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Windows Update for 2011, what to keep away from
AkiSakura:
-checks windows update installed log-
Yup, those updates are both installed, my windows 7 is still working perfectly. When it stops working I guess I'll finally input the w7 home key I have from when I upgraded Vista to w7. I never had the install discs for my windows 7, so I used a cracked ISO to reinstall everything when I replaced the bulk of the internals of my comp a few months ago, just never got around to putting my keycode back into it.
I do -kinda- feel bad about using the cracked ISO, I do still have my legit key, just never had to dvd's to start with, hence the need for the cracked ISO.
Stsin:
--- Quote from: Freedom Kira on May 23, 2011, 09:32:46 PM ---
--- Quote from: Bob2004 on May 23, 2011, 11:03:05 AM ---... And I like having access to things like XP mode and extra language packs that are available in Windows 7 Ultimate anyway, so I doubt I'd have been particularly satisfied with Home Basic.
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Extra language packs are only available in Ultimate, but Professional can handle XP compatibility mode as well.
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I think it's robbery that I'd have to pay over $100 to upgrade my Win 7 Pro to Ultimate just for language packs.
So I downloaded a patched MB Bios, which allows the use of OEM keys. Some of those updates, like KB971033 broke many loaders. Which just forced users to upgrade their loaders. But I rather skip loaders altogether, including using modified system files. Making the system think it's OEM, which doesn't require online activation, does that. That is if can find a patched version of your MB bios.
Well, I haven't actually flashed my bios yet. Because I found a workaround.
(click to show/hide)Reason I wanted additional language packs is to reinstall the old visual novels and games that I never got around to doing since switching to Win 7 64bit. I was going to use Vistalizer to force install a language pack, but that got broken in service pack 1. But what I found was that using AppLocal still works. Installers that didn't work without AppLocal, worked fine if select 'Run with Japanese Local' without having the JPN language pack installed.
Also for those that don't know how to view kanji instead of squares for Japanese file names, like in explorer:
Inside Control Panel, go to Region and Language settings
Change format to Japanese (may also need to change location...unsure)
Then OK
You will still see the squares instead of the kanji, because it won't change till after reboot. After you reboot, you can change back to your native format and language, and it will still keep the Kanji.
This is helpful for all anime viewers, so you don't see those strange boxes on some soft subs instead of the Kanji. On the last update it reverted back to squares, but redoing the steps above brought them back.
bloody000:
I honestly don't understand why are we still having code page problems in 2011. Unicode FTW!
Stsin:
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