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AskWoody PlusWhy did you replace the battery if it is only ever used on mains?
cheers, Paul
While the battery was still charging to 100% when opening the laptop in order to add RAM the service noticed that the battery was bulging and not safe to use.
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AskWoody PlusFebruary 6, 2023 at 4:46 am in reply to: How to fix File Explorer folder views in Windows 10 and 11 #2531931How to fix missing folders thumbnails in Windows 11 ?
It seems not many miss this feature. I do.
Top 10 features and changes Windows 11 users want for File Explorer
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Alex5723
AskWoody PlusI believe that it’s because at times I would leave it plugged in for 3 or more hours at a time
My 4+ years Lenovo laptop is 24/7/365 plugged to power. Never shut down or disconnected.
Replaced battery a couple of months ago. Bought compatible battery (https://www.ibuybattery.com/laptop-battery.htm) as Lenovo doesn’t manufacture them any more. -
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AskWoody PlusFebruary 6, 2023 at 1:25 am in reply to: Introducing tiny11 a lightweight and debloated Windows 11 for less powerful PCs #2531891I see no indication that it is a Preview?
I set Group Policy to not show Previews.
Tried installing manually after clearing SoftwareDistribution folder. Same result.
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Alex5723
AskWoody PlusCheck Uninstall updates.
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AskWoody PlusFebruary 5, 2023 at 1:13 pm in reply to: Introducing tiny11 a lightweight and debloated Windows 11 for less powerful PCs #2531784KB 5022360 (Build 22621.1194) will not install!
Its a preview. Check settings.
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AskWoody PlusFebruary 5, 2023 at 4:42 am in reply to: Microsoft 365 trial offer blocks access to Windows 10 desktops #2531702“Microsoft has yet to acknowledge the problem, but we expect it to be fixed in a future cumulative update.”
The ad should be removed not “fixed”
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AskWoody PlusIs there a way to check
Open Windows update.
You will see ‘Some settings are managed…’ and ‘View configured update policies’. Click on that and you will get a list GPEdit changes you set.Attachments:
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Alex5723
AskWoody PlusFebruary 5, 2023 at 1:56 am in reply to: Microsoft 365 trial offer blocks access to Windows 10 desktops #2531687A Microsoft source, who wished to remain anonymous, confirmed that this move isn’t intentional and is a bug.
I thought that the full screen ad was a bug.
I am sure is has been done intently just like the ‘X’ on Windows 10 from Windows 7 upgrade.
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AskWoody PlusFebruary 5, 2023 at 1:42 am in reply to: 2000014: Ongoing List of Apple Operating System Updates #2531686The first one was a message, something to the effect, plug in to power. Even though I had 50% battery remaining
Apple require at least 50% of battery and devices connected to power with any device updates.
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AskWoody PlusI read here not to use GRC In Control when using Winshowhide
You don’t need InControl on Windows Pro. Just set TRV in GPEdit.
Try fixing the GPEdit problem by running DISM Check health , DISM Restore health and SFC Scannow.
https://www.minitool.com/news/use-dism-restorehealth-command-windows.html
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AskWoody PlusFebruary 4, 2023 at 2:16 pm in reply to: Microsoft 365 trial offer blocks access to Windows 10 desktops #2531558As others have said in that reddit thread, I think that’s an OEM bug not a Microsoft bug.
Not sure.
“I installed Windows twice this week. Was not on Tuesday and came up on Wednesday. Same stick same machine.”
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AskWoody PlusFebruary 4, 2023 at 2:03 pm in reply to: MacWhisper transcription from audio to text. OpenAI #2531557ps. Transcription is done on the Mac, no cloud involved.
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AskWoody PlusPerhaps the most important component of Tor – and other VPNs – is the encryption of traffic as it travels from its originating device to the VPN’s server(s).
No one guarantees that the data is encrypted from the VPN servers to the destination and back.
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AskWoody PlusFebruary 4, 2023 at 4:53 am in reply to: Introducing tiny11 a lightweight and debloated Windows 11 for less powerful PCs #2531496I haven’t found anything I can’t do with Tiny11.
You must know that the big cut in OS storage space was due to the removal of winsxs (mine is 9.8GB in size) which will disable Windows from restoring drivers, dll files…But is part of the “price” to pay 🙂
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