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• Question about Windows Update in Windows 7 links.

  Whenever I have run or click on the links to Windows Update to update my workstation at work I usually click the links on the left under the heading Control Panel home.  When I click on it it says "Windows is up-to-date.

  This morning, I clicked on the 'check online for updates from Microsoft Update' and found about 20 updates of security necessary to my machine.  My question is, what is the difference between checking the updates link in the Control Panel Home section and check online for updates from Microsoft Update?

  Verification of updates link goes to a SCCM server only?  Just curious.

  Brother and sisters all the place!

  This morning, I clicked on the 'check online for updates from Microsoft Update' and found about 20 updates of security necessary to my machine.

  After doing the above, you have now "reversed" your source of default update from Windows Update to Microsoft Update.

  
  What are the differences between Windows updates and automatic updates from Microsoft Updates?

  While Windows Update provides updates specifically for Windows, Microsoft Update expands the service to download and install updates for other software from Microsoft, such as Microsoft Office and Windows Live. Update automatic is a feature that allows you to configure your PC to automatically download and install updates using each service, making it easy and convenient for you to keep your current Windows PC.
  
  Source: http://www.microsoft.com/windows/downloads/windowsupdate/FAQ.mspx

  Translation: Now the automatic updates (and controls running manual updates) will provide updates for Windows and office, Silverlight, Windows Live Essentials, etc..

  ~ Robear Dyer (PA Bear) ~ MS MVP (that is to say, mail, security, Windows & Update Services) since 2002 ~ WARNING: MS MVPs represent or work for Microsoft

• I need to ask a question about Windows 7 updates that I receive.

  My problem:

  I use Windows 7 and do NOT want one of your other Windows programs. I just got this update but I don't think it is fair that my Windows 7. "Update for Windows 7 for systems X 64 (KB2952664) 4.6 MB - 4.7. I don't think it's something that I need on my computer. Exactly what is this update?

  If, by "don't want to have one of your other Windows programs" you mean that you do not want Windows 10 then see disable Windows 10 update - WiKi

  This hotfix does not require the use of any third party software and is based on information published by Microsoft.

  You won't have to waste time removing updates or travel through new choose ignore some of them, but to accept others.  You can run Windows update as it you did it before the existence of Windows 10.

  I applied the fix in August and had no problems with it at all.

  Denis

• Question about "Windows 8.1 DG to Windows 7 Pro 64-bit" and Windows product key

  I have acquired a recnet ThinkPad T450 fdrom a retialer online (NCIX) and I hav ea a few questions about the installed Windows operating system.

  Before I just go further, HRE are some information about my particular system.

  Lenovo ThinkPad T450

  Model: 20BV00BUS

  CPU: Intel Core i5-4300U

  RAM: 4 GB

  Under the product description, it was stated "Windows 8.1 DG Windows 7 Pro 64." My understnading, the ThiknPad has been installed with Windows 8.1, but downgraded to Windows 7. There is also a Windows 8 Pro badge sticker at the bottom of the matchine.

  Is it possible, at the end of the user/consumer, to alter the functioning ti repressive back Windows 8.1?

  Can I create a recovery with Windows 8.1 disk?

  A separate but related matter relates to the Windows product key.

  I noticed the Ultrabook do not come with a sticker / label with the Windows product key (i.e. COST). Some quick research indicated that the Windows key is programmed into the BIOS.

  This indeed true (I wish an audit)?

  The key is visible in some way (for when you need to reinstall the operating system. I have not tried to enter the BIOS at the moment)?

  Thank you for taking the time to consider my question.

  Kind regards

  Victor L.

  Hi Victor,

  I'm in the same boat as you type, but want to keep the facilities of Windows 7 rather than pass them to 8. Just like you, I buy our Lenovo from different retailers and they come with windows 7 installed through the Windows 8 lower upgrade program.

  We had one or two laptops come with a recovery media (for windows 8/8.1 only) but have noticed that all laptops now come with no physical media or codes for the recovery. WIN8 stickers, you described is more came with the license key on the sticker (it comes to stop you using the same license again and again, microsoft will get more money if you buy another license etc.). I also saw that the key is essentially located in the BIOS but were not able to test what we use any of windows 8. I use it even at home!

  To answer your question, you can get a recovery of Lenovo for Windows 8 media!

  Go to the following link: https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/lenovorecovery

  (It help you understand why this method is used on this page as well)

  Select Start,

  Please have your serial number of your laptop, (to find it go to this link: https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/find-product-name)

  If you qualify (which you will very probably) Lenovo will ship for free, recovery disks give it a go, took me 2 minutes.

  I hope this helps.

  Best regards, Max.

• Where should I post questions about Windows 8?

  I intend to install the Windows 8 consumer overview once it is published next week. What forum is used for questions about W8?

  Noel

  Thanks for all the suggestions. Just for the sake of the of the cleanliness, here's the answer:

  Overview of Windows 8 consumer

  Noel

• Question about windows 7 Ipx Protocol

  Original title: Protocol Ipx in Windows 7

  I have a Question regarding windows 7 Ipx Protocol.

  I know that from windows 7 to windows 10 there is no ipx Protocol, so my question is:

  Can someone tell me if I can take a program or something that could help me?

  IPX/Spx was introduced more than 32 years ago.  The last support for Novell Netware years clients there.  Care to tell us why you need?

  https://en.Wikipedia.org/wiki/IPX/SPX

• Satellite Pro A200GE - 26Q: Question about Windows update "TOSHIBA x 64 ACPI Compliant logical value.

  Hello

  I have a Satellite Pro A200GE-26. It has a core 2 duo T7200, running vista 32 provided with the computer (now sp1).

  Windows Update offers me the following optional update: 'TOSHIBA TOSHIBA - other hardware - x 64 compatible ACPI value logical and general-purpose device' but I am concerned that at present in Device Manager, the computer is listed as "ACPI x 86 based pc.

  Does anyone know why windows update offers this for me and if I install it?

  Thanks for any help!

  This update is available for all units of Core2Duo.
  As you already wrote it is optional, and you must not install it. If you use original recovery image Toshiba you have no need for the functionality of the laptop. Using the recovery image or you have installed your own OS?

• Questions about Windows updates.

  OT: Windows updates.

  I have a system Win Vista and an HP desktop PC.

  Are updates of any of the system-wide victory or some specific problems in your own PC?

  John

  Hello

  Windows updates are not specifically designed for personal problems, you can experience, such as crashing or cannot create a backup disk.

  They mainly patch vulnerabilities, fix security bugs and add new features.

  Thank you

  Legaede

• Question about Windows 8 updates

  What I want to know is: what are the KB # for updates on 08-04-14? And victory 8 updates are the same as 8.1 updates?

  Hello Tracy,.

  -Are you referring to KB2919355?

  If you are referring to KB2919355, it applies to Windows RT 8.1 8.1 of Windows and Windows Server R2 2012.

  If you want to install on your computer, open the Windows on your PC and update store to Windows 8.1. This latest update will be included. For more information, see updating Windows 8.1 of Windows 8.

  Updates to Windows 8 are not the same as Windows updates 8.1. Windows Update will only apply to the particular version of Windows.

  For your information: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-8/whats-new

  Let us know the status of the issue. If you need help, please after return. We will be happy to help you.

• Question about the option of updating on Windows 8

  My pc refresh deletes all files from other readers such as E or only files in drive c deleted in windows 8?

  Original title: refreshing pc

  Refresh?  Should leave alone ALL your personal files.
  http://www.davescomputertips.com/how-to-perform-a-Windows-8-1-Refresh/

  Did you mean RESET?

• Question about windows theme and display of Web pages

  I have everything, I'm new here, I've had my laptop for about 8 months, but it was stored for the 6 months, so he had only 3 months of use, and that was 99% for watching movies as was my laptop backup (my girlfriends, which was never used)...
  Well I just got my laptop storage and started using it again as I want now to do that my main work computer, it's a Satellite A100 Series. Running Win XP Pro SP2. Well, now I used it for about 1 week now and this is a fantastic computer, expecially the swipe away feature, I'm usually one XP Home Edition, but I do with Pro, just did not have any experience with it...

  Now, here's the problem, and this has always been the problem since bought, when we first bought it and connected to the internet with IE7 fonts have been massive, I figured out how to fix this in the display after a few hours to play settings and also noticed Web pages if there is a background image, it does not appear... (I also found this week is the same for any application on the PC that uses a Web page as Set up, or something, just sectain things... as I open the Security Center in the control panel and everything is white, and background images aren't there (which is white) and even corners which are background pictures are not displayed and comparing to) my other computer, there should be a green and red, background color etc.
  With Windows Media Player buttons should be as purple and black in WMP11, and they like a white background style html on buttons with links to them at the top and playback, stop, etc buttons have a back outside and the inside is white...

  Basically what I'm saying, is that she appears not CSS style WC3 content on some pages and applications on the laptop, and with regard to Web pages that they are exactly the same, I tried IE7, FireFox, front Browser, and still, the only one that displays pages almost as it should is Opera 9.2, but I really need to solve this problem... it is something simple to do with display obioussly , or settings, but I have tried literally every single different way of doing things last week, tried everything in the Control Panel, all toools Toshiba and no results.

  I'm not a beginner, or whatever it is, I can't get this problem, I can't even think of a setting that would do this let alone in trying to resolve this... I have all the Windows updates (although as I said, he did this from the first day of purchase)...

  If I could post a screenhot here I could show you... what Web pages look like in IE7 and FireFox and before (the only difference is Internet Explorer pages is mostly gray and firefox is white, gray is also.)

  Another question, when I was messing with the settings in the Control Panel, under Performace I changed it to something like 'make optimal display for performace' rather than 'Best to display' and it is then my control panel simple with a white background, and everything is not how I'm used, even the categories are made for each section , they are just all grouped together here, and my house Windows on my other laptop is positioned like this, but it at least has a sidebar on the left with a button to change it back...
  now I am at a loss to find the Performace button, as it is there is more, and I want to change it to 'show better for display' not the persomance... so if someone knows how to do this, please let me know... I took a screenshot of my control panel... and it's not naked, I use the Zune Windows (the black buttons and backgrounds theme ), so he used to be a gray background with a status bar on the side with all the links and details dark just like folders etc... So yes, it is another thing that I want to fix.

  Also I do not have the CD to fix it, not more that I think that she needs, but I have a standard out of the box disk Win Xp Pro, I was seriusosly do a fresh install, but I know I'll lose all modules of toshiba and all the extras that it is came up with, that's the only reason for which I don't have as it has Protector Suite QL, that I would have to pay to settle down to do a cleanup, and I really want to do because there is obviously something missing, its as simple as that, there is nothing wrong with the system it is just not set up correctly.

  Here are some screenshots of how I see Web pages, my Security Center Page and my control panel because I messed up he do "Get the best performace of" upward and the screen turned to the basic white and half things in the control panel is now missing, it has been setup in the previous categories... ahhhhh When I try to solve the original problem, I've done another...

  http://i203.Photobucket.com/albums/aa134/phorumws/just%20stuff/ScreenHunter_01-1.jpg

  {It is the Security Center screen when I click in the Panel, that was before I did it fade)

  http://i203.Photobucket.com/albums/aa134/phorumws/just%20stuff/ScreenHunter_02Sep3021.54.jpg

  ("it's now my control panel once I went in ' Premformance and display ' (I think. it was certainly performace in the name of the category)... and I changed a parameter of performance and display which actually use less resources... now I can't change it back, as the button performace is no more :())

  Thanks for reading and I hope although there, can anyone help me cos I hate having to do a fresh install on something as small as this, it is not many programs Add on on my laptop, as I said, it has probably beeen used 20 times ever, and especially for watching movies up to 1 week where it sat in storage for 6 months ago ,,

  Any help would be greatly appreciated... I tried all the Options of the Internet, all the Display Options, all variants, I need something specific, it is not only perform the internet, but the global programs with html style links, etc. and certainly CSS style sheets and the background image in the HTML feature.

  Thanks in advance.

  Hi Jay

  Very impressive display! I can see after 4 days, nobody wrote anything to give you the solution for your problem. I read your announcement with a lot of attention and I have to say that it was not easy to figure out your problem exactly (perhaps because English is not my native language).

  I know very well that new OS install is radical and last solution but I recommend you to check some forums Microsoft WXP because issue described is, in my opinion, more for OS forums for Toshiba forum.

  If you display the same thing in forum Microsoft please post the link, and we can follow the discussion here.

  I wish you good luck and I hope you will find answers soon.

• Question about windows service pack 1

  What happens if I do not install service pack 1 of windows?
  And what is service pack 2 for windows?

  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/948465/en-us

  Information about Service Pack 2 for Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008

  Windows Update Forum:

  It comes with Vista, upgrade install and activate Forum.

  You will get the best help for any update/Service Pack problem or issue in the Windows Update Forum; the link below:

  http://social.answers.Microsoft.com/forums/en-us/vistawu/threads

  See you soon.

  Mick Murphy - Microsoft partner

• Question about Windows 7 reformatting

  Hey all, all the technicians out there, I wonder:

  I have a laptop HP which originally had Windows Vista installed on it but at the time was eligible for the upgrade to Windows 7, I did successfully. However for the moment I would like to do a full reformat using Windows 7 (I have the official CD 7 through a custom built PC). My question is, can I reformat the laptop using a CD of Windows 7, bearing in mind that the laptop originally had Windows Vista? To clarify, using the Speccy program, I have found the key to current series recognized by Windows 7 checked and authenticated by Microsoft (and this isn't the same cd Key on the back of the laptop that is Vista).
  TLDR Version: Windows Vista > upgraded to Windows 7 using Microsoft free update > reformat using the CD with Windows 7?
  I appreciate all the answers
  Thank you

  If your computer comes with a qualifying previous license such as Windows Vista or Windows XP and the certificate of authenticity is still attached to the machine in good condition, then the COST is reason enough to represent the compliance to the software license agreement. No previous required software installation, which means you can do a clean install with Windows 7 Upgrade disk.

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  Boot from the Windows 7 DVD

  Click Install now

  Accept the license agreement

  When the option is displayed to select a type of installation, click (Custom advanced)

  Click on drive Options

  Select the disc/s click on Delete

  Click new

  Click on apply

  Click OK

  Click Format, and then click next to proceed with the installation

  Skip entering your product key Windows 7 and complete the installation.

  When you reach the desktop, click Start, right-click on computer

  Click on properties

  Scroll down to the Windows Activation

  Click the link x days before activation.

  Click on the link that says: "show me other ways to activate.

  Enter the product key

  Click next

  Select the Activation of the phone

  Click Next when you enter your key page

  Select your country

  Click Next, call the number listed

  Be sure to explain your situation to the Appeals Officer.

  Provide the installation generated when ID requested by the call agent

  They give a confirmation ID in return, enter it

  Click next to complete the activation.

  However, the requirements for the media upgrade is that you have an operating system already eligible such as Windows XP or Vista installed to use it. Since the Windows 7 end user license agreement.

  15 UPDATES. To use upgrade software, you must first be licensed for the software that is eligible for the upgrade. After the upgrade, this agreement takes the place of the agreement for the software that you upgraded. After upgrade, you can no longer use the software that you upgraded.

  So, if you are always denied, you will just have to reinstall Windows XP or Vista and let it do the verification of eligibility.

  or

  How to activate Windows 7 manually (activate by phone)
   
  1) click Start and in the search for box type: slui.exe 4
   
  (2) press the ENTER"" key.
   
  (3) select your "country" in the list.
   
  (4) choose the option "activate phone".
   
  (5) stay on the phone (do not select/press all options) and wait for a person to help you with the activation.
   
  (6) explain your problem clearly to the support person.
   
  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/950929/en-us

• Questions about Windows 8 digital purchase

  When Windows 8 is out I took advantage of the special offer Microsoft had and bought the download of Windows 8 Pro for about $40.

  I used it to upgrade my 32 bit, Windows 7, existing system.

  I think now to build a new PC for myself.  My first questions is can I legally use the Windows 8 Pro I bought in 2012 as the OS on my new, homebuilt PC if I wipe all of my old PC?

  Given that my old system was 32-bit the upgrade of Windows 8 then in 32-bit as well.  I checked my old order info and there is no mention of 32 or 64 bits.  It just says: Windows 8 Pro.  He said even set at level or anything like that.

  I definitely want to go 64-bit with the new system.  I can't wait to buy a new copy of Windows, if I have to.  How can I check if the copy of Windows 8, I bought can install 64-bit?

  I appreciate any help that can be offered.

  The digital download which was offered at a reduced price in 2012 is an upgrade, not a full version.

• Question about Windows 8 Toshiba Satellite DriverNotlessorequal

  MY computer crashes and I get the message "Driver_IRQL_NOt_LESS_OR_EQUAL" (rtwlane.sys) on a blue screen. I rebooted the computer back to factory settings. I had a problem connecting to a player to your computer before the restore and now I don't have, but the computer still crashes. Please help me, I have no idea why this guard happening!

  Hello again, Bianca
  These were all related to rtwlane. sys.
  Driver Description: Realtek PCI - E Wireless LAN Driver NIC NDIS.

  Please re - install the latest driver available.

  How to find drivers:

  Search Google for the name of the driver
  Compare the Google results with what is installed on your system to determine on what device/program, it belongs to
  Visit the web site of the manufacturer of the hardware or program to get the latest drivers (do not use Windows Update or Device Manager Update Driver function).
  If there are difficulties to locate them, post back with questions and someone will try and help you find the right program

  The most common drivers can be found on these pages:
  http://www.carrona.org/dvrref.php
  http://SysNative.com/drivers/

  Driver manufacturer links are on this page: http://www.carrona.org