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  1. Shimmy613

    Win8.1 updates failing since 4/17/2022

    SpamJim, sorry, I just realized that I missed your question from back in ...June. Yes, it does reappear, but still showing "failed". RichardHouse, I'm not sure what you're saying or suggesting. Yes, my PC is powered on. Yes, it's using a non-metered connection. And what are you saying about PC...
  2. Shimmy613

    Win8.1 updates failing since 4/17/2022

    Unfortunately, I cannot since one of the steps I tried was to clear the update history, so that history is gone now.
  3. Shimmy613

    Win8.1 updates failing since 4/17/2022

    But from the screenshots I shared, you can see there are updates that are failing to be applied...?
  4. Shimmy613

    Win8.1 updates failing since 4/17/2022

    I just noticed that nearly all of my Windows updates have been failing since 4/17/2022: Just a few exceptions succeeded: Upgrading to Windows 10 (or 11) isn't at all an option now, so I would truly appreciate help getting the updates for 8.1 working. What can I do to get all those updates...
  5. Shimmy613

    Excel formula question: finding last two columns that are almost identical

    Thank you, Skip, but like I wrote: I can't reliably get the second to last cell. I tried this but it doesn't consistently work: =INDEX(A1:O1,MATCH(LOOKUP(2,1/(A1:O1<>""),A1:O1),A1:O1)-1)
  6. Shimmy613

    Excel formula question: finding last two columns that are almost identical

    Right. Good point. Sorry about that. O is the last row with data. So this seems to get me the last pertinent cell in each row: =LOOKUP(2,1/(A1:O1<>""),A1:O1) But I can't reliably get the second to last cell. I tried this but it doesn't consistently work...
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    Excel formula question: finding last two columns that are almost identical

    I have a filepath in each row. I've broken up the path using the backslash as the delimiter. So the columns look like this: C My Data Bob's Stuff Monday green.lnk C My Data Bob's Stuff Monday Monday.lnk C My Data Bob's Stuff Tuesday Tuesday.lnk C...
  8. Shimmy613

    Systematically and safely deleting folder shortcuts seemingly to itself

    I was a C# programmer which I know would handle this easily. But since I've moved into project/management, I haven't coded at all and I'm way too rusty. :-|
  9. Shimmy613

    Systematically and safely deleting folder shortcuts seemingly to itself

    Thank you, Mike. Is there a way to add "where the shortcut name = the name of the containing folder" or at least "where target = C:\Windows\system32"?
  10. Shimmy613

    Systematically and safely deleting folder shortcuts seemingly to itself

    I had a "shortcut virus" which I believe I successfully removed. It placed shortcuts called "Downloads" and "Games" in folders all over my system. I was able to delete those using Windows search. There is one issue that isn't "dangerous", just annoying. There are these shortcuts all over the...
  11. Shimmy613

    Avira Free: "Your computer is not secure! A Service is not working correctly"

    The reason I posted here is because it didn't seem I was getting any useful answers there. I wasn't aware of Tek-Tips site policy about cross-posting. My apologies. (And thank you, Guitarzan, for cross-linking it.)
  12. Shimmy613

    Avira Free: "Your computer is not secure! A Service is not working correctly"

    No, there's no indication of which service (if any) isn't working. Yes, I certainly have started the computer a number of times - doesn't help. It's highly unlikely I have a virus. One of the first things I did after a fresh install of Windows was to install Avira. It started happened nearly...
  13. Shimmy613

    Avira Free: "Your computer is not secure! A Service is not working correctly"

    I installed Avira Free on a new Windows 8.1 computer and began receiving the ‘Your computer is not secure! A Service is not working correctly’ and also see the ‘Fix problem‘ button. I tried following directions I found online to update manually using Fusebundle Generator from Avira's site. But...
  14. Shimmy613

    ConfigurationManager.GetSection throws exception: &quot;The entry '____' has already been added&quot

    I found the problem. I had the method protected override object GetElementKey(ConfigurationElement element) returning the "DestinationFolderPath", so it was expected to be unique. Instead, I found a property that would actually be unique. And if there wouldn't have been one property that...
  15. Shimmy613

    ConfigurationManager.GetSection throws exception: &quot;The entry '____' has already been added&quot

    I’m using System.Configuration.ConfigurationManager.GetSection to read a custom configuration section from an App.config. If I have two nodes that contain an identical value (such as the two “Station” nodes, below, with the identical highlighted values) – which is a project requirement – I get...
  16. Shimmy613

    How to get my USB voice modem to speak to callers

    I bought a USB fax-data-voice modem to zap telemarketers (using a program like Identafone or PhoneTray Free). It can answer calls and properly detects caller ID and passes that information to the computer - but it cannot play any WAV files to the caller. The caller hears only silence before...
  17. Shimmy613

    Formatting text to be pasted in an Outlook email

    I did try Googling but didn't come up with anything great...
  18. Shimmy613

    Formatting text to be pasted in an Outlook email

    I need to copy the values of several standard textboxes to the clipboard - so that can they can be pasted into an Outlook email. Obviously, the text in the textboxes will not be formatted at all. What I'd like to do is make some of it bold, some underlined, etc. - so it will be nicely...
  19. Shimmy613

    Using Task Scheduler to play an audio file

    Do I just dump this: "%ProgramFiles(x86)%\Windows Media Player\wmplayer.exe" /play /close "C:\ALL DATA\Shimmy\Shimmy's Documents\Morning audio reminders for kids\8-00 AM reminder.WMA" into a text file and save it with a BAT extension, then have Task Scheduler run that file?
  20. Shimmy613

    Using Task Scheduler to play an audio file

    I used the "advanced" way of creating and did choose running with with highest privileges and regardless of who's logged-in... When I run the task manually from Task Scheduler, it doesn't work, either...

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