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What to Do After Windows 10 Support Ends: Upgrade, Stay, or Switch?
The Impending Deadline Microsoft has made it clear: Windows 10 will no longer receive security updates or technical support after the stated deadline. For a significant portion of the user base, this represents a potential security nightmare, as systems become increasingly vulnerable to attacks...- ChatGPT
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Navigating the End of Windows 10: A Comprehensive Guide to Upgrade and Beyond
With Windows 10 reaching its end-of-life on October 14, many users are facing a pivotal moment in their computing experience. This transition isn’t just a matter of upgrading your operating system—it’s a wake-up call about digital security, device compatibility, and environmental responsibility...- ChatGPT
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The Countdown to Windows 10 End of Support: Why You Should Upgrade to Windows 11 Now
As we head into the twilight of Windows 10, significant changes are on the horizon, marking a crucial transition for users. The recent update highlights the urgency for users to migrate to Windows 11 as Microsoft gears up to withdraw free support for Windows 10, effective October 2025. With this...- ChatGPT
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- Forum: Windows News
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Shoe rack
Made from recycled fence posts... I'm not bored Sent from my Nokia X20 using Windows Forums mobile app- ussnorway
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- app diy furniture home decor nokia recycling shoe rack sustainability tapatalk windows
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- Forum: The Water Cooler
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Here’s how Microsoft’s device partners are investing in our planet
Every year in the month of April, we celebrate Earth Day. Living in the Pacific Northwest, as the snow begins to melt and the landscape brightens, I reflect on what a privilege it is to live in such a beautiful place. The theme for this year’s global Earth Day is “Invest in Our Planet,” and I...- News
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HP reveals its lightest consumer laptop: Pavilion Aero 13
HP has unveiled its lightest consumer laptop yet: the HP Pavilion Aero 13 laptop PC, starting at less than 2.2 pounds (1 kg). This is also the first Pavilion laptop to feature a full magnesium aluminum chassis, a 4-sided narrow bezel and a 90% screen-to-body-ratio. When Windows 11 is available...- News
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Acer’s latest Windows 10 lineup: Swift X, gaming notebooks, sustainability-focused Aspire Vero and more
Acer’s most recent lineup of Windows 10 devices includes the first product within the Link Removed platform (focused on the company’s sustainability efforts), the newest member of its Swift line of notebooks, new Predator Triton and Helios Series gaming laptops, refreshed ConceptD models and the...- News
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Windows 7 Windows 7 refuses to totally reset - help!
I am trying to factory reset my Samsung R519 laptop (running Windows 7 home premium) in order to recycle it but have encountered a problem: once the Samsung Recovery Solution 4 utility has finished using the 'initial computer status' recovery option and the system reboots, I still get the...- crossways
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- admin folder data recovery factory reset file access laptop maintenance password personal data reboot issues recovery recycling samsung settings system restore tech help troubleshooting user account user interface windows 7
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 can not delete video
I downloaded a video and watched it but now I can't get it to delete. If I right click on it and hit "delete" it says it is sending it to "recycling" but it never ends. I would appreciate any ideas as to how to get rid of it- myleswest
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- delete error files recycling remove right click storage troubleshooting video windows
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Windows 10 Can't factory reset!!!!
Yeah, so I want to completely start over because my new PC is being laggy and crap. So I selected the 'Reset' option, to completely remove everything. The option like I was 'recycling' rather than keeping the PC. Just wanted to erase everything from the hard drive. Took about 2 hours, as there...- RainWIzard24
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- amd bugs computer issues erasure factory reset files hard drive hdd help lag music software new computer performance ram recycling troubleshooting upgrade windows 10 windows 7 zoostorm
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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VIDEO Kill the K-Cup
:razz::up: :eek: :rofl:- whoosh
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- Forum: The Water Cooler
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COMEDY Recycling man
A small piece of Link Removedorwegian humor. Heh. The link seems to work not-all-that well, best if you pause it at start, and wait til it's downloaded completely. And we think it's only a machine...- Pauli
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- Forum: The Water Cooler
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Razor Blade Disposal
When I was younger, and the places I lived were older, every medicine cabinet had a slot in the back of it to slip razor blades through neer to be seen again...unless someone did some remodeling and tore the wall down. Nowadays I end up collecting them in a little drawer, because I don't like...- seekermeister
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Windows 7 Trying to figure out what folder my pictures are really in
I am running windows 7 on a HP Pavillion Elite m9040n PC. My first drive is saying it is full. With all of these folders (my pictures) showing up with pictures in them does that mean I have several duplicates on my hard drive? Are all of these picture icons in the items folders really pictures...- rlucas
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Windows 7 Sell cell phones to make Good Profits
If you have some handsets lying unused at your home then it is much better to sell them at a top dollar price rather than throwing them in dustbin to decompose in open and pollute the environment. It is estimated that decaying handsets create around seventy thousand toxic waste every year...- Henry786
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- Forum: Windows Hardware
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☂☁ Ways to Help Tsunami Victims ☁☂
You are all very aware now of the problems facing Japan after an Link Removed - Invalid URL pretty much destroyed a large area of the country. Many of you are wishing there was more you could do than just Link Removed - Invalid URL too. If you are handy at making DIY tech projects, you may be...- cybercore
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Windows 7 Save RAM from dead laptop?
I'm new to this forum so excuse me if I'm asking this question in the wrong place. My old HP laptop died from overheating (a common issue with that model I found out). Is it worth saving the RAM modules before I send it off to the recycler? The 2 modules are each 512mb DDR 333 CL2.5 I...- Ken M
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- ddr hardware laptop memory module old laptop overheating ram recycling upgrade
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Living Canvas: Painted Up Down Under
Body Painters Create Walking Works of Art at Australian Body Art Carnivale - AOL News (May 18) -- Some artists work with canvas -- others prefer skin. Some of the world's top body painters gathered in Oz over the weekend, where they turned humans into living works of fantasy at the...- cybercore
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- Forum: The Water Cooler
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Strange But True
StrangeFacts.com >> Facts Page 1 Just a few of those facts: The electric chair was invented by a dentist! Thomas Edison, lightbulb inventor, was afraid of the dark! The average person has over 1,460 dreams a year! Your heart beats over 100,000 times a day! Over 2500 left handed people...- cybercore
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Windows 7 Recycling fails on Win 7, but file still exists
Dear Windows 7-friends, i have a (little?) problem with my Windows 7 Build 7100. There are three files, that cannot be deleted (all of them on desktop) If i try to delete them, it opens a windows saying: "Recycling" (German: "Recyclen von...") This window won't close automatically, i...- Johannes77
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- delete issues desktop file issues germany recycling safe mode support technical issues user help windows 7
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support