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In a world where screens can feel like an intimidating maze, especially for seniors, setting up a computer with a user-friendly approach is essential. Today we'll explore how to tweak those pesky settings and customize a Windows computer, turning it from a complex gadget into a welcoming digital...

Hello all! The backgrounf to my problem is as follows: I had some problems with my windows 10, and wanted to dual boot windows with Ubuntu. Thus I thought that I was gone move all of my files to an external HDD, then factory reset my computer, and then proceed with the dual boot setup...

Hi, I have 2 users on Windows 10, one with password, second one with no password. Windows is login me automatically to user without password. I would like to see login screen on each laptop startup, I saw some tutorials but there is like 20 steps to do it, is there any SIMPLE way to do it? I...

I use an ASUS RT-AX88U router for my home network which is set to always use a specific IP address (i.e., 192.168.1.111) for my primary computer which has always worked fine for years. More than two months ago, the original ASUS motherboard in my 10+ year-old self-built PC, running Windows 10...

I have installed windows 10 on three different drives and windows 11 on one drive. To install windows on each I had to remove the other drives from the PC. However this has created a bootloader on each drive and my system is now totally confused. I select the drive on sata port one as the main...

I am using windows 10 Home, and have scored a large screen good quality dumb TV, I are using the original Computer monitor as the Base monitor, and have 2 connections to the TV monitor, (RGB) and (HDMI). These are run for the computer By the correct Outputs. PROBLEM I wont to use the RGB as the...

I have a partner with Dementia who has difficulties using a mouse etc. She like to watch music videos I have downloaded for her. I would like to set up WMP so that: It starts when computer starts A playlist plays automatically Next video plays automatically The videos are full screen when played...

Hi everyone, I got my new computer, a Falcon Talon, with an i9 processor, an RTX 3080 video card and 64 Gigs of superfast ram. It runs great, but Microsoft Edge is bugging me. No matter how often I make Chrome, my default browser Windows keeps changing it back to Edge. It didn't do this on...

Hi, Can anyone explain why do I have several smaller partitions in my computer? I asked computer shop to add a new SSD and install operating system on it. When I came home I noticed there were multiple small partitions that are about 100mb. That Disk(G) that you see on the image is my...

Hey guys, My PC croaked on me what has been 3 years ago now. I tried moving my hard drive to a different computer and that's when I discovered Windows 10 is very particular about what computer it's on with the licensing. Gone are the days apparently of just moving a hard drive to a new...

I have installed a new computer and copied files from my old one. Properties on the folder I copied to shows 639MB and 4,197 files but going through the sub directories I cannot find any files at all. I have checked “show hidden files”.

Ok, so i have a random question. I have the davinci jr 1.0 printer. I went into windows 10 control panel, right clicked on my printer, then i hit share. I assigned my printer the name of Junior Ok, now on my laptop that is in the other room, i added a networked printer using the ip or hostname...

I am posting this in hopes that it might help anyone who has had a problem booting up in there MSI board. I have a B75MA-G43 MSI Board and found that for a long time I could not boot up after my computer was turned off for an Hour or two. It took me a long time playing around and asking...

Toshiba laptop, Widows 10 home anniversary. When I first turn on my computer, I need to log into that screen. Then, there's a 2nd screen that I need to log on to. My old laptop, running XP, needed only to log on to the first screen. Is there something I can do to eliminate one of these screens...

hi there i dont understand internet terms or networking concepts at all i know how to open a browser and use it though... i have a modem with 4 plugs and 3 computers 2 xp and 1 windows 7 i have been using 2 on the modem and now i have a new xp maxchine. all are connected to the modem with one...

It seems that when I got my computer, it had one partition. Then I dug into administrative settings and discovered that I really had four. One was Windows 7 (C:\), which I labeled, one was HP_TOOLS (P:\) and contains a "backup of the bios", one was SYSTEM_ (V:\) which contains a copy of various...

Can I have both and switch between each? I have tried Win 10 and get very frustrated with it and have gone back to Win 7 several times. What do I need to do to have both on the computer, do I need to put one on a floppy?

I've recently got a new computer without an OS, I bought a windows 7 disc, install went fine but I've got a problem, I can't update. When ever I try the update windows it just keeps checking for updates, the OS is Windows 7 Premium 64bit SP1. I've tried updating the update agent. Tried...

Hello I have two win8 computers and one ubuntu on a small lan. If i try to filebrowse from ubuntu to a shared drawer in any of my win8computers a login is required and i have no idea what username and pw i should use... I have tried my hotmail account and all other i could think of but i just...