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Post by alf1951 on Dec 18, 2017 15:18:16 GMT
Did anyone else have problems after last Tuesday's Windows update? Thankfully internet access wasn't affected but otherwise "Crash Wednesday" lived up to its name for me and it took days to get everything working properly again. All my files are OK but sadly I've lost my favourite graphics editing prog and Windows will not allow me to reinstall it. I didn't have a suitable restore point either - I thought Windows created one prior to installing updates - so I'll be wary of clicking "OK" to future requests to install updates.
Alf
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Post by Tringa on Dec 18, 2017 15:32:59 GMT
Which version of Windows Alf? I'm running Windows 10 on this machine and if there was an update last Tuesday for 10 then I did not notice it.
I'm guessing that as you lost the graphics program you had to do a new installation of Windows to correct things.
Odd that you could not reinstall a program to a PC you had previously use it on. Do you get any messages when you try to reinstall it?
There doesn't appear to be anything online about last Tuesday's update.
Sorry I can't be any help.
Dave
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Post by alf1951 on Dec 18, 2017 17:40:30 GMT
Yes Dave - it's Win 10 and I didn't seek out an update - just got a notice on screen (as I do from time to time) saying there was a new set of Win updates which did take a while to download. I've always been under the impression that it was important to download these for security reasons. The computer is protected by "Webroot" which is administered by a local computer firm and it's pretty good at stopping any malicious stuff. The problem is with Paint.Net - an excellent free to download graphics prog which Ive used for some years. Microsoft now says it contains a potentially dangerous .exe prog and will not let it run nor will it allow me to download and reinstall. Annoying things computers! I'll have to contact the geeks who manage my antivirus I think.
Alf
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Post by Tringa on Dec 18, 2017 19:07:08 GMT
Is it Microsoft that is flagging up a potentially dangerous program, or 'Webroot'?
I have just(about 30 seconds ago) downloaded and installed Paint.Net without a problem.
Good luck in sorting it out.
Dave
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Post by ianr on Dec 19, 2017 7:50:41 GMT
To the best of my knowledge you don't get a choice as to whether or not you download updates with windows 10 and it's known for disabling programs as it likes I've hardly read a positive review of win 10 but so many negatives, like piggy backing of your bandwidth, phoning home more personal information than it should. The issue for me started before it was released and even though you opted out it still tried to surreptitiously download and even install on your machine, not for me. I bought the bits nailed them together plugged 'em in and gave it life. This is my computer. I'll not have some muppet at microsoft tell me how to use it. Long live windows 7 which you do still have some control over. rant finished  As for running your favourite programs I'm not sure win 10 will allow it but could you run a duel boot system ' win 7 and win 10 ' I did this with vista and win 7 some years back it's not hard to set up and when you start up your given a choice of which OS to boot into ian |
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Post by Tringa on Dec 19, 2017 10:24:35 GMT
There is info online about controlling Win 10 auto updates and other stuff eg - gadgets.ndtv.com/laptops/features/how-to-disable-windows-10-automatic-updates-728049I can't see why you can't dual boot Win 7 and 10. You'd need to partition the drive you were installing to and install '10' on one '7' to the different partitions. I'm sure there are online guides. I liked Windows 7 (its the OS that Vista should have been), though liked XP too (I never understood the problems some folks had with it, it was rock solid for me). I moved to Win 10 with the new machine. Perhaps I've been lucky but other than learning the new layout of the desktop and finding where things are, it has been fine. Good luck Dave |
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