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  1. Rich-M
    No you are not the only one as I had trouble getting in also as my password saver didn't know there was a change!
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    But Dougie, that is your middle name and you are relentless at it and never stop! Wow "pot calling the kettle black" , huh?
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    That may be good in terms of action but I see that guests are allowed to post here and that is one thing I would change immediately as it takes away one of the main incentives to joining this forum!
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    Yeah why doing the same thing that didn't work in the past and suddenly does work now causes the frustration that keeps us going
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    I have seen that before Holdum and I pay it no mind is all.
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    OK I can read that so you are saying that "Devices and Printers" is slow to open, but your printers work normally? I have seen that before and it is annoying but it isn't that printers a long time to print its simply the Devices and Printers Appellat opens slowly, I got it now! Sometimes it takes these old brains more time to reach conclusion is all!
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    Are you saying Windows takes forever to open? Are you using Win Patrol to monitor what is in startup or msconfig? Take a look. Another thing that causes slow boot is devices looked for that are not there i.e. floppy drive or too many devices listed for boot order. I have been going back to setting boot priority on slow moving system to hard drive # 1 and dvd drive # 2 with all other possibilities disabled.
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    Always a good idea to make an image file before major changes.
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    I have always been puzzled why Ms prefers to open up to last user in Windows 10 if you have more than one user. I would bet your going back to default repaired whatever occurred when you changed the opening user from default setting. No way to figure why MS wants it that way.
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    It's a positive thing Gary, this is for most a fix of many issues and it seems so much more solid than it did. I am glad they came to their sense and id it through Windows Update.
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    I have Pro version and I still don't see how to do that. You can disable Windows Update but I don't think that is what you are looking for.
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    Interesting I have no such issue, of course my printers are all networked printers.
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    I don't worry about it because I seldom have any needs and like you I have image files if I need them made weekly.
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    The only one with that error code I have seen is in Windows 7 so am not quite sure if it means the same in Windows 10.
  15. Rich-M
    As Holdum says 4 bad sectors, time to replace the hard drive. You can keep that one as a spare or make it into a usb external drive if you like, but booting the computer requires a lot more out of a hard drive and this one is going to let you down real soon most likely.
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    All good ideas and I would add "chkdsk /r" also from an elevated cmd prompt also as you did sfc /scannow. The one thing I wonder about is to make a "restore point" because it is my understanding a restore points do not work after an OS Upgrade.
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    If you can't restore the image file successfully, you can still use it as a source to restore files and data though so it will not be a wasted effort I should have added to the last post. There are programs that can save out your drivers as well like Driver Max but I have never used it so I cannot recommend it myself.
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    No OK then I misread what you said as Gary indicated....an image file is the full complete hard drive or partition with Windows, MBR and all programs, drivers and files and boots up to what you had on the old drive as if nothing had changed. A clone of the drive is the same thing though it restores a bit differently so no need to installprograms as I said before. I was trying to distinguish between an image file which is the operating system and its files and data in its entirety and someone thinking they can backup programs and files and place them on another drive which we are occasionally asked. Yes as an image file or clone you copy everything as it was and restore it so but I might caution you as well if the hard drive is at all corrupted or with bad sectors, the image file may not restore and neither will a clone. In other words you are better off trying Gary's refresh first because if the drive is bad or Windows is badly corrupted, cloning or restoring an image file made after the problem occurred, usually won't fix it. Acronis and Macrium require the drive you are copying to be in near perfect condition. EaseUs Todo Backup on the otherhand I have seen copy a bad drive on occasion successfully. That is about the best advice we can give you.
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    I quoted what I was answering but enough we'll let it go and move forward!
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    That is semantics Gary...if you look at the words it sounded as if the user thought he could copy programs and data and yes of course an image file copies everything which is a lot more than just programs and files but that wasn't the statement I was answering. Here was the sentence: " I've just been waiting to get a 1TB hard drive so i can back up all my data and programs because im not sure if there is a refresh option that keeps all my files. Literally backing up data and programs were all he mentioned so if he meant image file that is fine but he didn't say it that way and so many folks don't realize that they cannot copy programs, only files and data for the purpose of restoring. An image file does a lot more than just programs and data.
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    Ok first of all do you really need a 1 Tb drive for backups? How much of the drive you are now using is unused? You cannot backup programs only files and data and drivers as programs have to be installed into Windows each time which is why I was curious about the need for 1 Tb drive. I have been using image making programs since the late 90's and have never lost a system to a bad file. Like Gary I am a big believer in Macrium but also Acronis True Image and EaseUs ToDo Backup as well, another free program.
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    Agreed makes perfect sense too.
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    Doing pretty well Gary I may even do a few service calls next week. Usually when an SP fails to install it is because there are Windows Updates missing preventing it from working. Have you tried searching for "Windows Updates" or going to Pc Settings and choose "Updates and Recovery" and you can check for updates right there as well. I would bet that is why you can't do the Service Pack (Anniversary Update).
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    I was referring to the original setup where if you choose "customize" rather than "quickest" you will see all the new strokes that have to do with sharing your private information and can choose to not allow any of it! Of course we can be seen on the internet but how many people know what a hardware firewall does for you?That is one of the reasons to buy quality routers and not to be so quick accepting modem/routers from your isp that most likely don't have any. A hardware firewall in effect hides or changeless the ip address you are shown at so it won't do the snooper any good way if you utilize a hardware firewall.
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