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  1. Thread: Printer issues Brother DCP-J1100DW by Gusgf
    Forum: Drivers and Hardware
    Replies 9 Views 1,542

    Okay I did indeed try to clean the print head...

    Okay I did indeed try to clean the print head with alcohol and kitchen towel to no avail. I even made up my own syringe with alcohol to try and flush the print head.

    Then I happened upon this...
  2. Thread: Printer issues Brother DCP-J1100DW by Gusgf
    Forum: Drivers and Hardware
    Replies 9 Views 1,542

    I will give the suggested manual cleaning of...

    I will give the suggested manual cleaning of print heads a go but I'm not convinced. It's very odd that text documents print absolutely fine but the minute you throw in a spreadsheet alignment is...
  3. Thread: Printer issues Brother DCP-J1100DW by Gusgf
    Forum: Drivers and Hardware
    Replies 9 Views 1,542

    Yep good call if it's the printer then the test...

    Yep good call if it's the printer then the test page should be suffering the same issues. I will try this tomorrow.

    You lost me on the last bit I'm afraid.
  4. Thread: Printer issues Brother DCP-J1100DW by Gusgf
    Forum: Drivers and Hardware
    Replies 9 Views 1,542

    Thanks for replying Paul but I'm not using Excel....

    Thanks for replying Paul but I'm not using Excel. I've tried to print from Google Docs and I've tried pasting the values only into a Libreoffice sheet and the same happens. I also get problems with...
  5. Thread: Printer issues Brother DCP-J1100DW by Gusgf
    Forum: Drivers and Hardware
    Replies 9 Views 1,542

    Printer aligment issues Brother DCP-J1100DW SOLVED

    Okay I know this is not quite relevant to these forums but I'm unsure where to turn. I've looked at posting on a few printer specific forums but they're as good as dead activity-wise. So I'm hoping...
  6. Thread: Yet again the sleep issue arises by Gusgf
    Forum: General Support
    Replies 4 Views 1,134

    Just so you can see what I'm getting ...

    Just so you can see what I'm getting


    C:\Windows\system32>powercfg /availablesleepstates
    The following sleep states are available on this system:
    Standby (S3)
    Hibernate
    Hybrid...
  7. Thread: Yet again the sleep issue arises by Gusgf
    Forum: General Support
    Replies 4 Views 1,134

    Thanks for the suggestion Denis but alas it...

    Thanks for the suggestion Denis but alas it didn't work. I uninstalled Nvidia drivers completely and wiped them off my system and did a reboot. With no drivers just the MS default bog standard one...
  8. Thread: Yet again the sleep issue arises by Gusgf
    Forum: General Support
    Replies 4 Views 1,134

    Yet again the sleep issue arises

    Windows 10 Pro (22H2)

    Yet again my computer won't go to sleep after recent updates. What I've tried:

    Using an elevated prompt nothing shows up for:
    powercfg -requests
    powercfg -lastwake
    ...
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    Absolutely amazing from you all. Not only have I...

    Absolutely amazing from you all. Not only have I got an answer that works I've learnt something.

    I bought this XPS from a seller on Ebay (came with Win10 Pro) and it's served me well for several...
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    Win 10 Pro upgrade and ended up with a Win 11 Home instead??!

    I've got a Dell XPS 13 8th gen i5 which was running Win 10 Pro fully activated and wanted to install Win 11. I decided to start afresh and to do so by downloading Win 11 from here using the second...
  11. Thread: Anti-corruption software reqd (FREE) by Gusgf
    Forum: Software and Apps
    Replies 4 Views 983

    Yes I'd come across that page but dismissed it as...

    Yes I'd come across that page but dismissed it as much of the stuff suggested had limitations. But having had a second look I've downloaded Recuva and photorec. So will attempt a rescue with these.
    ...
  12. Thread: Anti-corruption software reqd (FREE) by Gusgf
    Forum: Software and Apps
    Replies 4 Views 983

    Anti-corruption software reqd (FREE)

    Can anyone recommend free software which might be able to recover files which have experienced corruption. The files are on a camera SD card. When I view the file structure some of the contents of...
  13. Thread: Windows 10 not sleeping by Gusgf
    Forum: General Support
    Replies 0 Views 522

    Windows 10 not sleeping

    For anyone else having problems with their computer not going into sleep state and have tried all the usual powercfg commands this is for you.

    I checked the following and was none the wiser:

    ...
  14. Thread: Removing Chrome profile by Gusgf
    Forum: Software and Apps
    Replies 1 Views 946

    Removing Chrome profile

    I created a basic second user account on my Windows 10 computer, I also use Google Chrome extensively. I was miffed to find out that simply logging out of Google in that second Win10 account does not...
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    Unable to unsubscribe Xbox Game Pass: Try that again error

    I've been trialling Xbox Game Pass for PC for evaluating FS2020 for the past two months and I've not really used it due to time constraints. So I thought I'd go in and cancel it tonight before I get...
  16. Thread: Desktop failing to sleep by Gusgf
    Forum: Performance & Maintenance
    Replies 41 Views 32,702

    Yep, so far so has mine :D There does not seem to...

    Yep, so far so has mine :D There does not seem to be a repeat of the sleep issues. I'm going to take your suggestion of sleeping the updates for 7 days but can I safely assume that anything related...
  17. Thread: Forced to power down by Gusgf
    Forum: General Support
    Replies 13 Views 4,349

    Regarding.... Log entry @17:45 The previous...

    Regarding....
    Log entry @17:45 The previous system shutdown at 17:24:10 on ‎03/‎03/‎2021 was unexpected. (Event ID 6008)
    Huh!? What shutdown? System has been up for several days and I've been using...
  18. Thread: Forced to power down by Gusgf
    Forum: General Support
    Replies 13 Views 4,349

    Thanks will take a look, puzzled about the other...

    Thanks will take a look, puzzled about the other log entry though :)
  19. Thread: Forced to power down by Gusgf
    Forum: General Support
    Replies 13 Views 4,349

    Forced to power down

    The 'flashing cursor' no longer flashed and seemed frozen and could not be moved though was able to move the mouse pointer, use the keyboard but when I tried to chose sleep or hibernate nothing...
  20. Thread: Desktop failing to sleep by Gusgf
    Forum: Performance & Maintenance
    Replies 41 Views 32,702

    No problems with this party continuing as is...

    No problems with this party continuing as is :party:
  21. Thread: Removing password issues by Gusgf
    Forum: User Accounts and Family Safety
    Replies 8 Views 1,689

    Doesn't look like it is...

    Doesn't look like it is. There may be a very cut down trial version.
  22. Thread: Removing password issues by Gusgf
    Forum: User Accounts and Family Safety
    Replies 8 Views 1,689

    So effectively with this software your PC account...

    So effectively with this software your PC account admin or not can be hacked and broken into. I've never had to do this but I would have thought there are plenty of instructional videos on YT already...
  23. Thread: Removing password issues by Gusgf
    Forum: User Accounts and Family Safety
    Replies 8 Views 1,689

    I did now :chuckle: But regardless the...

    I did now :chuckle:

    But regardless the situation is ridiculous.

    Scenario: If you wake me I'll ask you for a password. If you reboot I won't. Hence the whole reason for a password being active...
  24. Thread: Desktop failing to sleep by Gusgf
    Forum: Performance & Maintenance
    Replies 41 Views 32,702

    Well err, just as well you didn't hear the...

    Well err, just as well you didn't hear the expletives :mad: what were ushering forth from my mouth a couple of days ago when for the umpteenth time my Windows desktop wasn't doing what I thought it...
  25. Thread: Desktop failing to sleep by Gusgf
    Forum: Performance & Maintenance
    Replies 41 Views 32,702

    Is that what they call a silver lining?

    Is that what they call a silver lining?
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