Computer Active Useful Notes
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49011 Glarysoft Malware Hunter Pro – Windows Defender companion – Malware scanner + speedup and cleanup tools
43969 Test Grab – Windows image test grabber
41655 Epson Ink Pad Reset Utility – go to Octoinkjet for replacement pads
40057 Wise Disk Cleaner free specialist W10 disk cleaning tool
40094 Macrium Reflect 8 Free – Windows Image backup software
39995 Remove Empty Directories – GUI
39946 Duplicate Photo Finder –
Extend XP Windows Updates until 2019 by cutting and pasting the following script into Notepad; saving it as “wepos.reg” and then running it from the Admin Command prompt. This will add the PosReady key to the registry to enable your system to receive security fixes and updates designed for Windows XP Embedded for Point of Service (WEPOS) systems.
After applying the registry patch log out or restart and run “Windows Updates” to get your system up to date. It might take a while and suffice to say where “Windows Updates”
To remove any browser redirect, follow these steps:
Once complete uninstall all the AV programs and continue with your trusted AV program,
Fit a YouTube video in the browser window as follows:
Normal YouTube Video URL is https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=grItaOxuyTE&t
To watch in a re-sizable window without switching to Full Screen rewrite the above URLas follows:
https://www.youtube.com/v/grItaOxuyTE&t
Append your YouTube video ID to www.youtube.com/v/VIDEO_ID to display a re-sizeable browser window.
In other words replace /watch?v= with /v/ in the normal URL
Carry out the following steps to fix Windows 10 boot error, e.g. BSOD 0c000007b error:
This blog (http://www.pjc.me.uk/efi-gpt/) is the only one that gets to anywhere close to answering this question. However you need to substitute “auto” instead of “fat32” in the mount command to get it to work. “xfs” and “fat32” threw out errors – actually the mount command after mounting shows it was “vfat”!
Here’s how I mounted the EFI partition on my external 500GB drive:
sudo parted -l print Model: ATA ST3500630AS (scsi) Disk /dev/sdb: 500GB Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B Partition Table: gpt Number Start End Size File system Name Flags 1 1049kB 135MB 134MB bios_grub 2 135MB 345MB 210MB fat32 boot 3 345MB 479MB 134MB fat32 msftres 4 479MB 54.2GB 53.7GB ntfs msftdata 5 54.2GB 108GB 53.7GB ntfs msftdata 6 108GB 162GB 53.7GB ntfs msftdata 7 162GB 172GB 10.7GB ext4 8 172GB 184GB 11.8GB ext4 9 184GB 185GB 1074MB linux-swap(v1) 10 185GB 228GB 42.8GB hfs+ Apple_HFS_Untitled_2 11 228GB 282GB 53.6GB hfs+ Apple_HFS_Untitled_3 12 282GB 335GB 53.6GB hfs+ Apple_HFS_Untitled_4 13 335GB 389GB 53.6GB hfs+ Apple_HFS_Untitled_5 14 389GB 488GB 99.2GB hfs+ Apple_HFS_Untitled_6 15 488GB 489GB 650MB hfs+ Recovery HD 16 489GB 500GB 10.9GB hfs+ Apple_HFS_Untitled_2 sudo mount -t auto /dev/sdb2 /mnt/test cd /mnt/test/ ls boot EFI
Use kdesudo Dolphin (as Root) to view and edit files on the EFI partition
Note use of Parted (supports GPT drives) to get the partition number
For Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 users only
Windows 10 free upgrade for customers who use assistive technologies
Click on “UPGRADE NOW” button to start.
Alternative method using Media Creation Tool
Download Windows 10 Media Creation Tool
Click on “Download tool now” button. Open downloaded Setup file and click Yes, Accept, choose “Upgrade the PC now”, then click Next.
Note: you may be asked to enter your Windows 7 or 8.1 product key.
When having problems connecting to the LAN or Internet the following terminal commands may clear the problem.
Reset IP stack; Winsock catalog and firewall
netsh int ip4 reset netsh int ip6 reset netsh winsock reset netsh advfirewall reset # beware resets rules to default Restart computer to effect changes
Renew IP address
ipconfig /release ipconfig /flushdns ipconfig /renew
If losing network after sleep check adapter settings under “Power Management” to ensure the interface is not powered down to save energy.
After battling for days trying to install Windows 10 AU on my Vbox Windows 10 Guest I ended up with an unbootable machine and no where to go!
To solve the problem and to at least get back my activated copy the following worked for me:
