Recent content by JohnsonInAfrica

Just remove the drive letter and leave it to do it's thing. If you ever do a fresh install you can choose not to install all the Dell bloatware. But if you decide to use the support assistant it will prompt you to recreate it and go off and do it. Alternatively if you want to keep your dell...

It is completely different from the one Microsoft creates.

Dell SupportAssist creates a hidden rescue partition (usually named DELLSUPPORT) but not always of about 1GB to 2GB by shrinking your main hard drive. This partition stores a mini operating system used to diagnose hardware problems, repair boot errors, or restore your computer if Windows fails.

If it is a Dell it will be a recovery partition that has been assigned a drive letter. Don't delete it, just remove the drive letter. Mine is 1.41gb

Leaving a computer on sleep or hibernate instead of turning it off can block Windows updates from finishing. Windows needs a full restart to apply system files. Without reboots, updates get stuck. This causes high background activity, slow performance, and security risks. I've had customers who...

I just got fed up of everyone in my family complaining they had filled up their 15gb Google drive due to endlessly uploading selfies automatically. So they all have access to 1tb of cloud on their phones and I turn off automatically uploading photos to Google and enable it on OneDrive. Saves me...

Open cmd as administrator and type powercfg -h off then restart the machine I also have two registry tweak files that I run when setting up a new machine Do not sleep Do not hibernate I also have the two registry tweaks to re enable them if needed. I leave them on the computer for the...

I used to buy office when I needed it for each machine, I personally have many. I did 2016, 2019, 2021 and I considered it for 2024. I looked at the cost and ended up with a 365 subscription. Now I have it on 2 of my Microsoft accounts, private account and business account, my daughter and...

1. You can toggle off get the latest updates as soon as they are available. Then restart your machine. This prevents non security preview patches from being downloaded automatically. 2. You can pause updates until after the next Microsoft update Tuesday. Install all the updates on the Wednesday...