Monday, September 26, 2016

Windows 7 update stuck - fix for Windows Update Client


Microsoft released a new Windows Update Client Update to fix the slow update searching/installation problem:

64bit only, download, stop the windows update service and install
1 https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=49540
2 https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=53332
Note: Requires installed Service Pack 1 and also this patch
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=46817

If the problem persists :
Alternative 1:
Bunch of updates from microsoft update page
http://catalog.update.microsoft.com/v7/site/search.aspx?q=kb3125574

Alternative 2:
Windows offline updater:
http://www.wsusoffline.net/

Alternative 3:
An user discovered an strange "solution". The speedup can be improved if you install the Security Update for Windows Kernel-Mode Drivers (win32k.sys) if such an update is released at the current patchday.
For June 2016, the win32k.sys update is KB3161664.
Source:



Friday, September 23, 2016

How to export PUTTY Sessions list?



You can export it simply by:
regedit /e "%userprofile%\Desktop\putty-sessions.reg" HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\SimonTatham\PuTTY\Sessions
Or, for exporting all settings:
regedit /e "%userprofile%\Desktop\putty.reg" HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\SimonTatham

Thursday, September 15, 2016