Windows OS

Support for Windows 7

When Windows OS 7 released on 22 October 2009 Microsoft stated that Windows 7 would get product support in 10 year. When the 10-year period ends, Microsoft will no longer provide support for Windows 7. [Read more…]

Problem to be assigned an IP number can apply both with and without cable. I have not understood what caused it but the symptoms are addressed with the instructions below. Typical symptoms is that no or incorrect IP numbers (type 169.245.x.x) assigned to the NIC. It can be seen by the command window [CMD] write ipconfig /all or right-click the icon for each network adapter and select Status > Information.

To check that there is another error, you can try to work with a static IP address of the network you are in.

To get DHCP to work, you need to reset the network card.

1. Open a kommandfönster as admin.
2. Type the following two commands
3. netsh winsock reset
4. netsh int ipv4 reset
5. Restart the computer

Now assigned to the computer an IP number from the DHCP server. Why it does not work to just reboot the computer I do not know but it is certainly an update on this.

Here is the link to the page to download Windows OS 10 Creators Update.

https://support.microsoft.com/sv-se/help/4028685/windows-get-the-windows-10-creators-update

Involuntary Windows 10 the upgrades

Many have complained about Microsoft's aggressive persuasion campaign for Windows OS 10 the upgrades. Some have even argued that the operating system be upgraded against their will – and maybe they have a point.

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An unusual problem is that it can not save the password for incoming mail.

The explanation that I found is that “checksummor” an error in the Windows computer records of settings. So it is not an error in the server and it is not the wrong password that is saved in the Outlook settings but it is Windows OS who thinks it's the wrong password.
There are two good ways to get around this problem: [Read more…]

The folder winsxs is large and continues to grow as more updates are made.

There are Win8.1 function automatically cleans 30 days old updates but sometimes you need to clear to get the disk space, especially if you have the system on an SSD. [Read more…]