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Osem · 13-10-2014, 19:26

Right, Avast has no Firewall but since I was last here I managed to update it to the latest version and that seems fine. I still can't get Windows Update to work however and can't upload an image to CF. I just tried emailing screen capture images of the Windows Firewall allowed applications settings from this machine and was unable to attach them to the email so will copy them onto an SD card and try to post them here later or tomorrow. I'm wondering if these settings are at fault somehow. Have been backing up stuff and farting around all afternoon so packing in shortly before my head explodes but will try starting in safe mode when I can.

Oh I did try starting in safe mode at one point this morning when the 'Windows wasn't shut down properly' message appeared after a failed attempt to start her up but that too hung for ages so I just powered the machine off and tried a normal restart after which it worked.

Having backed her up and found some recovery discs for the machine I'm wondering if it might be easier to do a restore or even a reset but I'm saying that having never done one... lol I seem to have 2 discs one for Win7 32 bit and one for Win7 64 bit so which would I use if I went down this route?

13-10-2014, 19:26	#5
Osem Inactive Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Right here! Posts: 22,315	Re: Windows Update problem Right, Avast has no Firewall but since I was last here I managed to update it to the latest version and that seems fine. I still can't get Windows Update to work however and can't upload an image to CF. I just tried emailing screen capture images of the Windows Firewall allowed applications settings from this machine and was unable to attach them to the email so will copy them onto an SD card and try to post them here later or tomorrow. I'm wondering if these settings are at fault somehow. Have been backing up stuff and farting around all afternoon so packing in shortly before my head explodes but will try starting in safe mode when I can. Oh I did try starting in safe mode at one point this morning when the 'Windows wasn't shut down properly' message appeared after a failed attempt to start her up but that too hung for ages so I just powered the machine off and tried a normal restart after which it worked. Having backed her up and found some recovery discs for the machine I'm wondering if it might be easier to do a restore or even a reset but I'm saying that having never done one... lol I seem to have 2 discs one for Win7 32 bit and one for Win7 64 bit so which would I use if I went down this route?