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I have a cable internet provider, and the cables are run above ground. One time, a truck somehow snagged the wire going from the pole across the street to my house, ripped it completely off and dragged it a couple hundred feet down the road where the repair crew found it.
More recently, my cable was incredibly sporadic. It would work for a couple days solid, then would be up and down every few minutes. No rhyme or reason -- temperature, sun, rain, nothing seemed to correlate.
And of course when the cable guy showed up, it was working fine. None-the-less, the guy replaced all connectors, splitters, etc., on the outside of the house -- these things aren't even in an enclosure, and why I even need a splitter when the cable goes to one location in my house is beyond me, the only thing I figure is that I need a a single connector to bridge the wire coming from the pole to the wire in the house.
However, once all that hardware was replaced, I've had rock solid connectivity. ![Jig | [Dance]](https://codeproject.global.ssl.fastly.net/script/Forums/Images/jig.gif)
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Ouch, we've had that once. Internet had been flaky for weeks. Called the internet provider and they found a knack in the cable. Had to break open the entire street to fix it.
Underground cables don't break so fast, but when they do they're not so easy to replace 
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We had that happen a few years ago. Cable guy replaced the cable from the pole to the house and when he was done showed me a piece of cable he had removed near the pole which was heavily damaged. I asked him how it got like that and he replied "Damn squirrels!"
Sincerely,
-Mark
mamiller@mhemail.org
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No problems here with XS4All, but I have been away most of the day to the tulip fields in the NoordOost polder and did some biking near Vollenhoven.
Here is a tulip for you (if you can access it hahaha) OneDrive - Tulips[^] 
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Those are nice laptops.
RickZeeland wrote: if you can access it hahaha
Ha... ha... ha... You can stick it where no one will be able to access it 
Well, that felt good 
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Sander Rossel wrote: Pretty much bored since then...
Welcome back to the living.
I'd rather be phishing!
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I've been avoiding them
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Hi all,
I need to automate a backup to an external HDD.
I've seen that EaseUs and Aomei allow to create backup copies at System shutdown, which would avoid the need to rely on the user to start the backup...
The only problem is that in order to use that "shutdown trigger event" option I must pay for the "professional" version.
Do you know of any software that would allow me to start a backup at System shutdown for free?
Thank you all,
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I don't think you can "run" applications on shutdown; a good backup-application would have the option to "shut down" the system when done backupping.
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You used to be able to: Group Policies allowed you to (but they aren't in Win10 Home so I can't check that) and the Task Scheduler in Win7 also let you (with some fiddling with Triggers on System ... User32 IIRC).
It's a sensible thing to want to do: backup today's data at the end of the day.
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OriginalGriff wrote: with some fiddling with Triggers on System ... User32 IIRC
Currently looking at the UI, and there's triggers for logon, connect, idle, but not for shutdown.
OriginalGriff wrote: It's a sensible thing to want to do: backup today's data at the end of the day.
I'd prefer continous synchronization and have the server care about backupping that data.
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It was one of the Event ID's from the System Log, in the User32 Source I think.
Give me a mo ... Internet suggests Event ID: 1074 Source: USER32[^]
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So only when the computer gets rebooted for installing automatic updates? That is done after the reboot, isn't it?
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Read on further:
Quote: As a general statement, this event records a system shutdown or restart in order for the administrators of that system to have a better understanding on how often and for what reasons the computer is shutdown or restarted. The event contains details about the process (the program) that performed this task, the computer that was affected and when applicable, the reason for the restart or shutdown. Also, the type of operation is recorded: restart when a user or an application initiates a system restart, shutdown when the system is sent a shutdown request or power off when the power button is pressed (and that initiates a shutdown).
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My shutdown from yesterday has event ID 13. Seems that 1047 might be for Windows uppdates only.
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They may have repurposed it. I'm fairly sure I remember it working - but it was a loooong time ago!
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Probably 
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"If you just follow the bacon Eddy, wherever it leads you, then you won't have to think about politics." -- Some Bell.
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That's what I thought too...
It seems that Easeus and Aomei backupper allow to do that...
They seem to use a kind of PE environment (like when the updates are being installed at shutdown).
This would be the best to avoid a user responsability: each time you shut down your computer you get the backup done.
I'm searching for one like those two but free...
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Yeah, the OP seems to be thinking of a software which can capture an OS_Shutting_Down event, which is obviously not available anywhere.
He should make a batch file or something instead, and tell his users to double click his batch file to shut down.
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Aomei is worth every penny and not expensive in my book
We can’t stop here, this is bat country - Hunter S Thompson RIP
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I'd agree with pkfox: it's worth the money!
But ... the standard edition says it includes scheduled backups: How to Schedule Windows Backup with AOMEI Backupper Software[^]:
Quote: The free AOMEI Backupper has Schedule Backup function included.
Mine's the full version, so I can't check (See? I told you it was worth the money! ;laugh
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Yes, but event schedules are not included in the free version...
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Install AutoHotKey and see if you can automate the missing parts. It should be able to interact with the application, and can shut down the PC for you.
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I would write a script. Use Wbadmin.exe to do the backup and use shutdown /s to shut down.
That's free.
If you can keep your head while those about you are losing theirs, perhaps you don't understand the situation.
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Keep a lookout on Bitsdujour, they sometimes have the previous version of the full version for free. Otherwise, just pay for the full version, the devs need to eat as well
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