I have some label software (nice label) that works with a vinyl printer cutter. I have been using it quite happily on Windows 7, then Windows 10. Everything was working fine until i came back to site after lockdown and the PC did some windows updates and disabled my labelling software. The new version that officially supports windows 10 is £900 so i wanted to avoid this. so I re-installed windows 10 and disabled windows updates in the group policy thingy. Label printer working fine. came back next day and the same message again. Is their some other place windows is updating from.. and i dont realy want to go back to windows 7. Windows 10 was working find for years, and now they have done something deliberately to disable older software. screen shot below
DLL file modified. Application closed!
- Thread starter Kurgen
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The error looks like something the application is generating itself, not something Windows is doing.
Did you check if Windows actually installed updates again? Do you have AV on the computer, if you do try adding an exception for the application as it might be doing something which is causing it to crash.
Did you check if Windows actually installed updates again? Do you have AV on the computer, if you do try adding an exception for the application as it might be doing something which is causing it to crash.
no windows updates installed, no AV. it was a fresh install of windows 10 with updates disabled. very annoying as its going to cost £900 to resolve.
Soldato
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With £900 at stake, I'd either run it from Windows 7 install in a VM or have a separate PC running Windows 7 just for that one task.
Microsoft can override this for critical updates. Go to Control Panel, Programs & Features and look at Installed Updates. Then roll them back one by one. Alternatively use the Settings app.
Once you've found the culprit you can permanently block it using this Microsoft tool.
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Trying to kill Windows Update for the sake of one application doesn't make much sense. It would only make sense if running that one application was the only thing the PC was going to do. If that was the case you may as well run Windows 7 and keep it isolated from the Internet.
Having an up-to-date and fully patched system does matter.
Having an up-to-date and fully patched system does matter.
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Thanks i will take a look at this. I will also look at the windows 7 VM route as well. (If i ever go back to the office)
Thanks i will take a look at this. I will also look at the windows 7 VM route as well. (If i ever go back to the office)