Recent content by raygg

At first I tried to simply copy a CD containing about 280KB of photos. I tried an internet explorer drag and drop and I tried using Nero 10. It would not work. I am using a Lenovo T450 with an external Samsung SE218 R/W CD/DVD drive. I then copied all the photo folders from the CD to the HDD...

I have 4 older desktops I run older stuff on - 2 running VISTA Home Premium, 1 running XP Pro and a Dell GX620 running Win7Pro. The first 3 boxes all have PS2 input sockets for mouse and kbd and no issues connecting with the KVM box. However, the Dell - although about the same age as the other...

I have a Windows 7 pro computer that several friends and guests use for email etc. They logon as Guest and I have the administrator logon. I would like to create a script, change security access, and/or use a proprietary software or freeware package to modify the setup so Guest input files...

I have run out of ideas/options. I went to the local mall where there is a Microsoft Store (coincidentally right next to the Apple Store) and had their local guru look at my Genuine Windows problem. He tried everything i tried and ran analysis with his software tools but came to the conclusion...

I figured out that the "local System Account" has tobechecked in the service Windows Update properties > Logon - after that I was able to click start and the service indicated it was running. To confirm this I went to Task Manager>Services tab and verified that the service wuauserv is running...

I downloaded MGADiag.exe today from MS and ran it and it confirmed I was Genuine - here are the first few log lines below. Then I rebooted - but my other problems still persist: 1. DVD-CDRW is disabled in the device mgr - so I my DVD reader not recognized and I cannot read a disk. This is a...

It seems like the real problem is the fact I cannot turn on windows update - I cannot get my drivers to run the cd/dvd drive to read the windows installation disk

I have been a registered student in a multi-year university night program. One of the benefits to students is that MS Corp arranges with many universities and colleges for students to order a MS software product disk and/or download with key directly from a website run by MS. It does not get...

I had another T61 that I installed it in to replace XP which developed a bad mobo. So I bought a used T61 on the internet and swapped HDD putting the HDD with the retail version into the newly acquired T61 - this one. Up until a few weeks ago I never got these validation msgs, and my System...

It was a retail purchase.

Also - I am getting these popups that questions whether my Genuine Windows is really genuine. I assure you it is.

PS - the AV program is current and detected no problems today.

My newer Lenovo laptop is being repaired, so I dragged out my Lenovo T61, my older previous laptop, which was my prime machine about 18 months ago. Bsck then I had a good running copy of win 7 pro and the machine served me well. Shortly after I started using it again a few weeks ago I...

I bought a terabyte size external hard drive with the Buffalo brand name. I was using it for backup using its proprietary software and then one day for no reason I could no longer read/write the disk - and it gave me error msgs from the proprietary software - I was never able to get anything...

I followed the first link from cdogg and - so I went to start > Configuration > Properties > System Protection > Protection Settings > Configuration and found there were 4 options in the Protection Settings window SYSTEM_DRV Windows7_OS C:System LenovoRecoveryQ: Windows7_OS (C) (missing) All of...