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I have a retail license and key for Windows 11 Pro. I think I have to call Dell to have them make the XPS up instead of buying locally like BestBuy. Am I correct.

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...

Windows 11: I receive "access denied" by calling "Pin At Start" from the command line, no mather wich language PowerShell or VBscript. Both are called using administrator rights. PowerShell ========== Error ===== PS C:\Users\roberto> .\t.ps1 Pin-App : App(s) not found: C:\Program...

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...

Hello, I work as the sole member of the IT department of a small business. I spend much time replacing dead storage drives or setting up new workstations. I was wondering if there was a way I could write a script that I could put on a USB drive that I could plug into a PC with a fresh...

i can't figure this out it's driving me NUTS my pc keep turning itself on randomly from a complete turn off!! it also turns on whenever i press something on the keyboard setup: asrock h97m pro4 ddr3 12gb 2tb ssd gtx 1060 i5 4690 fast start up is off. there are no devices allowed...

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 all, Currently running Win 10 Home Retail licence on a PC that's not eligible for upgrade to Windows 11. However, I will have a new PC tomorrow. My question is, do I need to install windows 10 on the new PC, activate, THEN upgrade to 11 from there? Or can I install Windows 11 straight away...

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...

My Audio Technica 2020 USB Mic is causing my video player to play videos in reverse, and in like hyper speed. It does it on every video player on my pc, vlc, movie player, it doesnt matter. It also causes me sometimes to not be able to highlight and copy text on applications such as discord...

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UPDATED 10:45AM Redmond time with link to download and install from the Store! Hello Windows Insiders, Today we have announced that the first preview of Android™ apps on Windows 11 is now available for Windows Insiders in the Beta Channel in the U.S. If you haven’t already read this blog post...

Goodmorning, I had 3 drives on my pc (1 ssd-m2, 1 hdd, 1ssd) and because i need to switch data from one pc to another i bought a docking station. Right now i put my internal HDD and SSD (2/3) in it and if i tried to boot windows without the docking station on, i receive this error ( Reboot...

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...

I am in the process of cleaning and neatening up my PC. My PC has 6 drives: (C:) - Primary - M.2 - 1TB O.S. Drive - 3 Win Install partitions (D:) - Primary - SSD - 1TB Installation Drive - 1 Partition (E:) - Primary - HDD - 2TB Data Drive - 1 Partition (F:) - Primary - HDD - 2TB Data Drive - 1...

Hello so I haven't used windows really since 2006, being a Mac user, but a huge fan of gaming, but fed up with having to buy the latest consoles every couple years... Xbox 360 original, 360 slim... xbox one to Xbox s/x and now the Xbox series gen. So I got my holiday money for 2020 summer...

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...

In the past MS has been very nice about letting me move my win7 drive from computer to computer as I've upgraded machines. (had to reauthorize but that's not a biggie) Now I have win7 on my main machine balanced nicely with a lot of apps. I do not want to upgrade this. Nor do I want to stop...