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On a lark, I decided to try installing an old version of the Dymo software on a Windows XP virtual machine I have running under Oracle Virtual Box. Using USB passthrough, it actually works.

Nothing’s easy any more. Nothing.

Berton: Thanks; I tried loading the Vista-64 drivers but it didn’t make a difference. The latest version of the software and drivers are supposed to be compatible with Windows 10-64. It was working. Maybe one of Microsoft’s Thursday patches messed up something. Hopefully Dymo will have an answer.

Rob

Lumpy: I created a support ticket today. Given that it’s a weekend, perhaps I’ll hear from them next week. It’s certainly not an emergency; just a bit disconcerting when things just stop working. The only major(ish) change I’ve made to my machine lately was to remove an Nvidia card and revert back to the built-in Intel graphics. That’s actually solved a couple of problems; I hope it didn’t introduce a new one. I don’t use the Dymo printer often so I’m not sure when it last worked but it was definitely in the last month.

Rob

Berton: Same version and build as you.

Rob

Thanks…I did try that and selected an older driver but it wouldn’t install it. So, I just uninstalled the driver, rebooted and hoped for the best. Windows installed an older Microsoft version of the driver and my Metro apps are still working OK so I think I will let sleeping dogs lie and treat this as a teachable moment.

Don’t know if it is related, but I have a Chromebook (Acer C720P) that is always updated due to automatic updates. Last week it crashed. First time in over a year. Then yesterday it did it again. First Chrome freezes for several seconds then the Chromebook reboots, not just the browser. Clueless as to the cause. Maybe whatever is found in this thread will help explain my problem if they are related.

Jim

Jim: I’m also using a Chromebook (Toshiba CB35) and that hasn’t happened to me (yet); Chrome only acts up on Windows 10 although it hasn’t happened for a few days now. Go figure.

For all of its shortcomings, the Chromebook has been rock solid; never had a problem with it.

Rob

That’s the kind of thing I was expecting but have been unable to find Internet posts expressing similar complaints. If we’re the only two on this forum it doesn’t give me a lot of confidence that this is the issue. By the way, it’s good to hear from another dinosaur. I retired a few years ago from 30 years of mainframe work.

I’ve been doing this for 43 years…where does the time go? I’ll be at my full retirement age (66) next August but haven’t decided whether or not I’ll retire at that time. We’re going through some interesting times; mainframe “cloud computing” (not even sure what that means) and we’re starting to talk about running Linux on on our z/EC12 (I guess z/OS is too stable).

I’ve also done a lot of Internet searches and I can’t find anything recent about Chrome crashing; apparently it was an issue in the past. I’m about a half-inch away from chucking Windows 10 and going back to Windows 7 anyway. Far too many little annoying problems. I guess being an old mainframe guy has spoiled me in my expectations of an operating system.

Rob

I’m not having that particular problem but for about the last 2 weeks, at random times, when I start Chrome (64-bit on my Windows 10 machine) all of the extensions crash and I need to reboot to get Chrome working again. I’m wondering if a recent Chrome update or Windows update is causing this?

It sounds like those who use Defender also tend to use something like MBytes as well. So would it be fair to say that Defender still isn’t a do all package like commercial AV programs are?

Graham: I’d say that’s a fair statement. The problem is that the “do-all” commercial AV products are incredibly bloated. They’ve gone way beyond AV and perhaps a firewall. The product I just uninstalled (avast Internet Security) had all kinds of gizmos attached to it that have nothing to do with security. Ironically, it’s virus detection ability is very highly rated but the software became unstable with all the garbage they piled onto it. Just my opinion.

Rob

Advice please. Does CompatTelRunner.exe need to run on Windows 10.
Consumes high CPU.
Now running W10 1607.

Thanks
Dave

Dave:

Check this out: http://superuser.com/questions/944067/windows-disk-i-o-100-at-boot-for-20-minutes

There’s a lot of chatter out in the Interweb about what this does.

Rob

There is another thread where people weigh in on what antivirus they are using and several experienced people mention using Windows Defender as their primary. That surprises me, because most reviews I’m seeing put it about 5 out of 10.

I definitely do NOT want to turn this into another “what’s the best AV software” discussion – the other thread is already at about 5 pages. I just want to know who is using Defender rather than one of the various free programs available and why. IOW, how good is it?

That was probably the thread I started. I was an enthusiastic avast user until a recent update that was causing BSOD issues on my machine. I uninstalled it and now use Windows Defender and the commercial version of MBAM. Windows Defender might not score the highest rankings when it comes to detection but it’s built into Windows and isn’t loaded down with bloat. As long as you’re somewhat reasonable in your Internet habits and don’t go looking for trouble, I think Windows Defender coupled with MBAM is all you need.

Is that a DCOM Event ID 10016 – I keep getting those after a boot but just ignore them as I haven’t had any noticeable adverse effects.

You could still get them after another clean install.

I went through the fix for that on a Win 7 machine and you have to take ownership of those two keys from Trusted Installer, but you can’t hand them back afterwards which is why I haven’t bothered on the machine I upgraded to Win 10.

Yes, I found out the hard way that when you taken ownership from Trusted Installer, you can’t hand it back – Windows doesn’t know what “Trusted Installer” is in that context.

These errors weren’t always without symptoms. Typically, I’d click on something and nothing would happen. Then I’d wait for two minutes while Windows did “something”; after that, the system would be responsive again and a message like that would be in the Event Log.

I never had this particular issue with Windows 7; according to the stuff you read on the Internet, a lot of it came about with Windows 8 which I never had the pleasure of running.

See How to See what Language, Edition, Build, and Architecture of Windows 10 for a ISO file for instructions on getting the Windows version information from the ISO file.

Joe: Thanks!!!

Rob

As far as I know, the MCT is updated to the latest release version.

I created ISOs for 10586 then on the 13th and 26th Aug and then on the 8th Sept which will have the AU and any updates released since the AU – I hope

Were you going to do a clean or a repair install ?

If repair, it may go smoother with your antivirus fully disabled, but you could run just the Permission repairs in the Windows Repair program from http://www.tweaking.com but before you try either, create a system image onto external media.

Sudo: I’m going to do a clean install. I did a clean install originally but I’ve had weird permission errors from day one; errors like this in particular:

The application-specific permission settings do not grant Local Activation permission for the COM Server application with CLSID
{C2F03A33-21F5-47FA-B4BB-156362A2F239}
and APPID
{316CDED5-E4AE-4B15-9113-7055D84DCC97}

There’s a lot of documented cases of this sort of thing on Microsoft’s web site and procedures for fixing it. Why a clean install should have permission issues is beyond me. Before I do the clean install I’ll give the Windows Repair program; it will either fix everything or give me yet another reason to do the clean install.

Its bleeding edge beta code with bugs and issues. See the link that Joe always posts with each release for a list of known issues .

Jerry

Jerry

Jerry: Thanks. That’s what I figured. I guess “Insider Preview” sounds more inviting than “Beta Testers Needed”. I guess I’ll forgo the Insider Preview; Windows 10 needs the wind at its back as it is.