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General Software Discussion / Re: Why won't my laptop run Firefox?
« Last post by MilesAhead on March 04, 2015, 10:29 AM »
^ oh, yes, Thank you for the adware-installing jelly thing! hehe  ;D


-Curt (March 04, 2015, 09:44 AM)

Sorry about that.  I just went by the blog.  On reading the NirSoft description again is does seem ProduKey will detect the Product Key for the OS for Vista and W7 but W8 is not mentioned.

I should have suggested running that Jelly thing under Toolwiz Time Freeze.  But I didn't think a blogger would link to such a utility without even mentioning it's adware.  Naive I guess.  :)

I wouldn't be surprised if the Registry was corrupted.  Just lots of things seem weird.  It might not hurt to try CCleaner's Registry cleaning option.  It makes a .reg file to restore changes before making deletions(provided you click OK when asked.)  So if the machine still boots you should be able to get back where you were.  But a whacky registry can definitely produce strange behavior.

If CCleaner shows about 10 screens worth of "issues" then a repair install may be a minimum.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Why won't my laptop run Firefox?
« Last post by MilesAhead on March 04, 2015, 09:19 AM »
Maybe the Laptop came with W8 and the owner did a "free downgrade" to W7. Many people did.
-MilesAhead (March 04, 2015, 09:02 AM)

I am scheduled to meet him in a week from now, so I will remember to ask him this. Thanks!

-Curt (March 04, 2015, 09:13 AM)

Have you tried the Product Key search utility?  If nothing else, if the hw is good you could do a complete wipe and install and at least have a running Laptop with a clean OS on it.
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Living Room / Is anyone doing this Bing Rewards thing?
« Last post by MilesAhead on March 04, 2015, 09:17 AM »
I'm just curious if anyone really actively participates in this promotion because I'm trying it.  But it seems like it would take an investment of my time just to figure out if I ever get anything besides "points" out of it.  I remember when I first started getting credit cards.  I signed up for a Sky Miles card because in my naivety I thought 5,000 free sky miles meant I could travel 5,000 air miles free.  Uh uh.  I think it bought one change of business class to first class on one flight.

So, I'm just wondering if it's even worth setting Bing as default search engine.
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Living Room / Re: Super Annoying Freezing Mouse (and Keyboard) - can ANYONE help, PLEASE!?
« Last post by MilesAhead on March 04, 2015, 09:12 AM »
All I see in the first post relevant to my suggestion is
deleted ALL non present HW from the HW-Manager

which is not the same thing.  My suggestion is to delete the driver for the mouse that is currently connected and reboot.  Let plug and play reinstall it.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Why won't my laptop run Firefox?
« Last post by MilesAhead on March 04, 2015, 09:02 AM »
The listed files are not installed. But should they be?
-Curt (March 03, 2015, 03:00 PM)
I have at least one copy of each on my Windows 8.0 Laptop
-MilesAhead (March 03, 2015, 03:16 PM)

According to msdn "Windows API Sets" they are not designed to work on Windows 7.

Maybe 'something' is installed that makes DW confuse my Win 7 for a Win 8 / RT 2012 ?


-Curt (March 04, 2015, 03:18 AM)

Maybe the Laptop came with W8 and the owner did a "free downgrade" to W7.  Many people did.
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Living Room / Re: Super Annoying Freezing Mouse (and Keyboard) - can ANYONE help, PLEASE!?
« Last post by MilesAhead on March 03, 2015, 04:23 PM »
so I just replaced both (keyboard and mouse) and it has worked fine ever since.
-Stoic Joker (March 03, 2015, 12:54 PM)

Thanks SJ, but I tried that already,as I stated. I tried 2 diff. Mice & one KB, same shit :(

This Problem started SUDDENLY around the 10.-15. of Octobe last year, after the monthly MS Updates....
so I taught it has something to do with the MS-Updates, so I made a system recovery to the state before the updates
but that didn't help neither...

This sucks BIG time :(
-IQLover (March 03, 2015, 01:04 PM)

Were the 2 different mice the same make?  Logitech perhaps?  One trick that works sometimes is to open Device Manager, right click on the device giving the problem, then click Delete.  Reboot.  Windows will say it has found new hardware and reinstall the same driver.  For some reason this seems to work about 50% of the time or better.
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General Software Discussion / Re: Why won't my laptop run Firefox?
« Last post by MilesAhead on March 03, 2015, 03:16 PM »
The listed files are not installed. But should they be?
-Curt (March 03, 2015, 03:00 PM)

I have at least one copy of each on my Windows 8.0 Laptop

----------------------
Info:
This 64-bits laptop was given to me "pre-registered" with 32-bits Win 7 PRO installed, without any disc or available key.

I mean "registered" in the COM sense.  If you have COM DLL or OCX files the system doesn't know where to get them unless they are listed in the Registry.  Regsvr32.exe just loads the OCX or DLL and calls the required RegisterServer function.  This puts the entry in the Registry.  But if the files are missing I must assume the dependency checker is finding the call to access them in Firefox.  I forget most of the COM stuff I knew.  But I believe the program uses the Clsid to call QueryInterface to see if a particular COM component supports what it wants to do.  The clsid is looked up in the Registry to find the file to load.  Then the COM component answers it does or doesn't support the requested interface.

Edit:  Never mind.  The Nirsoft product key finder is only for Windows Office.

Edit2: I found this article.  Skip down to the part about the Magical Jellybean Key Finder.

http://www.pcworld.c...ice_product_key.html

Edit3:  The first link to Magical Jellybean gets a 404 error.  But the second one works:
https://www.magicalj...ybean.com/keyfinder/

The free one claims to find product keys for W7 and 8.



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General Software Discussion / Re: Why won't my laptop run Firefox?
« Last post by MilesAhead on March 03, 2015, 02:39 PM »
Dependency Walker [DW] ... giving these error messages: (see attachment in previous post)
-Curt (March 03, 2015, 03:53 AM)

On stackoverflow a user listed the exact same DLLs (as shown in above screenshot), as being named by Dependency Walker as missing. He then installed three OCX files, and voila his problem was gone - even though DW still listed the many DLLs as "missing"! Maybe a coincidence. He never came back to name the OCX files.

http://stackoverflow...-64-bit-dll-problems

dependency walker is telling me that the following DLLs are missing:

    API-MS-WIN-CORE-COM-L1-1-0.DLL
    API-MS-WIN-CORE-WINRT-ERROR-L1-1-0.DLL
    API-MS-WIN-CORE-WINRT-L1-1-0.DLL
    API-MS-WIN-CORE-WINRT-ROBUFFER-L1-1-0.DLL
    API-MS-WIN-CORE-WINRT-STRING-L1-1-0.DLL
    API-MS-WIN-SHCORE-SCALING-L1-1-0.DLL
    DCOMP.DLL
    GPSVC.DLL
    IESHIMS.DL
-Stack Overflow
-Curt (March 03, 2015, 02:33 PM)

Did you check via Dir command if the files are there? If they are it could just be a matter that somehow they got unregistered.  If they are COM Dlls you may be able to put them back in use by running
regsvr32 DllName.dll
on each one.  Maybe copy and paste all the dll names into a batch or something along those lines.
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General Software Discussion / Re: Why won't my laptop run Firefox?
« Last post by MilesAhead on March 03, 2015, 02:35 PM »
Verification 100% complete.
Windows Resource Protection did not find any integrity violations.
-cmd.exe

But No, I don't have a CD for this one either.
-so this was merely a cmd.exe on the desktop, not during boot.
-Curt (March 03, 2015, 07:42 AM)

MS just pulled the W7 ISO images from Digital River too.  Otherwise you could just download one.  Although if you have the product key I believe you can still download directly from MS.  But I don't know the server.

Here's the Softpedia News Item
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Announce Your Software/Service/Product / Re: My new freeware domain (or I have gone .org) :)
« Last post by MilesAhead on March 03, 2015, 02:29 PM »
Funny, I also wrote a freeware program (first version in 2008) called DriveAlive which does the same and in the same way (writing a text file to the disks). It just has a GUI instead of command line. :)

http://taosoft.dk/so...freeware/drivealive/
-zenzai (March 03, 2015, 08:02 AM)

It does rhyme after all.  :)

The Gui looks good.  I had a couple of USB 3 docking stations driving me crazy.  I could not believe they insisted on spinning down the inserted HD after about 5 minutes idle.  I never found any way to disable that "feature" on that model dock.  :)

Great minds think alike?  :)
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General Software Discussion / Re: Launch any windows application on the cloud (online)
« Last post by MilesAhead on March 03, 2015, 02:02 PM »


Miles says in a tablet or in the cloud ?

I would like on the cloud...


-Contro

I just pointed to that blog.  The author knows more about it than I.  I have never used a chromebook or android or any of the mobile or cloud stuff.  I'm just now using OneDrive.  I am a troglodyte in some areas.  :)
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General Software Discussion / Re: Best Linux Distro for Windows HDD recovery
« Last post by MilesAhead on March 03, 2015, 05:47 AM »
This may be a good place to search
DistroWatch
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General Software Discussion / Re: Why won't my laptop run Firefox?
« Last post by MilesAhead on March 03, 2015, 05:39 AM »
Do you have the install disc for this machine?  I'm starting to think it may be a case of running
sfc /SCANNOW to replace missing system files.  Probably some Dlls.

According to the boards I'm on they say to run it 3 times.

Here's a tutorial for W7

http://www.sevenforu...and-prompt-boot.html
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Living Room / Re: DonationCoder 10th Anniversary plans, ideas, changes, fundraiser?
« Last post by MilesAhead on March 03, 2015, 05:29 AM »
New forum theme!
-rgdot (March 02, 2015, 06:09 PM)

I vote for a "view first unread" button at the top of threads.  That way I can view the thread in chronological order and still get right to the first unread post.  Plus when people follow up with "^^^^" it won't point the wrong way.  :)
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Living Room / Re: DonationCoder 10th Anniversary plans, ideas, changes, fundraiser?
« Last post by MilesAhead on March 03, 2015, 05:27 AM »
I don't suppose there's any plans for a double walled stainless steel version of the DC mug - the one I won a few years ago only lasted about 9 times before it became a bottomless cup of coffee ... literally  ;D
 (see attachment in previous post)
-4wd (March 02, 2015, 08:10 PM)

I'd love to see a good plastic mug.  The metal ones always have that black stuff where you put your mouth.  The taste of that can ruin the taste of any coffee.  The ceramics are way too heavy to carry.
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Living Room / Re: DonationCoder 10th Anniversary plans, ideas, changes, fundraiser?
« Last post by MilesAhead on March 02, 2015, 02:52 PM »
if it ain't broke, don't fix it?
-rjbull (March 02, 2015, 02:43 PM)

+1   :Thmbsup:
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General Software Discussion / Re: 64 bit Explorer copy replacement?
« Last post by MilesAhead on March 02, 2015, 02:08 PM »
Re: Folder Redirection: https://technet.micr...ibrary/cc732275.aspx

Is there some specific feature that you're looking for?  Not knowing what you're specifically not liking nor needing makes making recommendations problematic, as seen by the recommendation given and the response to the same.
-wraith808 (March 02, 2015, 01:58 PM)

I'm talking about the folder redirection done by the 32 bit emulator.  There are many programs with Windows\System32 hard wired.  If they didn't intercept it and redirect it to Windows\SysWow64 the 32 bit programs would not run.  Windows\System32 now has 64 bit drivers,Dlls etc..

Likewise keys in the registry used by 32 bit programs are redirected.
All I can think of is MS did not want to have to rewrite their own code when porting it to 64 bit.


As for the Explorer replacement it looks like my choices will be limited to free 64 bit ones I can find.  There may not be that many to try.  But basically I think I would like to try those with the ability to remove jobs that haven't been started from the list, pause resume.. including recovery from system interruption etc..  None are mandatory but at least on W 8.0 the built in Explorer is kind of a dog.  By the time it pops up the graph with the sine wave, most other copiers would be done with the job, unless the files are large.  It's just slow off the dime.
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Living Room / Re: silly humor - post 'em here! [warning some NSFW and adult content]
« Last post by MilesAhead on March 02, 2015, 01:51 PM »
Not sure which movie this is -- funny though
-crabby3 (March 02, 2015, 01:04 PM)

Same flick according to my search.  But the better line I thought was when the cop asks Chong for ID and he pukes in Cheech's lap.  The cop asks Cheech who Chong is.  He says "His name is Ralph man."
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General Software Discussion / Re: 64 bit Explorer copy replacement?
« Last post by MilesAhead on March 02, 2015, 12:56 PM »
It has features Explorer doesn't have(such as pause and resume copy.)  But for the 32 vs 64 bit, if you run a 32 bit file copy or file manager program there is folder redirection due to 32 bit emulation provided by SysWow64.  The 32 bit program can turn the redirection off but there are side effects. (In the world of meanings flipped to the opposite, on 64 bit systems the System32 folder has 64 bit modules. SysWow64 has 32 bit ones.)  :)
-MilesAhead (March 02, 2015, 12:40 PM)

From what I know, this isn't what folder redirection is, nor what the purpose is.
-wraith808 (March 02, 2015, 12:53 PM)
  Perhaps you could be more specific?

But to answer the question, you might look to this article: http://www.techsuppo...ile-copy-utility.htm

Been there.  Done that.
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Living Room / Re: silly humor - post 'em here! [warning some NSFW and adult content]
« Last post by MilesAhead on March 02, 2015, 12:53 PM »
Pot made me hungry, lazy and sometimes paranoid... but not stupid.   ;D

.. anomaly ..  ya think?
 (see attachment in previous post)
-crabby3 (March 02, 2015, 11:48 AM)

It's still tough to beat "Up In Smoke" even after all these years.  Guys crossing the border in a van made of pot, searching LA for a bag of weed.  It was pure genius.  :)
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General Software Discussion / Re: 64 bit Explorer copy replacement?
« Last post by MilesAhead on March 02, 2015, 12:40 PM »
Just curious- how is file copying made better by a native 64-bit client?
-wraith808 (March 02, 2015, 10:23 AM)

It has features Explorer doesn't have(such as pause and resume copy.)  But for the 32 vs 64 bit, if you run a 32 bit file copy or file manager program there is folder redirection due to 32 bit emulation provided by SysWow64.  The 32 bit program can turn the redirection off but there are side effects. (In the world of meanings flipped to the opposite, on 64 bit systems the System32 folder has 64 bit modules. SysWow64 has 32 bit ones.)  :)

This is an Explorer replacement.  Otherwise it's not that big a deal to run say, FreeCommander 32 bit file manager.  I assume there are Dlls hooked in to replace Explorer in the shell but I haven't looked into it in that much detail.

Just bypassing the emulation should give some improvement over the same application in 32 bit.  Although memory allocation chunks can be larger.  For file copy it likely sets up some memory buffer perhaps after doing some benchmark or just checking the amount of ram. TeraCopy used to have an .ini setting to let you specify the memory buffer size.  Some let you have different buffer sizes for network, physical HD etc..

I'm not certain but I think replacing Explorer requires the same bitness.  But it's no longer cut and dried.  The Explorer in the SysWow64 emulation folder used to be 32 bits.  You could bypass some incompatibilities for context menu handlers and the like on x64 by specifying the 32 bit Explorer(this is how my HalfShell utility worked.)  But they changed it for some unspecified reason.  It was Microsoft's own work-around too, which always struck me as bizarre.
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General Software Discussion / 64 bit Explorer copy replacement?
« Last post by MilesAhead on March 02, 2015, 08:52 AM »
I'm looking to try an Explorer copy replacement tool.  I read some good things about NiceCopier but there seems to be no 64 bit download that is up to date.  Likewise projects like schizocopy haven't been updated since 2012.

Right now I'm using TeraCopy free version.  But it's less than thrilling on Windows 8.0 64 bit.  Anyone using a nice freeware x64?  I'm not looking for a file manager.  I have Total Commander installed if I ever get around to learning to use it.  :)  Just looking for more copy/move features and Explorer gives in a native 64 bit tool.
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Living Room / Re: edit pdf like doc
« Last post by MilesAhead on March 02, 2015, 08:15 AM »
I noticed this Wondershare pdf editor that claims to convert to from MS Word

http://www.wondersha..._term=pdf%20in%20doc

I didn't see anything about purchase so I assume it's freeware.
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Living Room / Re: edit pdf like doc
« Last post by MilesAhead on March 02, 2015, 05:35 AM »
I don't edit PDF files.  I got PDFXChange Editor because it was the only free out and out PDF Editor I ever saw for Windows.  I use it as a reader.  I have no clue if it will perform your function.  But for the price it may be worth checking it out to find out.

http://www.tracker-software.com/
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General Software Discussion / Re: Launch any windows application on the cloud (online)
« Last post by MilesAhead on March 02, 2015, 05:29 AM »
Running Wine emulator on android chrome etc in the future

Wine is the Windows emulator that runs on Linux.
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