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Windows 7 will not go gentle into that good night: Ageing OS refuses to shut down (UAC problem?)
The Register ^
| Feb 10, 2020
| Tim Anderson
Posted on 02/10/2020 10:55:39 AM PST by dayglored
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To: tomkat
You may find that you can’t get device drivers for Windows 7 on a recent (last few years) laptop. Like network, audio, fingerprint ID, camera, etc. Microsoft put a lot of pressure on device manufacturers to only provide support for Windows 10 after about 2016.
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02/10/2020 9:00:01 PM PST
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dayglored
("Listen. Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government."`)
To: SuperLuminal
Whoops... Got carried away... The two VM machines are running XP...
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posted on
02/10/2020 9:01:01 PM PST
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SuperLuminal
(Where is Sam Adams now that we desperately need him)
To: dayglored
huh? Mine shuts down just fine-
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posted on
02/10/2020 9:41:43 PM PST
by
Bob434
To: dayglored
I had only a little trouble figuring out the minimal drivers to get my Ryzen 5 to talk to Windows 7. There’s tons of resources, but it will obviously differ by manufacturer and mobo.
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posted on
02/10/2020 11:10:54 PM PST
by
wastedyears
(The left would kill every single one of us and our families if they knew they could get away with it)
To: MayflowerMadam; Avalon Memories
“Win 10 can remotely turn on a computer to push updates.”Normally, your BIOS will have a setting for 'wake on lan'. Turn that off, and they can't do it any more.
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02/11/2020 6:29:46 AM PST
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zeugma
(I sure wish I lived in a country where the rule of law actually applied to those in power.)
To: dayglored
That did it, thanks,......... Your a good man McGee
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02/11/2020 6:52:30 AM PST
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Robe
(A nation can survive its fools and evet n the ambitious. But it cannot survive treason from within.)
To: cymbeline
“Windows 10 will sometimes start a totally shut off computer on its own to install updates. Using ethernet direct connection and no wifi slows that malarkey as you unplug your network cable when not using the computer.
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