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Everything was working fine. Connecting to the inet at home and away. Fat dumb and happy. Last night, some automatic security fixes applied themselves. Suddenly WINDOZE7STARTER is forcing a "select a location for the '3TYNE7328215850 2' network. And, no internet connectivity. My Mac, my...

Hi there, This morning, automatic updates basically reset my computer. I am using Windows 7 Starter on a relatively old computer. The last time I accepted automatic updates my computer crashed, so I typically refrain from accepting them. When I turned on my computer today and saw what...

"Microsoft has updated the Windows Service Pack Blocker Tool Kit to include Service Pack 1 for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2. As has been the case with previous service packs, soon after SP1 hits the RTM milestone, it will first go out on Windows Update, and then eventually Microsoft will...

Microsoft has updated the Windows Service Pack Blocker Tool Kit to include Service Pack 1 for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2. As has been the case with previous service packs, soon after SP1 hits the RTM milestone, it will first go out on Windows Update (WU), and then eventually Microsoft...

Hello, As we announced on Friday, today we released Link Removed due to 404 Error out-of-band to address a vulnerability in Windows. This security update addresses a vulnerability in the handling of shortcuts that affects all currently supported versions of Windows XP, Vista, Windows 7, Windows...

Hello, As we announced yesterday, today we released Link Removed due to 404 Error out-of-band to address a vulnerability in ASP.NET. The bulletin and the blog by Scott Guthrie, corporate vice president of Microsoft's .NET Developer Platform are available for more information. This security...

It seems wonderful to me that Microsoft is unable to fix it's own problems. I bought this computer as a custom build brand new and picked it up sunday after delivering my brand new copy of Windows 7 Professional 64 Bit edition (upgrade from windows xp). I was eager and ready hearing wonderful...

How do i get windows 7 to NOT install automatic drivers ? I am getting ready to do a clean install of windows 7, but i want to install my own drivers ! How do i make this possible ?

I have a Packard Bell Istart D2314 on which the Vista operating systen came pre-installed and without any disk or instruction book as it was an ex display. It has worked ok until now. I have allowed automatic download and install of updates usually carried out on shutdown. The mosy recent...

Hi Everyone, I'd like to thank you in advance for helping me. Here is my hardware setup: MB: Asus P6T Deluxe V2 CPU: Intel core i7 920 (not overclocking) Mem: 6X1GB Corsair 1600 (not sure of exact model) Vid: ATI Raedon HD 5870 HDD:2X1TB Western Digital (Please let me know if you require more...

I've got a fair amount of computer savvy. But when I migrated to 7 last month I guess all that was useless. Anyway, I'm running a newer HP with enough power to handle anything, so far. I installed 7 and then put my apps on and about a week later upon rebooting I get the message that I can't...

I installed Windows 7 last Saturday (11/28) - I previously had Vista. Sometime on Sunday, Windows automatically updated my PC. Since then, IE8 hangs up. It takes up to 5 minutes to load and I can only access one tab or page at a time. If I select another tab, it just hangs up. I restored my...

result for "WindowsUpdate_80070570" "WindowsUpdate_dt000" is the error i get when i try to get updates the updates in services is set to auto is on etc, the log says - AutomaticUpdates Failure Software Synchronization Windows Update Client failed to detect with error 0x8024001f. i have searched...

I am running the 7600 build of Windows 7 Ultimate (64-Bit) and the Extras Gallery is missing in Windows Media Center. I need to run the Digital Cable Advisor tool to determine if I can add a CableCard tuner to MCE on this system (this should be included in the WMC Extras Gallery). This system...

The Microsoft Product Update Team has announced that come August, the Windows Update and Microsoft Update services will be upgraded, task which will require a Windows Update and Automatic Updates client code update. The update process will kick off by the end of next month and will be completed...

I have been using RC build 7100 since it came out and have been thrilled with it's stability. I have read that RC 7213 and other relase candidates have since been released (or leaked) Are the later builds better (more features) than my build 7100, or do my automatic updates keep me abreast with...

Hi to all! I installed Windows 7 RC and installed nvidia drivers found on the windows update website. Not long ago Nvidia got up with a new driver version 185.85. I downloaded it and tried to install it. When I try to install this driver the screen flickers once and the installation continues...

Hello, I am running on the RC 7100 Build and since yesterday I have been getting a slight problem. When I try to run the Windows Updates I get this message. Which service in particular is that ? Because I don't have anything called "Automatic Updates" or "Windows Updates" in my list of...