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Thanks, I am surprised I actually got responses.
And no, I was not looking for swapping "me too " stories. BUT since that is OK , here is my
short version.
On initial call to dealer I got " you have to tow the
car here..." - no price was offered for "service" , not even estimate...
So far I called TWO locksmith outfits and ask
I have lost my last IGNITION key, can you help?
Yes, they both quoted $ 140, made an appointment
and DID NOT SHOW or bother to call...
Loosing keys must be very contagious or $140 is not worth the short drive...
This OBD is a standard, hence it has to have some specification somewhere. It is used as diagnostic tool AND there are variety of hardware on the market to PROGRAM the system. This would be a good use for my idle RPi Zero.. It has Bluetooth interface and I have a Bluetooth enabled "MiniOBD"...
PS
I have a "female OBD adapter" on order...
My 30 gauge wire wrapping tool did not fit over the "male" pins...
Now all I have to do is finish my Bluetooth software and adapt it to the OBD...
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Here is the latest
2. When lost all keys or only have the deputy key, we need to do it initialize:
2.1.Hold down the LED button on the equipment, and insert it into the OBD, and release the button after the sound of "di" twice,the device enter into the state of search vehicles in this time. :
2.2..Push the start-button twice. After 7 seconds the vehicle will connect the devices successfully, and the equipment will send off a sound of "di" with 4-5 times, 4 sounds mean that the system is the 4th period, 5 sounds mean that the system is the 5th period; after 5 seconds
Please note the highlighted part
SOLD at wally's for less the $20 !
Will not ask , buy one and if it does not do the job...I am out of $20...
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IDK... but at some point me personally? I'm probably going to try to figure out a way of totally replacing the starter and any other bits so I don't have any usability thwarting electronics integrated.
It's just too much $ for too little. If they wanted $300 for that key like that it would make me want to park in their showroom from high speed.
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Don't know what has happened but clicking on or pressing the Windows key doesn't pop open the apps menu, similarly clicking on the status bar speaker icon(or any of them) doesn't pop up the volume slider, I did have the usual Windows updates failure this morning where it tries to apply the updates,fails, and then undoes updates . Anyone had this ?
In a closed society where everybody's guilty, the only crime is getting caught. In a world of thieves, the only final sin is stupidity. - Hunter S Thompson - RIP
modified 15-Apr-24 11:45am.
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Sounds like Windows Explorer in Zombie Mode.
The solution is to kill the explorer.exe process via Task Manager.
Windows explorer should restart automatically. If not, <Windows key> + <R> (Run) should help.
I did not have issues with the latest Windows updates.
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Thanks for your reply, explorer.exe is not shown in Task Manager but I started it from run - no change I'm afraid
In a closed society where everybody's guilty, the only crime is getting caught. In a world of thieves, the only final sin is stupidity. - Hunter S Thompson - RIP
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There need to be an Explorer in Taskmanager, Tab Details.
Close all programs, including all visible explorers.
Kill the explorer in Taskmanager->Details. If you kill it desktop disapears and you get a blank screen.
Type Ctrl&Alt&Delete and choose 'Taskmanager'
In Taskmanager choose 'File -> Run new task', type in explorer to run explorer.
Desktop should now be back.
modified 15-Apr-24 11:19am.
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Hi there thanks for your reply, I did everything you suggested but the situation is the same Windows key not working and status bar icons not responding
In a closed society where everybody's guilty, the only crime is getting caught. In a world of thieves, the only final sin is stupidity. - Hunter S Thompson - RIP
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Could the key be broken? After my last laptop got long in the tooth, its ZXCV keys pretty much stopped working!
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Hi Greg, that wouldn't explain why the mouse click and hover is also not working - everything was cool until the update
In a closed society where everybody's guilty, the only crime is getting caught. In a world of thieves, the only final sin is stupidity. - Hunter S Thompson - RIP
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I guess you can tell who merely reacted to the first symptom in your post.
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In a closed society where everybody's guilty, the only crime is getting caught. In a world of thieves, the only final sin is stupidity. - Hunter S Thompson - RIP
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CAN YOU ROLL OS BACK TO LAST WORKING COPY?
"A little time, a little trouble, your better day"
Badfinger
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What, back to the days when "Terminal" meant KSR-33?
Software rusts. Simon Stephenson, ca 1994. So does this signature. me, 2012
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KSR-33? Way back machine in high gear.
advanced recovery tools or least the latest version
One of the first terminals I used.
"A little time, a little trouble, your better day"
Badfinger
modified 15-Apr-24 23:49pm.
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Has it EVER fixed anything?
Every time I've been prompted due to some network issue to run windows network diagnostics, it has NEVER, EVER found a problem or fixed anything. This morning, it just errored out with some random code.
Charlie Gilley
“They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759
Has never been more appropriate.
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I'd amend your title to "Windows Troubleshooters" in general. And also throw in sfc and dism .
They're the go-to answer for everything in the MS support forums. But I've never seem them fix a problem.
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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I stand corrected. Seems to be a placebo.
Charlie Gilley
“They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759
Has never been more appropriate.
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I wouldn't lump dism into this category.
This has always been my go-to solution whenever I needed to install .NET 2.0/3.5 on OSes that don't include it by default, and the installer fails (which I'm not sure ever worked for me). But this always succeeds:
dism /online /enable-feature /featurename:NetFx3 /All /Source:E:\sources\sxs /LimitAccess
(replace E: with the appropriate ISO mount drive, D: turned into a smiley...)
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The name says it all. Diagnostics not repair. Now, do the thing actually diagnose anything?
I’ve given up trying to be calm. However, I am open to feeling slightly less agitated.
I’m begging you for the benefit of everyone, don’t be STUPID.
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Useful when customer is watching. Gives one time to figure out the real problem.
>64
It’s weird being the same age as old people. Live every day like it is your last; one day, it will be.
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It's almost like an idiot cartoon to entertain....
Charlie Gilley
“They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759
Has never been more appropriate.
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No Windows diagnostic has ever identified anything for me. On top of that, in Events Viewer, each error code has a link to click for more information. Not once has that ever returned any explanation.
Will Rogers never met me.
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I've never had any Windows troubleshooter fix anything, except for the most extremely simple problems that are quicker to manually fix anyway.
Same with System Restore. I had it successfully recover a relative's botched update - once - where Vista (to give you an idea of the timeframe) was stuck in a reboot loop. Rolled it back, reinstalled the update, and everything was fine. But I always have it disabled on my own systems, as I've never had a single use for it.
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