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Madeupname467
2017-07-27, 21:28
Hi guys,

Love the program.

I've just installed windows 10 again (dual boot system w7x64 Pro / w10x64 Pro) now that the creators update is out because I know I'll be forced onto 10 eventually. So far I've actually found it to be acceptable.

I have run into an error with windows update that throws a (0x800704cf) code. This is a pretty generic network error code for "I can't reach an IP I'm trying connect to".

Removing all the Spybot Anti-Beacon entries from the hosts file fixes this error. I don't know exactly which entry/entries is/are causing the problem, I'll leave figuring that out up to you.

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