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Everything Else / Re: Windows 10 anyone??
« on: August 03, 2015, 09:08:08 am »
Yes, I feel the same:  Would like to upgrade, but I am waiting for Shane to say now or later.  And, when will Tweaking Tools work with W10?

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Howdy - I have a Dell Precision T7500 using two AMD W7000 video cards (not the best choice of video card, I know).  I cloned the Win 7 64 bit and placed the clone in a Dell Precision 690.  From the sound of the hard drive on booting, the 690 seems to have booted but without video.

At first I had an AMD 2450 Firepro in the 690 and with that card I saw the boot-up posting, memory testing, etc. but still a blank screen after booting.

Next, I put in the AMD W7000 card (this is the card that was originally in the T7500 so the video drivers are set for W7000) and still I get a blank screen after booting; but another observation:  With the W7000 (trying all 4 spigots) the monitor ON LIGHT is blinking which normally means the monitor is not connected to a card.  This did not happen with the AMD 2450 Firepro video card.

Next, I tried one of those USB to monitor devices (which normally works on other machines and did once work on this 690) and still I get blank screen and a blinking monitor light meaning (to me) no monitor connection.

I thank you in advance and I would greatly appreciate ANY suggestions, other than I should kill myself.  :) 

For instance are there ANY video cards that always work or is there a way around this?

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General Computer Support / Re: W7 ERRORS ON SLEEP AND HIBER WAKEUP
« on: July 14, 2013, 03:45:06 pm »
Maybeeeee solving the sleep/hiber challenge and I will let you know what I did if it works.  In the mean time,  I did one "register" of the "ordinal not found CSCDLL.DLL" challenge and thought that it worked; I was busy  did not pay attention to the message intending to get back to it in a week.

So, a week has passed and I began in earnest to get rid of those messages, but in looking at the responses, there is a more complex challenge with a can not find register server.  DLLREGISTERSERVER NOT FOUND - MESSAGE ATTACHED.

Shane, what is your ida on how to get around this?

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General Computer Support / Re: W7 ERRORS ON SLEEP AND HIBER WAKEUP
« on: July 12, 2013, 02:31:59 pm »
Hi Shane,
Well, I am slowly getting rid of the ordinal not found messages.

On the other note: I got an answer from AMD about the problem; I think I mentioned that this SLEEP/HIBER problem happened when I switched from NVIDIA cards to AMD cards.

They wrote me back (after seeing the Belarc Advisor) that I am missing a whole bunch of MS security updates and still have some NVIDIA driver remnants in Windows.  I can send you the BA if you tell me what email address to use.  They asked if I can test this on a clean system hard drive (which I can not do right now).

I am wondering how I can find those missing security updates (as I have put on all security updates for W7?

I am also wondering how I can get rid of all the NVIDIA traces.

They also mentioned that I have too many apps installed but I have 16 processors and 65GB RAM (with C drive taking up only 430 GB of the 2 TB and D drive empty for backup) so I should be able to have anything I want on this machine.

Any suggestions would be appreciated.  -P
BTW:  Here is what AMD said:

Your service request : SR #{ticketno:[8200549248]} has been reviewed and updated.

Response and Service Request History:

Do you have the option to test the entire scenario on a clean spare hard drive?  You have 22 missing security updates, traces from Nvidia drivers and over approx, 900 applications and software installed.

In order to update this service request, please respond, leaving the service request reference intact.

Best regards,

AMD Global Customer Care

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General Computer Support / Re: W7 ERRORS ON SLEEP AND HIBER WAKEUP
« on: July 08, 2013, 01:08:50 pm »
Howdy - Thanks.  Am doing it now, but before my brain was totally engaged and understood what you said:  I double clicked on the ....reg file you posted while it was located in my Y:\ DOWNLOADS NAS drive.  Should I do anything to undo that?

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General Computer Support / Re: W7 ERRORS ON SLEEP AND HIBER WAKEUP
« on: July 06, 2013, 06:32:44 am »
Hi - I get the ordinal 62 not found on some programs when Opera is not even run and has not run since bootup.  I have completed a search for that DLL and have found it in several places, but I am at a lost as to how to register Ordinal 62.  What is your suggestion, if you have time to look at this?  Thanks.

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General Computer Support / Re: W7 ERRORS ON SLEEP AND HIBER WAKEUP
« on: July 05, 2013, 04:48:12 pm »
ALSO, I get and ordinal 62 not found with certain programs but it does not seem to stop anything from running.  Could this be related.  ATTACHMENT

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General Computer Support / Re: W7 ERRORS ON SLEEP AND HIBER WAKEUP
« on: July 05, 2013, 04:41:51 pm »
Hi Shane,
Thanks.  I really hope you and your wonderful family had a great 4th!

OK, I ran the program and got a long list of results, but at the end it says configure details dump which i have not idea how to do or what to do with it after I ran.  But, you might see something in it so here it is:

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System Information (local)
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computer name: M764-140-DQ320F
windows version: Windows 7 Service Pack 1, 6.1, build: 7601
windows dir: C:\Windows
CPU: GenuineIntel Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU X5570 @ 2.93GHz Intel586, level: 6
16 logical processors, active mask: 65535
RAM: 68716941312 total
VM: 2147352576, free: 1942319104




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Crash Dump Analysis
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Crash dump directory: C:\Windows\Minidump

Crash dumps are enabled on your computer.

On Thu 7/4/2013 11:50:49 PM GMT your computer crashed
crash dump file: C:\Windows\Minidump\070513-45146-01.dmp
This was probably caused by the following module: ntoskrnl.exe (nt+0x75C00)
Bugcheck code: 0x9F (0x3, 0xFFFFFA80327D4060, 0xFFFFF800048B5518, 0xFFFFFA80727EC010)
Error: DRIVER_POWER_STATE_FAILURE
file path: C:\Windows\system32\ntoskrnl.exe
product: Microsoft® Windows® Operating System
company: Microsoft Corporation
description: NT Kernel & System
Bug check description: This bug check indicates that the driver is in an inconsistent or invalid power state.
This appears to be a typical software driver bug and is not likely to be caused by a hardware problem.
The crash took place in the Windows kernel. Possibly this problem is caused by another driver that cannot be identified at this time.



On Thu 7/4/2013 11:50:49 PM GMT your computer crashed
crash dump file: C:\Windows\memory.dmp
This was probably caused by the following module: ntkrnlmp.exe (nt!KeBugCheckEx+0x0)
Bugcheck code: 0x9F (0x3, 0xFFFFFA80327D4060, 0xFFFFF800048B5518, 0xFFFFFA80727EC010)
Error: DRIVER_POWER_STATE_FAILURE
Bug check description: This bug check indicates that the driver is in an inconsistent or invalid power state.
This appears to be a typical software driver bug and is not likely to be caused by a hardware problem.
The crash took place in the Windows kernel. Possibly this problem is caused by another driver that cannot be identified at this time.



On Wed 7/3/2013 12:33:34 AM GMT your computer crashed
crash dump file: C:\Windows\Minidump\W7 ERRORS ON SLEEP AND HIBERNATION WAKEUP\W7 ERRORS ON SLEEP AND HIBER WAKEUP nb\070313-46082-01.dmp
This was probably caused by the following module: ntoskrnl.exe (nt+0x75C00)
Bugcheck code: 0x9F (0x3, 0xFFFFFA803376B060, 0xFFFFF80000B9C518, 0xFFFFFA8035F945C0)
Error: DRIVER_POWER_STATE_FAILURE
file path: C:\Windows\system32\ntoskrnl.exe
product: Microsoft® Windows® Operating System
company: Microsoft Corporation
description: NT Kernel & System
Bug check description: This bug check indicates that the driver is in an inconsistent or invalid power state.
This appears to be a typical software driver bug and is not likely to be caused by a hardware problem.
The crash took place in the Windows kernel. Possibly this problem is caused by another driver that cannot be identified at this time.



On Mon 7/1/2013 11:36:26 PM GMT your computer crashed
crash dump file: C:\Windows\Minidump\W7 ERRORS ON SLEEP AND HIBERNATION WAKEUP\W7 ERRORS ON SLEEP AND HIBER WAKEUP nb\070213-48672-01.dmp
This was probably caused by the following module: ntoskrnl.exe (nt+0x75C00)
Bugcheck code: 0x9F (0x3, 0xFFFFFA806FCB5060, 0xFFFFF80000B9C518, 0xFFFFFA806E77B810)
Error: DRIVER_POWER_STATE_FAILURE
file path: C:\Windows\system32\ntoskrnl.exe
product: Microsoft® Windows® Operating System
company: Microsoft Corporation
description: NT Kernel & System
Bug check description: This bug check indicates that the driver is in an inconsistent or invalid power state.
This appears to be a typical software driver bug and is not likely to be caused by a hardware problem.
The crash took place in the Windows kernel. Possibly this problem is caused by another driver that cannot be identified at this time.



On Mon 7/1/2013 12:01:44 AM GMT your computer crashed
crash dump file: C:\Windows\Minidump\W7 ERRORS ON SLEEP AND HIBERNATION WAKEUP\W7 ERRORS ON SLEEP AND HIBER WAKEUP nb\070113-45474-01.dmp
This was probably caused by the following module: ntoskrnl.exe (nt+0x75C00)
Bugcheck code: 0x9F (0x3, 0xFFFFFA803286B060, 0xFFFFF800048C4518, 0xFFFFFA80703C2010)
Error: DRIVER_POWER_STATE_FAILURE
file path: C:\Windows\system32\ntoskrnl.exe
product: Microsoft® Windows® Operating System
company: Microsoft Corporation
description: NT Kernel & System
Bug check description: This bug check indicates that the driver is in an inconsistent or invalid power state.
This appears to be a typical software driver bug and is not likely to be caused by a hardware problem.
The crash took place in the Windows kernel. Possibly this problem is caused by another driver that cannot be identified at this time.



On Sun 6/30/2013 12:07:56 AM GMT your computer crashed
crash dump file: C:\Windows\Minidump\W7 ERRORS ON SLEEP AND HIBERNATION WAKEUP\W7 ERRORS ON SLEEP AND HIBER WAKEUP nb\063013-50559-01.dmp
This was probably caused by the following module: ntoskrnl.exe (nt+0x75C00)
Bugcheck code: 0x9F (0x3, 0xFFFFFA806FBBF060, 0xFFFFF800048B7518, 0xFFFFFA80726C2180)
Error: DRIVER_POWER_STATE_FAILURE
file path: C:\Windows\system32\ntoskrnl.exe
product: Microsoft® Windows® Operating System
company: Microsoft Corporation
description: NT Kernel & System
Bug check description: This bug check indicates that the driver is in an inconsistent or invalid power state.
This appears to be a typical software driver bug and is not likely to be caused by a hardware problem.
The crash took place in the Windows kernel. Possibly this problem is caused by another driver that cannot be identified at this time.



On Sat 6/29/2013 1:22:20 AM GMT your computer crashed
crash dump file: C:\Windows\Minidump\W7 ERRORS ON SLEEP AND HIBERNATION WAKEUP\W7 ERRORS ON SLEEP AND HIBER WAKEUP nb\062913-204860-01.dmp
This was probably caused by the following module: ntoskrnl.exe (nt+0x75C00)
Bugcheck code: 0x9F (0x3, 0xFFFFFA80342D6060, 0xFFFFF80000B9C518, 0xFFFFFA80708C3B80)
Error: DRIVER_POWER_STATE_FAILURE
file path: C:\Windows\system32\ntoskrnl.exe
product: Microsoft® Windows® Operating System
company: Microsoft Corporation
description: NT Kernel & System
Bug check description: This bug check indicates that the driver is in an inconsistent or invalid power state.
This appears to be a typical software driver bug and is not likely to be caused by a hardware problem.
The crash took place in the Windows kernel. Possibly this problem is caused by another driver that cannot be identified at this time.




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Conclusion
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7 crash dumps have been found and analyzed. No offending third party drivers have been found. Consider configuring your system to produce a full memory dump for better analysis.


Read the topic general suggestions for troubleshooting system crashes for more information.

Note that it's not always possible to state with certainty whether a reported driver is actually responsible for crashing your system or that the root cause is in another module. Nonetheless it's suggested you look for updates for the products that these drivers belong to and regularly visit Windows update or enable automatic updates for Windows. In case a piece of malfunctioning hardware is causing trouble, a search with Google on the bug check errors together with the model name and brand of your computer may help you investigate this further.

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General Computer Support / W7 ERRORS ON SLEEP AND HIBER WAKEUP
« on: July 03, 2013, 07:03:15 am »
First, I want to thank Shane and the members of this community for all the work and help you have offered to me in the past. 
 
This is not a dead-in-the-water problem, but I would really like to get it fixed:  When I shutdown the system wakes up fine.  But on sleep or hibernation, the system comes up with "not normal shutdown" message.
 
I have attached a zip file some screen prints and some error files.  I could have put many more prints and dumps, but they are all pretty much the same so I have sent only two.
 
Detail:  On waking from sleep or hibernation there is always boot mechanism that says system shutdown not normal, etc.  Plus, of course, I have lost all the stuff that I had open (not lost the data but the windows, positions, etc.) so I now feel I can never shut my machine off or make itslep/hiber.
 
This happened somewhat under IE8 and I did not want to upgrade to IE9, but the messages whener I used IE8 were alsmot impossible ("safe content warning alsmot every time I moved themouse).  Under IE9 safe-content message only once when I go on to a page.  This is not the problem, I am just mentioning it as this sleep/hiber challenge seems to occur more since IE9. 
 
Hope you and your family will have a great 4th of July.
 

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Thanks, Shane.  So good to get this.  years ago I purchased GFI Backup and it was solid - file level, simple, incremental options --- the greatest little program for my files that do not go to my replicated server.  I still use it and now it is free and has been for a few years.
GFI itself and main products:
http://www.gfi.com/downloads
GFI backup:
http://gfi-backup.en.softonic.com/
I do not know exactly where the direct from GFI backup is as have not updated in years.
But, GREAT product in addition to the one you mentioned.
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My quest, however, is not for a simple backup.  I am wanting to image backup my system to bring it into a new box under VirtualBox.  I am looking at several and will report back here when I find the best one for me.

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When doing the image backup to my blank D drive I see (at the beginning - before I start) that the window says that programs will not be backed up. 

Yet, on MS site it says "Back up your programs, system settings, and files" at http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/Back-up-your-programs-system-settings-and-files.

Any know from direct experience?  Thanks.

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General Computer Support / Re: XP 32 bit NTLDR missing
« on: June 13, 2013, 06:24:08 am »
Solution turns out to be very simple.
You need boot-able distribution disc with OS on it (in this case it was XP, but I think it is good for W7 and maybe Vista, also).
You boot up from the disc.
Go to the Repair Console (which will be a DOS prompt.)
Copy NTDETECT.COM and NTLDR and boot.ini to the C drive one at a time.
then, reboot from you C drive as you normally do.

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I noticed this about two weeks ago and I am not sure what was installed at that time as I was busy with other stuff.  I very much miss "Explore" as an option in W7, but now to loose it in my stall worth XP machine is sad and very inconvenient.  Any ideas on how to get it back would be appreciated.  Machine has all service packs and updates (XP pro 32 bit).  Thanks. 

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Thanks Shane.  Now I can do it myself, and hope I never have to again.  :)

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Rick and Shane - OK DONE!  :)

Alex from OMGtechhelp.com decided that all we could know about the cause of the problem was it was whatever was installed the weeks before the problem began since the last reboot.  Well, figuring that out was difficult for me.  I remember that the night of 5-26 there was as windows update with about 7 or 8 things to be done. That day, I believe there was also some iPhone converter gizmo that my wife wanted to get pics from her phone and I had to install iTunes which also installed about 6 other things (Bojour, Apple update and some other crap that I deleted after the problem showed up. 

Another side effect was that restore system entries began disappearing as I mentioned previously.  So, I think it was either iTunes (or one of the things that went with it like hte Leawo iConverter) or some W7 update.

The next step after getting communications was doing the side-by-side in-place Windows update which Alex at OMGF was excellent at doing correctly.  This clear all corruption and rewrote many of the basic W7 files and DLLs so whatever corruption was there was gone.  OMGtechehlp also said to ONLY update the "critical" (labeled by MS) updates as they have to do with security.  He said you do not really need all the other crap they update unless you execute a program that ways xxx must be up do date.  He also cautioned against IE 10; he said just use IE 9; right now there is no reason to go to 10 with its problems.

So that is the story.  Several weeks of hell behind me in two short days.  We do not know how or why, but between the Tweaking.com tools OMG used and the OMGtechhelp and expertise (and Rick's contribution).  I am fixed and happy.

Now, on to Linux and VirtualBox.  lol  :)

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Everything Else / Re: Virus protection
« on: June 12, 2013, 01:41:44 pm »
Hi Yep - thanks for the info.  I am still engaged in preserving my recovered  W7 so the physical disk can be brought into a virtual box so I have not looked further except that one of the principals of www.OMGtechhelp.com told me the very best was stopzilla  --- supposedly it is a "...if you box can handle it" thing so I guess it is heavy CPU usage.  Oh, these people who create viruses just to mess with you - uuuugh grrr.... !  I mean is it truly random blind terrorism.   :evil:

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Everything Else / Re: Virus protection
« on: June 12, 2013, 05:52:19 am »
Howdy Shane and Yep - Virus security is one of the reasons I am moving as much as I can to Linux.  Do you think that the Java and Flash vulnerabilities are any less vulnerable in Linux?

I saw a compare chart for eset which looked good until I saw that Malwarebytes (mbar for anti-rootkit) and Avast were left off:

http://www.eset.com/us/home/whyeset/compare/

I also have been told to checkout hitman:

http://www.techspot.com/downloads/1278-hitman-pro.html

and xoftspy:

http://xoftspy.com/

There is also dotzilla if you have a website you want to keep safe:
http://www.securepaynet.net/security/website-security.aspx?ci=50291&prog_id=dotzilla

But, these are just names and I do not know what good or better.

Personally I have had AVG on most machines till about a year ago and Avast on one machine.

I have not had big problems (that I was aware of) until the last year but technicians from MS who have been on my machine tell me I have problems so I put on the MS defender.

Here are some more interesting comparison sites with even more software:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_antivirus_software

http://anti-virus-software-review.toptenreviews.com/

http://download.cnet.com/windows/antivirus-software/

http://www.av-comparatives.org/

So, that is my two cents and I guess since I paid for Malware bytes I will keep it but am still looking for the best.  Maybe I will try Avast with only the two shells.  But, I keep thinking TANSTAAFL, TANSTAAFL TANSTAAFL.

I am interested in hearing anyone else's thought on these as I have run out of time to go to them and have run out of time for this topic today.

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Howdy Rick - First off, I want to thank your for all the thinking you have done on my behalf.  God Bless you!

Here is what I have done:  Yes I ran the TCP Optimizer twice but it did not help.

I did the ncpa.cpl and it was red IPv4 and 6 were enabled.

I reset the netshell and flushed and re-registered the dns

I tried the Mr.Fixit and I rebooted each hub and the main router.

I reinstalled (re-downloaded) all the drivers.

Then I turned off all non-MS serves and rebooted.   Nothing.

Finally, I spoke with Alex of OMG and he was able to pint the machine in question from another of my machines but was notable to connect to it on my LAN.

So, after all your help at this point, since all restore pointes (except the several I made in the last week and 2 in April are gone), I am performing an in-place W7 update.

I started it last night and it has rebooted 4 times and is still going.

I am hoping for the best.

Shane and Rick, if this can by just visiting a site, would is the ABSOLUTE BEST anti-everything software that I should have running all the time?

Whether I recover this system or have to build a new one, I will only be using W7 in a virtual machine of some type (I am thinking of using VirtualBox on top of OpenSUSE) so what anti-everthing would be good for linux?

Shane, I feel slightly dumb asking this:  To get back to this topic, I had to go to the update-email that you sent.  How do I find it without doing that?

Thanks again for all your help and the help of Shane.

I will keep you posted on the outcome.

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Howdy Rick and Shane - I disabled the on-board NIC and put in a newer Netgear card.  It pretty much installed the drivers by itself.  I did some more of what Rick mentioned re Mr. Fixit and the firewall is now somehow green for the first time.  top section and bottom section is green; previously there was not any top or bottom section; there was only the message "Adjust your firewall settings" with a big red mark on the left; but no adjustment was possible --- no dialog opened when pressing the "adjust" button.

I ran the tweaking firewall fix but it took a VERY long time (maybe an hour).  I rebooted and still no connection.  Still lost.  anyfurther suggestions would be appreciated.

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Howdy - OK, I have a need/dislike relationship with MS Windows, and I see there is so much more to explore out there in computer-world and applications-world.

I need MSW for some software vendors I use. This handful of vendors will NEVER convert away from MSW.

I dislike MSW due to the rat's nest of code that it is --- with problems that take weeks and months to fix even with paid support from people who can't really know it all. I am not going to say anything about the vulnerability of the OS or MS apps. I am not going to say anything about the mismanaged, micro-managed, top-down run organization or about the overcharging for products or about the pointed headed ownership's progressive politics that thinks it knows how to run your life better than you. These things would be irrelevant to my point. MSW is very dis-likable by itself.

The real point is that, although I have purposely kept my head in the sand for a long time, I have taken it of the sand for a breath every couple of years to be aware that there is a big, beautiful world of Linux (and other environs) out there that I must explore. To do this I must loose Bill's heavy Mother's Club, Lakeview shackles that limit and bind me while keeping a thin tether-line to those apps that can only breath MSW air.

Here is my half hatched plan: My current Dell Precision has W7U-64b and a good deal of installed software that I really do not want to install again (will take months). Dell is better on support than most with limited problems and decent support.

Side note: Until about 10 years ago I would only use a machine if I "built" it --- bought all the best CPUs and stuff and put it together --- "my" machine. lol. But, I got tired of all the spec changes, part availability with new CPUs and gizmos changing all the time; it was exhausting! I switched to a pre-made and supported machine and was able to get work done instead of being having my head in a machine most of the day. HP might have been just as good, but I choose Dell and I am sticking with them. Plus: Support in the US from US speaking people that I can understand without slowing them down all the time.

Back to my plan: I just bought a Precision T7500 with dual quad 5570 chips at 2.9 GH, 64 GB RAM, 4 2TB Hitachi Deskstars and two graphics cards to support 8 monitors. This will be called my "new" machine. Yes, the T7500 is a few years old, but to get a brand new box with a dubious 20% improvement and this amount of RAM would have cost 500% more dollaros-bearos.

Current machine: W7U64b with the c and d drives as RAID1 so each has only 2 TB. C only has W7 and d is for backup. No data on C --- only OS and programs; all data on NAS, things inadvertently placed on desktop are swept into NAS as night to save housekeeping.

I had been using the MSW backup (c drive OS and programs is about 435 GB so the d could take a cycle of 4 backups to the d drive), but about a month ago I tried the Acronis image backup for about a hundred bucks; but, so far the restoring to a boot-able 5th drive that I added for the test has not worked; so I may not stick with Acronis. Plus, there may be some other things wrong with Acronis and my plan which I will get to later.

I have not yet installed W7U64b on my new machine yet, as I want to work out and desk-check-test that my plan is solid using some older machines that I have around. For instande. I may replace the c drive with a SSHD (hybrid) which has 8GB of solid state memory. Right now it is about $120 for a 1 TB. Might improve speed a good deal. It arrived today and is waiting in the box for me to develop my plan further.

So, where is the "away from MSW" world I was talking about?

In Summary, a base linux with VirtualBox running W7 (maybe several) and a main linux OS (maybe several) with ALL the MS Office-like software than runs in linux --- plus every other product that I can use that runs on linux (transferring data from W7.



In looking over the possibilities, I have picked SUSE Linux (not sure about the open version --- paid version sounds better with support since --- today --- I know zero about Linux).

On that SUSE, I am planning to put VirtualBox. And, on that VB I am planning to put my main W7U64b and XP and SUSE plus another other OS that I want to play with or explore.

And, on one of these Linux instantiations I intend to put an entire suite of office and desktop tools and pick the best ones to wean me off of MS Office and all the other MS dependent apps that I have.

OK, that's the plan. Poke holes in it it you will. Any suggestions are welcome. I am open to learn where my thinking is "weird". Right now I am still trying to get SUSE installed.

I intend to post my progress and the main things I learn here.

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Howdy Shane and Rick - I got the W7 Home Premium going - I kept going back and back to 4-24 restore point right before a W7 update and and install of iTunes Bojuor and two other pieces of Apple crap ---- which I do not use ---- was favor for my wife in getting stuff off of her iPhone.  Now I do not know what to do about the big system; I thought I went back pretty darn far on that one a week ago.  So, I guess I will go back more.  Ugh. 

So, we still do not know precisely what caused it as there are many possible suspects.

I JUST DON'T WANT IT TO HAPPEN AGAIN!

So, if you have any suggestions besides installing each of those things individually until it fails, let me hear them.  Thanks for all the attention you and Rick have given me so far.

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Hi Shane - OK. I did what you said.  Power drain the machines.  Tried each machine in different hubs and tried a working XP laptop in the original hubs and the alternate hubs.

I will give you a diagram of my machines and network:  (none of the problem machines are using wireless)

TIME-WARNER CABLE - HIGH SPEED
 v
link sys wrt 54 (wireless1)
 V
Netgear GS108 ----> Synology NAS 1010+ 510x and Home Server 2011
V  V   V
V  V   NetGear GS108 ----> NetGear RangeMax and (miscel computers and wireless2)
V  NetGear GS108 ----> W7 Home Premium 32b (problem appeared mid May) and miscel machines
V
V
NetGear GS108 ---> W7 Ulltimate 64b and (miscel computers)

So, what to do next?  (BTW, What city are you in/near?  Maybe we could do some other business.  Please pardon me if private.)

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Hi - I tried TCP Optimizer and got the following:
"IDP_INIT_SOCKETS_FAILED
With same option I get at the end of each Tweaking program:
Close program OR Look on INTERNET for a solution and close program.

Also, I did disable and UN-install the network drivers.
I went even further.  I went a purchased a CAT5 Ethernet to USB adapter and tested it on my other W7 system to be sure if worked.  Then, I put it on the broken W7 and installed drivers, etc.  Result was no change - no INTERNET or NAS connections.  Just to be sure that I had not messed anything up, I took that same CAT5 and plugged it into the other system and it was fine.

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Thanks Shane and Rick,
Safe Mode with networking still does not allow ip access.  Same for last known configuration.
I am not sure if I mentioned this:  ipconfig /all gives "no IP address".
Shane, it is funny, the guys from OMG at first seemed knowable, etc.  They were friendly enough, unlike others.  But, basically, all they know how to do is run Tweaking.com tools.  They are lost and they don't call back at all though they say they will; and, when I call them back all I can get is someone who has been doing this for 2 months wants to start at the beginning and download tweaking.com stuff.

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Hi Shane and Rick - I, first, did the AM-rootkit with no problems - TDSkiller - no problems - MS Security Scanner is running and does not look like it will finish until midnight - But, I do not believe it will find anything as I have had the full Malware Bytes running here for some time before the incident.

So, I am asking if you can think of other things to try?  Thanks to both of you for your help.

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