06-18-17 09:25 Holger Granholm wrote to Ed Vance about Re: Your email
Howdy! Holger,
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 EV>  but being offered by Microsoft would seem to be something safe.....

 HG> Yes, and noting the experiences of the first users sold me on Win10.

 EV> Wcry changed that, didn't it?

 HG> Who is 'Wcry'?

WannaCry, WannaCrypt and various other abbreviations for last months
Malware.
This month the most recent Malware I've read of is called Petya.

I have really been fumbling with this XP computer.

Several weeks ago I was trying to kill the window popup I see every time
I turn the XP pc On after it has been Shut Down (not Hibernated),
that says it found new hardware (a Printer) and wants Me to allow Windows
to install it.
I was logged  in to my XP Limited User account.

I haven't added another Printer to this system.
I thought that maybe if I turned the pc On without having the Router and
DSL Modem turned On I could go through the setup procedure by telling
the Found New Hardware Wizard to find the Driver(s) etc. that it thought
it needed.

When the Wizard gave up trying to find what it thought it needed it
showed a window that said "Cannot Install this Hardware" and had a
Check Box at the bottom of the window saying "Don't prompt me again
to install this software." to tell IT not to bother Me again asking
to Install a Printer that I don't have.

I Restarted and Logged On and saw the same "Found New Hardware" window
again.

Next I tried the same procedure in my Admin Users account.
After I Restarted and Logged On to the Admin account the Wizard showed up
as it did in the Limited account.

Next I went to Safe Mode and Logged on to a Admin account, ditto ditto.

The above is one of the fumbling arounds I've done trying to tame the
XP beast.

I won't bore You with the other Fumbles and Foul Ups happening here in
the past several weeks.

GE 73 de Ed W9ODR .   .


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