Hi guys,

I'm trying to set up a scheduled task to shut down my computer after 3 hours of inactivity, at any time of day, everyday but it doesn't work.

I've tried several times and it shuts down immediately after inactivity without waiting the 3 hours I requested.

Here's the configuration I've made

Any help would be appreciated.

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So, I just had a bit of lag on my browser.

It is a relaitfely new browser and I run Win10 Pro on a resonably speced system.

During the lag and a very short time afterwards I could see the transparent bezel from Winxp and also the incons on the top right from that time.

Does thay overlay still exist in Win10 and can i change it to be the default bezel?

bom dia! preciso de alguem sabe o nome de alguma aplicativo pra ver a bateria do headset wireless no pc?

if upgrading to windows 11 after win10 support drop, will upgrading delete everything or still allow you to keep and transfer over your content?

Does anyone know an app/program that will let other apps stay open no matter what like for example if I press the desktop button, its annoying having to reopen the program everytime.

I have 2 hard drives, I'm afraid I may have installed something on it some time ago which may have slowed down performance, then I bought another hard drive because the main one wasn't enough. I just unplugged the 2nd one and reset the 1st because it's the only likely to have viruses. could malwares have infected the 2nd hard drive or is it unlikely and cleaning that one only should be enough?

To keep the story short: My laptop is having some connections issues, so I checked and it looks like my network adapter is having problems. I decided to update its drivers and let windows check it for me, but it said I had the latest version.

Some friend said I would have to do it manually, but I don't have any idea of how to do it and HOW to find the right driver.

Should I check the component fabricant (Qualcomm Atheros) or the laptop fabricant (Asus) site for it?

What is the archive I'm looking for? Is it an .exe?

Please, give me the best explanation you can, I don't want to take it to a support because I made a mistake and destroyed half of its system or something like that.

So I want to install Linux but if Linux doesn't work out I will want to switch back to windows, can we do that without losing the key?

Hi there,

I hope I'm in the right place for this topic. If not, please suggest a more appropriate community.

I'm looking for a software I had before but after reinstalling windows, lost track of his name...

It's a small software which bring you a docking space similar to an iPad one. You just touch the uppper right corner of the screen and the docking screen appears with the icons you choose to put in.

It's quite cool, used it to dock my games shortcuts and it's really smooth, well designed.

I did some researchers but can not find it anymore... But I'm sure it's still available, I had it recently.

If someone can help, I would be very happy!

Thanks in advance ! Fry

Hello Everyone ,

I have a POS App installed on my shop cashier device . this App i bought it from a software company 6 years ago which unfortunately they shutdown their business and it became impossible to communicate with them .

Now i need to renew the PC and i want to move the all the App with registration and data to the new device. is there anyway to do that ?

Is it alright to change the passwords from the Windows default local accounts (Administrator, Guest, default account, and WDGuard)? These accounts will remain deactivated but can their passwords be modified or could it break the system or create a security vulnerability?

Hi everyone!

A while ago, I had this amazing time tracking app for my PC that was incredibly simple and effective. It was basically a small clock that hovered over other apps, and I could set it to track my time on a specific program. It only counted time when that program was actively in use—for example, if I was working in PowerPoint, the timer would run while PowerPoint was open, but as soon as I switched to another app, it would stop.

It was such a fantastic tool for productivity (especially for someone with ADHD like me), as it kept me focused without overwhelming me with extra features. Unfortunately, I can't find it anymore! Here's what I remember:

• It was an old app, very minimalistic, kinda looked like TTClock
• Open source and completely free
• Maybe had a pomodoro feature, but I'm not sure
• Originally hosted on someone's personal website, but that website eventually went down
• I downloaded it through a Reddit thread after the original link stopped working

I've tried modern apps like ManicTime, ActivityWatch, Toggl, and others, but they’re either too complex or have too many features that end up distracting me rather than helping. This app was so simple and perfect for my needs, because it was very very simple.

I'm hoping someone will remember this app or maybe have a suggestion of something else that works very simmilarly to what I described. Thanks!

Im just looking for smth to clean any junk files off my pc

Good afternoon. I am using Windows 10 21H2. I categorically dislike the update of some UWP apps, for example the photos app. I hate what Microsoft has done to it and install the version with a normal interface Microsoft.Windows.Photos_2019.19041.20110.0.AppxBundle in manual mode. The automatic update checkbox in the store is unchecked and experience has shown me that even with no store in general, the update is still done through the Windows Update Center. I would categorically not want to sacrifice the update center just because Microsoft is forcibly shoving their views on Windows 11 into me through their “new” versions of apps.
How can I use the registry, group policies, or anything else to block such applications from updating without blocking the update center?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=io4EY04S7-A

I have two machines on windows 10, my second machine I took a few screenshots on and I now see that none of them autosaved to my screenshots folder. Poked around a bit and apparently some people have the option to auto save and some dont. Also noticed that my machine has two programs that do this, Snipping tool and Snip & Sketch. They both dont have a auto save option. I uninstalled them both and installed one at a time individually to test and same thing. So now im checking through the microsoft store to see if any have this native functionality and I can also use windows+Shift+S as a shortcut to do this. Currently that key combination allows me to select a portion of my screen but doesnt do anything since I dont have anything installed lol.

This is a question for skin experts/makers.

I have been looking around for a Windows 7 theme for Windows 10 (22H2) with truly rounded windows corners. I am referring to a plain .theme, to be applied without need to use WindowBlinds or other payware. Of course I have patched themeui.dll and uxinit.dll. Also, I am referring to windows shape and look, I don't care much (by now) about affecting the taskbar look, start menu look or transparency glass effect.

I tried all such themes I could find: by sagorpirbd, vaporvance, vinstart, win7tbar... but they ALL suffer an ugly artifact (see the magnified details in the attached screenshots). Corners aren't quite rounded. It looks like Windows is still trying to draw a rectangular solid-color box behind all the custom graphics, using the system Accent color. As a result, the transparent png imagery used for the corners, despite consistent, is drawn on top of this solid background, resulting in a corner artifact as illustrated.

I don't know if I am the only one experiencing this though. As I said, I don't want to use any third party payware patches like WindowBlinds, Curtains or others. After all, I know that obtaining rounded corners with themes alone IS possible: there are some Big Sur themes which do that, by simply using the Shadow area to draw corners, so that they find no solid rectangle drawn behind, other than the screen background. I don't know why the respective authors of these Win7 themes never realized this ugly bug though. Or they are using 3rd party tools to prevent it - not clear.

I tried to contact the authors of the themes mentioned but they always hide behind blogs, deviantart or message forms, they are not providing email addresses, and as a result nobody ever replied to my messages or comments.

Anyway, does anybody know a Win7-like theme for Windows 10 with truly rounded corners, and which does not present with these corner artifacts ? Or this problem only affects my machine/setup ? Thx !

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Doing some clean up on a PC running Win 10 Pro.

There are user accounts that are no longer needed and I removed them via the Control Panel, however their profile and user folders are still listed in Explorer.

Can I safely delete all the folders and not cause any problems with the OS or my own profile folder? Specifically, will deleting the *.DAT files associated with the accounts/folders mess with the registry and/or any other settings that I still use?

I routinely need to enable/disable the option to "Listen to this device" on my microphone (for use with different programs), and it's been a hassle to do it the normal way: going into the sound options, right-clicking on the microphone and selecting 'Properties', going to the 'Listen' tab, and then checking the option. As near as I can tell though, I can't find a quicker way to do it, no hotkey or any other option to toggle it. Does anyone know of a way this can be done, or an app/program that could make it happen?

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I was googling and I found nothing useful on this binary so here's my own research from what I could find from ms's documentation on their advertising and data collection platform (windows):

Firstly source:

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/uwp/launch-resume/web-to-app-linking

Summary: It's some windows garbage so that when you click a link it goes to a desktop app rather than the website (like what ios does).

It's designed to keep you within the advertising and data collection platform. Also, it can be safely blocked.

Hey all - changelists are up, linking here for your convenience:

• Windows 10 version 1507 — KB5048703 (OS Build 10240.20857)
• Windows 10 version 1607 — KB5048671 (OS Build 14393.7606)
• Windows 10 version 1703 — EOS
• Windows 10 version 1709 — EOS
• Windows 10 version 1803 — EOS
• Windows 10 version 1809 — KB5048661 (OS Build 17763.6659)
• Windows 10 version 1903 — EOS
• Windows 10 version 1909 — EOS
• Windows 10 version 2004/21H1/20H2/21H1 — EOS/EOS
• Windows 10 version 21H2, and 22H2 — KB5048652 (OS Builds 19044.5247 and 19045.5247)

Reminder - "Patch Tuesday" updates include changes from previous preview/optional updates if you chose not to install them. For 22H2:

• November 21, 2024—KB5046714 (OS Build 19045.5198) Preview - Microsoft Support

General info:

• For a list of known issues and safeguards, please refer to the dashboard here.
• For details about feedback, and how to capture traces if needed, see here.

NOTE: Because of minimal operations during the Western holidays and the upcoming new year, there won’t be a non-security preview release for the month of December 2024. There will be a monthly security release for December 2024. Normal monthly servicing for both security and non-security preview releases will resume in January 2025. 

so i just discovered that my pc hasnt been up to date since 2021, (specifically version 2004: build 19041.1052) if i update it right now will my pc turn into windows 11? i dont really want that to happen. and please forgive me im not too versed with computers.

I still haven't pinpointed the exact cause for me getting locked out of my Asus Zen Book and unable to restart. So I'm stuck on the Windows diagnostics and subsequent Bitlocker Key blue screen.

The cause may be the driver updates I installed (28 in total). As I ran into this issue upon trying to restart the PC immediately upon installing the updates. But either way, I guess the cause is irrelevant at this point, as the fact of the matter is I don't have a Bitlocker Key...

So upon realizing I am now not only locked out, but unable to access any of my Bitlocker-encrypted DATA (including about 70 cover letters I was about to send to companies & all my CVs...) I thought: how could Microsoft completely fail to communicate (let alone include) such a crucial bit of information in the Windows user account setup process?...

But then ofc, I found it's because the BK is tied to the hard drive by the ORIGINAL user account who FIRST setup the encryption, whose account the BK remains with...

Thereby essentially penalizing everyone who buys Windows PCs secondhand, as I did, and then learns of Bitlocker encryption for the first time...Genius, Microsoft 👏.

The only way I can see of preventing this issue being if stores have a policy where they don't buy PCs without checking if a device is BK encrypted, and requesting the BK if it is. But who enforces that, and even then, ensuring BKs are passed on from original users is still not widely enforceable. People will still get screwed by this utterly flawed security measure.

So, why the bloody hell is the BK not automatically passed on to the next device user's Microsoft account!? I find it hard to believe that Microsoft simply didn't foresee this issue, but more likely that they couldn't give a damn about screwing people who buy second hand.

But I digress, the primary aim of this post is still to request advice more than a rant. I've looked at various YouTube videos, found nothing that worked to get back into my PC, including:

• Any command prompts
• Uninstalling updates
• Starting in Byos mode

Is there anything else I can try? (that doesn't involve wiping the machine and losing all my data). Some professional data recovery company I could contact? (Though I'm aware bitlocker encryption is notoriously difficult, in most cases impossible to get around).

But even if there's a chance that even a small percentage of the data could be recovered, that would still be extremely helpful.

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!

Sorry if this kind of question gets asked a lot, but I had done a cursory search and couldn't find an answer that fit.

I'm giving my old PC to a friend that has a i5-6600K and GTX 1060. What I would change in it is the PSU and install new HDD and SSD. If I changed the drives out, obviously I would need to do a fresh install of Win10, but would I have to find my current activation key, or would his microsoft acct work for that? I would rather not buy a sketchy key off a reseller, can't upgrade it to Win11, and he isn't up for the linux switch.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

I enjoy reading manga online and if I save the chapter to photos, one picture at a time, it just comes up as the fit to size page, basically what i am trying to do is this:

---When I open the picture, it like half zooms in and starts at the top

---I can just scroll down the individual photo with the scroll button rather then have it zoom in/out or take me to the next page, like I am reading a manga page from top to bottom

---When I click on the page, it just takes me to the next page

Is such a thing possible or would I somehow need to download some special software for that?

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i found this setting and it makes the game I'm playing sound great, but every other application, such as YouTube on my browser sounds terrible compared to having ti disabled. is there any way to have it only effect, the game and not everything else, don't want to be turning it on and off every time i play a game.

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Do any one know why my folders icon changes ? The pc was shut down and when I turned it on, my folders were like this build number 19045.5131