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AskWoody LoungerMarch 16, 2021 at 4:43 pm in reply to: Windows 10 emergency updates released to fix printing crashes #2351112Showed up as a optional update on mine.
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AskWoody LoungerI just downloaded and installed it. It did not show up when I checked for updates so i used the upgrade assistant.
It took longer than I expected about a hour and 15 minutes mostly install. So much for the intermediate upgrades being faster.
This brings me up to version 19042.572
I was under the impression this had the new start menu but I sure done see any changes.
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AskWoody LoungerOctober 13, 2020 at 2:32 pm in reply to: October 2020 Microsoft Patch Tuesday updates are rolling out #2303974Updates Successfully installed. No apparent problems.
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AskWoody LoungerI had the same problem yesterday. I killed the processes and tried again a couple of hours later and it worked fine. Probably a server issue on MBAM’S side.
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AskWoody LoungerYesterday when I looked mine said activate only and when I clicked on it it only gave me the option to enter a activation code.
I will try again later. This time I used the uninstall option from their support tool. Maybe there was something left over from previous installations.
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AskWoody LoungerIn the Settings, you can immediately disable the 14-day trial on install to give you the Free version. You are not forced into a 14-day trial.
Where in the settings? I reinstalled it yesterday because earlier in this post you said the same thing and i couldn’t find anything about reverting to the free version.
I de-registered it and turned off all the settings regarding scans and told it not to load on start up and still this morning when i started my computer it ran a scan.
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AskWoody LoungerAfter using Malawarebytes for many years (free version) i have given up and uninstalled it. First it was the fact that it stated forcing you into the 14 day pro trial whether you wanted it or not and now taking over your anti-virus without giving you a chance to opt out first.
It used to every now and than find malware when i was on windows 7 but i have never had a positive hit since i upgraded to windows 10.
I understand their need to make make money but i do not want or need the pro version.
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AskWoody LoungerAugust 27, 2020 at 3:53 pm in reply to: Problem reported with Win10 version 2004 upgrade: Search doesn’t work #2292066That was with my standard account but i just logged in as admin and it still worked.
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AskWoody LoungerAugust 27, 2020 at 10:07 am in reply to: Problem reported with Win10 version 2004 upgrade: Search doesn’t work #2292011I am on 2004 Version 19041.450. I just checked using both the windows key and clicking on the search icon on my taskbar and both work just fine.
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AskWoody LoungerJust installed.I had the .net and new CU on my 2004 machine. It went pretty quick and no apparent problems.
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AskWoody LoungerJuly 31, 2020 at 4:24 pm in reply to: Patch Lady – this is what drives me insane about preview releases #2284666I noticed a oddity. When i hit check for updates it offered the .net update and and below that it had a message click here to view optional updates (or something close to that i should have done a screenshot) it then took me to a different screen where i had to check the box next to to the Cumulative update then click download and install. Must be something new in 2004.
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AskWoody LoungerJuly 16, 2020 at 10:05 am in reply to: Outlook went down for four hours yesterday. What happened? How did Microsoft fix it? #2281059Same here. I opened mine about 9:00 am used it all day with no problems.
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AskWoody LoungerSorry Alex but i am not following you. could you be a little more specific
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AskWoody LoungerWell as a workaround and not a very good one i did import my bookmarks into the new edge when i installed it last January. I copied those back into chrome. At least it gave to somewhat of a baseline to work with.
It sure seems like Google would have made it easier to undo something like this for idiots like me who instead of deleting one bookmark delete the whole folder.
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