I have a Windows PC running continuously at home. Now I would like to be able to check whether the PC is still running when necessary, even when I'm on the move or not at home. In addition, I would like to receive an e-mail message if the PC is no longer running, issues an error or has been switched off. I envision an app (ios) or browser-based overview that I can check if necessary and that can send me an email in the event of an error. Does anyone knows such a service?

A few minutes ago I restarted my laptop and when it turned on I had a wallpaper (I dont have activated windows), and a new app "learn about this picture" that took me to this site.

Can I deactivate these wallpapers from appearing? the personalize menu says I need to activate windows to change background

I've got hit with these kinds of ads a couple times now on. Chiefly use copilot for studying (pictured excerpt of a thread on immunology/oncology) but somehow the AI thinks id be inclined to buy the local stack of synthetic monoclonal antibodies for tumor necrosis factor alpha and immunohistochemical stains for CD23-expressing Tregs. Heck, it's not even that the ads themselves are nuisance and I'd even agree with seeing some for a tool that actually helps me with 0 charges, but the fact that they grossly miss the intendended audience 99% of the time and usually bring on the most unrelated shit ever makes me wonder whom on earth would even pay to advertise on this crap (however this is true for most ads in general). Worse, sometimes Copilot pollutes itself with unrelated sponsored sources and brings on non-sensical conclusions, damaging the tool itself for a pathetic sake. It's really beyond unsustainable.

Hello, I have an old laptop, HP Probook 450 G4. I use outdated Windows 10 (Version 1607) becuse newer version eats up almost 65% ram and makes the laptop slow. I mostly use for browsing, watching movies, downloading media files etc, lightweight use only. I use Bitdefender Antivirus for protection. So far, it's good. One problem that I face is blue screen often when I connect USB with it. It immediately restarts after that. Should I be concerned about it? Also, is it safe to use this much outdated OS in 2024?

Specs: Intel Core i5-7200U with 4 GB RAM, 1TB HDD

Also restore the way I had my Windows desktop setup? as in, background image, Windows settings, multiple desktops, taskbar on the side instead of below, etc etc.

Or do image backups not save that?

Hey guys,

Young guy here trying to improve the way I work on my computer. I noticed that I have a problem with working on things when they are all in one place, as in I have everything in one Windows session, in one desktop, in one browser, in one browser session, in a single broswer window with tons of tabs open on many different subjects. Sure I have some organized bookmarks but it's not cutting it for me.

I was thinking, probably no need to go VMs and I thought for a second about using the multiple desktops feature but that seemed also too much because I don't use that many different programs (plus it would take too much CPU power and memory), I just need a clean new desktop/browser window for different things I'm working on. I thought ofc about just using separate web browser windows, one for each subject I'm working on, that way browser tabs would not be mixed between different topics, but the problem with browser windows is they don't save like bookmarks do, so when I close them, they disappear forever. So that's not an option.

I was wondering if y'all had a similar experience to mine, and if you had any suggestions to solve this issue.

Thanks.

PS: I will ask the same question on the browser Reddits as well to see their answers. But since I'm using a Windows computer I thought I would leave it here as well.

Is win 10 pro still availabe? Cus i got 10 pro and the file to download it

Just a tiny feature, that will play "click" sound. Like that new feature in opera gx browser, but for any place where keyboard can be used to type something.

How do I recover my Windows 10 Product Key?

This has been going on for months, the update has been trying to install since it was released in February.

This is an issue that is clearly plaguing a large deal of users, the update is flagged as an important safety and security update by Windows update and will download and attempt to install every time the system is powered on. This meaning every time you attempt to turn the system off, it will go through the long install process before powering down.

The update fails every time and you are met with the "Attempting to revert changes made to your system" screen before the computer restarts or powers off.

It is well and truly beyond the joke now and I would stretch as far as to say this could even potentially be a deliberate attempt to break some users' systems or frustrate them into "upgrading" to Windows 11.

The suggested solutions of expanding the recovery partition, or deleting the $WinREAgent folder don't work. The only thing that currently works is using the Microsoft wushowhide utility to permanently hide the update to stop it from installing. This however doesn't remove the "Your device is missing important security and quality fixes." bold yellow text in the Windows update screen.

Even more frustratingly the update doesn't have a KB number making it even more difficult to research online, and hard to judge whether people are discussing the same issue.

Any thoughts on the matter?

Heya, so I found out that I can use a program called "advanced run" to run programs as TrustedInstaller to give them control over the entire system. Is there is a way to check if a program really is running as TrustedInstaller?

Note: I know it's extremely dangerous to run anything as TrustedInstaller, so I'm doing this in a VM.

So I'm trying to set it up so my audio comes from my T.V. as well as my headphones, however when I check the box my headphones don't make any sound, I test them and it goes through but when I play videos Noting comes through them and only the TV speakers play. another thing is my speakers play a constant high pitch ringing.

Is there an app where you can type out a description of a photo that is on your hard drive (like house with three trees) and have those pictures come up? I've tried the MS store and also searching, but can't find anything that seems to have that function. Lots of duplicate photo removers, but that's about it. Thanks!

From a newly installed Windows 10 I am not able to access a share on a Linux computer on the same network. I can access it from another computer.

What utilities can I use?

Thanks

I'm using an unactivated version of windows, so I can't access a lot of the display settings and have mostly been using 3rd party apps to change display. Is it possible to make my icons in the taskbar bigger without accessing the system settings or no? I use TaskbarX for customization stuff but idk if i can/how to change icon size on it through registry editor or something. thank you !

I was going to delete the default user then saw guest, administrator and wdagutility(defender) user accounts. Would disabling/deleting them cause me a headache later on?

i'm almost done assembling my first gamin PC (real nice with ryzen 7700X and MSI B650) anyway i'm installin win10 i used the rufus to make a usb, it now asking for key to install win10. I thought it was free but now looking online it $200 wtf that is more than many of my parts anyway to get it cheeper?

Hi,

I uninstalled some Games and their Anti-Cheats which had kernel level access. Some Anti Cheats remain on PC for some reason even after uninstalling the games they came with. I just want to do some clean up on my pc manually.

Is there a way to see all things that have kernel level access?

I've recently been playing some fnf mario's madness v2, and it takes like 2 minutes to load the first song, but then it runs perfectly at 60 fps, what do I do/ what's wrong with it?

Today i restart my laptop and my backround was the same and i shutdown it, rn i open it and the backround change to a pic of Nusa penida Island?? I cant find the backround i was using before and this never happen befoire

I currently have PowerToys with Always On Top installed and quite frequently I get a notification that an application is running with administrator privileges.

Is there a log of applications started where I can check what was started in the (recent) past?

This laptop is actually older than my ASUS laptop but has better specs. I replaced the HDD inside to 2.5 SSD which is a lot faster than it was. Running windows 10 1803 on it is actually smooth. Fun fact: The Lenovo laptop underneath is running the newer Windows 10 (22H1). I have another 3 Lenovo laptops but they r now running windows 11 Home and Pro. I miss the old windowOS :_)

Hello,

I am using Windows 10 Pro 22H2 and am trying to remove the header in the Options Menu (Win + I) that shows the "Rewards".

After searching on the internet I found this powershell command, that adds two registry entries:

reg add "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\FeatureManagement\Overrides\4\4095660171" /V EnabledState /T REG_DWORD /F /D 1
reg add "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\FeatureManagement\Overrides\4\4095660171" /V EnabledStateOptions /T REG_DWORD /F /D 1

reg add "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\FeatureManagement\Overrides\4\2674077835" /V EnabledState /T REG_DWORD /F /D 1
reg add "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\FeatureManagement\Overrides\4\2674077835" /V EnabledStateOptions /T REG_DWORD /F /D 1

I use the administrator profile and started Powershell with admin rights.

Powershell executes the commands and I can find the keys in my registry.

After restarting the computer, the header is still in the settings menu.

Did I do something wrong or does this method not work anymore?

And is there an alternative way to remove it?