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  1. Solved W11 Home 26100.712 - not accepting W10 Pro Key

    W11 Home 26100.712 - not accepting W10 Pro Key I may be wrong, but I don't think you could ever interchange a Pro Key on a Home system or a Home Key on a Pro system.

  2. looking for microsoft weather app without ads

    The ORIGINAL built in Weather App doesn't seem to have any ads. (Start>All Apps)

  3. W11 gurus - how does W11 know if WintoGo or Internal disk / Nvme

    Had a similar problem a while ago. see if this helps: Problems re-installing windows as a live upgrade - Windows 10 Help Forums on W10 forum

  4. Remove Bell Icon

    It,s showing that you have NO notifications. If you had unviewed notifications, the bell would be colored.
  5.

    Microsoft Unveiling the Next Generation of OneDrive

    I agree with TraderGary

  6. Solved Compress Hard Drive

    I have used compressed drives for several years on data drives (never on a system drive). I have never had a drive problem caused by compression as far as I know, but it is possible. I don’t consider it a problem though. My data backed up a variety of ways and in different locations. I use...

  7. Solved Change defaults from OneDrive to local "C" drive

    Click on the one drive icon in the taskbar either visible or hidden Click on settings Un-select the buttons go through rest of settings and set to your choice.

  8. Print doesn't work with Ctrl P...

    Not a direct answer to your question, but Pushing [Print Screen] will allow you to capture the desired area in Sniping Tool and then print.

  9. HYPER-V and 2nd level VM

    I have several VM's running most of the time. Some are set to automatically backup using Macrium. The auto backups sometimes fail because of permissions issues, but manually initiated backups always work if I do everything right.

  10. Solved How can you keep 3rd party software vendor from using your Paid 365 OneDrive subscription for their files

    I have used one drive for years, and I have quite a few files that I keep on One Drive, either as a backup, or for easy access from anywhere. I use a different approach to using One Drive. I don’t allow O. D. to backup and sync ANY of my folders except the One Drive folder. Anything I want saved...

  11. Your Favorite Search Engine and Why?

    I’ve been using DuckDuckGo for a while now, and am reasonably satisfied with it. I got frustrated with lack of applicable results in a particular search and temporarily switched back to Google. Since the results weren’t any better, back to DDG. I switched from Google to DDG because of the...

  12. Default save location for newly installed programs still OneDrive

    First thing I do when I install a new drive is to open One Drive settings and turn off the backup function. The One Drive menus vary somewhat between various Windows installations, but the capability is still there. Below is the procedure for W11 22H2 1. Click on the One Drive Icon. 2...

  13. Internet Radio Receiver - Can I play a Playlist from my PC?

    Plex also has a free version, which I use for a media server. I don't know that it would help the OP though

  14. Which is your preferred password manager software? 2nd Edition. New and improved

    I don't use any of the choices, I wrote my own. Works for me.

  15. To activate Win 11, what types of older license are good?

    I installed a clean version of W11 Pro a few weeks ago and didn't activate it until a few days ago. I used a previously used W7 Pro CoA (retail) and it activated without a problem.
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