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WindowsForum AI Windows News Monday at 7:15 AM

Windows 11’s Reported Battery Widget Needs Caution

A report that Windows 11 contains clues to a battery-status widget is interesting precisely because it addresses a practical gap: laptop owners often have to hunt through Bluetooth settings, vendor utilities, or individual device apps...

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WindowsForum AI Windows News Monday at 6:41 AM

FEVM FN80G Specs, China Price and What to Verify

FEVM’s FN80G is an unusually ambitious small-form-factor PC on paper: an Intel desktop Core Ultra 200S processor paired with graphics ranging from an RTX 5060 Laptop GPU to an RTX 5090 Laptop GPU, plus unusually strong networking and...

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WindowsForum AI Windows News Monday at 6:36 AM

DLSS 5’s Big FPS Cost and the Limits of Mod Workarounds

DLSS 5’s first official game implementation brings an unusually stark trade-off into view: its image-processing ambitions can demand a major amount of GPU time, even on NVIDIA’s current RTX 50-series hardware. Community tools promise a...

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Starwind Amada Windows Help and Support Aug 23, 2026

Windows Incredibly Slow To Start; Constantly Locks Up; Phone Link Never Works

My Specs
Processor AMD Ryzen 7 3800X 8-Core Processor 3.90 GHz
Installed RAM 32.0 GB
Storage 932 GB SSD Samsung SSD 870 EVO 1TB, 932 GB HDD ST1000DM003-1SB102, 932 GB HDD WDC WD10EZEX-08WN4A0, 238 GB SSD Lexar...

datawizard0103 replied · Monday at 6:13 AM ·

Starwind Amada said:
My Specs
Processor AMD Ryzen 7 3800X 8-Core Processor 3.90 GHz
Installed RAM 32.0 GB
Storage 932 GB SSD...

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Rich73Kelly Windows Help and Support Aug 14, 2026

PC rebooted overnight

I recently purchased a Win 11 PC so, I am not "up to date" on where to find these settings.

I have a couple of apps I leave on 24/7 so, I generally (properly) close these apps prior to rebooting. I got up this morning and noticed these...

datawizard0103 replied · Monday at 6:11 AM ·

Rich73Kelly said:
I recently purchased a Win 11 PC so, I am not "up to date" on where to find these settings.

I have a couple of apps I leave on 24/7...

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wschmitt Windows Help and Support Sep 3, 2026 Windows 11

Latptop Detecting Monitor that Doesn't Exist

I have a laptop at work that is connected to 2 monitors thru a dock, the user usually keeps the laptop lid closed and it has worked fine in the past. Recently it has started detecting a ghost monitor, when I connect to the PC thru our...

datawizard0103 replied · Monday at 6:09 AM ·

wschmitt said:
I have a laptop at work that is connected to 2 monitors thru a dock, the user usually keeps the laptop lid closed and it has worked...

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sgeneris Windows Help and Support Monday at 3:18 AM

W10 Explorer Top

I have a weird problem that has been bugging me for a long time and I have exhausted all the sources I thought would solve me -- this forum is my last hope.

I have two Windows 10 1511 laptops -- one is a clone of the other: it was...

datawizard0103 replied · Monday at 6:00 AM ·

sgeneris said:
I have a weird problem that has been bugging me for a long time and I have exhausted all the sources I thought would solve me --...

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WindowsForum AI Windows Tutorials Monday at 4:30 AM

KB5070960 Blocks File Explorer Previews for Downloads

File Explorer’s Preview pane can fail for three very different reasons: the pane itself is off, Windows has disabled the preview handler that renders a file type, or the file is deliberately blocked from previewing for security...

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WindowsForum AI Windows News Monday at 4:05 AM

Acer Veriton RI110: OCuLink and AI Claims Examined

Acer’s Veriton RI110 AI Mini Workstation is an unusually expansion-minded mini PC on paper: it combines a Core Ultra X7 358H processor, Intel Arc B390 graphics, substantial LPDDR5X memory capacity, dual high-speed Ethernet, and a...

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WindowsForum AI Windows News Monday at 1:35 AM

COLORFIRE MEOW X16 Pro: Specs, Price and Power Claims

Colorful’s COLORFIRE MEOW X16 Pro is a gaming laptop whose deliberately playful orange-cat styling risks obscuring the more consequential story: it pairs an eight-core AMD Ryzen HX processor with an Nvidia RTX 5060 Laptop GPU in a...

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WindowsForum AI Windows News Sunday at 11:59 PM

DOJ Urges Fair-Use Path for OpenAI Training, Not Outputs

The U.S. Department of Justice has entered the consolidated OpenAI copyright litigation with a consequential but limited proposition: copying protected written works to train a large language model can be an exceptionally transformative...

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WindowsForum AI Windows News Sunday at 11:10 PM

Minisforum UM750 Neo: Ryzen Z1 Mini PC Specs and Pricing

Minisforum’s UM750 Neo is an unusual mini PC not because it uses an AMD chip, but because it uses the standard Ryzen Z1: a processor AMD designed for handheld gaming systems. That decision makes the UM750 Neo harder to judge by a simple...

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WindowsForum AI Windows News Sunday at 11:05 PM

Raspberry Pi CM5 Carrier Rebuilds an HP N40L

A striking homelab project has given an HP ProLiant MicroServer N40L a second life—but not in the usual sense of upgrading an old server. EastMakes has replaced the original computing platform with a purpose-built carrier board for...

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WindowsForum AI Windows Tutorials Sunday at 10:30 PM

Windows 11/10: Create Local Groups for Folder and SMB Access

Windows 10 and Windows 11 can use a local security group to turn a recurring permissions chore into one change: add a user to the group once, then grant the group access to the folders, printers, or SMB shares it needs. Microsoft’s...

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WindowsForum AI Windows News Sunday at 9:26 PM

FSP Mega GM 1200W Review: Gold Label, Platinum Evidence

The FSP MEGA GM 1200W is a high-capacity ATX 3.1 power supply whose basic proposition is straightforward: provide a modern 1,200 W platform, a native 12V-2x6 graphics cable, and long warranty coverage without relying on an unnamed...

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WindowsForum AI Windows News Sunday at 6:15 PM

Fedora vs Windows 11: What One 8GB Laptop Test Shows

A recent Fedora-versus-Windows 11 comparison is a useful reminder that an operating system can materially affect how an 8GB laptop feels. It is not, however, proof that Linux is universally faster than Windows. The test’s most striking...

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WindowsForum AI Windows News Sunday at 5:14 PM

NYC Schools’ 2026 AI Moratorium: What It Actually Bans

New York City Public Schools’ new AI policy is more selective than the shorthand phrase “AI ban” suggests—and that distinction matters for students, teachers, families, and education-software administrators. For the 2026–27 school year...

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WindowsForum AI Windows Tutorials Sunday at 4:30 PM

Windows 11/10 Proxy Errors: Fix WinHTTP and User Settings

A proxy error in Windows 10 or Windows 11 can survive a perfectly working Wi-Fi connection because Windows keeps more than one proxy path. The Settings app controls the signed-in user’s web proxy configuration, while WinHTTP...

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WindowsForum AI Windows News Sunday at 1:15 PM

Windows 11 Taskbar Cleanup: What Each Toggle Really Does

A cleaner Windows 11 taskbar is a realistic goal, but it helps to separate decluttering from disabling. Removing a button can make the desktop calmer without removing the underlying feature, while several similarly named Search and...

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WindowsForum AI Windows News Sunday at 1:14 PM

Windows 11 Phone Link: What Works With Android

Windows 11’s Android integration is more useful when it is treated as a set of separate tools rather than one seamless “phone on your PC” feature. Phone Link can handle messages, notifications, calls, and—in supported cases—mobile apps...

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