Recent content by Ed McCauley

Following the installation of NordVPN, Win Firewall OFF notifications began appearing. Firewall page: warning "...not using recommended settings" None of the buttons worked, and WinFirewall Setting does not exist in Services. NordVPN tech support states that it does not block or change...

I only had the Windows Subsystems for Linux files - none of the other that you showed. I know what all the remaining installed apps are, and none could be any kind of Linux. I did reboot the computer afterwards.

Thanks OAT. The Ubuntu folder is gone, but the now empty Linux folder is still there. It won't hurt anything, but I'd like to get rid of it.

Win Ver: 22H2 Laptop While attempting to install Win 11 and Ubuntu as a DualBoot, I noticed I have a file named "Linux" with a subfolder named "Ubuntu." See attachment. Presumably, this is from the incomplete Ubuntu install. I'm ready to attempt another install of Ubuntu, so I want to remove...

With a single drive set to RAID rather than AHCI, the only negative factor that I am hearing about is a slight reduction in speed. My son wants to dual-boot to Windows and Ubuntu. While discussing the problems he has encountered, I realized I need to extend my knowledge of UEFI. Looking at my...

Thanks, bobkn. The computer is a Dell Precision 3451 laptop. I didn't notice that the 4 was missing from the model number. I tried to correct the model number and discovered that the keyboard "4" key no longer worked. Popped it off cleaned underneath and it's now working. Sorry about that...

Win v 22H2 Hello All, I'm not all that familiar with NVMe and RAID (when applied to a single physical drive); so what I'm finding in my UEFI settings has left me confused. Reading up on these technologies has helped, but their interaction due to this BIOS setup is still a problem... Booting...

WinVer 22H2 Attempting to format microsd card (using win format cmd): "can't format - card locked" No physical lock switch present using Admin prompt - diskpart - "attributes disk clear readonly" "process successful" Format disk: "can't format - card locked" ?????

Photoshop starts, a jpg opens, and a solid black rectangle covers the majority of the screen. PS controls don not respond. PS is no longer in APPS, but the folders for the installed program are present in file manager. I can't find an UNINSTALL program in any of the PS files. How do I uninstall...

Actually, the problem I had with Win 10 was on my previous Laptop and the symptoms were identical. My current machine came with Win 11 Pro installed. Absolutely agree with you on upgrading an operating system. For whatever reason, Internet Explorer runs fine, except as previously mentioned. I...

Glasskuter, thanks for your list of excellent suggestions. I've tried all but a new install, but still have the same issues... Also, with Win Explorer and/or Internet Explorer open, they alternately disappear and reappear at 1-second intervals in Task Man, although they appear to run normally as...

While working on the above procedure, I discovered that every time my computer pauses for a few seconds following a command, Task Manager reports a 100% CPU usage. After 5-10 seconds the usage drops to a normal level and the computer immediately executes whatever command I had given. It happens...

So, I need to uninstall programs until the issue ends. If success still eludes me, remove drivers, etc. Explorer is my #1 suspect, but it's up to date, and to my knowledge it's running whether I open it or not. Any ideas as to how to eliminate it as a suspect? Thanks for the info, Tom

Win 11; 21H2; OS 22000.1281 Dell Laptop Core i7Gen9 2.59Ghz 64-bit OS; 16 GB Memory Much to my surprise, after multiple searches on this site, I couldn't find a thread for this issue. It certainly was a common problem (for me anyway) with Win 10. I never open multiple apps anymore or multiple...

How do I find the Summary Report? I have no idea which Virus was detected, nor which file was "infected." The pop-up reported the file, and deleted it. My Recycle Bin is empty, as is my Quarantine older.