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    W10 Explorer Top

    Just as you suggested, going through all these items below, I found the source of the problem. I have been using a utility called RibbonDisabler, which I applied on one computer but not the other. It was logical that the this would be the kind of cause, but I just did not realize that I did not...
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    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 restored from a backup image of the other. In the source...
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    Weird problem w. system fonts in Windows 10

    Thanx for your detailed reply. I will review offline and respond if necessary. But I did some more checking and apparently I was wrong: the fonts appear GREY, not black on the laptop screen, and faint blue on the large. On my other identical laptop with same Win10 version they appear black on both.
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    Weird problem w. system fonts in Windows 10

    As a rule Windows comes pretty clear black system fonts. But on a laptop I have the fonts appear blue and very faint when I hook it to a large screen. What is even weirder is that 1. the Windows installed on it is a restore of an image of another laptop that shows clear black on that screen...
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    Comparing MBR and GPT: Syncing Windows 10 on Two Dell E7450 Laptops

    I have an older Dell Latitude E7450 laptop on Windows 10 customized to my needs that I use daily. Bios reports legacy boot mode, DISKPART reports MBR disk. C: system primary Extended partition: D: apps (logical drive) E: data (logical drive) I have acquired another E7450 w. Win10 to hold in...