Recent content by oscarcat

You can only open a user account after going through the initial instal process which, halfway through demands entering the details of an existing Microsoft Account or creating a new one. It blocks further progress until done. And that seems to be accepting defeat. This insistence on imposing...

Well, I spent more time than I wished looking for a way of avoiding it and believe me, there is no conceivable way of progressing beyond the completion or creation of a MS account

Had no problems with the new account. Why MS demand your birthday details as part of the creation is beyond comprehension. I know it could be any date but the privacy intrusion issue is unacceptable and attracts widespread and justified criticism and censure. What was a problem was actually...

Hi everyone. I gave in eventually and will have to adopt a post-installation solution. I had annoying problems getting Windows up and running, having to create a new Microsoft account. It was just nag, nag, nag until I did. I hate this enforced subscription thing. I have an android accounts...

Remember Winmail? There was a hack many users implemented which enabled it to be used on Win 10 - until one of MS's 'updates' killed it dead. If you have a fingerprint reader, which I don't on this laptop. My Samsung Galaxy does, yet "for my additional security" still insists on the pin...

I used to play with the registry in Win7 and earlier. But so many Windows 10 updates reconfigure/replace registry entries without warning and I'm hoping there might be a foolproof way to avoid this.

And the advice on the main issue is?

Don't all brand name computers come with the manufacturer's bloatware on them? Some of it is possibly useful, but a lot isn't - and I've never discovered any that are absolutely essential. Personally I use Avast's free version and, touch wood, haven't had a virus in years. Maybe biting the...

I’m beefing up my laptop (which in any event needs a new cooling fan (sounds like a 737 starting up sometimes) and battery (short charge time and looks a bit lumpy) with a new SSD. I’ve retrieved the product key just in case, and this is going to be a completely fresh installation using the...