Recent content by Ghost1959

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Buy a new machine. Before I even power it up I remove the factoy installed hard drive and replace it with a drive from my stash. Clean install of needed OS without any of the BS. If I have a hardware issue requiring warranty repair I just slap the factory drive back in.

Control Panel\All Control Panel Items\BitLocker Drive Encryption > Turn Off BitLocker > Reboot Then if you want to continue to use BitLocker just turn it back on.

Sorry....https://cdburnerxp.se/help/audio/formats - works just fine on Win10 and Win11

Fre:ac https://sourceforge.net/projects/bonkenc/

Internet access has become a needed utility just like water and electricity and needs to be regulated as such. The cable companies have taken over much of the distribution and have made access insanely expensive when it doesn't cost almost anything once the initial installation is complete. In...

I have a client with just that problem. It's not that she can't afford internet access it's that it's just not available. We setup her machine in my office using a local account and stripped out anything from MS that required an online account. Loaded up the latest freeware options (LibreOffice...

With Rufus (a portable version is available) you'll need an 8 or 16GB thumb drive and the Windows 11 22H2 ISO. Rufus will partition the drive for you based on the criteria you give it. There's a walk through on their site. Works like a charm as it also bypasses the need for all the TPM...

Based on my test installs of both 21H2 and 22H2, as long as you load 21H2 and then update to 22H2 you should be good to go. There are also ways to restore the Local Account Creation for a clean 22H2 install (see Rufus v3.20; several autounattended.xml scripts).

I like StartAllBack but have tried Start11 (kind of slim on functionality) and Open Shell (not as polished as the other two). All of them give you the task bar functions (Quick Launch, etc.). Try Open Shell first. It's free and see if it does the trick for you.

Turn off Secure Boot - Clear all TPM settings (factory) - Boot from Strelec or Hiren's BCD - Use DISKPART to format the drive - Reboot with a Windows 10 or 11 install USB stick and do the clean install. Rule of thumb from 30+ years of tech support - If it takes more than 30 minutes of...