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    Happy Birthday Ross:)

    Happy Birthday Ross:)
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    Thank you Ross - time for a few beers and a curry tonight. :rolleyes:

    Thank you Ross - time for a few beers and a curry tonight. :rolleyes:
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    Windows 10 Computer refuse to do recovery

    What are the following details of your machine? make model storage size
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    Windows 11 Windows 11 Discussion

    Convinced it's all a con - wouldn't touch any of it.
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    Windows 7 Is there any way I can disable the "auto-show" of the task-bar while in "auto-hide" mode ?

    Right click taskbar, select taskbar settings, select autohide for desktop/tablet.
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    Had two doses of Pfizer and all ready to fly to Bulgaria on 10th June (with Boris's blessing I...

    Had two doses of Pfizer and all ready to fly to Bulgaria on 10th June (with Boris's blessing I hope!)
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    Happy Birthday Ross - have you had your jabs ?

    Happy Birthday Ross - have you had your jabs ?
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    Windows 7 Article on Win 8 security features

    The original post is ten years old!
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    Windows 10 wireless earbuds

    If the laptop has bluetooth, yes.
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    Windows 10 ISO for Win 10 TP build 9860

    This thread is more than six years old - and your post contains a spam link!
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    Windows XP Shutdown and Logoff Menus for modern Windows

    Nice one. I've always preferred a direct and simple route to log off/restart/shutdown and ever since the demise of XP I've run with this group of icons on my taskbar:
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    Windows 7 Dramatic difference between hard disk transferrate "sequential" vs. "random" access?

    The whole range of components to disk access in various modes (sequential and the many types of random) is very involved but one component alone (seek time - the time taken to identify the location of data and then move the heads to the required ) is typically many times hat of the actual...
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    using FFmpeg to extract p3 audio

    Have you tried using the File export feature in Audacity?
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    What are the chances of an attacker recovering my data on a “quick formatted” hard drive?

    Next best thing to a nuclear assault - that will do nicely (but as a tight-pursed Yorkshireman I would still go for forensic wiping and get a few quid for it on ebay! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julian_of_Norwich
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    Windows 10 Win 10 20H2 update

    20H2 is a fairly minor update and will not remove any installed apps or user data. Your Windows system will simply have some features added. The 20H2 update has also previously been tested over time time by a large group of volunteer users called Windows Insiders so should be quite stable...
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