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- Win 11
I am using a Lenovo laptop that folds back into a tablet. Since Windows hides everything (and is broken) I am not sure exactly what model, but it look a lot like this one: ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 11 | 14 inch ultralight, super-powerful Intel® Evo™ laptop. I am using Windows version 22h2 (OS Build 2261.2506).
The salient points being that it switches from keyboard mode to tablet mode, and has a touchscreen (the non-salient points, it has one of those TrackPoint pointers which are awesome). Let me stipulate up fron that none of the issues I'm having are hardware related, because things giving me trouble -- the touchscreen, the keyboard, etc. -- all work in other programs and situations. For example, the touch screen doesn't work on the desktop, but if I open Windows Settings, the touchscreen works within that window (that is, I can scroll). Also important, I think, is that I use the "Automatically Hide the Taskbar " (because what's wrong with the rest of you who don't use that?) and I do not use "Optimize taskbar for touch interactions when this device is a tablet" for the same reason (I want the desktop real estate).
The problems started with a OneDrive pop up telling me to log in, though it had never done so before (it always kept me logged in). When I tried to log in, it just "spun" on the login screen. When I tried to submit a Feedback Report, I got to the last step where I clicked "Submit", and then that also just "spun". I do not know if my report was ever submitted.
I restarted Windows (and had to kill some "task" processes to shut down). OneDrive seemed to be working at that point (but I'm not certain since Quick Access disappeared and now I can't find the directory I had duplicating), so I decided to apply the waiting Windows Update which I dread, since Updates often seems to break things (as I'm sure you all know).
Since applying the updates, the system is broken to the point of unusability. But it didn't break all at once. The first problem was that Quick Access disappeared from File Explorer. When I tried taking a picture (per the request in that thread) the screenshot feature worked, but I took a picture of the wrong window. Then I tried again, but the screenshot feature didn't work. That is, things were changing, and breaking, as I went along.
I'm not sure if all of these symptoms are related, or if I'm having multiple problems, but the main ymptoms I'm having now (I will try to provide pictures or videos of as many as I can) are:
Thanks.
The salient points being that it switches from keyboard mode to tablet mode, and has a touchscreen (the non-salient points, it has one of those TrackPoint pointers which are awesome). Let me stipulate up fron that none of the issues I'm having are hardware related, because things giving me trouble -- the touchscreen, the keyboard, etc. -- all work in other programs and situations. For example, the touch screen doesn't work on the desktop, but if I open Windows Settings, the touchscreen works within that window (that is, I can scroll). Also important, I think, is that I use the "Automatically Hide the Taskbar " (because what's wrong with the rest of you who don't use that?) and I do not use "Optimize taskbar for touch interactions when this device is a tablet" for the same reason (I want the desktop real estate).
The problems started with a OneDrive pop up telling me to log in, though it had never done so before (it always kept me logged in). When I tried to log in, it just "spun" on the login screen. When I tried to submit a Feedback Report, I got to the last step where I clicked "Submit", and then that also just "spun". I do not know if my report was ever submitted.
I restarted Windows (and had to kill some "task" processes to shut down). OneDrive seemed to be working at that point (but I'm not certain since Quick Access disappeared and now I can't find the directory I had duplicating), so I decided to apply the waiting Windows Update which I dread, since Updates often seems to break things (as I'm sure you all know).
Since applying the updates, the system is broken to the point of unusability. But it didn't break all at once. The first problem was that Quick Access disappeared from File Explorer. When I tried taking a picture (per the request in that thread) the screenshot feature worked, but I took a picture of the wrong window. Then I tried again, but the screenshot feature didn't work. That is, things were changing, and breaking, as I went along.
I'm not sure if all of these symptoms are related, or if I'm having multiple problems, but the main ymptoms I'm having now (I will try to provide pictures or videos of as many as I can) are:
- Quick Access disappeared from File Explorer. The instructions I find to get it back are just plain wrong.
- Touch screen doesn't work to raise the Start Menu (before it broke, I was able in both Desktop and Tablet mode to "drag" in from the bottom to raise the Start Menu). The only way to raise the Start Menu is by moving the mouse to the bottom of the screen.
- The "four square" start menu doesn't work. When I click on it, nothing happens, whether I click it with the mouse, on touch screen, or anything else. However, I can click on other icons in the Task Bar such as File Explorer or Edge, and those work. I can right-click on the "four square" start menu and get a popup menu.
- Pressing the Window key on the keyboard does nothing. It does not bring up the Task Bar and start menu. However, pressing Window-E does bring up File Explorer.
- The touch screen works in apps that are open. The touch screen also works when I click on a Desktop item. However, the touch screen does not move the mouse pointer when on the desktop (I'm not sure if it ever did) or open the Start Menu.
- I have tried toggling the "Optimize taskbar for touch interactions when this device is used as a tablet", but same results.
- I cannot verify that OneDrive is working because I can't find the directory that I was sharing. But I think it is.
- It suddenly takes much, much longer to log on.
Thanks.
- Windows Build/Version
- Windows 11 Version 22H2 (OS Build 22621.2506)
My Computer
System One
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- OS
- Win 11
- Computer type
- Laptop
- Manufacturer/Model
- Lenovo 20UCS0A200
- CPU
- Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-10310U CPU @ 1.70GHz, 22
- Motherboard
- I dunno.
- Memory
- 16GB
- Graphics Card(s)
- Intel(R) UHD Graphics
- Sound Card
- Realtek High Definition Audio(SST)
- Monitor(s) Displays
- I dunno. It's built in.
- Screen Resolution
- 1920 x 1080 x 60 hertz
- Hard Drives
- WDC PC SN730 SDBQNTY-256G-1001
- PSU
- I dunno
- Browser
- Chrome, usually
- Antivirus
- MalwareBytes
- Other Info
- It's really a hybrid laptop/tablet