Recent content by Hairy Scot

On boot or restart my desktop icons are spread across my primary and secondary monitors. This is obviously not normal behaviour, so how does one fix it without third party software? I have Display Fusion, so the solution is simple, but I'm curious as to why this problem occurs. Could this be a...

Is it possible to make the default setting "Better Performance" instead of "Quick Removal", or do we have to live with the manual process for each new device?

It's purely a matter of personal preference. My Big Box with its 5 HDDs (12TBs) now sits in the corner running Sonarr, Radarr, SABnzbd, Plex, and acting like an entertainment NAS. I occasionally check it out via Remote Desktop and use my ASUS PN54 mini as my daily window on the web and my...

Installed W11 and hit one or two funnies. One was that in HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop\WindowMetrics there were no entries for Icon Spacing. Kinda stuffs up my desktop. Did not have this issue on my big box desktop. Any ideas anyone?

I did not expect to see so much virtue signalling. I was just passing on some information but have now corrected the title. As you say, "To each their own".

As do I. (y)

Not to mention a little patronising condescension with a hint of passive aggression. But I guess that did convey their opinions. I'm mildly surprised that nobody suggested Linux. :devilish: I'll write this thread off to experience.

Ever heard of irony, or even sarcasm?

I just stumbled across this video on you tube:- The guy recommends Chris Titus's Winutil, Rectify11, and something called Rainmeter. I am aware of Winutil, but the others are new to me. Does anyone have any experience or opinions of them? PS - I currently use StartAllBack, which has fixed...

I tracked it down to StartAllBack. Uninstalled the version I was running and installed latest version from Microsoft Store. Doing this also fixed some Taskbar issues.

Tried it. Made no difference.

Thank you, I'll give that a try when I get the time.

This error pops up with each shutdown or restart:- It is apparently a well known phenomenon. I've gone through DISM and SFC exercise and some of the suggested work around solutions, but it persists. Has anyone else come across this, and managed to fix it?

https://sourceforge.net/projects/winutil.mirror/

Does the fact that the message "Install the latest PowerShell for new features and improvements! Installing PowerShell on Windows - PowerShell" appears in the default version mean that the "new" version is endorsed by Microsoft? What differences or improvements does this "new" version offer?