Dannydet

Great. MS screws up the BIOS, then Windows, now they're going for the hat trick by screwing up the internet too.

Plex or Emby are your best choices.

Reads like a multitude of different threads in your post. No, I don’t think half (or more) of what you ask is possible using Windows...

I know you did not ask for this, but have you looked into free media library management software. That possible does auto renaming...

They are a lot cheaper now than a decade ago. You can get as low as $40 for 1TB. You just need to scour the internet for the best deal.

Yes and unfortunately we can't guarantee that will fix it.

Oh dear Reinstalling Win 11 means reinstalling all of my other software programs, nightmare.

Well Steve, I'm at a total loss. Unless you try reinstalling windows and hope for the best?

Something has corrupted your Chrome application for Windows. Have you tried using Chrome on any other device? Revo Uninstaller can...

Thanks for actually helping! Lots of useful tool in there!

But you ask direct questions about what data these tools collect and how the data is used. We're users just like you. We have no idea...

@antspants is so right. If you are going to use the internet, a certain amount of user data is collected by the players that make...

You seem to be very concerned about computing and privacy/data. Seriously, what information is it you think Microsoft would get from you...

https://www.elevenforum.com/t/copilot-and-privacy.24846/post-449027 Anything you or your computer does, that uses someone's server or...

Ian, Well done. Forward the email to the National Cyber Security Centre at: report@phishing.gov.uk Perhaps her email account has been...