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Online version if you leave the browser open all the time http://www.mindfulnessdc.org/bell/index.html

This

Code:

C:WindowsSystem32w32tm.exe /resync

sort of works. Even though I set the shortcut to run as administrator, it still asks” Do you want to allow this program to make changes to your computer” every time before running. Windows Time Service Diagnostic Tool Using a clock icon from %SystemRoot%System32shell32.dll

Also I found that running an update to often (like every five minutes) can anger the Internet Time Servers and possibly get you banned. So I guess I am happy with my manual solution, just wish the run as administrator check box worked.

I use/test many Linux distros and when I boot back to Windows there is often a 4 hour delay caused by the handling of Local Time vs UDT (Universal Date Time?).
I’m not a member of the Experts Exchange so I can not see that article. Frowny Face

These two tools are both overkill for my needs

NetTime by Mark Griffiths http://www.timesynctool.com/

Internet Time Update by Doug Knox http://www.dougknox.com/win8/utils/inetime.htm

Just creating a desktop shortcut named Time Sync is all I am trying to do, but I can’t figure out the exact command to use where it says’ “Type the location of the item”. Thanks

“you start the upgrade from within Windows” you are right, I think I tried making a bootable USB with that ISO and then just stared at the screen for a few seconds before trying something else.

If I remember correctly, The problem with downloading the ISO from an XP or Linux computer is that those OS do not qualify for an upgrade and it will ask for a serial number and only offer a fresh install. If you don’t mind the extra work, try doing a fresh install of windows 7SP1 or Win8, activate and then upgrade. Back up all of your data first and be prepared to re-install your programs. Find your install media and keys first.

No need to un-install Classic Shell. Upon re-boot Classic Shell needs to refresh itself and does so automatically. Make sure you have the latest version of Classic Shell, maybe even the beta. Works great for me.

If you do an upgrade install of Windows 10 and activate it, and then do a complete format of the hard drive and a clean install of Windows 10, it will activate automatically.
This means if you format your hard drive and sell your computer, the next user who installs Windows 10 will automatically have the computer activated and tied to your name, e-mail, onedrive,etc.
Should make identity theft easy.

If you hunt through the various Microsoft-defined Scheduled Tasks, you will find one called Defrag, which causes the defragmentation of local hard drives at 01:00 every Wednesday morning, or such later time as the computer is turned on, while the computer is idle.

I have been trying Defraggler, by the CCleaner people, and found that I had to remove the Scheduled Task. Defraggler would move things one way and then on Wednesday morning Microsoft would move them back. Defraggler is supposed to move some files to the quickest part of the disk. It seems very slow to me. The first run took several hours. Every other run was a little quicker after disabling the scheduled task, but not quick. My old favorite program was MyDefrag, which was also slow.

Just saw this over at MajorGeeks. http://www.majorgeeks.com/files/details/ssuite_lemon_juice.html
It may be just what you are looking for. Not many reviews that I could find. Too tired right now to test it, but may be a guinea pig tomorrow.
**No actual animals will be used in testing this software!**
I gave it a try, the photo app kept crashing, the word app and spreadsheet app worked ok. I would be more comfortable with wordpad for basic writing, however the free spreadsheet app looked nice. Did not need it so uninstalled with Revo Uninstaller.

Depending on what version of WRT54G router you have, you can get great results from installing DD-WRT firmware. Then you can fine tune the router for best results.
Google and read up on it, if you screw up you can “brick” the router.
Start here http://lifehacker.com/how-to-supercharge-your-router-with-dd-wrt-508138224

You may have a broken connection on the battery clip holder thing. Take the mobo out and hold it under a very strong light. Take the battery out and try to see the connections from the mobo to the clip. Make sure you don’t put the battery in upside down. Extremely good soldering iron skill is needed to repair.

http://www.mepiscommunity.org/node/67 If you still want to use the old laptop you may want to try MX-14. It has a non-PAE version. It works great on older hardware.
Also SolydX 32 should work. It is very similat to Linux Mint’s Debian edition, but kept updated better. Here is a link to a discussion on their forum.
http://forums.solydxk.com/viewtopic.php?f=25&t=3951&p=37123&hilit=pae#p37123

I tried to install both Foxit and AdobeReader. Foxit worked fine at first, after installing Adobe the Foxit install was broken. The reason for installing Foxit was that on this one computer my son’s online textbook won’t work with the AdobeReader. (It will show the table of contents, but not go to the chapters.) On the other computers in the house it works fine. After multiple install/uninstalls, I just left Foxit on this computer? I was hoping for a do you want to open with Adobe or Foxit option.

“No, It’s not “Click-able”. To Use the “Script” #2… You need to “Copy and Paste” ( Or control+C control+V ) the whole script into the program “NotePad” (Accessories> NotePad) Then “save it as” “Clean Event Viewer.bat” (no Quotes) file … to a folder of your choice (or create one ) Then when you click on( or right click and run as “Admin” etc.) it it will run the “Script” and clean up Event Viewer….Regards Fred ”

How do you copy and paste from a .png (picture) file? Trying to copy it manually, but all the spaces and symbols have to be exact.

Clean Event Viewer .bat
@echo off
FOR /F “tokens=1,2*” %%V IN (‘bcdedit’) DO SET adminTest=%%V
IF (%adminTest%)==(Access) goto noAdmin
for /F “tokens=*” %%G in (‘wevtutil.exe el’) DO (call :do_clear “%%G”)
echo.
echo goto theEnd
:do_clear
echo clearing %1
wevtutil.exe cl %1
goto :eof
:noAdmin
exit

Two spaces after call in line 5?

Just used the new version on an old Thinkpad laptop running XP. Made an image of the old disk and made the WinPE boot CD. Replaced the old small hard drive with a larger one.
Boot disk worked and pointed to the image on an external drive. Restore worked great. Then noticed the new drive partition was the same size as the old drive. Had to dig out an old copy of Norton Partition Magic to stretch the boot partition and recover the unused space. Maybe I missed a checkbox somewhere.