Recent content by rsbrux

I just got an email notification asking me to The sender ([email protected]) appears to be legitimate. I have checked Windows Security on both of my Windows 11 PCs and find all components (including Defender) up to date. Unfortunately, the email doesn't give any clues as to which device...

Thanks for your patience and detailed explanation! Sorry I didn't examine your screenshot more carefully. ;-} Many thanks also for your comprehensive PowerShell script! I did in fact search the tutorials but got no hits, but I wasn't aware of the Tutorial Index. Thanks for the tip!

Perhaps that tip was correct after all. Using the following command: C:\Windows\System32\shutdown.exe /s /c "manual shutdown" I don't see the /c text anywhere. Neither in the Event Viewer (screenshot attached), nor with either of the following commands: Get-WinEvent -ProviderName...

Absolutely correct, thanks! I can't find where I saw that, but Event viewer can also be run for viewing without admin privileges, if you know where you need to look.

Fortunately I haven't had any problems with applications not exiting gracefully in a short time since I got rid of MS365 Outlook. The problems may have been due to GWSMO rather than Outlook itself.

Thanks for the tips! I purposely left out /f & /t 0 because I want to give any open applications a chance to exit gracefully (although I always close everything visible before shutdown anyway). What I have read about the shutdown command says that /c only works from an admin account; I am almost...

I shut down by Typing Alt-F4 and then holding shift down while clicking the OK button in the resulting dialog: After starting the PC again, this PowerShell command confirmed that I had indeed started from a complete shutdown (type 0x0): Get-WinEvent -ProviderName Microsoft-Windows-Kernel-boot...

Thanks for the quick response. I assume that you mean I should hold down the shift key while I pick shutdown from the Alt-F4 menu. Is there a way to tell if the PC is *really* shutdown? The red LED on the cover turns off, even if I don't use the shift key. I am also missing the earlier option...

I usually use my Lenovo X1 2-in-1 on AC power and shut it down via the shutdown option in the Alt-F4 menu. After I did so recently I disconnected the laptop from AC power and left it in storage for a few days. When I retrieved it, the battery was almost fully discharged, so it evidently had...

Thanks, but I am reluctant to run a privileged Powershell script, much less publish the very extensive results, I am not experiencing crashes, much less a BSOD. Is there something specific you are looking for?

There are so many errors in the Event Viewer I wouldn't know where to start:

I think you have a point. I could see a reference to the Lenovo (Intel) WiFi module (whose driver was recently updated) in today's toast. I tried to capture it in a screenshot, but no joy. When I opened devmgmt.msc (as an unprivileged user, therefor read-only) to examine the driver, closing it...

I don't find Windows.SystemToast.CapabilityAccess on my system, but all 3 boxes under Additional settings are unticked. I have increased the timeout to 15 seconds as you suggest. Maybe that will help me understand what's going on. Thanks for the tips!

Thanks, but I don't think that's the issue. I don't get a "Let's finish setting up your device" dialog, just a brief popup at lower right. It also doesn't appear at every startup, but often enough to be annoying. I have already changed the settings as indicated in the tutorial and when I check...

Almost every time I start up my Lenovo X1 running build 26200.7623, a "toast" pops up at the lower right with a message like the title of this thread. It goes away almost immediately. If I happen to be quick enough to click on it before that, nothing happens. I haven't installed any new devices...