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Hi. I am trying to change the default printer on my computer (Windows 11 Home all updates) and although I select "set as default", and "let Windows manage my printer" is disabled, it still won't accept the change. I click "set as default" and nothing happens. Anyone have an idea as to why...

Microsoft has just released a new update for Windows 11 (version 22H2). This update, KB5023778 (OS Build 22621.1485), brings some exciting new features and improvements to the system. Here's a quick rundown of what you can expect: New Features Notifications for Microsoft accounts will be...

Hello to all, the properties for « My Images » is C:\Users\gmber\OneDrive\Images in Win 11 however I store my Images on my G : drive. I have done this since Win 98, I never had problems changing where « My Images » where to be located. I installed Win 11 a few weeks ago and it will not let me...

as you can see the settings icon has disappeared from the lower left corner someone can help me?

I would like to get the default win10 behaviour, where the taskbar buttons are all to the left, and open windows show up separately to the right. Right now, when a window associated with a button is open, the button changes to a large window button, and other program icons move to the right. I...

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

How do I change the boot sequence in Windows 10? when I used Win 7 the F12 key was used now on my new laptop this function is not here. thanks

I recently had one of my computers start displaying in all lowercase and was wondering if anyone knew what this might be from. All network computers are on AD and I havent made any changes at least that I'm aware of.

At some point, very recently, my go-to folders (downloads, documents, pictures) found themselves in the path of onedrive. So instead of Users/Me/Downloads it's Onedrive/RandomDirectoryFrom3YearsAgo/Downloads. What's worse is now I have a mix. Documents has onedrive in the path, but videos is in...

Hello, My wifi symbol dissapears or in wifi option airplane mode apperas and wifi not working in windows 11, this happens when starting up or unplugging my ethernet cable. So I can't connect to wifi anymore a restart doesn't work but turning the computer off and rebooting it, then wifi reapears...

Hello Windows Insiders, today we are releasing Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 25281 to the Dev Channel. TL;DR Starting with this build, we are trying out improvements to Windows Spotlight and introducing a visual update to the graphics settings page. And of course, a handful of fixes too...

I have been having issues using my webcam on Zoom. It works at first for 30 to 60 seconds then it starts flickering as shown in the picture. I tried buying an external webcam but it still has same issue.

Hello, Is there any way to disable the giant and unnecessary "ribbon" (I think it's called that at least) in windows 11? In win 10 there is a little arrow to the top right which you can minimize it with, and there are also tools that let you disable it completely, but I can't find anything at...

Hi, is it possible to make a startup script (win 7-10) doing the following: 0. Script starts with the OS. 1. Detects connected to PC displays (I use a TV display, hdmi). 2. Opens a web browser on TV (f.ex. display 1) FULL screen mode. 3. The browser starts with a particular user profile (f.ex...

I can never leave well enough alone, I always want to know what clicking on this or that does. This time I'm talking about the panel that comes up when you click on the Connection Icon on the right side of the taskbar. This time I clicked on a Checkbox next to my internet connection. I think it...

Hello, so i added my batch script for auto turning off nanoleafs on pc shutdown via this tutorial Executing a batch script on Windows shutdown but it does not work, if you run the script alone, it works fine, but not on windows shutdown... any ideas? Its added in a shutdown folder and also...

Hello and happy holidays everyone! How can I clear the autofill drop down e-mail suggestions whenever I begin to type an address in Mail? You see, I've accumulated tons of addresses from years of being a user, some are no longer valid, some I have no use for. How can I clear the autofill, or...

Right click taskbar>taskbar settings>left click settings>other system tray icons= red X on mouse keys. Why is there a red on mouse keys and how to remove it? P.S. I used a program to recover an image and all is fixed. Never did get the way to fix the previous OS issue. Now it is moot.

If I were to make Google Docs my default writer instead of Word would I then see docs when I use my Windows 11 file explorer instead of Word? If possible do I go to apps and select the default Google Docs assuming it is there. Or HOW would I make Google Docs my default writer?

Hello Windows Insiders, today we are releasing Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 22621.1028 and Build 22623.1028 (KB5021866) to the Beta Channel. Build 22623.1028= New features rolling out. Build 22621.1028 = New features off by default. December 2022 Bug Bash: Starting tomorrow December 7th...