Thanks. This is a bit beyond my tech competence, but I'll search for more info. On the other hand, not sure why other printer brands I've used don't seem to have this problem...

Yep, over the years I've contacted Brother by phone and online chat and email. They have a list of stock responses, none of which have solved the problem. Their printers work great when they're...

I have two Brother printers: HL-2270DW and MFC-L2700DW. If the internet connection goes out for any reason, it's a nightmare for both printers. When the internet connection is restored, they still...

Excellent idea to try reinstalling it, thx! Seems to have worked so far...

No URL from the developer, but it's available here - Direct Access - Download (I'm using ver 2.8)

Tried Phrase Expander a while back, didn't much care for it (though I don't recall exactly why). Sure would like to stay with Direct Access if possible, but apparently there's something in Win ver...

Ver 1703. Build 15063.674

The software that's consistently having this problem is Nagarsoft Direct Access, a text expander utility I've been using for years.

Cannot open a couple of apps following the recent update (1703). Error message: Exception from secondary thread - app will terminate.

Any idea how to get around this? Thanks!

Have been thru this several times - sometimes the setting holds, other times it doesn't. And sometimes the setting is lost even without a reboot.

There's no alternative default being set, so I guess we'll leave everything as is. Sure would like to speed up the opening of that folder though. It opened instantly in previous Win versions.

Brother HL-2270DW. Reinstalled several times. Wireless, no cables. There are a bunch of items listed as printers which I never use, wonder if it would help to delete them (XPS Document Writer, Send...

Using build 10240

Thanks Brink. Created the shortcut, but still takes 30-60 secs for the folder to open.

This is a new behavior over the past few days - the default printer becomes unchecked, leaving me unable to print. Happens with or without a reboot. This would be relatively easy to fix each time,...

Thanks Brink. It's continuing to occur. Sometimes it will start working again after a reboot, then stop working for no apparent reason. Very frustrating...

Update: After a restart the tooltips are no longer working.

It's now identifying the network again. That's what I mean about Win 10 - it's just flaky, never know what's gonna go wrong next.

Restarted Windows Explorer, tooltips working again - except that the wifi tooltip just shows "internet access" - does not specify the network as it did previously.

Already tried the reset, worked for a short time, then stopped working. No tooltips appear when hover mouse pointer over icons on right side of system tray (battery, wifi, volume control)

Looks like I spoke too soon - it's gone again. Seems to come and go randomly, sometimes works again after reboot and sometimes not.

Thanks, this worked for me too. Seems like one or another of these odd problems pop up every day in Win 10 - weird stuff that I haven't seen in 20+ years of using Windows.

Control Panel > Devices & Printers takes about 30 seconds to open. Any idea why? Never had this issue in previous Win versions. Thanks! ...Steve

So far, the best solution I've found is to disable DPTF. Not sure why this works or whether there are downsides, but response times and other issues are dramatically improved.

FYI, MS builds in a reversion to 8.1, applicable within 30 days of installing Win 10

Hate to revert back to 8.1 but it looks like I'll have to. The whole system is sluggish, feels like I'm working with a 10-year-old laptop on a dialup connection. Programs take forever to load, there...