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Released 2009-10-22

• Raw Computing: Windows 7 tips

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• ~2010-11-01 - (version not recorded)

~2010-11-01 - (version not recorded) ∞

• Windows 7 ended up with a bugged double-quote (") and single-quote (').

  • .. holy fuck, it's reverting to French.

java updater windows 7 unknown publisher ∞

https://www.ianfitter.com/blog/2010/04/30/jucheck-exe-wild-goose-chase/

The java updater is being attempted but it's claiming to be from an unknown publisher.

This could be a hijacker!

See Installing from an unknown publisher

Tips and Tricks ∞

Installing from an unknown publisher ∞

From a 2010-11-01 note; likely untested. These notes were for Vista.

Windows won't let me install an unknown publisher
https://web.archive.org/web/20110119022335/social.answers.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/InternetExplorer/thread/eda4804b-5e16-4ef8-807c-4c14da033fd6

1. Click Start, type msconfig in the Start Search box, and then press ENTER.

   • If you are prompted for an administrator password or for a confirmation, type the password, or click Continue.
2. On the General tab, click Selective Startup.
3. Under Selective Startup, click to clear the Load Startup Items check box.
4. Click the Services tab, click to select the Hide All Microsoft Services check box, and then click Disable All.
5. Click OK.
6. When you are prompted, click Restart.
7. After the computer starts, try installing Java.
8. After Java is installed, see the section on how return your computer to a Normal startup mode by following the steps under “Reset the computer to start as usual”, from the link below:

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/topic/how-to-perform-a-clean-boot-in-windows-da2f9573-6eec-00ad-2f8a-a97a1807f3dd [ 1 ]

Disable/Enable the taskbar context menu ∞

Untested.

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer]
"NoTrayContextMenu"=dword:00000001

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer]
"NoTrayContextMenu"=dword:00000000

Stuff ∞

• https://en.windows7sins.org/

Last updated 2024-06-29 at 16:02:17

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