Recent content by Howard Rippiner

Hi I really like Windows Spotlight lock screens, both for the beautiful images & the fact that you can zoom into where ever the featured location is. However, for some reason, setting Spotlight on the lock screen on my 64-bit Windows 10 PC (version 2004), keeps re-setting itself back to a fixed...

Thanks for the quick reply Neemobeer. The PC is a locally built system (12 mths old) with a Gigabyte motherboard & an Intel I5 processor. Both the Keyboard & Mouse are connected via USB. I checked out the elevated command prompt & every line said 'None'. Prior to installing the Anniversary...

I've just updated my 64-bit Windows 10 system with the Anniversary Update. Everything seems to work OK (fortunately) apart from the Sleep Mode. I have an SSD for the Windows system disk / programs and an HDD for data storage. Previously, if you put the system in Sleep mode, everything stopped...

I've now been through all my disks and not found an XP install disk. The conclusion that I've come to is since the PC in question was supplied with an OEM version of Windows ME (for which I do have the repair disk) Microsoft must have offered an ME to XP upgrade. I've found an XP disk on eBay...

I'm sure you're right in that my XP OS is corrupt in several places. I have tried running chkdsk and that asks for the insertion of the XP SP3 disk! I think I might have one somewhere since the system was originally a Windows 98 machine that I upgraded to XP. I'm in the process of sorting out...

I guessed it might be an app but I was hoping in might be part of Windows XP. (If it had been, it would have jumped into life when I entered procmon in the Run box.) I'll download and try running it on my XP system, but I notice on the Processor Monitor web site it states it is for Windows Vista...

I tried to run procmon but Windows said it didn't recognise the word 'procmon'. (Or Processor Monitor.) Does it have a different name in Windows XP, or (if my installation in not 100% - which I suspect) does this mean it's missing? You're right holdum333, Macrium Reflect doesn't work with XP...

Sorry for the confusion holdum333. I can connect the XP machine to the Internet, but obviously do this as a minimum since Microsoft stopped XP support. I have just connected it and downloaded the Windows 7 checker directly, but I get the same 'privileges' block as before when I try to install...

Thanks for the quick post holdum333. I downloaded (on a separate PC) the advisor, which I'm trying to run, but I also get the same 'Privileges' request when I try to install software for creating an image of the system. I'll try downloading the Windows 7 Upgrade Advisor directly onto the XP...

I have a Windows XP system that I still use off-line for a few tasks. I am the only user of it and my account is listed in Windows as an 'Administrator'. However, when I try to load programs onto it, I get a Windows error message: "The installer has insufficient privileges to access the...

Thanks for the reply ussnorway. I use Acronis on my faster desktop PC. On my HP Mini I have the German O&O DiskImage (paid-for) and the free Reflect, both of which create images OK. The funny thing is than when I had Windows 7 Starter on the PC, the Microsoft Image Creation tool in that worked...

I've just installed Windows 7 Home Premium on my HP-Mini 210-4120ea Netbook (new in 2012) in place of the HP-version of Windows 7 Starter. Everything is now OK, apart from the ability of the Windows Image Creation tool. Even though there is 100GB+ available on the connected external drive, I get...

Hi I'm highly frustrated too as I've been 'fighting' with this issue on my 2012 HP Mini for 3 weeks! I performed a 'clean install' of Windows 7 Premium directly onto my new SSD and using the key provided, I activated it. No problem. Although it's now Much faster than with Windows 7 Starter (I...

I just checked the BIOS info on the Gigabyte website. There is currently no update for the AMI F7 BIOS I have. (30/05/2014)

Thanks for the quick reply Neemobeer. I'm in the process of checking for a later BIOS. My current PC was only built last August by a local PC Professional, so it's not a 'branded' product. I contacted AMI (the manufacturers of the BIOS) but they advised me that I need to contact Gigabyte...