Recent content by DefRef

RESOLUTION TO ISSUE: Ran the Windows 10 Upgrade off the downloaded Media Creation Tool ISO and chose the option to keep apps and data as shown in this video and within an hour it completed the process and every slam in Device Manager was gone and Realtek (though listed as just High Definition...

Sometime in the past few weeks I noticed my screensaver was never turning on and that the monitor never shut off when not used. It had been set to screensaver after 5 minutes and shut off after 20 minutes. I've checked all the settings that Google searches suggest regarding power profile, turned...

I tried Hijackthis and didn't see anything amiss in its scan, but then thanks to MWB's forcing a trial of their Premium package on me, I discovered a clue which appears to have led me to some discoveries. I noticed it was popping up a notice that it was blocking an outbound connection to a site...

Thank you for your reply. I was going to try SuperAntiSpyware, but in the past I've been annoyed at how it stays resident and whines that you buy it. Getting home tonight, I had the bright idea to roll back to an earlier System Restore point from a week ago, before the weirdness started and so...

The other day I launched Chrome and the all my previous tabs were gone, replaced with a www dot virtualnomad dot ga (Gabon) page that makes Chrome as if I want to translate it. It also popped an error that Chrome hadn't shut down properly and would I like to reopen it? Doing so makes Chrome...

FWIW, the ADATA drive is now showing as ADATA in Explorer on my Windows 7 work machine. Still goofed at home.

Making some headway. Suspected Panda Antivirus's USB Vaccination "feature" could be involved and wouldn't you know, that appears to be the case: http://www.trishtech.com/2013/03/removing-panda-usb-vaccination-without-formatting-usb-disk/ Using the hex editor to make the effing AUTORUN.INF...

This is getting stupid: * Try to delete the file = File Access Denied * Try to rename the file = File Access Denied * Try to open AUTORUN.INF = Notepad opens and "Access is denied" pops up. * Try to save a new AUTORUN.INF from elevated instance of Notepad over the old ond = "Access is...

Doesn't change the name in Explorer whether I use Rename from the context menu or in the Properties>General tab and it doesn't change after eject/remount. I used to be able to simply right-click and change the name of drives. That this is carrying over to a Win7 box is troubling.

Still no joy. If I go into the key drive's Properties, the name field is blank, but whatever I change there and apply is instantly reflected in Disk Management; it just refuses to reflect in Explorer and however that autorun.inf is involved, it's not moving out anytime soon. FWIW, I scanned it...

Hmmm, I have show hidden files active and can see the autorun.inf file, but it won't let me delete it, saying I need Admin rights, even when I run Windows Explorer as Admin. I have all-access rights on my PC because of my job privileges. Getting weirder. EDIT: Even in DOS cmd box I get this...

Two days and no replies. Sigh...I always have the unanswerable questions. New factors: When I plug a USB key drive in, it shows as "Removable Disk (E)" not the name I'd given it. However, when I go into Disk Management, it shows it named as "ADATA 32GB". Where it gets weirder is that on my...

After about a week on my new build, I realized my two external WD MyBook drives weren't showing in Win10 File Explorer by their names. On closer inspection, I realized they'd changed their name to "Local Disk (J: )" and ""Local Disk (K: )" and their contents were fully accessible. Googling...

Hoping someone can assist in the weirdness I'm experiencing with my new X99-UD5 WIFI rig listed in sig. It went together fine and I flashed from the F7 BIOS to F10b via USB key. Loaded defaults, installed Win 8 Pro, then added all the chipset drivers and whatnot, then brought down Windows 10...

Gigabyte X99-UD5 WIFI with Intel I218-V NIC here in brand new build and installed Win8 Pro, then loaded drivers, then brought down Win10 and haven't had any problem with the NIC. I'm typing from it right this moment, so I'm guessing I'm connected. O_o