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    Windows 10 Machine changes to tablet mode (!)

    Hi. Question: How to disable tablet mode. Problem: reaccuring changes from desktop to a tablet mode. How to disable tablet mode in a permanently way? This very machine keeps change this with a couple of months reaccuring. Perhaps there is a powershell script or something that could be run...
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    W10 Day-Timer 2000 Program suddenly stops working

    Hello. I'm new to this forum and hope to get help. I've been running an old application since the XP days on various systems. I'm currently running it succcessfully on a W10 laptop, a W11 laptop, and it used to run on my W10 desktop. Starting yesterday, when it starts to load, it is...
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    Windows 10 Change desktop background on startup.

    Hello !! I'm new to the forum. My PC at work displays an annoying image on the desktop on startup that obscures the icons. I can change it by going into Personalisation and changing the background to "solid". This is something that I have to do every time that I boot my PC up. Is there...
  4. Typing 1 letter and getting several different ones, many examples

    I have a puzzle rather than a problem for you this time.. A couple of mornings ago my wife's two-year-old Dell desktop computer did something very weird I'm curious what you think might have caused it. When you type this ----- you would get this. These would happen consistently on any...
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    Windows 10 Turned on PC and the icons on the desktop had symbols instead of letters for titles.

    Greetings. I have Windows 10 home with 8 GB of ram and i5 core CPU and use this PC for producing music. Went on a mini vacation and when i came home and turned on PC, the icons on my desktop had symbols not letters under my programs and on my taskbar. Please help!!!!
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    Why Don't I Have Full-Admin Rights to Any Photos on my Desktop?

    Winver=22H2. Just a couple of weeks ago I KNOW I had FULL ADMIN rights to copy any file/photo off of my desktop. Now, I can't send anything from my desktop, and I desperately need to send scrnshots to support groups but I can't cuz some MSoft gremlin changed it on the fly. :mad::mad::mad: It's...
  7. Windows 11 android links in gmail

    I regularly get Android-type links in my Gmail email. I don't have a smartphone so is there some way I can respond to them From Windows 11 Gmail?
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    Changes in desktop after loging in - open files

    Hi all. After loging in on computer, my desktop background was black with icons all around... also got several files opened which wasn't done by me and nobody used my laptop... I assume what it is, but can just somebody confirm please and advise further steps. Thanks
  9. Windows sharing stopped after upgrade to Pro and other systems affected?

    I have four Windows 11 systems (all upgraded from Windows 10 originally), all using the same credentials (my MS account), and all connected to my home LAN. Each has a folder set up for sharing to all other systems and after the upgrade to Windows 11 all have continued to successfully access the...
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    Chrome app screen

    HP Spectre, Win 10. Would someone tell what this screen is (attached) and how was it created in the first place. Whenever I try to create a desktop icon it ends up on this screen. Thanks.
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    Sleeps despite settings, can't wake it up

    I'm running Windows 11 22h2 on a Dell XPS 8950 desktop. My power settings specify Never sleep and never turn off screen. I run a screen saver app. I shut down my computer every night and power up (so boot) the next day. Many days I'm at my computer most of the day, or at least on-and-off. Some...
  12. +No icons on 2nd user screen

    I have a Win 10 computer that I recently setup for use by my son-in-law and my grandson. The one for my son-in-law is the main user, and one for grandson set up afterwards, both are set as Administrators. Everything is fine on the main users screen, but if I sign in as my grandson then there are...
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    Windows 10 Desktop side bar has disappeared

    The side bar on my win 10 laptop has disappeared and has been substituted by icons on the desktop, what I want is to restore it back to were it was, some advice and help please
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    How to Copy AOL Email Folders to Your Desktop for Easy Management

    Can i copy aol email folders to my desktop , i know how to copy and paste information to my desktop by opening an individual email . Can i copy the entire email folder , to my desktop so i can view whats what and delete if nescessary . Thank you .
  15. Windows 11 The creation of the HP BIOS USB Recovery fails

    Hello, AMD 2021 Windows 11 HP Desktop Model # S01-aF0134z. There is a problem with the BIOS. To fix that, I am using a secondary working HP Laptop to create a HP BIOS USB Recovery stick, but it is not working. Using the serial number of my HP Desktop, I downloaded the BIOS update .exe file from...
  16. KVM causes erratic mouse behaviour in some games

    Hello, I use a KVM switch to enable my Windows 11 PC, work laptop, CCTV and Android box to share the same mouse, keyboard and monitor. The KVM I am using is: Link Removed Usually everything works smoothly, without any problems when I switch between computers. However, when in some games...
  17. Windows 7 launched new software for windows users - Genie

    Genie is a rule-based bot built in python. It's a helpful desktop application for everyone who wants to do simple things quickly like download a file, minify, etc.,
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    Windows 10 Age of Empires desktop icons

    Hello, guys! Does anyone have any idea why the desktop icons are displayed like this? It’s been like this for a while now and it's incredibly frustrating. I have a couple of games on my computer, but it only happens to Age of Empires (l & ll) and to Europa Universalis lV, which I downloaded...
  19. Windows 11 my onedrive is using my documents folder !!!

    I Installed my win11 and enabled onedrive when windows was greeting me and now my desktop, documents and pictures is part of onedrive! how did this happen? I want my onedrive folder independent of all other folders how do I fix this?
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    Windows 7 question about "visibility" of 2 PCs in the same LAN

    Hello,I'm new to this Forum, and hope to be aided to solve a problem I'm unable to solve by myself. My aim is to be able to access drives of Desktop from Laptop, and viceversa. Here is the situation: I have a Desktop and a Laptop connected to the same LAN Ping from Laptop to Desktop works Ping...