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Actually, this isn't quite the case anymore. It's true that this practice led to filesystem damage with older computers, and that's because the power button used to cut power directly from the computer's hardware, causing a literal "shutdown". Nowadays, though, pressing the power button will...

Are there any internet-reliant apps running in the background? This might be causing your issue. You can check by opening Task Manager (Ctrl + Shift + Esc) and scrolling down to "Background Processes"

Yes, this should be perfectly safe. Just hold the power button for a few seconds until it turns off. There is a large misconception that doing this is somehow unsafe, but in today's age it is absolutely fine.

Did you try waiting for a while or restarting? Perhaps your computer is just taking some time to process the graphics for that menu.

32-bit OS shouldn't have anything to do with it. We have had similar issues with a computer that didn't have enough free drive space to update. If resetting your update cache doesn't work, a lack of available drive space may be the problem.

Thanks for the heads up. Agreed, TikTok appears to be comparable to a black hole when it comes to data. It's unfortunate that so many people don't seem to care about the fact that they risk losing a lot of their privacy when installing software like this.

This depends on the extender you're using. Some will allow MAC filtering but you have to disable it on your router first.

You could also try forcing your graphics driver to detect your card via bcdedit or enabling "discrete graphics" through BIOS. Here are some instructions on how to do that if nothing else works.

Have you tried restarting explorer.exe? This can be done via Task Manager (Ctrl + Shift + Esc) by clicking "Windows Explorer" while having the File Explorer open and then clicking "Restart"

If no internet solutions have worked for you, it's possible this error is due to problems with your Windows account and start-up process. We actually wrote a troubleshooting guide for this today which can be read here. For some reason, the "critical start menu error" is getting more common now...

Can you name the program that disables Content Delivery Manager? Perhaps this is interfering with other settings as well.

If that's what it's asking for, then yes, probably.

Can you describe the effect for us? It's unclear whether this was built-in or an error that needs to be fixed.

Have you looked into "Dual Monitor Taskbar"? It's specifically designed for Windows 7 and it's open source. Never tried this application myself, but after doing some research, it seems to do the trick.

Does the graphics card show up under display adapters on Device Manager? (Windows Key + X > Device Manager)