Recent content by Jim Rockford

I tried Option 3 and it seemed to work. I entered the command at an elevated run prompt and I received no feedback, negative or positive. I assume that means the command ran successfully. Since I can't access the setting via Windows Settings, is there a way to verify that, in fact, Location...

Thanks for this comprehensive discussion of Windows location services. I stopped by here after spending considerable time over on this "WiFi taking 4 minutes to connect" thread. It seems like Windows Location Services is contributing to that problem, and a possible "fix" is to disable Location...

I just tried turning location services off via settings, and the settings app crashed. In particular, when I went to Settings > Privacy & Security > Location, Camera, or Microphone, the settings app crashed. Other selections seemed to work properly. I tried repairing and resetting the...

I think I've got a better explanation of the difference between the two sizes: The larger size (report 197+ gigs) was dated 5/6/26, which is the date I reset Windows. If you scan down the output of my recent dir command, the size reported today is 7.585 gigs (reported), which does correspond...

I went ahead and ran the script using Power Shell running under PowerRun. Here is what happened: PS C:\> C:\Users\g_e_f\Downloads\CapabilityAccessManager\CapabilityAccessManager-Remediation.ps1 Security warning Run only scripts that you trust. While scripts from the internet can be useful...

OK. I get it. Thanks! When I go to the Git Hub site and select download, the file has a .txt type, not a .ps1 type. Am I doing something wrong? I'm unfamiliar with how git hub works. Again, thank you.

I'm not an admin, so I'm a bit hesitant to do as you describe above. If the risk of running this script is low, then I'll do it. Right now, I'm not experiencing any problems with my computer, although 183 Gigs of wasted file space will be noticed at some point. I have a 1T drive. What is...

Ah, OK. Here are the result of running the dir command in PowerRun: Directory of C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\CapabilityAccessManager 05/06/2026 02:11 PM <DIR> . 05/06/2026 02:22 PM <DIR> .. 03/10/2026 08:52 AM 88,891,392 CapabilityAccessManager (1).db...

I ran an elevated command prompt and got the following results: C:\Windows\System32>dir "C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\CapabilityAccessManager" Volume in drive C is OS Volume Serial Number is CAAE-7D7B Directory of C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\CapabilityAccessManager File Not Found...

Right after I reset Windows, my laptop connected to my wifi immediately upon reboot. Now, it does not connect until after I logon with my finger print. It only takes 5 seconds or so, but it's definitely slower than it was after the reset. I attempted to access the CapabilityAccessManager to...

Interesting... I'm running 24.40.0.4 now, after all of my trials and tribulations (and Windows reset). Moreover, simply changing drivers did not solve my problem. I even went to the trouble of ensuring a "clean" driver installation by deleting all the wifi adapter drivers from Windows so it...

Since it's solved for me I marked it solved. But I suspect it might not be solved for everyone, especially since we don't know what caused the problem in the first place.

That sounds like a good idea to me for someone who has the problem and the skills to navigate the Event Viewer. I have neither, but I'm anxious for someone to pick it up there and report back here.

Just for the record -- I think I mentioned this awhile back -- I disabled absolutely EVERYTHING in the startup app list and all but the Microsoft services and there was absolutely NO IMPACT on the connection time. Something is blocking the Wlan AutoConnect service, and when that service...

You're welcome, of course. The information I provided comes through ChatGPT, since I'm no expert either. On the Wlan service, do you remember when you checked it if it was "running"? When I check mine now, it is running. If it wasn't running when you checked, then I understand that's a...