Recent content by TraderGary

Dell Update and Dell Command | Update are two very different Dell utilities. The latter is more advanced and the one I prefer to use. I also frequently use Dell SupportAssist. You're free to listen to whomever you like.

@pseymour, well deserved forum status for one of the most knowledgeable members we have!

In the past 25 years I've had 7 Dell XPS laptops. I've never had problems with any of them and I've always used only Dell updates. In my experience the Dell engineers know what they're doing. I start every day by first running Dell Command | Update followed by running Windows Update. I also run...

I edited 2 GB to 200 GB. I'm at the mercy of the Microsoft servers for my 1TB of cloud OneDrive. For day to day work though, my OneDrive feels like real-time.

My current Internet speed right now is 960 Mbps, almost gigabit, and when I do a W11 clean install and download my OneDrive data of almost 200 GB, it takes several hours to complete.

All that's needed is access to a file. I would never store an image on the cloud as it would store/restore at the speed of my Internet connection and be unbearably slow.

Yes. With Macrium Reflect I can create a rescue boot USB drive at any time using any computer and restore from anywhere I've saved a Macrium Reflect image of my entire C: drive.

I've used OneDrive for the past 16 years. I work entirely from my local 1 Terabyte C: Drive and all my data and photos are kept in my OneDrive folder. I'm a Microsoft 365 subscriber which includes 1 Terabyte of OneDrive cloud storage. I have OneDrive set to mirror my local OneDrive folder; thus...

I have 1Password installed on both my main and second computer. 1Password uses the same password database and passkeys on both my main and second computer.

Just lucky I suppose. Hardware and software I use is listed below in "My Computer".

24H2 26100.3915 is still running problem free with no issues since upgrading on April 25.

Passkeys are not stored in your Microsoft Account. Passkeys are stored either locally on your PC or in a Password Manager. When I went to Amazon security and created my Amazon passkey, 1Password then offered a dialog box with the option to store the passkey with my stored Amazon login.

I lost my confidence in LastPass management.

From the outside looking in, I'm sure it does.

Yes, you do need to have a password and second factor authentication when first setting up your Microsoft Account. I would think you've already set up your Microsoft Account. I do have and use Microsoft Authenticator on my phone. However, I can use Windows Hello as the second factor instead of...