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I am trying to help out an elderly friend who has forgotten his login pin on his win 11 laptop, we have tried everything he can remember but all to no avail. I could do with some advice on how to rectify this. Many thanks Brian

Hi everyone, I've been experiencing a pretty frustrating issue with my Windows 11 laptop lately. My battery seems to be draining much faster than usual, even when I'm not doing anything particularly demanding. I’ve already tried a few basic troubleshooting steps like checking for updates and...

I used to do my taxes through Credit Karma Tax, but now they had switched over to Cash App Taxes instead. I have the app on my phone but I would like to do my taxes on my laptop instead. Is there a way that I can download the cash app application on Windows 11 by chance so that way I am able to...

The Dell Inspiron N7110. Yes, it's an old laptop, and I left for 2 weeks, and it rained and it was humid and now the laptop's display doesn't work - there's backlight but its all grey. Occasionally some faded image will peep through from behind. secondary display works fine. How do I fix it...

Hello, I bought a new laptop and I am trying to change the location of windows key + E. Until now I used a method with script.reg with launch.vbs : Script.reg: Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00...

Hello, I have decided to close my Microsoft account as its no longer needed. What i didn't do was unlink the device ( laptop ) from the Microsoft account. My laptop is signed out of the Microsoft account , meaning it's now as a local account and has a new user name and password. So does...

They are many weeks I've been struggling with sharing issue on my network and as it is said "a picture is worth a thousand words" so here what is happening and what I don't understand. Does someone have a clue ? Of course, files & folders sharing is set, all on the same workgroup, network...

All of a sudden I get hundreds of bookmarks in both Chrome and Edge. The only thing new is that I am running Norton's Ultimate Utilities. Any correlation? Platform is a Dell laptop running the latest version of W11. These bookmorks do not correlate with the Favorites folder under Users.

A newly purchased laptop running Windows 11 is having slow WIFI speed on WIFI 6 when connected to a particular Router. It works normally when running on another WIFI connection. The WIFI supports other devices at much faster speeds.

Hi All I am reaching out to seek assistance regarding a critical issue I am facing with my Intel vPro Processor Laptop. I recently encountered the following error: "Error code 0xc0000142: Application not found - The application executable is missing or corrupt. Reinstall the program or check."...

I am seeking help as networking is not my field. I have a Windows 10 Desktop and a Windows 11 Lenovo Laptop. Both are on the same WORKGROUP private network. My Desktop is hard wired to my Vodafone router and my laptop is connected to the same network by Wi-Fi. On my Windows 10 Desktop (under...

I have an older Laptop that I use for travel. It was my wife's old laptop. It crashed and I had reload it with the OEM system after replacing the hard drive. Now it's running 8.1. I had previously upgraded it to Widows 10 when available. It I just bought a new Windows 10 download from Microsoft...

Hello folks, I have three Dell Latitude laptops, is bluetooth files to and from each. On two of them, whenever I click "send a file", select the computer to be sent to and then click "browse", it opens up the folder that I last used when sending a file, on the other one, it always opens up "this...

Win11 23H2 HP Laptop. How do I get the prompt to tell me my DBX version? Thank you.

I bought a laptop but my browser and my laptop screen keeps on blacking out and the people who sold me on Lenovo Concept Store Festival Mall & PC Express & Joneco didn't fix the problem. Is it the laptop or an OS problem? Coz Im not getting a good resolution from their CS people

Hey. So like a year ago I got some water on my Dell g3 and the battery got fucked up (also the keyboard). I can't spend on a battery right now because I have to import it from another country and it's kinda expensive. So I unplugged the battery and I'm using the laptop plugged in all the time...

I am missing the change brightness based on content option within settings -> system -> display -> brightness -> change brightness based on content. I am on an MSI laptop with the Windows 11 version that shipped with the laptop. Would anyone know why change brightness based on content is not...

I bought a laptop but my browser and my laptop screen keeps on blacking out and the people who sold me on Lenovo Concept Store Festival Mall & PC Express didn't fix the problem. Is it the laptop or an OS problem? Coz Im not getting a good resolution from their CS people

Windows 11 laptop HP 17t-cn300 newly bought. How do I change the contrast, hue, other advanced video settings? I am in Settings > Display, and it has night / red shift, brightness, but I do not see advanced settings such as contrast, hue. The brightness is on max, but I cannot see much on the...

Hello, I need shortly to reinstall Windows 11 in my Laptop. Everything is official. How I can do this without problems? I know that I have to create a PEN bootable with Windows 11. My problem is what questions the system ask that is easy to me respond and do the Job untis the end. Thanks for...