Recent content by Steve C

I often have Defender open in a black window on my desktop PC having dual monitors using an RTX 2060 Super GPU. The issue clears if I log off/on again. I reckon its a display bug and just put up with it until MS fixes it if they ever do.

Ensure viBoot is installed. You have to use viBoot to boot a virtual machine from the Reflect backup file for the .vhdx file to appear from where you can copy your files.

Just use insert a link and paste the link address. You can insert your own name in the dialog box if you don't want the long web address

I use Reflect 8 on my laptops and Reflect X on my desktop PC to make regular scheduled backups. Reflect has always proven super reliable for restoring the OS and my files. I stopped using System Restore a few years ago since I found it unreliable. I see there is now a new Windows 11 option -...

I use Reflect 8 on my laptops and Reflect X on my desktop PC to make regular scheduled backups. Reflect has always proven super reliable for restoring the OS and my files. I stopped using System Restore a few years ago since I found it unreliable. I see there is now a new Windows 11 option -...

Another solution is to use viBoot which mounts the Reflect 8 backup as a virtual drive from where you can extract the files. The .vhdx file is located under C:\ProgramData\Macrium\viBoot

Pay for Reflect X !

I only ever use CP in a web browser anyway

I'll continue to use CoPilot for free

Most Dell bloatware isn't needed apart from some utilities needed for PC control e.g. screen brightness buttons. Dell Support Assist in particular is poorly designed and caused BSODs on a friend's laptop I fixed and similar issues have been reported here by others.

Macrium's software engineering has taken a nosedive recently it seems

I've been installing Movie Maker and Photo Gallery on new PCs for ages!

Best of luck using these programs. These developers don't have Microsoft's inside knowedge and might delete vital files.

Agrees with what I found then. I dimly remember despite uninstalling DSA there were some leftovers which I disabled using Autoruns. I now view these update tools as the work of the devil and just do manual driver updates by checking for new updates directly periodically.

I fixed a similar issue on a friend's Dell laptop by removing all traces of Dell Support Assist.