Windows 7 handy!

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Microsoft’s nagging 'Get Windows 10' campaign has hit a confusing new low

My other Windows XP machine that I upgraded to Windows 7, is also bugging me to Upgrade to 10
DESPITE the fact that it needs a new Intel video driver. Clicking on the Win 10 splash screen tells
me that I STILL NEED THE VIDEO DRIVER that has NOT BEEN UPDATED!

Microsoft to send IE upgrade nag notices to Windows 7 PCs in January

Microsoft wants your feedback to improve the Windows Insider Program
I took the survey and when question pages took more than 30 seconds to load, I QUIT!

Microsoft releases the first Windows 10 Redstone build to Insiders

How can Windows 10 Function With as Little as 32 GB of Disk Space?

Here is my Windows XP to 10 laptop's Reliability after 2 weeks:

Back around 5 again after getting a new start! Have no idea what Script Helper is...

Making Windows and Android 6 (Marshmallow) work together

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Microsoft's biggest hits, misses and ??? moments of 2015

Microsoft delays Windows 10 Mobile upgrade for existing handsets until "early next year"

That means that the devices listed will be the first to be upgraded to Windows 10 Mobile - but not the only ones:

Lumia 430
Lumia 435
Lumia 532
Lumia 535
Lumia 540
Lumia 635 (1G RAM)
Lumia 640
Lumia 640 XL
Lumia 735
Lumia 830
Lumia 930
There are many notable omissions from the list, including the hugely popular Lumia 520 and Lumia 630/635, both of which come with less than 1GB of RAM. But at the other end of the range, the range-topping Lumia 1520 will also miss out on the first wave of updates. And while the Lumia 930 is mentioned, it's not clear if the Lumia Icon - Verizon's version of the 930 - will also be upgraded with the first batch of handsets.

The FTC says Oracle 'deceived consumers' and left software on 850 million PCs vulnerable to hackers

http://java.com/uninstall

WINDOWS ARTICLES / EVERYTHING ABOUT MICROSOFT WINDOWS

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It appears that Notify to Restart is a way to stop an automatic Update reboot. It waited 2 days anyhow...

I just don't want the desktop computer to shut down while monitoring 2 security cameras! I'll lose the video.
I don't care if the updates are installed, just don't want a PC restart.

In Advanced WIFI Settings you can also set WIFI to a Metered connection to prevent update downloads:

Switch to a Metered connection to stop updates! This would also save downloaded data on 4 G networks!

Make this PC discoverable should also be turned off when using public WIFI!

Options for controlling updates in Windows 10 Pro

Windows 10 update KB 3124200 destroys Word customizations

Windows 10 version 1511 build 10586.36/Cumulative Update 6 may be the worst Win10 patch yet

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I had tried a Bluetooth adapter to get devices to work before Windows 7 fixed my on board adapter.

The adapter I used many months ago was similar to the one on right with a small CD driver disk.

CsrBtOBEXService failures were due to Bluetooth software that I really did not need anymore:

A QB64 'untitled' program I was testing also managed to get on the failure list with _FULLSCREEN reeking havoc.

After I uninstalled the CSRHarmony software I ran C Cleaner to clean up the Registry:


Laptop Reliability is below 5 most of the time so I started looking to get rid of stuff that does not work well.
Facebook app STILL crashes a few times a day while Twitter last days and quits.
Neither seem to show up as failures near as often with Threshold 2... might be fudging a little?

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My desktop Win 10 reset got rid of Office 2007 which may or may not be affected by the bug below:

How to fix Microsoft's latest Windows 10 update blunder: nuked Office templates

If you use Word 2016, the latest version of Microsoft’s word processing app, and install the company’s most recent Windows 10 patch, the update wipes out your “normal” template. That little file, named normal.dotm, is important because it contains all of your macros, autotext blocks, autocorrect entries, styles and more customization options. If that normal.dotm file gets nuked, all of your tweaks and customizations are erased, and you need to recreate them, which is a major pain for folks who use heavily customized templates. Word still works, but the software reverts to its default settings.

If you use any version of Word on a Windows 10 PC, I suggest making a backup of your normal.dotm template before you install any new Windows software updates. You can find your template by navigating to the Windows Key + R, and then pasting %appdata%\Microsoft\Templates into the entry field. Next click OK, and you’ll see the templates.

I still have not gotten all of my desktop programs re-installed. Not in any hurry with these DUD updates!
Instead of updating things, M$ seems to be rewriting everything! No wonder the first year is FREE...

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Laptop just shut down with Microsoft blue screen!

A blue screen came up, checked some stuff and rebooted. In the middle of a Twitter post.

No, the sad face was not my reflection, mine was much more irritated...found the picture on web.

Checking Reliability in Control Panel and clicking the Windows stopped working error listed got this:

The computer has rebooted from a bugcheck. The bugcheck was: 0x0000007e (0xc0000005, 0x81d0b7a5, 0xdd9bead8, 0xdd9be6a0). A dump was saved in: C:\WINDOWS\MEMORY.DMP. Report Id: 1e534922-66be-410b-9417-4b94e85d8d97.

Found the MEMORY.DMP file at the above location, but naturally I did not have permission...UGH!
Went to M$ and was told to use DMPcheck.exe which is on the Windows CD that I never had. Then looking further, I was told that I needed Visual Studio and a bunch of other crap!

Probably can't understand it anyhow. Copied the file to another folder so that Windows can't overwrite it. Copying involved Administrator permissions which was by just clicking the shield button, like nobody else would. I may need to report it to M$ and get the usual ONE stupid try Windows key + R reply.

Found a free utility called Blue Screen View that reads minidump files. Found 2 drivers in pink listed at top.

Clicking twice on one brings up a more detailed report on right that indicated it was a W10 file.

The ntoskrnl.exe error could indicate a memory problem so I ran Windows Memory Diagnostics:

The diagnostic program can be found in W 10 Control Panel using the Search box, not real easy!
The test found no problems there so that made me feel better. Spend more time fixing than using!

The second driver is more likely the problem as I had purposely installed an old XP touchpad driver.

I'll let it go before I try to upgrade or just use Win10's touchpad delay that does not work anyhow.

Was only running for perhaps 5 days! I think M$ has made W 10 too hard for it to run well!
Apps take almost 30 seconds to do anything, even when just minimized or hidden.
Chrome opens pages as if they were just started anew every tab clicked on. 5 seconds or more.

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The desktop PC has the SKYPE app now causing FAILURES EVERY DAY! No Camera and no reason to use SKYPE!

So I UNINSTALLED the Skype Video App I went to the WindowsApps folder as listed above and was DENIED ACCESS!

Windows permissions is CRAP!
According to it I ALREADY HAVE READ permission and it WON'T LET ME CHANGE ANYTHING on my 64 bit PC!

Note how Trusted Installer, whoever that could be on my computer, has FULL PERMISSIONS! But I ALREADY have READ permissions!

Follow instructions, go to Security tab, Advanced and finally to permission settings and it is GRAYED OUT!


I also could only use Greenshot ONCE with the PrintScreen key, then I had to use SNIP App because it STEALS THE KEY!
Snip app can only get ONE WINDOW border at a time or full screen! Greenshot lets me draw a rectangle around it all. THANKS M$...

Windows 10 Personalization Page Shows Only 24 Choices for Background Color (Workarounds)

RECENTLY BOUGHT A WINDOWS COMPUTER? MICROSOFT PROBABLY HAS YOUR ENCRYPTION KEY

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Microsoft Warns Windows 7 Has Serious Problems

Windows 7 runs on 55% of all the computers on the planet, but according to news this week that is actually a bad and potentially dangerous thing. Says who? Actually Microsoft!

Speaking to Windows Weekly, Microsoft Marketing chief Chris Capossela explained that users who choose Windows 7 do so “at your own risk, at your own peril” and he revealed Microsoft has concerns about its future software and hardware compatibility, security and more.

“We do worry when people are running an operating system that’s 10 years old that the next printer they buy isn’t going to work well, or they buy a new game, they buy Fallout 4, a very popular game, and it doesn’t work on a bunch of older machines,” Capossela stated. “And so, as we are pushing our ISV [Independent Software Vendor] and hardware partners to build great new stuff that takes advantage of Windows 10 that obviously makes the old stuff really bad and not to mention viruses and security problems.”

He also stressed it is “so incredibly important to try to end the fragmentation of the Windows install base” and to get users to a “safer place”.

Actually that is just pure garbage! They want users to upgrade to the Windows 10 experiment, not experience...

M$ CEO Nadella explains why it doesn't matter if only a handful of people have a Windows phone

That explains why it has taken so long to upgrade phones to Windows 10, they're still working on it!
Also still waiting for Android Apps to work on my PC or my phone! More delays...

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Microsoft is ending support for Internet Explorer 8, 9, and 10 next week on January 12th, releasing a final patch encouraging users to upgrade to one of the company's more recent browsers. The end of support means that these older versions of Internet Explorer will no longer receive security updates or technical support, making anyone who uses them much more vulnerable to hackers. A recently-announced patch will deliver the last few bug fixes, as well as an "End of Life" notification telling users to upgrade to IE 11 or Microsoft Edge — the company's successor to Internet Explorer, built for Windows 10.

This stick is a palm-sized Windows 10 computer that you plug into a TV

The crucial detail that Windows 10 privacy critics are missing

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Here is the latest laptop reliability with last week sleeping most of the time. Highest since Threshold 2

I finally rebooted today after full day use since last Sunday. Only two failures!

Support Ending for the .NET Framework 4.0, 4.5 and 4.5.1 on Tuesday

When upgrading to .NET 4.5.2, ASP.NET developers may see a compatibility issue. Though considered a security risk, developers previously had the ability to disable the view state message authentication code by setting enableViewStateMac to false at the application or page level. This is no longer permitted.

If you recompile your application for .NET 4.5.2 and use the DataObject.GetData to read from the clipboard, you could also run into problems.

Windows 10 powered 164 million PCs at the end of 2015

The Dropbox folders path has also changed in Windows 10! Was wondering why files never updated.