Recent content by AndreyT

Yes, thank you. These commands do allow the setup to progress past the requirements check. However, it ultimately ends in a persistent 0x800f0830 error, i.e. "Install error - 0x800f0830". The C:\$WINDOWS.~BT\Sources\Panther\setuperr.log has a flurry of these at the end: 2026-06-13 15:58:45...

The first option will not work (obviously) if the original Windows installation was performed with specially prepared media that circumvents the PC requirements check (TPM, CPU etc.). The downloaded repair package will make these checks again and refuse to do anything if the PC does not pass the...

No, I'm not. I use a regular Comcast residential cable connection. And various "what is my external IP" services on the Net have no trouble determining my correct Comcast IP and my correct location. As I stated above, Location is enabled in windows settings for all browsers. My default location...

Since about a week ago, my Windows 11 PC (no WiFi, Ethernet connection) started to detect my location as Minneapolis, MN. All applications and web pages (regardless of the browser) place me in Minneapolis, while in reality I'm in San Franciso Bay Area. This behavior started relatively recently...

Your image clearly shows that the problem is exactly as I described: your `Pictures` location points to `C:\User\taw21`. This is the reason why your profile folder shows as `Pictures`. This part of the issue is clear now. No, it is not. What you see "within the profile folder" is actually an...

It means that you somehow accidentally registered the path `C:\User\taw21` as your profile's `Pictures` location. When you do that Windows replaces the actual folder name with the word `Pictures`. This is what you observe. Do the following: enter our profile folder as usual, find `Pictures`...

Yes, but that's how we still use it today: we use Microsoft account to log into specific Microsoft apps - Store, OneDrive, Feedback Hub, etc. - but we still stick to a local user account for Windows itself. Yes, when one performs the initial login into a Microsoft app Windows usually suggests...

I suspect the question asked above (#240) is about creating a local account afterwards, once the installation is complete. Can someone clarify whether the following installation approach still works without requiring the user to jump through extra hoops: 1. Install Windows 11 Pro while...

What exactly does the above mean? I'm not familiar with "Brother printer control center". Does it allow one to somehow save documents in printer control center?

This is not your lock screen. This is a picture of your login screen (the next one after the lock screen). But what does your lock screen look like? Can you take a picture of that? I.e. log in, then press Win+L and then take a picture without touching any other key.

Battery level is usually shown on pre-login screen, i.e. lock screen. Unfortunately, if you have already clicked through to the login screen, it appears there's no way to return to the lock screen without actually logging in.

Not sure why you expected "faster boot". Additional memory will not increase up your boot speed. As for performance... Extra memory will increase performance in situations when combined working set of all active processes exceeds the size of installed RAM. In other words, if you previously...

Oh, so your keyboard and mouse are wireless? (Quite a critically important piece of information somehow missing from the original post). What kind of interface are these devices using to connect to your machine? Bluetooth? Or a dedicated dongle that you insert into an USB port?

The shortcut letters are a normal consequence of Alt key being depressed. Whatever causes the actual phantom right click is probably also responsible for the phantom Alt key functionality.

Didn't even open what exactly? Aside from the autostart setting mentioned above, when you start a Steam game by using its desktop shortcut, it also starts Steam client itself. So, did you start any Steam games?