Nope, thanks anyway. One thing I've noted and keep forgetting to post is that the new one installs as a separate setup (1).exe rather than overwriting the existing one like it historically has done, so should I delete the existing one before doing the install?
Try this:
1. Delete any existing Setup.exe, Setup(1).exe, etc, files that you may have.
2. Delete the existing Hornresp.exe, Hornresp.hlp, Readme.txt and Msvbm60.dll files in your Hornresp folder.
3. Download a new Setup.exe file using the link provided in my previous post.
4. Unzip the four compressed files in the new downloaded Setup.exe file, saving them to your Hornresp folder.
5. Delete the downloaded Setup.exe file.
(Once again, there is something extremely weird about your computer 🙂).
1. Delete any existing Setup.exe, Setup(1).exe, etc, files that you may have.
2. Delete the existing Hornresp.exe, Hornresp.hlp, Readme.txt and Msvbm60.dll files in your Hornresp folder.
3. Download a new Setup.exe file using the link provided in my previous post.
4. Unzip the four compressed files in the new downloaded Setup.exe file, saving them to your Hornresp folder.
5. Delete the downloaded Setup.exe file.
(Once again, there is something extremely weird about your computer 🙂).
Thanks! FWIW, it's an HP Probook 450 G3 loaded with HP business tools, recovery program and the place I bought it installed my win7pro service pack 1
GM, I tend to make fairly intense use of some pro software. I also prefer a very optimised workflow on the computer. This includes things like video editing and hard use of things like Adobe Premiere and Photoshop. When XP came out, my computer finally stopped crashing. It was always on and in hard use
With each service pack MS removed some features and took away access to some of those optimisations. Win7 came and was awesome, still super stable, but I lost more of those neat features and by the time the last service pack was done, even more lil special features was lost
Win10 for the past year is a dog. Its stable still but now programs crash as its laggy, super lag that just crashes and closes programs in the middle of intricate use
Gimme my XP back
With each service pack MS removed some features and took away access to some of those optimisations. Win7 came and was awesome, still super stable, but I lost more of those neat features and by the time the last service pack was done, even more lil special features was lost
Win10 for the past year is a dog. Its stable still but now programs crash as its laggy, super lag that just crashes and closes programs in the middle of intricate use
Gimme my XP back
Yeah, W10 premiered the Christmas I bought the HP and after buying both with W7 pro and doing side by side comparisons, couldn't return the W10 quick enough. Just realized mine is going on 10 y.o. without a hitch till now and probably not really, which is kind of long for a consumer computer/laptop (yes, no?).
Missed making the point that I was driving at
Auto updates!
Do you have this on? If you want to keep using Win7 then turn it off and be highly selective with which ones to download. I actually believe that MS 'helps' you give up the OS by slowly killing it
Service pack 2 for win7 is the pilot hole for the screw holding down the coffin lid and MS wont allow you to proceed without installing it
Auto updates!
Do you have this on? If you want to keep using Win7 then turn it off and be highly selective with which ones to download. I actually believe that MS 'helps' you give up the OS by slowly killing it
Service pack 2 for win7 is the pilot hole for the screw holding down the coffin lid and MS wont allow you to proceed without installing it
At one time I scheduled data security for basically the whole state from a secure bunker (planes crashing into buildings and US companies panicking here, phones going nuts in the middle of the night)
and the day job was in the home workshop/office/station. I had my eye on how the clients were running and my PC. 10yrs is about average for win7 if the hardware lives that long. But after service pack two it starts slowly dying. All you can do is move on and lament. MS makes the latest service pack a requirement for many of its basic programs and routines
It's still on with manual install, though at one point many years ago it repeatedly failed to install, so have ignored its 'request' to install ever since; or so I assumed! The log shows some recent ones after all these years of 'failed', so any of ya'll see something that might be where the problem lies? Any/all I should delete, though assume they will just be reinstalled next time around?
Attachments
If you follow what David mentioned you should be fine.
Emptying your cache depends on what you are using to browse the interwebs. I use stuff that keeps Googly blind as much as I can. My cell phone is envious enough of what I talk about and look at. So many adverts that are targeted as is! Just annoys me to no end. If there was a good Linux distribution that would run a modern phone! I'd be on it like a fly on Poop!
Emptying your cache depends on what you are using to browse the interwebs. I use stuff that keeps Googly blind as much as I can. My cell phone is envious enough of what I talk about and look at. So many adverts that are targeted as is! Just annoys me to no end. If there was a good Linux distribution that would run a modern phone! I'd be on it like a fly on Poop!
Some of my issues happened after those 'quality' updates following win7sp2
Hackers and their viruses have nothing on win7! There is a secret system folder that win7 uses to keep versions of what its doing at all times. This behaves like a malignant cancer after sp2
Most windows programs will also update and need sp2 as minimum requirement. You can't control that folder and what windows does with it. It keeps bloating, too. Sp2 definitely expires win7. They want you badly on gen8+ hardware to make money. Skip the nonsense and go straight to latest gen that you can afford and go through the privacy that you give away very carefully during win11 welcome setup and you will be cool
I needed good hardware and couldn't afford current gen but when I applied myself to see where to insert into for buying a refurb. Gen11 hardware is where the lag in win10 goes away and win11 too seems fine for now. Gen11 i5 is the pick over the i7 option in the same model laptops from 2-3yrs ago as the that i5 is the first of the gen11 and clears a previous bottleneck. I picked up a pro model refurb for $300 with a gen11 i5 and this still benchmarks well against the current bunch. Its all about what you can afford, and I see the minimum relevant for now as the gen11 i5
And this is just for normal things like switching to the media player window while running FreeCAD. Win10 lags with this badly unless stepping up to gen11
C:/
I do these steps twice a week on my work laptop.
I do these steps whenever I log onto my home laptop.
Delete all the files in this folder. DO NOT delete the Temp folder.
You might have to unhide your system folders to see everything.
C:\Users\GM or computer name\AppData\Local\Temp
Delete all files in this folder. DO NOT delete the INetCache folder.
C:\Users\GM or computer name\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\INetCache
Delete all files in this folder. DO NOT delete the INetCookies folder.
C:\Users\GM or computer name\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\INetCookies
If you get popups, then select Do this for all current items and click Skip.
If you get this pop up, then select Do this for all current items and click Continue or Skip (if IT security pops up).
If you get this pop up, then select Do this for all current items and click Yes.
Clear your Edge History and Chrome Browser Data.
I do these steps twice a week on my work laptop.
I do these steps whenever I log onto my home laptop.
Delete all the files in this folder. DO NOT delete the Temp folder.
You might have to unhide your system folders to see everything.
C:\Users\GM or computer name\AppData\Local\Temp
Delete all files in this folder. DO NOT delete the INetCache folder.
C:\Users\GM or computer name\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\INetCache
Delete all files in this folder. DO NOT delete the INetCookies folder.
C:\Users\GM or computer name\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\INetCookies
If you get popups, then select Do this for all current items and click Skip.
If you get this pop up, then select Do this for all current items and click Continue or Skip (if IT security pops up).
If you get this pop up, then select Do this for all current items and click Yes.
Clear your Edge History and Chrome Browser Data.
Thanks all!
I'll try to do the cache dump, but after following as best I can I've decided that when the time comes I'm going to have a local (can't recall the company ATM) that specializes in all things computer/whatever for businesses and offers from (relatively) cheap kids'/consumers' laptop/whatever to whoever is 'top dog' in computers and assuming this isn't too far into the future, have them read all this plus me explaining what I'll want it to do and hopefully it's not too much for my rapidly fading memory/retirement fund budget.
I'll try to do the cache dump, but after following as best I can I've decided that when the time comes I'm going to have a local (can't recall the company ATM) that specializes in all things computer/whatever for businesses and offers from (relatively) cheap kids'/consumers' laptop/whatever to whoever is 'top dog' in computers and assuming this isn't too far into the future, have them read all this plus me explaining what I'll want it to do and hopefully it's not too much for my rapidly fading memory/retirement fund budget.
I like to play around with ubuntu a bit and have been looking forward to a mobile phone version as well. Progress is being made but looks like I will be using an iphone for a while. https://ubports.com/blog/ubports-news-1/post/ubuntu-touch-ota-5-focal-release-3933
That's nice but the phone hardware is kind of old, you can get second hand phones but the battery will not be fresh and replacing it is a PITA, wish the develop at least for S21..22, pixel 7..7pro, OnePlus 11 to name something not that old
The new Nokias would be good for this, they also tout user serviceable screen and battery