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HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\AppCompatFlags\TargetVersionUpgradeExperienceIndicators\NI22H2\RedReason CpuFms I ran the PC HealthCheck before I did anything. Deleting the whole key and trying again.

OK, so I tried to install Windows 11, but I got that scary message about no updates, blah, blah... How does the installer know my system isn't supported if I've deleted appraiserres.dll from the Sources directory?

I'm not at all worried about how it looks; Windows 11 is just 10 in different places. I just need to know where everything's moved to so I don't look like I don't know what I'm doing when I'm at a client's house.

I'm going to try upgrading when I get my replacement board. Old system is backup and I have a system backup

It's not a matter of liking or not liking - it's a matter of "will Microsoft not permit me to do things like activate it or stop security updates / feature updates from being offered".

I just got gifted an HP Pavilion 570-p017c (i5-7400) that had bad USB 3 ports. Saw that the processor socket is LGA1151, so I thought (like a dummy) that an 8th gen processor would work. Bought a cheap used motherboard without thinking while I was at the client's house. But the H270 chipset is...

I use a Mac daily, and the two programs I would recommend are Carbon Copy Cloner by Bombich Software or SuperDuper! by shirt pocket software. Carbon Copy Cloner is a bit more complex and has more features, and SuperDuper is simpler and a little bit less expensive. Both are very reliable. The...

Ask if BT has an option to mail your initial 320 GB backup file in a hard drive for them to upload to your account. Also ask if they have block level backup; only sync what has changed. Austin City Limits (the American PBS music show) had 40 TB of videotapes to upload to Backblaze B2 storage...

macOS Big Sur and later goes one step further with the read only OS partition; it's cryptographically signed and then a APFS snapshot is mounted to boot from. That system of security is the total death of any meaningful customization of anything basic to the OS, like what is talked about in...