Recent content by Thomas4

The disk your installing from has all of the drivers needed to set up a basic operating sys In only an extremely few cases, more for modern, at the time, about 30 or so years ago, did I have to use the disk that came with the hardware to load a driver, other add-on applications yes but the...

A number of basic drivers are built into Windows so they don't have to write a number of OS's. Other than taking up space on the drive without something to talk to they do nothing. Think them as birds flying around, yes you can get rid of them but is it really worth your time and effort to do...

This method assumes you're going to reuse the same drive. If you're not., its simpler to replace the drive and copy the data to the new drive. Copy instead of move so that you have a known good backup. 1. Copy any data that you want to keep to another drive, especially game data and saves. 2...

How often do you change computers? The average lifetime of a battery is up to 4 years, irregardless of charging level. And external monitors do pull more power, but the actual amount depends on multiple factors, but again on average its not much.

Do your speakers work at all? Are you fine with the way they sound? If the answer to both is yes, then ignore whats your being told by Windows and get on with your life, it's not worth worrying about. If the answer to either question is no, then heed the advice of the previous posters.

How to remove Edge successfully and never have it darken your doorway again. A. Using the terminal 1. Open Task Manager and scroll down to Microsoft Edge and click End Task. If you omit this step you'll get a message saying that Edge is in use by another process when you try to delete it. 2...

A simple wipe and reinstallation are in most cases the only solution necessary. I only recommended using Linux as it will allow you to reformat the drive into a non-Windows friendly system, as an extra step of caution. There is no need to actually install Linux, as all that you're doing is...

What you want to do can be done. There are a number of programs that will do this. Among them are MiniTool Partition Wizard, DiskPart, and EaseUS Partition Wizard. Again there are other programs available.

Sometimes its easier to start over, especially if it's a really nasty type of infection. But don't simply just reinstall Windows again. Install Linux, any one as it uses a completely different type of file system. Have it rewrite the entire drive, and then reinstall Windows. Or you can use Linux...

Did you also change the requirements for the passcode? You need to make sure that both are compatible.

Microsoft themselves is why I never bothered to set up an account with them. Also running Win 11, unfortunately. Hey Microsoft, bring back the best OS, that your product ever used Dr. DOS that your original GUI was designed for.

The photo that I showed were of the icons themselves and not the original .jpg that I used originally. You would have been able to resize the copy, but I've never tried or you could have exported them as a .jpg and repeated the process, but again I've never tried this either, again I've never...

There are two separate margins that every printer uses. 1. The SOFT margin, this is the total area that your printer has determined whats best for viewing. This is in from the HARDWARE margin. 2. The HARDWARE margin. This is the total area that the printer is capable of applying text to. To see...

Paris Corporation has a free template to print ruled cards, available on their site, along with a number of other templates, here: https://pariscorp.com/product/ruled-index-cards-template-free-printable-download/ As stated they're free and are Word compatible.

I forgot to add this: I could have easily pasted the image on to the standard folder looking icon, but I thought, WHY? Be creative! In actuality, the icons appear the same size as the standard icons, GIMP automatically resizes them so you don't have to.