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The end of general support for vSphere 7 in October 2025 is more than a product milestone — it’s a hard business inflection point that exposes the commercial and technical consequences of Broadcom’s post‑acquisition strategy for VMware, forces painful renewal and migration choices, and reshapes...

If your Windows 11 PC feels sluggish, there’s a good chance a growing pile of cached and temporary files is the culprit — and Windows already gives you simple, safe tools to clean them up without resorting to risky third‑party “optimizers.” Background / Overview Every day Windows and the apps...

I have now windows server 2019 essentials as my primary OS. Now i want a dualboot with win 10 Pro. A few years ago I have used GAG- Graphical Bootmanager. But it's quite old, and probably will not support GPT based drives. My w10 Pro is installed on a second hard drive (using GPT, and NOT MBR)...

How to make Chrome browser never save cookies only for example.com? I want to allow 3rd party cookies on all websites, but never for example.com. I know how to clear cookies for example.com, but I am asking for never saving them in the first place, thank you.

Hi All! I'm using the MSMG Toolkit to create a custom Windows 11 image for my own systems; I've added drivers and tweaked it as much as I can / as much as the toolkit allows. What I'd like to do now, is to add 3rd party installers and have them automatically be placed in either the Desktop or...

So whenever I try to open images, photos just gives me a "this app didn't start" error. I can get around it by using a 3rd party viewer, but its still a nuisance. My bigger problem is that I simply cannot open MS store. I click to open it, the icon flashes like its open but then immediately...

Hi Everybody, I Finally decided to do something about this issue. I keep my software icons in a several of desktop folders. An example would be "BUSINESS" where I keep Excel, Word, an accounting package called Ace Money. This issue seems to be confined to apps supplied by third-party providers...

Hi first things first: nothing irrelevant like changing your ISP (not possible), constant phone line services (they don't care) or anything of the sort we simply have a very bad internet (that has surprisingly good down bandwidth 8Mbit) we can only tinker with hoping windows will be more...

Following reduced system requirements for Windows 11, Microsoft re-released this application. https://www.theverge.com/22644194/microsoft-windows-11-minimum-system-requirements-processors-changes This app will tell you if your PC is eligible to upgrade to Windows 11. Link Removed Of course...

Mike submitted a new resource: WhyNotWin11 - Check for device compatibility from 3rd party source Read more about this resource...

Hi there, the CPU is constantly displaying 100% in windows task manager > users tab. However when I try other 3rd party programs the CPU is displaying correctly at idle 1%. Is this a bug? Or is there any way to fix it? I am sure the CPU is at 1% when left idle. Core temps readings

which 3rd party software can do it better? "Everything" app is search forever and halt.

Hello I have 3rd party monitoring App tool that has it's own particular sservice running within Services panel and needs to continue to run. For some strange reason it sometimes gets stopped (maybe bug). I recently successfully configured Task Schedule in regards for Event ID = 7036 & Source =...

What is best way to silently install a .exe file with multiple options being checked while installing and also have it scheduled without any scripting/coding involved ? Are there any 3rd party opensource apps which silently run an executable and also capable of scheduling it? FYI: The...

I called Microsoft a couple days ago and tried to order the Windows 7 Extended Security Updates. I was told I will be going through a third party to receive my updates. I just received an email message from a tech company in Denver. Is this how it's going to work, then? I have to deal with an...

HI New to the forums I am running win 10 ( 1607 ) on a Lenovo thinkpad tablet. I am using it in my car for satnav, music etc. I would like to have the car frontend software ( centrafuse - old but ok ) start when the tablet boots, but I cannot seem to get this working. I have tried many...

Assume I am sitting in front of an unknown/new computer which has a Wifi-chip on his motherboard. How can I find out (from within Windows 7; not from manual) from which manufacturer this Wifi chip is (e.g.Intel)? Is there a built-in info or do I need a 3rd party diagnostic tool? Peter

Can I uninstall (permanently) from my Win10 system: - "Mail and Calendar" (I want to use Thunderbird email client instead) - "Store" and "Wallet" (I never want to install Apps+Programs from MS Store) - "Microsoft.Office.Desktop" (I want to use LibreOffice resp. an older version of MS Office...

Hi, I was using File History before the 1809 update and saw it was no longer working. I do not want an image- just file and folder backups. Here are the steps I have done Removed old File History backup and restarted- same issue. Further investigation showed that I was hitting MAX PATH 256...

Hi. I'm an amateur photographer and all my pictures are taken in RAW so they're quite large. I often have hundreds of pictures to browse through but it's a painfully slow process with Windows Photos. This is due to the fact that it changes them; It only seems to do it when I load RAW images...