Recent content by coverturtle

OK. Finished Win 7 Pro install with all updates complete, AFAIK. Only problem was with hardware - embedded NIC is faulty, so added a NIC card in PCI slot. I think the problems with this installation were obscured by the flakey NIC on the motherboard. The only other probability is that we...

The W7Pro install did not have the extra languages and Windows Defender was/is ENABLED, so that was not the problem with this installation. The last straw for the user was that the screen would go black and she had to reboot, next she got a blue screen and finally, she got a black screen and...

It has happened to me twice. I have successfully validated and had no incident at the completion of the install, but later had the popup appear a number of times during and after the updates. At first, I thought it was a spoof or a virus but the computer appears to run normally otherwise. I...

I have looked for CPU shipping containers as well. And I have found what looks like a solution on line. I prefer the plain clear PETE clamshell boxes that are molded to a rectangular shape so that I can use anti-static foam to absorb any shocks. I have a number of these from earlier...