On Sat, Jun 11, 2016 at 2:03 PM, Mark C <[email protected]> wrote: > Not sure if it is a "mr > fixit" app or somehting with a more dignified name.
I think you are referring to the "Mr Christie, you make good cookies" tool Dave > > > On 6/10/2016 11:03 PM, John wrote: >> >> Update - Fri Jun 10: I found a stand-alone installer for a new Windoze >> Update Client from Feb 2016. It took about 20 hours to download & >> install. But it seems to have helped. >> >> I've got a list of the dates updates were released, so I install only >> the updates from a single date. The five from 11/10/2015 downloaded and >> installed in less than 5 hours. >> >> On 6/9/2016 5:54 PM, John wrote: >>> >>> I expect the final solution is going to be a new laptop. Thing is, this >>> one's got two hard drive bays + the optical drive. So far, Googling for >>> a Laptop w/2 HDD bays AND an optical drive hasn't been too productive. >>> >>> If I find one, I'll blast this one & do a clean re-install of Windoze 7 >>> SP1 before I put it up on Craig's list. >>> >>> On 6/9/2016 4:16 PM, Brian Walters wrote: >>>> >>>> I've recently struck the same problem with my old Vista laptop. >>>> Microsoft's suggested solutions all seem especially unhelpful. >>>> >>>> At this stage I'm just shrugging my shoulders and ignoring the updates. >>>> >>>> Cheers >>>> >>>> Brian >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On Fri, Jun 10, 2016, at 03:40 AM, John wrote: >>>>> >>>>> I've been trying to download Updates for my laptop. I've run into the >>>>> dreaded "Downloading ... (0 KB total, 0% complete)" monster. It runs >>>>> for >>>>> hours without any progress. >>>>> >>>>> I've been running it since Monday. I'm not even really upset about it >>>>> yet. I've got it sitting over on the side & I give it a nudge every >>>>> once >>>>> in a while. >>>>> >>>>> One solution recommended stopping the the Windows Update Service in >>>>> Task >>>>> Manager to see if it would allow installation of already downloaded >>>>> updates. That gave me 3 optional updates plus a new video driver & a >>>>> new >>>>> driver for the touch-pad yesterday, but nothing since. >>>>> >>>>> None of the solutions I've found on-line have worked, except that I >>>>> found a stand-alone installer for a new "Windows Update Client for >>>>> Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2". That *seemed* like it might have >>>>> installed. >>>>> >>>>> I got a BSOD immediately after it reached 100%, but when the laptop >>>>> restarted I got a message under the Windoze Logo splash screen like >>>>> "completing step 281 of 281" and then it went into the "updating - >>>>> please wait". It finally came up to the Login screen like it's supposed >>>>> to. >>>>> >>>>> I'm currently trying to download & install ONE update (the oldest one I >>>>> could find by release date). Why doesn't Windoze just allow you to sort >>>>> them by release date? >>>>> >>>>> Doesn't look encouraging. >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> Science - Questions we may never find answers for. >>>>> Religion - Answers we must never question. >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>>>> [email protected] >>>>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>>>> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >>>>> follow the directions. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >> > > > --- > This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. > https://www.avast.com/antivirus > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. -- Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ York Region, Ontario, Canada -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
