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Erich Bloodaxe BSN

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3. Lemme see if I can find a link to them, I think I bookmarked an OP to which someone had posted the

Reply to w0nderer (Reply #2)

Mon Feb 8, 2016, 08:07 PM

Feb 2016

steps as a comment. I actually didn't do it the way they listed, because I caught it at a different place - I had the TSR that kept bugging me to update, so I ended up having to uninstall up 'security update', go in and seize control of a directory, delete it, recreate it and lock it down so the updater couldn't access it. If you're coming in now, after they've switched over to a more aggressive update, I think there are more steps involved. Afk, looking....

Ah, here we go. The OP is http://www.democraticunderground.com/10027583839

and comments 32 and 94 talk about steps to take to first block off the update, but then also undo some changes microsoft apparently made to win 7 and win 8 as well.

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So a DU member pm'ed me and asked if it was ok to post some 'deals' (will start tech resource thrd) [View all] w0nderer Feb 2016 OP

If you're into Windows, finding a Win7Pro machine really is a deal, as long as you go through Erich Bloodaxe BSN Feb 2016 #1

truth, i run more towards nix'es myself w0nderer Feb 2016 #2

Lemme see if I can find a link to them, I think I bookmarked an OP to which someone had posted the Erich Bloodaxe BSN Feb 2016 #3