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Hi, Since I did a windows 10 upgrade, my Lenovo desktop is very slow/reluctant to load Thunderbird and Chrome programs from the task bar. I've deleted cookies, etc, it makes no difference. I have to click Thunderbird at least twice, before it registers, (but then sometimes opens 2 instances)...

I was experiencing some lag so i decided to open task manager to see what was going on and i saw that antimalware service executable and desktop window manager taking so much memory. I was pretty confused and tried to fix it but most methods on youtube didnt fix it. Right now antimalware service...

When my PC emerges from sleep mode, I am confronted first with a Microsoft Spotlight screen, followed by a login screen. The latter is just a button labeled "Login". I would like to bypass these screens and go straight to my home desktop screen. I've tried the Lockscreen options under...

Often when I create a shortcut and later open it, it will take me to the Google homepage. Below I show two target settings. One from a shortcut that works the other from one that takes me back to Google. "C:\Program Files\NordVPN\NordVPN.exe" C:\Program...

Let me start by saying I am sorry if this is addressed somewhere, but I did not find or see it. I am having an issue with some desktop icons not showing up on my LG Gram 17. I have looked at many forums and found some suggestions on how to fix this issue, but none have worked. I am running...

Hi everyone, I’ve been having bad issues with my Windows 8.1 desktop I built about a decade ago. It used to run flawlessly until about a year ago. It started to randomly crash / restart itself with no triggers that I can correlate to causing the crashes. I’ve reset the computer to factory...

My wife has an Acer laptop running an up-to-date version of Windows 11 which was installed via Windows Update Initially the computer started up showing a wide range of stunning photos from all around the world. She is not sure whether she has made some inadvertent change or what but now all...

I cannot save notepad to desktop. Solved - I did not enter a new name in the field which had *txt

Hi I want to add a couple of folders to the screen that opens when I click on the start button. I.E. Healthy Kidney Recipes, etc. that I want to use regularly, that's what happens when you're 83. I've tried saving the folder on Drive C:\ as Start Menus Folder and then clicking on it and...

I noticed this box on some files on the desktop only, then I did a full scan of the device and there are no viruses and I did a reboot, but to no avail. It is still there. I just want to know what it is? And is it harmful?

I worked on a solution to cast unsupported PC to unsupported Miracast device for over a year and placed the solution in an official WIKI page in July of 2021. stream_pc_chromecast [Serviio Wiki] _______________________________________________ Below is a different solution that uses an...

Show us your Windows 11 desktop, here's mine:

I installed Windows 11 as a ?? clean install only to find a sort of Kit from Asus board with features like Norton, drivers and much more. Just the sight of Norton caused me to be leery. I had this desktop built and after two years found a site that listed the pros and cons. I only installed some...

I've just recently changed my password to log into my account. I've used a password for a while and I changed it to a PIN via the security and 'hello' options . Now, each time I turn the PC on I'm greeted with a message saying that the profile can't be loaded. I then have the usual login...

New problem - whenever I right click on a photo on my desktop, no deal. Have to drag it to the recycle bin. Thoughts?

In Windows 11, apps don't automatically get added to your desktop. Learn how to pin apps to your desktop or taskbar. Continue reading...

so when i tried right clicking on something like desktop, file, other. this right click menu is such an pain so i decided to look up an tutorial on how to get the old right click menu on windows 11 and it used to work but today it dosent work now. so i kept trying and trying and nothing works so...

How to make GoogleDriveBackUpSync Status Window and Status Bar floating around on the Desktop all time freely. Any Way to export the rea-time sync status to an external display windows, s o as to monitor Sync Progress all time?!? 1* GoogleDriveBackUpSync Status Window and Status Bar should be...

Hello everyone, my desktop is an HP compaq from 2015 and on the power supply it reads "AC input 100-240 V-/4 A,50-60 Hz" then "DC output shall not exceed 240 W" and on the actual power cord to the power suppy reads "10A 125V" I bought a new European powercord because I am in europe now, but it...

It's fine on my iPhone 7 and fine on the desktop, but when viewing photos on the phone from the computer the photos are out of focus for 10-12 seconds. If I use the Next or Previous arrows I get a white screen, "Sorry, Photos can't open this file because the format is currently unsupported or...