Recent content by The Pool Man

Thanks Bree! Before I go down that long road, lazy me is wondering why this once easily installed app is now hard. I'm wondering if this is a version 24 thing. If nothing else pans out, I'll give it a shot. You're making me wonder if I needed to install it as an Admin in the first place, you...

Windows 11 24 Latest I'm setting up a PC for my niece and I keep getting this message. It's an old app called WinXCorners and I can't figure out how or where to permanently grant access. It only allows me to run it each session but I want it running in the background at each boot. Feel free...

Sorry I'm late to this discussion because I'm a SERIOUS shopper and think outside of the box. For instance -- -- I'd ask you to consider how often you need to be out and about with your laptop. If you rarely use you PC home, you should probably ignore this advice. If you're mostly home...

Right after I updated to 24 -- a cumulative update showed up and the SFC runs as intended.

Hi Stupsi. I'm all about running SFCs. I'm here because for the first time in a long time the SFC wouldn't go away, even after two tries at DISM or whatever it's called. I'll accept the advice from this board that it's a non-issue, but I will absolutely reject the opinion it's useless to run...

Hmm TraderJoeGary -- no buying. If it's such a low priority, why introduce the settings app at all? I've worked in software too and if it takes over 9 years to introduce a complete Settings app, Microsoft is inept.

Thanks for sharing that opinion because as a previous Mac user for 29 years, that info doesn't jump in my head. That said -- -- you couldn't possibly be arguing that Windows needs 10 years to remove/replace the Control Panel with Settings? It could have been done day one in a beta situation...

I tried to switch from Mac to PC during Windows 8, curious as to why all 8 machines invited you to roll back to 7. Five minutes of using 8 and I got it. I returned that laptop. Tried the exact same laptop during Windows 10 introduction and haven't looked back since. Windows 11 is fine. A...

There's a funny way to do this if your home will allow you. Put the kid on a low data plan that basically expires within days of their use. Then turn off the house wifi each night before you go to sleep. If you have to unplug the plug each night and stick it under your pillow, voila. If...

I can't tell you how many times I've come to this specific area of this board, asked a PC related question -- only to find out it belonged elsewhere. An iPhone hygiene question gets to stay?!? I'll see y'all in court.

No. It's not spyware. As long as Microsoft can be trusted not to exploit it as spyware. As long as malware doesn't exploit the information as spyware. The problem is I extend little trust in both directions. The reason I don't trust Microsoft is that all their movies recently have been in...

That's it! I thought it was a setting somewhere but instead it's more like "set it up the way you want it once". Works perfectly. Thank you.

Greetings, I'm running Edition Windows 11 Pro Version 23H2 Installed on ‎1/‎24/‎2024 OS build 22631.3593 Experience Windows Feature Experience Pack 1000.22700.1003.0 This is a small issue that drives me crazy. In this circumstance I'm pretty sure it's my ignorance of properly...

This is the most helpful forum of anything I've ever seen

BINGO. The only thing worse about the reliable bugginess of many Linux distros -- are the fanboys in their 'support' forums pretending you're the problem, not the distro. There's a reason there's no Firefox OS: linux distros simply aren't stable. If Zorin was stable as Firefox I'd dive on it.