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Yes - I ran Showkey Plus and found the Windows 8.1 key.

I then reinstalled Windows as Megahertz described. Windows 10 never auto-activated, so I entered the Win 8.1 key and it...

Thanks - the laptop was bought from a high street retailer, for use at a 4 person company. The external IT company that assisted with email on exchange servers locked it as administrator. Don't think...

My employer gave me my i5-4200u Acer Aspire laptop which had Windows 8.1 installed - it was administrator locked and very rarely got any updates.
I don't have the Administrator password, so I...

thanks

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I have 2 Asus monitors with HDMI / DVI / VGA input.
They are not 4K and are not used for any gaming or video editing.
Only used for email, word, spreadsheets, web surfing etc.

I have...

Thanks Megahertz. This is the method (sysprep) I used in the past.

My question is: Once my User files are on D: drive, would I need to use this ''sysprep'' method everytime I reformat C and...

Great - thanks. No need to overcomplicate things I guess.

I need to reinstall Win10 as I keep getting BSOD since the recent update, but want to replicate my current document library heirarchy which is saved on the HDD.



SSD – contains OS, plus...

Thanks both for your advice. Thats helpful.

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I have 2 user accounts in my Win10 (Ver 21H1) setup. The 2nd account was created after the main was already in use.


Main administrator account (personal): Contains main user libraries...

Hi I am trying to understand if the Intel RST driver is necessary or not, or if only required for particular setups. I have 2 computers:1) Desktop - boot drive: SATA 3 SSD (Windows and applications),...

Ghot Thanks for your help.

Thanks - how do i check the port version numbers? Is that in device manager?

(also, the laptop screen is off. I am not using this, only the external displays)

Yes, I wondered that. I am not running graphic intensive applications and this issue I have is very rare. I have only experianced it on 2 / 3 websites. Its just frustrasting.

I found this on an...

I have a Dell Latitude 7280 with Win10 Pro (Version 20H2). This has a Thunderbolt USB C port.
I use 2 external screens (27" and 24''), resolution 1920x1080. Both screens have HDMI connections and...

Correct - no difference as of yet

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Thanks - well I asked a similar question on the Acer community forum website and was told

"The optane card is absolutely useless...

Thannks - I removed the Optane module and set BIOS to AHCI. I have reninstalled Windows onto the SSD and its all good.
(I understand the Optane module does not offer much benefit when i have an SSD...

I have an Acer Aspire 5 (A515-51G). (Specs: i5-8250u; 4gb DDR and 16gb Intel Optane memory). I replaced the mechanical HDD with a 240gb Sandisk SSD and did a fresh install of Windows 10 home (ver...

The Deco master and slave set up automatically.

The IP was changed on the router in AP mode, but i didnt do anything with the subnet. Perhaps thats the issue.

The Deco DHCP range is...

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I have 2 computers (Dell and Lenovo) on my home network, which were connected to a Netgear router via ethernet cable.
I had enabled file / print sharing across these and was able to...

I have a simple home network for my 2 PCs connected by CAT6 cable to the same router. File share for some folders is enabled and access to this has been working perfectly.

... Until the Version...

No, I right clicked on the folder and "gave access" to everyone.

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Thanks - problem solved!! Appreciate the help.

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I have Windows10 Home (ver 1909) installed on 2 compters on my home network.

Computer 1 - connected to main router (via ethernet).
Computer 2 - connected to Access Point (via ethernet)....

Thanks for the information - What about the location of Outlook .pst and .ost?

Is the best place the SSD or HDD?
(Used to be told they continual read / write will impact the life of the SSD - is...

My desktop has an old SSD (Win10 boot and applications) and HDD for Users files / data.

I am replacing the old SSD with a new one and will do a clean install of Windows10 Home 64bit and all...