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@Elmer, Don't worry, I didn't take any offense, and I don't think Rick did either. Seriously, adf.ly has been annoying lately. With my current browser, a Chrome variant, the two general purpose ad related extensions I use are AdBlock v2.6.2 and Ads Skipper v3.2.5. Currently for adf.ly I have to temporarily disable Ads Skipper, (a single extra click since I keep my extensions open in a separate tab and I don't have to restart or log out or anything), click the adf.ly link, wait the 5 seconds, click an extra "continue" at adf.ly due to AdBlock, OK my download location since I have it set to always ask me where to download, then re-enable Ads Skipper. So for adf.ly links I now have to do 3 extra clicks and wait 5 extra seconds than I had to two weeks ago with the exact same setup, but I still don't have to see the distracting ads and they don't take up my bandwidth so I'm satisfied. I really like Ads Skipper and they have been very active in continuously trying to improve it. There have been 13 new uploads of it this month alone, as can be seen here, as they fine tune it. Cheers and Regards

LOL Would there be any 8.1 "updates" since 8.1 isn't even released yet? Cheers and Regards

Well, it depends on which language and where you post it. You are correct that this is primarily an English speaking board. But we do have many members that use other languages. The board has an international section with specific subforums for Turkish, Italian, French, Spanish. and Dutch, where posts in those languages are permitted and encouraged. Otherwise, English is indeed the required language to be used. But for speakers of other languages, especially where Google translate breaks down and your post is not clear and when you are specifically asked to do so, I don't think it is a problem if you occasionally make a brief post in your language as long as it is accompanied with a translation into English for the convenience of the other members. It might not help if there are not other readers who speak your language and are familiar with the situation you are asking about, but let's give it a try. What are the language(s) you are more comfortable using? It might also help if you can post logs and/or screenshots showing the problem, again please translate any error or status message in another language into English for our convenience. Cheers and Regards

No argument here. Cheers and Regards

I'm afraid I don't quite understand the problem you tried to explain. In addition to the English translation that you posted, which we really appreciate you posting, perhaps it would help if you edited your post and added the same information in a separate paragraph in your native language. Someone else who also speaks the same language might see it and be able to offer you some help. Cheers and Regards

@qwesta Dream World has stated that his update pack is high priority updates only, similar to the old xable pack which does not seem to be updated anymore. That seems to be a valid reason to make this pack. I'm not familiar enough with either this pack or u_h's pack to know what the exact differences are between them, but I believe they are different based on that explanation. Even Kel has stated that this is the type of pack he might want to use. Once this pack is stabilized, perhaps it would be interesting to see a chart showing the exact differences between this pack, u_h's and OnePiece's pack, for the user's information. Cheers and Regards

@Elmer, [Please note that Rick has placed his uploads on a private ftp space for speed and reliability of the download since mediafire and other public upload services were either unreliable, required inconvenient captcha's etc, or were constantly deleting his very popular uploads.] There have been two main problems that folks have had with some of Rick's download links lately. One is that some disrespectful "people"(?) have been hotlinking to the direct download links, bypassing adf.ly and effectively stealing bandwidth from Rick, so Rick had to put measures in place to try and block that. Secondly, I think a lot of the download problems have been caused by recent changes at adf.ly. I respect Rick's decision to use adf.ly for the fractions of a cent income he receives as a result, (which is more income than he receives from donations, unfortunately, hence his need to use them). It seems that adf.ly has recently been on a mission to prevent people that use their site from using ad blockers and ad skippers. I can understand and respect that as well, but that doesn't mean that I want to be bothered by their ads. The various ad blockers and ad skippers are all scrambling to come up with ways to get around adf.ly's efforts, with varying success, just as adf.ly is scrambling to prevent them from succeeding. Anyway, worst case for now it seems that you might need to temporarily disable your ad blocking and/or ad skipping extensions when downloading from adf.ly, then re-enable them afterwards, which isn't that big an inconvenience. You might also be able to get away with just having to click an extra continue button at adf.ly. It will all depend on exactly which browser and ad blocker and/or ad skipper you are using. Your mileage may vary. Cheers and Regards

Try again. I'm on a version of Chrome as well and I just tried the link you posted and it worked fine, after I disabled my ads skipper extension. Rick made some changes to the link today and maybe that helped as well. Cheers and Regards

What error message do you get? What browser are you using, and do you have any ad blocking extensions installed and active? Are you able to download from other adf.ly links, and have you been able to do so in the past? Cheers and Regards

I don't remember if we have ever had this option before or not, but it think it might be useful if this was an available option. Cheers and Regards

Well, it must be some other extension I have that is interfering with adf.ly and the hotlink detector. Even if I have both the Ads Skipper and AdBlock disabled, I click the link, wait the 5 seconds while the ad is displayed, click Skip Ad, and I'm still stymied by the hotlink detector. I have no idea why. So for now I have to download your adf.ly links through Opera. Don't worry, I understand your situation perfectly, I just wish I could use only one browser and get all of the features, conveniences, speed, and protection that I would like. Oh well, maybe someday. If you have any other suggestions please post or send me a PM. Cheers and Regards my friend [Note: I'm currently using Comodo Dragon, another version of Chrome, as my browser of choice since I found a couple of sites/extensions that worked better with it than with SRWare Iron. It also seems faster to me.]

Hey Rick, adf.ly has installed a "adf.ly redirect/skipper detector", including detecting Ads Skipper which has worked so well with Chrome. When I tried disabling that and suffering through with the 5 second delay, I ended up at the "No hot linking" page that I think you installed. So now what? Any suggestions on how best to download from your adf/ly links with the least amount of inconvenience? Cheers and Regards

Dream World, I've edited your posts in this thread. In the future, to keep the thread from getting too cluttered, if no one else has posted since your last post, please edit your previous post to add your new thoughts rather than making a new post. You can add the word -- EDIT -- to your new thought, as you probably have seen others do, if you want to highlight the fact that you have added to your post. Thanks in advance for your cooperation. Cheers and Regards

It would also be helpful to summarize the basic differences between this pack and the other popular options, ie why did you create this pack? Why weren't the others meeting your needs? Making this pack just to prove you can make one is perfectly fine as far as it goes, but why should anyone else use it? Cheers and Regards

Request filled

Apparently, the problem is related to the one you brought up in your other thread. Cheers and Regards

What did you expect to see? Cheers and Regards

Sorry I don't know the answer to your problem, but I also don't quite understand what you meant when you tried to explain when you had the problem and when you didn't. Could you please explain this in a little bit more detail? I still will probably not have the answer for you, but maybe it will trigger something for someone else. Cheers and Regards

Per the article Cheers and Regards

I'm not sure exactly what you are asking, but if you are asking if it is possible to "upgrade" an existing x32/x64 installation to the other architecture, I don't believe that is possible. Cheers and Regards

Thanks Rick! Cheers and Regards

Can you post or attach your unattended file? (xxx out your product key) Cheers and Regards

So are you saying that KB973507 and KB940159-v2 are both in the update pack as they should be, but you are just wondering why OnePiece does not list them in his list of included hotfixes? So your question is just about the cosmetics of some included hotfixes are not listed and you are wondering why? Cheers and Regards

After a little research, it seems I was behind the times. MS no longer provides such AIO discs, not even to Technet subscribers. I don't know why they stopped. I think that the closest you can get now is the Windows 7 RTM (Non-bootable) x86 All Versions and Windows 7 RTM (Non-bootable) x64 All Versions discs that are still available from Digital River, which will offer the choice between all the various versions if the ei.cfg file has been removed. Sorry for the misleading information. My post above has been corrected. Cheers and Regards

The existing sorted order is consistent with the way that MS used to do it on the AIO discs they once provided, so is the expected order, and I doubt that Lego will change that, if it would even be possible. [EDIT: Changed wording since Microsoft no longer offers “One Disc To Rule Them All” installation media to anybody including MSDN or TechNet subscribers.] Cheers and Regards