tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6722137562852954269.post2143786087126756605..comments2024-03-28T12:16:58.318+00:00Comments on Paul's Beer & Travel Blog: An old laptop reveals its secretsPaul Baileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09678639237696546268noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6722137562852954269.post-40790571795265477862022-07-01T00:11:55.036+01:002022-07-01T00:11:55.036+01:00Hi Stafford Paul, I am fortunate to have met, and ...Hi Stafford Paul, I am fortunate to have met, and spent a little time with, both Tim Webb and Martyn Cornell, primarily through my membership of the British Guild of Beer Writers.<br /><br />Both are extremely knowledgeable in their own fields, as well as being nice people to spend time with. If there's a beer or two to be enjoyed together, then so much the better, and your mention of Bathams is making me feel thirsty, as well as envious of those who live where it is readily available! Paul Baileyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09678639237696546268noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6722137562852954269.post-81374874309362104082022-07-01T00:01:43.622+01:002022-07-01T00:01:43.622+01:00Thank you Steve D, for your detailed instructions ...Thank you Steve D, for your detailed instructions for upgrading/updating my laptop. I have to say that it does sound a little complicated, especially a semi-computer literate person like me, but also because I am mainly using the machine for bashing out Word documents - primarily for the blog, I have to ask is it worth the hassle?<br /><br />I'm sure you will say yes, seeing as Windows 7 is no longer supported, but my main concern is me making an error in installing this software, thereby corrupting the laptop's operating system.Paul Baileyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09678639237696546268noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6722137562852954269.post-35353870917572848122022-06-30T09:22:53.227+01:002022-06-30T09:22:53.227+01:00I remember Tim Webb from the 1970s when he lived i...I remember Tim Webb from the 1970s when he lived in the West Midlands, at Chaddesley Corbett convenient for Bathams's Swan Inn.<br />Martyn Cornell really is an extremely knowledgeable beer historian, the obvious person for me to ask four years ago about when pumpclips originated. T'other Paulnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6722137562852954269.post-2841320450953694602022-06-29T23:50:51.646+01:002022-06-29T23:50:51.646+01:00Paul, this blog response is being composed {off-li...Paul, this blog response is being composed {off-line} on Notepad++ on my <b>Windows® 7 x64 desktop computer</b>. <br />Yes, it is still semi-supported. I urge you to <a href="https://www.askwoody.com/forums/topic/standalone-installer-script-for-windows-7-esu-regardless-the-license/" rel="nofollow">visit the Ask Woody World-Wide Web site</a>. An user named abbodi86 has written a script which will enable you (<i>and me</i>) to download the Microsoft® <b>extended service updates</b> still being released monthly. <br />It is called w7esui_0.3.zip . I think you will need a 24 GB USB flash drive for both the script and all the monthly updates which you need to install on your Windows® 7 laptop - depending on when it was last updated. The catch is, you will have to download the updates from the <a href="http://www.catalog.update.microsoft.com/" rel="nofollow">Microsoft catalog update W-WW site</a> - <b><i>not Windows® Update</i></b>. Download the script and patches via your desktop computer's Internet connection.<br />The zip file has a text file which will inform you how to implement it. Essentially, you will need to run the script with Administrator status; and the ESU files must be in the same folder as it. <br />My computer was originally bought in November 2013. It is fully patched. <a href="https://www.belarc.com/products/belarc-advisor" rel="nofollow">the Belarc Advisor</a> shows that Windows® 7 is End-Of-Life, and that Silverlight is vulnerable. But this computer is still functional. It handles 1 GB Fiber Broadband. I will use this computer as long as I can get security updates for it. The same can be uttered for your Windows® 7 laptop. <br />(My other computer is a Windows® 8.1 x64 laptop. Before getting 1 GB Fiber Broadband here at the abode, I used it to download the ESU patches for this desktop computer. Now it goes the other way. I download the Windows® 8.1 security patches onto a flash drive using the desktop.)Steve D.https://pqrs-ltd.xyz/bookmark4.htmlnoreply@blogger.com