Hello TBUDLs,
A fruitless telephone session with an ASUS representative taught me
that I wouldn't be able to downgrade this $900 laptop to Win 7 because
there were no drivers for Win 7 on the ASUS website. In frustration
I headed to my local computer guru thinking *he* might know where to
find
Hi
On Saturday 11 October 2014 at 2:35:54 PM, in
mid:1616191166.20141011083...@charter.net, Jack S. LaRosa wrote:
Hello TBUDLs,
A fruitless telephone session with an ASUS
representative taught me that I wouldn't be able to
downgrade this $900 laptop to Win 7 because there were
no drivers
Hello MFPA,
On Saturday, October 11, 2014 you wrote:
M Hi
M On Saturday 11 October 2014 at 2:35:54 PM, in
M mid:1616191166.20141011083...@charter.net, Jack S. LaRosa wrote:
Hello TBUDLs,
A fruitless telephone session with an ASUS representative taught me
that I wouldn't be able to
Hello Paul,
Something I learned well over 10 years ago: Get rid of McAfee!
Agree 100%.
--
Best regards,
Miguel A. Urech (El Escorial - Spain)
Using The Bat! v6.6.0.8
My photos at: http://www.Rancho-K.com
My photoblog: http://mau.aminus3.com
Hello Jack,
I may not have phrased that correctly. The Thank you.. message
appeared ONLY after erasing MaAfee and then copying the keyblock into
my clipboard AND THEN calling HELP/ENTER REGISTRATION CODE. It would
seem that TB did in fact *assume* the keyblock existed in the
clipboard and
Hello MAU,
On Saturday, October 11, 2014 you wrote:
M Hello Jack,
I may not have phrased that correctly. The Thank you.. message
appeared ONLY after erasing MaAfee and then copying the keyblock into
my clipboard AND THEN calling HELP/ENTER REGISTRATION CODE. It would
seem that TB did in
Hi
On Saturday 11 October 2014 at 4:47:12 PM, in
mid:99571054.20141011104...@charter.net, Jack S. LaRosa wrote:
I'll stick with Win 8 especially
since I loaded ClassicStart which gives me a Start
button *and* menu just like Win 7.
I saw a few add-ons that claimed to do that (or similar)
Hi
On Saturday 11 October 2014 at 5:03:29 PM, in
mid:263719273.20141011180...@gmail.com, MAU wrote:
Actually, if I recall correctly, you don't even need to
copy the keyblock to the clipboard. If you just select
the email with the keyblock, TB will grab it from
there.
That would make
Hello MFPA,
On Saturday, October 11, 2014 you wrote:
M Hi
M On Saturday 11 October 2014 at 4:47:12 PM, in
M mid:99571054.20141011104...@charter.net, Jack S. LaRosa wrote:
I'll stick with Win 8 especially since I loaded ClassicStart
which gives me a Start button *and* menu just like Win 7.
Get rid of McAfee!
No disagreement here :)
Current version is 6.6 | 'Using TBUDL' information:
http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
Hi
On Tuesday 7 October 2014 at 2:15:59 AM, in
mid:59872763.20141006211...@for-him.net, Paul Van Noord wrote:
No kidding... really?
Yes, unless I completely mis-understood what I was reading.
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Best regards
MFPAmailto:2014-667rhzu3dc-lists-gro...@riseup.net
Friday, October 3, 2014, 6:27:34 PM, you wrote:
I am seriously considering buying an authorized copy ($99 from Newegg)
of Windows 7 and trashing Windows 8 on this new machine. I will
contact ASUS tech support to see if the machine will even let me do
that.
First thing to do with any new PC
Hello Adrian,
On Monday, October 06, 2014 you wrote:
AG Friday, October 3, 2014, 6:27:34 PM, you wrote:
I am seriously considering buying an authorized copy ($99 from Newegg)
of Windows 7 and trashing Windows 8 on this new machine. I will
contact ASUS tech support to see if the machine will
Hi
On Monday 6 October 2014 at 12:53:53 PM, in
mid:6994081.20141006075...@for-him.net, Paul Van Noord wrote:
I have no experience with 32 bit Win 7... See this:
http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/186875-uefi-unified-extensible-firmware-interface-install-windows-7-a.html
I think
Hello MFPA,
On Sunday, October 05, 2014 you wrote:
M Hi
M On Saturday 4 October 2014 at 4:18:45 PM, in
M mid:23685106.20141004101...@charter.net, Jack S. LaRosa wrote:
The desktop I'm using now was purchased from EggHead or
TigerDirect, I don't remember which. It was purchased
as
On Sunday, October 5, 2014, 3:44:47, MFPA wrote:
UEFI-mode and Secure Boot in the BIOS are two newish features that
came out somewhere around the same time as Windows 8. I have not
encountered them myself, but saw when googling this topic that they
need to be disabled before installing
On Sunday, October 5, 2014, 15:11:03, Paul Van Noord wrote:
UEFI mode is needed when using an SSD as a primary drive. It is needed
in Windows 7. See this:
https://www.google.com/#q=uefi+mode+when+installing+windows+7
Nope, I bought my first SSD 2009, but haven't gotten an UEFI-capable
Hi
On Sunday 5 October 2014 at 2:11:03 PM, in
mid:1366095716.20141005091...@for-him.net, Paul Van Noord wrote:
UEFI mode is needed when using an SSD as a primary
drive.
I thought an SSD could be used on any box that can use a SATA disk
drive, as a drop-in replacement for that drive.
Hi
On Friday 3 October 2014 at 10:03:44 PM, in
mid:1542632364.20141003160...@charter.net, Jack S. LaRosa wrote:
What with all the bad press Win 8's been getting I
guess that would be an upgrade. I'm not aware of any
offer like that but it certainly would shine MS's image
if they were to
Hello MFPA,
On Saturday, October 04, 2014 you wrote:
M Hi
M Out of curiosity, I did a spot of googling. If the Windows 8
M version has Pro in its name and came pre-installed on the
M computer, the licence apparently includes downgrade rights to
M Windows 7 Professional or Windows Vista
On Friday, October 3, 2014, 22:16:17, MFPA wrote:
Doesn't Microsoft have a semi-official way to upgrade from 8 to 7,
like they did a few years ago for those who wanted to upgrade from
Vista to XP?
OEM installs of Windows 8 Pro can legally downgrade to Windows 7 Pro,
but not Windows 8 (without
Hi
On Saturday 4 October 2014 at 4:18:45 PM, in
mid:23685106.20141004101...@charter.net, Jack S. LaRosa wrote:
The desktop I'm using now was purchased from EggHead or
TigerDirect, I don't remember which. It was purchased
as separate components and assembled by me. The HDD
was blank and
Hello Paul,
On Friday, October 03, 2014 you wrote:
JSL In addition, you mentioned the possibility of the anti-virus (McAfee)
JSL hanging up the displaying of some messages when clicked on. As an
JSL experiment, I disabled both the McAfee firewall (for 15 minutes) and
JSL the McAfee anti-virus.
Hello TBUDLs,
I've sent an email to RIT Labs this morning outlining the two major
problems expressed in this thread. I'll keep the list posted as soon
as I hear from them.
--
TIA,
Jack LaRosa
:usflag: Central Alabama
Using The Bat! ver: 5.2.
Running Windows 7 Pro ver 6 build 7601 Service Pack
Hello TBUDLs,
I've received a response from RIT Labs which suggests that the problem
with the key block is that I'm using the wrong key block. They will
re-send the original keyblock for the name and email address I
provided them in the return email I just sent. No mention was made as
to why
Hi
On Friday 3 October 2014 at 5:27:34 PM, in
mid:782170723.20141003112...@charter.net, Jack S. LaRosa wrote:
I am seriously considering buying an authorized copy
($99 from Newegg) of Windows 7 and trashing Windows 8
on this new machine. I will contact ASUS tech support
to see if the
Hello MFPA,
On Friday, October 03, 2014 you wrote:
M Hi
M On Friday 3 October 2014 at 5:27:34 PM, in
M mid:782170723.20141003112...@charter.net, Jack S. LaRosa wrote:
I am seriously considering buying an authorized copy
($99 from Newegg) of Windows 7 and trashing Windows 8
on this new
Hello MFPA,
On Thursday, October 02, 2014 you wrote:
On Wednesday, October 01, 2014 MFPA wrote:
M I just searched my computer, and randomly seem to
M have a copy of thebat_pro_5-2-2.msi that Windows
M tells me is about 16MB. No guarantees its any good,
M but I could send it to you if you want.
Hello TBUDLs,
I received an email off list from Chris suggesting that I try renaming
CONFIG.CDB to CONFIG.CDB_OLD and letting TB! recreate the file. I did
as suggested and it had absolutely no effect even though TB DID
recreate the file. I then deleted the newly created file and renamed
the
Hi
On Thursday 2 October 2014 at 4:21:29 PM, in
mid:3710284123.20141002102...@charter.net, Jack S. LaRosa wrote:
Un-fortunately the problem
with the key block is still there. The first 56
characters of the block are there as soon as I open the
registration dialog box. And again, deleting
Hello TBUDL@thebat.,
Friday, October 3, 2014, 1:21:29 AM, you wrote:
JSL Hello MFPA,
JSL On Thursday, October 02, 2014 you wrote:
On Wednesday, October 01, 2014 MFPA wrote:
M I just searched my computer, and randomly seem to
M have a copy of thebat_pro_5-2-2.msi that Windows
M tells me is
Hi
On Wednesday 1 October 2014 at 6:11:35 PM, in
mid:1631746822.20141001121...@charter.net, Jack S. LaRosa wrote:
1) Sometimes there's as much as a 10 second delay
between clicking on a message and having it appear in
the message view pane. Sometimes when this happens the
Title Bar at
Hello MFPA,
On Wednesday, October 01, 2014 you wrote:
M Hi
M On Wednesday 1 October 2014 at 6:11:35 PM, in
M mid:1631746822.20141001121...@charter.net, Jack S. LaRosa wrote:
1) Sometimes there's as much as a 10 second delay between clicking
on a message and having it appear in the message
Possibly. Since this a brand new computer I don't really know what AV ASUS
might have running on it. I'll check that.
I get it too. I run windows 8.1 on 2 computers. It was really bad on the older
one with 8 megs of memory but even with 32 megs and a xenon processor it still
happens, although
Hi
On Thursday 2 October 2014 at 12:21:02 AM, in
mid:31564125.20141001182...@charter.net, Jack S. LaRosa wrote:
On Wednesday, October 01, 2014 MFPA wrote:
M I just searched my computer, and randomly seem to
M have a copy of thebat_pro_5-2-2.msi that Windows
M tells me is about 16MB. No
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Hash: SHA512
Hi
On Thursday 2 October 2014 at 12:21:02 AM, in
mid:31564125.20141001182...@charter.net, Jack S. LaRosa wrote:
On Wednesday, October 01, 2014 MFPA wrote:
M I just searched my computer, and randomly seem to
M have a copy of
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