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So my 16 year old has found a way around family safety by finding it in task mananager and pausing it which completely destroys the purpose of it in the first place. 90% of the time it's to get him off at a good time (10pm) and keep him off until homework is done.
Is there a way that I can lock it down? He also makes himself an administrator on his computer. He's 16, so it says he's allowed to make some changes. I'm just tired of the fights and him staying up way later than he should be (making everyone late in the am)
He's been on his computer for about 6 hours, but you can see he's paused the app in this picture. Thanks!
Is there any PDF reader and editor that respects the fluent design or is designed well? Sumatra functions well, looks like shit, and the Edge browser is good, but I'm looking for a real pdf viewer and editor, not a browser.
I’m trying to hide two specific updates on Windows 11: KB5044384 and KB5044284. They keep failing to install with error code 0x800f081f
, and it's starting to be a bit of a headache. I decided to use PowerShell to hide them. Here's what I did. This is just a temp fix, it will not fix the issue that the update is not installing, it only hides the update and makes the windows update page clean.
Step:
1: Open Powershell as Admin and execute:Set-ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Scope Process -Force
2: Run the following code or save it as a .ps1 file Download here:
# Import the Windows Update Module if not already present
if (!(Get-Module -Name PSWindowsUpdate)) {
Install-Module -Name PSWindowsUpdate -Force -Scope CurrentUser
Import-Module PSWindowsUpdate
}
# Keywords to search for in the update titles
$updateKeywords = @("KB5044384", "KB5044284")
# Find updates that match any of the keywords
$updates = Get-WindowsUpdate -MicrosoftUpdate -AcceptAll -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue | Where-Object {
foreach ($keyword in $updateKeywords) {
if ($_.Title -like "*$keyword*") { return $true }
}
return $false
}
if ($updates) {
# Hide the updates
$updates | Hide-WindowsUpdate -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
Write-Output "The updates containing KB5044384 or KB5044284 have been successfully hidden."
} else {
Write-Output "The specified updates containing KB5044384 or KB5044284 were not found in the available updates."
}
i know using "taskmgr -d" you can open it in the old mode, but can you make it open in classic mode permanently without using the "run" window or any programs? like if i open it using Ctrl+Shift+Esc?
This may be a specific question, but I have some wallpapers that I've spanned across 2 screen, but there are specific parts of the wallpaper I favour over others (its a gradient image), and the one it ends up being usually isn't too great.
I was wondering if there is anything I can download to change the fit of my spanned wallpaper before it applies, maybe something from github? Idk.
My Windows laptop came with quite a few Google productivity apps installed, including Google Photos. I would like to copy all my photos to the Windows photo app so they're in both apps. Is there a way to do that?
Is there a feature to normalize the sound with the media player? To make songs with lower base volume louder without manipulating the PC sound mixer since it is at 100 and the media player at 20. (switching these won't work since I just want the background music to be normalized)
Hi,
I have Classic Shell and I have StartAllBack When I hit the start button Sometimes I get the StartAllBack start menu instead of the one I want the Classic Shell start menu. Is there anyway to remove The StartAllBack Icon that sits on top of start button, so that when I click on it, it just opens the Classic shell start menu? So I don't have to uninstall StartAllBack that I paid for?
[SOLVED: Still there, just buried, buried, buried]
Hi all! I can't find File History in Settings-System-Backup Options, or by searching for it any longer. Has it been nuked now? I just want to back up to my external drive.
I just saw the same post that I made on Microsoft community on this shady website called windowsphoneinfo.com, it says I'm a user but I never logged onto this website, should I be worried? Is my information in danger?
Just got a new acer aspire 3 with windows 11s. Without paying money or anything can I take the S mode off of it? I’ve heard you can’t use external software or anything and I’m wanting to record/mix music and maybe play a few small games on it. But I’ve heard that with the S version, you can only use softwares from the windows store. Can I and should I do this, and how would I do it? Sorry, I don’t know too much about computers and tried to say it as well as I could.
Sorry if I put the wrong flair, but found this to be interesting
There's a new critical issue every few days. It's not showing up in the windows update either. When can I expect this to be stable for a clean install? 2 months? 6 months?
I have installed 24h2 on a few devices, I can't stand it. I am going to wait till the next version on Windows and let it "cook a little longer" before I upgrade my computer.
I just upgraded to Windows 11 this weekend and honestly it's not been too bad after I did some quality of life changes like moving the task bar to the left. I heavily use the snap to window feature (where you drag a window to the edge of the screen and it automatically halves or quarters it). After the update I had to hover it near the edge of the screen split where previously it would hit a "wall" at the edge of the screen. I finally found the setting that fixes that so you now hit that "wall" again. I wanted to post in case it was bugging anyone else. And really I just unchecked all of these and it functions just like my old Windows 10, which I definitely preferred after using the new method this weekend.
I was looking for a video editing app and saw plenty of posts hating on Clipchamp, so decided to go with something else instead and went with Clipify as it was said to be fine for slow-end computers. I haven't seen much info about it on here, so I've decided to share my experience
What I liked:
It's easy. I'm by no means a pro and I liked how simple the program is, perfect for dummies like me, hobbyists, users like that.
Wide selection of transitions, animations and fonts.
Really good music library (royalty free afaik).
Stabilization tools work fine.
What I didn't like:
It's not exceptionally fast imo (though my laptop is fairly old, which could be an issue here).
No reverse playback.
The upgrade notifications are a tad annoying.
All in all, I liked Clipify and I'd recommend to anyone that's just starting their journey in video editing. I used the standard edition, but there are also others that are more sophisticated. If you've tried those, please, tell me if I should upgrade.
is it possible to search OneDrive for pdf files containing word? Powershell needs itextsharp.dll but does it incur security risk?
example that claimed working https://timatlee.com/post/powershell-itext/
Today I asked Copilot for directions, big mistake. I want to find a low-traffic route about 15 miles from one place to another. Copilot's directions started by using a road that's 10 miles away in the wrong way and telling me to head north - when I should have been going west.
AI definitely isn't intelligent.