Recent content by DigitalGoat

Well the answer to the OP's question was not addressed at all and the first two responses were uninstall it & never use it which are not helpful to the OP or anyone else without giving reasons why, other than just personal preference or tinfoil hat reasons. Saying it is coded badly and will...

It would help people coming across this thread to know why 'everyone' recommends to NEVER install Armoury Crate, give specifics.

Inpoutx64 is apparently an open source kernal driver installed by such software as OpenRGB to allow access to serial, parallel and other I/O ports. There are various guides online as to how to completely remove OpenRGB, so it seems like one of those installations that might leave orphans behind...

For seeing folder sizes easily and paths etc try Treesize or WizTree or similar, they are free for personal use and usually have a portable version (so no install needed), when run with admin elevation they can show all hidden files and folders as well. Very useful for seeing the 'true' contents...

Before jumping to the worst case scenario I would like to point out that we very recently had a few Windows updates that could as well be the cause. I saw the exact same message on shutdown/ restart last night (first restart since the configuration update), I had left MSI Afterburner running...

Just to mention that NTFS supports certain file properties that would be lost when the files are copied to an exFAT formatted device, which may be important to some users.

Can you remove/ reset all registry entries you have changed concerning the Start Menu then show another screen grab of your Settings/Personalisation/Start options? These are mine on Win11 22h2 version 22621.2283. And the Start Menu Recommended section. No registry alterations, no 3rd party...

There are probably many different methods to refurbish and/ or recertify hard drives depending on how the drive was returned, it could be open box but unused, warranty return to place of purchase or RMA to manufacturer, light to medium use or near end of warranty period. The actual process...

Another way to go is to get something like this: "TerraMaster D4-300 USB3.1 Hard Drive/SSD Enclosure" I bought the 4 bay DAS, no RAID just JBOD with support for upto 80TB total, and added 4 Toshiba 1TB drives for £30 each. Since it uses a SATA backplate you can use a mix of HDDs and SSDs easily...

The GPE has this option in Admin Templates for those who don't want OneDrive integration, the wording suggests it also stops other apps from using OneDrive, maybe Office etc?

Do you happen to have a keyboard with a TOF sensor? I have an EVGA Z20 with the sensor, although as far as I am aware it should only work to turn off the keyboard lights and maybe put the bluetooth/ wireless in low power mode (mine is a wired keyboard but still has the sensor). Is it possible...

If selling the PC then remember to remove it from the list of devices in your MS account if you have one after prepping/ wiping the PC.

Saved Passwords in Edge are encrypted, if you want to export your saved passwords to a file for backup purposes you will be warned that the export will be plain text if you proceed.

Only if the application supports voice commands, if it does I am sure the developer site will mention it or a plugin for voice recognition. Windows 10 supports voice control and dictation to a certain level, you can certainly open apps, create new files and choose menu options in most native...

Are you talking about support for a certain build version being discontinued, for example 22H1? If so you just need to update to the latest build or wait for the latest build to be force installed. If this is not what you are talking about then you really need to include much more detailed...