I think w7 is great. I have ever had windows from 3.1 on, and was on nt and xp for years due to work. Pairing of w7 and office 2010 is great. I don't have to fix issues on daily, but i have never had those problems. For the most part if you take care of the gear it will take care of you. I have used leopard and w7 and personally i prefer w7, but that is just my opinion.
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Windows How I Dislike Thee, Let Me Count The Ways
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10June 2011- I'm at the airport connecting through a TMobile hot spot. On my Mac, no problem. I boot into Windows7 and have to open the Network Sharing Center and establish TMobile as a network. Then I launch Firefox and sign into the network via the browser. So far slightly more inconvenient than networking with a Mac, but no problem.
Working in a Windows program for about 20 minutes, I notice I have been "disconnected", a message that tells me I'm no longer online with this program. The Windows Network Sharing Center shows me that I am connected to TMobile, but there is a great big red X to the internet. It turns out that for-whatever-the-reason, I'm no longer signed in with TMobile, but when I try to upon a new window to get another log-in page, progress just spins. So I:
*Quit Firefox and relaunch- no help
*Launch Internet Explorer- no help
*Restart Windows and relaunch both browsers- no help, no log-in page.
Just to be sure it's not something with my Mac, I boot into MacOS and it connects right up. Then I go back to Windows and now the Network Sharing Center shows me connected to the internet, no more big red X and Firefox connects to the internet with no log-in page. This is the kind of crap I love about working in the Windows environment (not).
Working in a Windows program for about 20 minutes, I notice I have been "disconnected", a message that tells me I'm no longer online with this program. The Windows Network Sharing Center shows me that I am connected to TMobile, but there is a great big red X to the internet. It turns out that for-whatever-the-reason, I'm no longer signed in with TMobile, but when I try to upon a new window to get another log-in page, progress just spins. So I:
*Quit Firefox and relaunch- no help
*Launch Internet Explorer- no help
*Restart Windows and relaunch both browsers- no help, no log-in page.
Just to be sure it's not something with my Mac, I boot into MacOS and it connects right up. Then I go back to Windows and now the Network Sharing Center shows me connected to the internet, no more big red X and Firefox connects to the internet with no log-in page. This is the kind of crap I love about working in the Windows environment (not).
Oct7- The Windows crap continues. It is so frustrating working with a Windows connection in a hotel. Typically when signing into hotel networks with Windows, have some period of time, then I get disconnected. This is really annoying when trying to play an online game... after being disconnected, Network and Sharing Center still shows me connected, but there is a big red X. between network and internet. Hard to break hotel internet connection and get browser to produce logon page.Go back to Mac and I connect back up without issue. (sigh)
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Probably a driver issue. I haven't has any issues with my Air running W7 with any APs.
Probably a driver issue. I haven't has any issues with my Air running W7 with any APs.
March 9- Spent 3 hours trying to figure out why a work program I have used to communicate and involved in scheduling with my company can't run. I've had two experts on the program offering suggestions. No luck and they don't have a clue. They think it might have something to do with Microsoft.net Framework. It is completely beyond me, why companies develop their products whose vital functionality is based on external programs. I've had to update framework before when I was running XP. However in this case they really don't know. The company that provides the software (a custom schedule bidding program) is a small company with no tech support. They let my companies experts handle the questions. I'm waiting to see what kind of answer we get back based on my symptoms. We do have a couple of message that have been forwarded to them to ponder... I'm using Windows7 in bootcamp on a MBP.
I've never run into these types of issues operating in the MacOS... maybe im lucky in the MacOS or maybe it was a superior choice..
I've never run into these types of issues operating in the MacOS... maybe im lucky in the MacOS or maybe it was a superior choice.
.I'm confused by your description. So the communication software that you use for work:March 9- Spent 3 hours trying to figure out why a work program I have used to communicate and involved in scheduling with my company can't run. I've had two experts on the program offering suggestions. No luck and they don't have a clue. They think it might have something to do with Microsoft.net Framework. It is completely beyond me, why companies develop their products whose vital functionality is based on external programs. I've had to update framework before when I was running XP. However in this case they really don't know. The company that provides the software (a custom schedule bidding program) is a small company with no tech support. They let my companies experts handle the questions. I'm waiting to see what kind of answer we get back based on my symptoms. We do have a couple of message that have been forwarded to them to ponder... I'm using Windows7 in bootcamp on a MBP.
I've never run into these types of issues operating in the MacOS... maybe im lucky in the MacOS or maybe it was a superior choice.
1. It worked fine on Windows XP?
2. It used to work on Windows 7, but it now no longer works?
3. It doesn't work on Windows 7 from the beginning? What do you mean by "doesn't" work? What doesn't work?
4. It's a custom software written by a small company with no tech support. Frankly, that doesn't seem very wise of your company to do that.
5. Are you testing the software for your company? Is your IT deploying Windows 7 without checking for app compatibility? Now, the company is finding out the software is not compatible?
1. The XP reference was past issues with microsoft.net framework.
2. For me yes. Others are using it without this issue.
3. When the program starts it must establish a connection with a server and synchronize data. It produces a generalized error message ("Global Synch error") which me and the support person I worked with seems to indicate either the program can't write to where it wants to write or it can't establish a connection with the server.
4. No direct tech support with the company. So called employee experts are supposed to filter problems.
5. The software is out of the testing phase and is in general use.
From my experience, this problem is SO typically windows. Is it "read only" attributes on a file that mysteriously got there? Oh as an Administrator, why can't I change these files to read and write? Does Microsfsoft.net framework need to be updated? Oh, why does the .net framework 3.5 SP1 not tell me if I all ready have this version on my computer? Oh why does the .net framework installer quite half way though installation? Why can't I install a fresh copy of the program in question to fix the issue? Why do companies like this rely on other Microsoft technologies that may or may not be involved in this particular problem? In the end it results in 3 hours of wasted effort and I can't use the program.
Come on Windows suppport pays for kids college funds, right?
I've been using Windows since W98. I remember the first time I called a tech guy and his response to me not being able to get online was, "hey, lets do a fresh install!" Over the years I've not had 1/10 the issues using the MacOS that I've had with Windows.
My Windows 7 installed in the Bootcamp Partition has stopped taking MS updates, mostly security fixes with an error code of 8007010B. Now have 23 that fail to install. Researched online, and no answers. I worked with Microsoft support for about an hour on phone support, no joy. Looks like a clean install when the right moment presents itself.
These things just don't happen on Mac OS, at least not for me.
These things just don't happen on Mac OS, at least not for me.
APISupport.dll The Specified Module Could not be found
The message is associated with malware called Conduit, a search engine, but I can't find any evidence for that in Windows 7. I removed some programs and the associated program that looks for this .dll may have been removed. I'm trying to figure out how to get Windows 7 to stop looking for the C:Users\username\AppData\Local\TB\APISupport\APISupport.dll on startup. I've gone through some guides without the desired result. I've run several malware cleaners without result. My understanding is that a registry entry could be causing this. I've run a register cleaner in an attempt to remove an orphaned registry entry and that did not help. Any helpful ideas would be appreciated. Thanks!
-Dave
The message is associated with malware called Conduit, a search engine, but I can't find any evidence for that in Windows 7. I removed some programs and the associated program that looks for this .dll may have been removed. I'm trying to figure out how to get Windows 7 to stop looking for the C:Users\username\AppData\Local\TB\APISupport\APISupport.dll on startup. I've gone through some guides without the desired result. I've run several malware cleaners without result. My understanding is that a registry entry could be causing this. I've run a register cleaner in an attempt to remove an orphaned registry entry and that did not help. Any helpful ideas would be appreciated. Thanks!
-Dave
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The Solution: Maywarebytes Free Addition cleaned my registry of the Conduit entires, eliminating this message on startup. The key here is that if you suspect your browser(s) have been infected with this Search Engine that hijacks it, you need to follow a guide like this one
This is on Windows Hardware, Windows 10... The MacOS beats the snot out of Windows for this kind of a problem.
Got a new 4Terrabyte external drive that I wanted to partition into two equal sized partition. Using the Disk Management, I followed some online directions to shrink the existing volume, and then format the unallocated space into a new simple volume. Well, the shrink worked, but on the unallocated space, the selection to create a new volume is grayed out.
It also seems impossible to expand the volume back to it's original size. Is there a way to start from scratch, create two partitions?
I did not want to buy Windows partition software, but maybe I'll have to.
Thanks!
Update: Downloaded MiniToolPartition Wizard Free 9.1, which fixed the issue immediately. What the heck is wrong with Windows??
Got a new 4Terrabyte external drive that I wanted to partition into two equal sized partition. Using the Disk Management, I followed some online directions to shrink the existing volume, and then format the unallocated space into a new simple volume. Well, the shrink worked, but on the unallocated space, the selection to create a new volume is grayed out.
It also seems impossible to expand the volume back to it's original size. Is there a way to start from scratch, create two partitions?
I did not want to buy Windows partition software, but maybe I'll have to.
Thanks!
Update: Downloaded MiniToolPartition Wizard Free 9.1, which fixed the issue immediately. What the heck is wrong with Windows??
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The issue you saw might be due to your drive manufacturer. Windows limits MBR partitioned devices to a single 2 TiB partition at the beginning of the disk.This is on Windows Hardware, Windows 10... The MacOS beats the snot out of Windows for this kind of a problem.
Got a new 4Terrabyte external drive that I wanted to partition into two equal sized partition. Using the Disk Management, I followed some online directions to shrink the existing volume, and then format the unallocated space into a new simple volume. Well, the shrink worked, but on the unallocated space, the selection to create a new volume is grayed out.
It also seems impossible to expand the volume back to it's original size. Is there a way to start from scratch, create two partitions?
I did not want to buy Windows partition software, but maybe I'll have to.
Thanks!
Update: Downloaded MiniToolPartition Wizard Free 9.1, which fixed the issue immediately. What the heck is wrong with Windows??
To use the whole drive, it needs to have GPT partitioning.
Some external drives, however, use unsupported large cluster factors to create 4 TB partitions on an MBR-formatted disk. It usually works, but as you've seen not all tools support the larger cluster factors.
Anyone know anything about Windows Command Processor?
I installed the free version of Glary Utilities (free version) and was closing unnecessary startup programs in the Windows Startup Manager and stumbled across this. A little research seems to indicate this is malware that gives false warnings, but I've not had no warnings. I was able to turn it off and have it stay off after a reboot, but it's proving difficult to remove.
A general comment, there is a boat load of stuff in the Startup Manager, that does not appear in the Task manager, a total of 188 programs including 46 Window services.
For Windows Comman Processor, I tried MS Security Scanner: http://www.microsoft.com/security/scanner/en-us/default.aspx but it did not list it as a threat.
I ran the free version of Malwarebytes that found other stuff, but not this. I'm also irritated that most of these companies are moving to subscription base models. I just don't care for that. Even my trusted TuneUp Utilities wants me to pay them annually for the new version.
The free version of Ad-Aware did not see it either. Should I be content to just allowing it to be turned off?
I installed the free version of Glary Utilities (free version) and was closing unnecessary startup programs in the Windows Startup Manager and stumbled across this. A little research seems to indicate this is malware that gives false warnings, but I've not had no warnings. I was able to turn it off and have it stay off after a reboot, but it's proving difficult to remove.
A general comment, there is a boat load of stuff in the Startup Manager, that does not appear in the Task manager, a total of 188 programs including 46 Window services.
For Windows Comman Processor, I tried MS Security Scanner: http://www.microsoft.com/security/scanner/en-us/default.aspx but it did not list it as a threat.
I ran the free version of Malwarebytes that found other stuff, but not this. I'm also irritated that most of these companies are moving to subscription base models. I just don't care for that. Even my trusted TuneUp Utilities wants me to pay them annually for the new version.
The free version of Ad-Aware did not see it either.
Should I be content to just allowing it to be turned off?
I never heard of this, and the only thing I can say is that wiki looked like it was written by the SpyHunter people, as that wiki sounds like a commercial.
Good point, I had not focused on that. See this thread from 2014, that trashes Spy Hunter (reply no.3) as a program/ conspiracy that produces a lot of false warnings to get you to buy them.
It's been around for quite awhile; reports at least back to 2011. I wouldn't leave it there just because you were able to stop the pop-ups. You can get free (or donate) expert help at various forums like Malwarebytes or Bleeping Computer, etc... If you don't wish to take advantage of the experienced help at one of them, you can search their sites for Windows Command Processor and you'll see the tools they've used to remove it, as well as other malware. As always, backup before cleaning begins.
BTW, I've never used Glary and I'm not criticizing it specifically, but through all my years using Windows I've taken a minimalist approach in regards to cleaning utilities, speeder uppers and such. Like in OS X, they often do more harm than good, especially if the user doesn't know exactly what they're doing. Same holds true for the various security softwares. I've tried a bunch of them, if only to test for associates. My personal approaches are chiefly safe hex and a redundant backup/imaging/cloning strategy. In over 20 years, our household hasn't gotten any cooties.
Edit: didn't see your earlier bleeping computer reference; sorry for the redundant mention.
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Yep. SpyHunter/ Enigma Software Group has opened a lawsuit against bleeping computer. It'd be worthwhile to look up Enigma's reputation before giving them trust.
https://dragonflycms.org/News/article/sid=282.html
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That's what I thought too (I live in cmd.exe at work), but it does seem different, at least from the little I googled.
I guess I misunderstood. If so, sorry.
I thought there was an uninvited pop-up happening like ---
https://forums.malwarebytes.org/topic/110222-windows-command-processor-virus/
http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/t/556467/windows-command-processor/
I thought there was an uninvited pop-up happening like ---
https://forums.malwarebytes.org/topic/110222-windows-command-processor-virus/
http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/t/556467/windows-command-processor/
How about Windows Host Process (Rundll32)- explained as a process that allows shared functionality for Windows dll files. Tuneup Utilities says this is option to have it turned on. Thoughts? Not sure of the impact if this is turned off as a startup program. Thanks!
http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windows-vista/what-is-rundll32exe-and-why-is-it-running/
http://smallbusiness.chron.com/microsoft-windows-host-process-rundll32-56039.html
http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windows-vista/what-is-rundll32exe-and-why-is-it-running/
http://smallbusiness.chron.com/microsoft-windows-host-process-rundll32-56039.html
@Huntn -- I think I now understand what you're doing. You want to stop certain start-up items, including cmd.exe as identified by @AidenShaw, for whatever reason.
I've not stopped any Windows start-up processes on my W7 machines except for troubleshooting purposes. Their impact on resources is relatively small and they have many relationships that are not immediately apparent. I prefer to let Windows be Windows for the most part. My, about 6 year old, machines still run as they did when they were new.
In any case, I don't use msconfig to control start-up items. Instead, I use Autoruns combined with Process Explorer and Process Monitor by Sysinternals. Those three were written by Mark Russinovich, CTO of MSFT Azure. MSFT scooped him up several years ago. The advantage to using those particular utilities is they give the user tons of information including, for instance, a full picture of all threads attributed to a particular application; a full picture of the parent/child relationships of a particular process; etc... There's tons of information you can garner from those utilities and others by Sysinternals, hosted at MSFT's technet. All free.
A short tutorial on some Sysinternals tools -- http://www.howtogeek.com/school/sysinternals-pro/lesson1/
An index of available utilities -- https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb545027
At the left hand side of the technet page you'll see other useful links, including a link to a 'Learning' resource page. Good stuff, for an amateur like me or a professional.
Good luck.
I've not stopped any Windows start-up processes on my W7 machines except for troubleshooting purposes. Their impact on resources is relatively small and they have many relationships that are not immediately apparent. I prefer to let Windows be Windows for the most part. My, about 6 year old, machines still run as they did when they were new.
In any case, I don't use msconfig to control start-up items. Instead, I use Autoruns combined with Process Explorer and Process Monitor by Sysinternals. Those three were written by Mark Russinovich, CTO of MSFT Azure. MSFT scooped him up several years ago. The advantage to using those particular utilities is they give the user tons of information including, for instance, a full picture of all threads attributed to a particular application; a full picture of the parent/child relationships of a particular process; etc... There's tons of information you can garner from those utilities and others by Sysinternals, hosted at MSFT's technet. All free.
A short tutorial on some Sysinternals tools -- http://www.howtogeek.com/school/sysinternals-pro/lesson1/
An index of available utilities -- https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb545027
At the left hand side of the technet page you'll see other useful links, including a link to a 'Learning' resource page. Good stuff, for an amateur like me or a professional.
Good luck.
Here's a question about increasing wifi speeds using Windows 10 although I think the principles would also apply to Macs. As part of cutting the cable (kinda lol) I increased my home internet speed to 200MBPS through my cable company.
When I hook my PC directly to the router with a 40' ethernet cable, I get a download speed from SpeedTest.net of 200Mbps. However It's not convenient to have an ethernet cable connected to my router so I usually rely on wireless.
Before I was using a TL-WDN4800 Wireless adapter on my PC and from my office about 35' from the router in another room, I was getting a download speed of 50Mbps. It does not appear that this adapter is supported by Winows 10, so I purchased an Archer T9E plus added a TL-SNY2408C Antenna thinking this would improve connection strength and download performance. With this device, under Network Connections Wifi shows a status of 215.Mbps, however when I run the SpeedTest, I get about 62-70Mbps.
I also purchased a TL-PA4020P Passthrough Powerline Starter Kit (run's ethernet though your house wiring) hoping this would match performance of the ethernet cable directly connected. When connected with these devices in the Network Connection, the status shows a speed of 100Mbps, but when using the Speed Test I'm getting about 61Mbps. This is supposed to be the faster connection, than wifi, but for downloads, it's slower than my wireless.
Any thoughts on this? I might end up running an ethernet connection directly to my PC, but I'd like to improve speeds with the TL devices instead so I don't have to crawl around in the attic when it's 150°.
For Wifi, I'm going to buy the 50' extension cable for the desktop antenna and run it closer to the router, maybe that will help a little. Question: When using the desktop antenna, does it matter which connector is used on the wifi adapter (that has 3 antennas)? And does it matter if the other 2 antennas are left on or should they be removed?
Also I'm a bit confused, my router is a Netgear N900, dual band. I have both networks activated and I thought a 5G connection was supposed to be faster, but when I connect to the 5G network with wireless it only shows 2 bars, but when I connect to the other network (2.5ghz?) I get a 4 bar connection?
Any insight will be appreciated. I game a lot so the extra speed is important. If worse comes to worse, I'll wait until winter and run a ethernet cable up through my attic an down to my office when it's cooler .
When I hook my PC directly to the router with a 40' ethernet cable, I get a download speed from SpeedTest.net of 200Mbps. However It's not convenient to have an ethernet cable connected to my router so I usually rely on wireless.
Before I was using a TL-WDN4800 Wireless adapter on my PC and from my office about 35' from the router in another room, I was getting a download speed of 50Mbps. It does not appear that this adapter is supported by Winows 10, so I purchased an Archer T9E plus added a TL-SNY2408C Antenna thinking this would improve connection strength and download performance. With this device, under Network Connections Wifi shows a status of 215.Mbps, however when I run the SpeedTest, I get about 62-70Mbps.
I also purchased a TL-PA4020P Passthrough Powerline Starter Kit (run's ethernet though your house wiring) hoping this would match performance of the ethernet cable directly connected. When connected with these devices in the Network Connection, the status shows a speed of 100Mbps, but when using the Speed Test I'm getting about 61Mbps. This is supposed to be the faster connection, than wifi, but for downloads, it's slower than my wireless.
Any thoughts on this? I might end up running an ethernet connection directly to my PC, but I'd like to improve speeds with the TL devices instead so I don't have to crawl around in the attic when it's 150°.
For Wifi, I'm going to buy the 50' extension cable for the desktop antenna and run it closer to the router, maybe that will help a little. Question: When using the desktop antenna, does it matter which connector is used on the wifi adapter (that has 3 antennas)? And does it matter if the other 2 antennas are left on or should they be removed?
Also I'm a bit confused, my router is a Netgear N900, dual band. I have both networks activated and I thought a 5G connection was supposed to be faster, but when I connect to the 5G network with wireless it only shows 2 bars, but when I connect to the other network (2.5ghz?) I get a 4 bar connection?
Any insight will be appreciated. I game a lot so the extra speed is important. If worse comes to worse, I'll wait until winter and run a ethernet cable up through my attic an down to my office when it's cooler .