Re: [MBZ] Finished with updating Win7 laptop!

2015-08-26 Thread Curly McLain via Mercedes
Bah, the reboots exist because you can't replace bits that are currently in use... -Curt they can make it reboot automatically. Why the manual only, other than to annoy? ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archiv

Re: [MBZ] Finished with updating Win7 laptop!

2015-08-26 Thread Curt Raymond via Mercedes
Bah, the reboots exist because you can't replace bits that are currently in use... -Curt From: Curly McLain via Mercedes To: Mercedes Discussion List Cc: Curly McLain <126die...@gmail.com> Sent: Wednesday, August 26, 2015 12:18 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] Finished with updating

Re: [MBZ] Finished with updating Win7 laptop!

2015-08-26 Thread Rich Thomas via Mercedes
I just bought a Dell XP laptop for $40 to run my little laser burner machine. I don't think I will be fooling with updates on it or whatever, though I did have to find a driver to try to get the wireless to talk to my router, which it now does but won't connect to wifi. I think the new router

Re: [MBZ] Finished with updating Win7 laptop!

2015-08-26 Thread Curly McLain via Mercedes
On Wed, 26 Aug 2015 07:39:35 -0400 Max Dillon via Mercedes wrote: Yay! ? Would installation of win 7 SP1 reduced the issues? I presume you mean, "Would installation of win 7 SP1 have reduced the issues?" Probably, but I didn't have SP1 available. Now Windows Update says my system is ful

Re: [MBZ] Finished with updating Win7 laptop!

2015-08-26 Thread Craig via Mercedes
On Wed, 26 Aug 2015 07:39:35 -0400 Max Dillon via Mercedes wrote: > Yay! ? > > Would installation of win 7 SP1 reduced the issues? I presume you mean, "Would installation of win 7 SP1 have reduced the issues?" Probably, but I didn't have SP1 available. Now Windows Update says my system is fu

Re: [MBZ] Finished with updating Win7 laptop!

2015-08-26 Thread Mitch Haley via Mercedes
> On August 26, 2015 at 8:07 AM Mitch Haley via Mercedes > wrote: > format and install windows from a slipstreamed > Win 7 CD, I meant to say a Win7 CD with SP1 slipsteamed onto it. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.c

Re: [MBZ] Finished with updating Win7 laptop!

2015-08-26 Thread Mitch Haley via Mercedes
> On August 26, 2015 at 7:39 AM Max Dillon via Mercedes > wrote: > > > Yay! ? > > Would installation of win 7 SP1 reduced the issues? I just back up the windows activation, format and install windows from a slipstreamed Win 7 CD, restore the activation, and selectively update with windows u

Re: [MBZ] Finished with updating Win7 laptop!

2015-08-26 Thread Max Dillon via Mercedes
Yay! ? Would installation of win 7 SP1 reduced the issues? -- Max Dillon Charleston SC '87 300TD '95 E300 ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebe

[MBZ] Finished with updating Win7 laptop!

2015-08-25 Thread Craig via Mercedes
I finally got the laptop completely updated and I didn't even have to reformat the disk and reinstall Win7! I downloaded Microsoft Fixit from https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/971058 and ran it for a few hours. It then stopped saying I should restart Windows Update. I did so and Windows Upda