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Kind of seriously disagree using Administrator as your everyday login. I do use auto login with my user account still by running control userpasswords2. Done that for years. By using Administrator as your regular login. It's highly unlikely that you're going to use a long password with a string...

Nope. Even required when "run as administrator".

Another annoyance with 11. When click on a .exe or .msi installer and it just sits there. Right click on the file and unblock it.

The context menu. Right clicking, in the case of file extraction using 7Zip, require an extra dip deeper. The start menu being in the center of the task bar. Both easily fixed. Running a .msi installer sometimes requires you to set an unblock in the properties. Some installers must be run as...

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Just an FYI. Run a command prompt under Administrator and type manage-bde.exe and hit enter. It will give a list of bitlocker options. manage-bde -status will list your drives and status. All of the options are listed to manage the encryption. If your secondary drive is locked and you remove it...

I have done a lot of drive clones. Yes. If you have a bios HDD password. Disable that so that you can boot straight into the OS w/o any enter password prompts. Bitlocker has to be disabled. It's there to keep someone who steals your pc from accessing the encrypted data. You are free to manually...

You are right. But choosing the correct router/range extender for your access point should include if it has detachable antennas. I just use old routers and install dd-wrt and Fresh Tomato firmware. Again you are right. Many ISP routers do not include visible or detectable antennas. But if you...

I do things like this quite a bit. If you really are serious and have a bit of computer savvy, it's not too hard. Firstly. Are you able to run an Ethernet cable close to where you need extended Wifi? Yes/No? Your main router has multiple antennas. One thing to look for in the router web...

I am compelled to reply. Most. No. All of the computers that I work on with factory bloatware. Many are just old, tired, need a wipe and fresh install of Windows. Or the SSD and RAM upgrades. If at all I can convince my customers who've had problems since day one on the original drive. I wipe...

Happening for some reason. Narrow it down: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/drivers/debugger/bug-check-0x1e--kmode-exception-not-handled

No need to have a controversy of what, and if there is, a key to press to get into boot options. 99.9% of the time on any motherboard there is. Deal with it every day because that's what I do. FOPS. Fix other peoples <add your own expletive here>. A Kasperskey boot cd does a great job of...

Why? Used almost all of them. Fraidy cat?

Seriously. You paddlefeets think totem clone so funny. It's beer thirty. I literally downloaded Hirens and Rufus. Burned a bootable USB and was into a Windows PE environment with all the utilities right there. It took a bit. Sammy Lager #2. From Baw-stun! Some confusion me thinks. Most every pc...

Highly possible cloning the active boot drive will do just that. I know Acronis will. Usually using a bootable media to free the boot drive is how it's done. Hirens BootCD PE has a lot of tasty tools. https://www.hirensbootcd.org/download/

Acronis Home. Used it for years. Create a bootable media and use a USB external HDD. You can use it for a 1-1 clone. Resize. Option to create an image in .tib format if you have a very large or partitioned backup drive. Pretty darned fast too.Was it WD or Seagate that actually sent a copy with...

"Graphics Suite". Includes Photopaint and other modules. It's just what I got used to using when needed. Probably goes back to when I got my feet wet in automation working in the graphics dept. of an electric sign and graphics shop with Gerber equip. Plotters, cutters, routers, film and...

Yeah. I don't know about the latest tendency for cloud based subs. Or the monthly fees. Like MS Office 360 or whatever it is now. I use Office 2007 for Word and Excel and that's it. And I'm just fine with it too. As far as graphics goes. I bought Corel Draw Suite 2007 outright back then. Because...

Another one. Asked Tourvalds and he didn't answer. Elon didn't have much to say. Got in touch with Rufus (without Chaka Kahn....chakakan). Even harshnikowski should like this one. System Information report written at: 07/21/23 22:53:05 System Name: ASUS_FORMULA [System Summary] Item Value...

I dunno. That's how it works and that's how it is and hey. You don't even have to tar gxvf and stuff. lol! Try not being so negative about life. The sun came up. Right?

Nah. Besides multiple desktops now like the beloved 'nix flavors. There is DesktopOK if you use different...profiles?....for different workspace scenarios. Like I have one desk setup for ham radio sw, another for graphics. Pretty cool. But the refresh click assures the next boot, icons stay put...

Kind of easy. Right click in an empty space on the desktop and set your options. Arrange icons however you wish. Once set to your liking once again right click and select refresh. Next boot they stay where the were put.

battery. bsod. look at logs to see what happened before. cmd, run as admin, chksdk c: /r reboot. and wait. 5 steps. it reboots. any bangs (!) by devices in dev mgr?

You could try the Rufus install method. My laptop was bought with Win 10. Got the 'you're s.o.l." message even after update notifications said I could upgrade. Got the same message as you. It installed. It updates. Defender works. It activated. Just like later versions of 10 a few tweaks need to...

Prolific 2303TA FTDA Serial to USB adapter. What can I say. MicroBritney did it again. My last Windows 11 install, this laptop. The one I use for mobile service calls and such. Accepted. Or otherwise known as it's going to happen anyway. Did this after the last big "features" update. PL2303TA...