I had the flashing desktop in safe mode myself - made it almost impossible to regain control. After several tries I was able to click on the Avast removal tool - put whatever you think you need on the desktop in normal mode!!
There must be a way to get this to work - maybe in selective mode looking for video drivers? Spend an hour or two rebooting the machne??
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500GB SSD
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VMware 16 20H1 in Wndows and 15.5.2 Linux
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I have Firefox set as my default browser, Cliff. As far as I know, it should always open everything, but it's not working right.
I can come into TenForums without issue. I can open links from some emails without issue, but others will give me that window. There are too many of them to be forced to set associations for each and every link I follow.
Since there don't seem to be any others having this problem, it may be unique to my system?
Of course you are not alone in this. Your friends are always here for you :)
Happens to me too. Some emails (Tenforums etc.) are following the rules, and others don't. For me it was an offer from Amazon.
Computer Type: PC/Desktop System Manufacturer/Model Number: home built OS: Windows 10 (Pro and Insider Pro) CPU: Intel i3-10100 Motherboard: ASUS Prime B460M Memory: 16 GB, Crucial Graphics Card: Intel on chip Sound Card: Realtek onboard Monitor(s) Displays: Dual ASUS+LG Screen Resolution: 1920 x 1080 x 2 Keyboard: Cherry, same for the last 20 years Mouse: Logitech M500 PSU: No name, 80 plus, 500 W Case: Mini Tower Cooling: Silent Hard Drives: Kingston A2000 NVMe, 500 GB Internet Speed: 100/20 Browser: FF, Edge, Vivaldi Antivirus: WD + MBAE, SpywareBlaster, hosts file Other Info: Eaton UPS
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Of course you are not alone in this. Your friends are always here for you :)
Happens to me too. Some emails (Tenforums etc.) are following the rules, and others don't. For me it was an offer from Amazon.
So what do we do about it, Andre? Hmmm, maybe I should take another look at Cliff's post . . . He may be onto something I didn't understand. Not unusual for moi!
So what do we do about it, Andre? Hmmm, maybe I should take another look at Cliff's post . . . He may be onto something I didn't understand. Not unusual for moi!
I don't know for you, but it's not really big problem for me, since most messages are processed correctly. Simple analyze of received problematic message would probably do to identify what is going wrong. But will also check what Cliff is onto.
Edit:
Have to ask: is your problematic mail also from Amazon?
Edit 2
For me, only latest post from Amazon are problematic (last few days). And Wynona, why wasn't you able to capture the screen with snip?
Last edited by AndreTen; 10 Apr 2016 at 14:09.
Reason: some new info
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ASUS Vivobook Flip 14, Ryzen 7 4700U, 512 SSD NVMe, 8 GB DDr4
Computer Type: PC/Desktop System Manufacturer/Model Number: home built / frankenstein Junior OS: Windows Insider, Fast ring CPU: AMD FX6300 Motherboard: gigabyte 970A UD3 Memory: 8 GB Corsair DDR3 Graphics Card: nvidia GT710 Sound Card: Realtek on board Monitor(s) Displays: same as 1st Screen Resolution: 1680 x 1050 Keyboard: Cherry Mouse: Logitech PSU: Tecnoware 520W Case: Ugly one Cooling: 2 x 120 mm Hard Drives: Crucial BX100 240 GB, I TB spinner Seagate Internet Speed: 100/20 Browser: FF, Edge, Vivaldi Antivirus: Windows Defender, Protected folders on, PUA on
Early this morning, within minutes of each other my three UK English 14295 x64 Pros found and started downloading 14316. I've never had this long delay.
Interesting how it went. I know this is trivial information for most users but it really interests me
Got 14316 Education and Enterprise (both EN-UK) upgrades minutes after they were released on Wednesday, as well as 14316 Pro x64 EN-US on all real and virtual machines
Got 14316 Pro 32 bit EN-UK on Thursday morning
Got 14316 Pro 64 bit EN-UK on three machines simultaneously this Sunday morning, download starting in one real and two Hyper-V virtual machines within minutes of each other
It is really interesting that so many persons received builds all at once after such a delay, at least to me.
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So what do we do about it, Andre? Hmmm, maybe I should take another look at Cliff's post . . . He may be onto something I didn't understand. Not unusual for moi!
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It lives in a case with 8 drive bays, and runs several multibooting systems - from Windows XP to 10, and some Linux distributions without problems, and generally with good speed.
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screen hinges show fatigue cracks on the clamshell screen damaged when dropped hence ext monitor; battery dead, touchpad barely usable, and keyboard pretty knackered, hence ext kb and mouse. internal WiFi adapter failed, so use wired ethernet. int DVD also now unusable, modem disabled
Computer Type: PC/Desktop System Manufacturer/Model Number: home built OS: Windows 10 (Pro and Insider Pro) CPU: Intel i3-10100 Motherboard: ASUS Prime B460M Memory: 16 GB, Crucial Graphics Card: Intel on chip Sound Card: Realtek onboard Monitor(s) Displays: Dual ASUS+LG Screen Resolution: 1920 x 1080 x 2 Keyboard: Cherry, same for the last 20 years Mouse: Logitech M500 PSU: No name, 80 plus, 500 W Case: Mini Tower Cooling: Silent Hard Drives: Kingston A2000 NVMe, 500 GB Internet Speed: 100/20 Browser: FF, Edge, Vivaldi Antivirus: WD + MBAE, SpywareBlaster, hosts file Other Info: Eaton UPS
ASUS Vivobook Flip 14, Ryzen 7 4700U, 512 SSD NVMe, 8 GB DDr4
Computer Type: PC/Desktop System Manufacturer/Model Number: home built / frankenstein Junior OS: Windows Insider, Fast ring CPU: AMD FX6300 Motherboard: gigabyte 970A UD3 Memory: 8 GB Corsair DDR3 Graphics Card: nvidia GT710 Sound Card: Realtek on board Monitor(s) Displays: same as 1st Screen Resolution: 1680 x 1050 Keyboard: Cherry Mouse: Logitech PSU: Tecnoware 520W Case: Ugly one Cooling: 2 x 120 mm Hard Drives: Crucial BX100 240 GB, I TB spinner Seagate Internet Speed: 100/20 Browser: FF, Edge, Vivaldi Antivirus: Windows Defender, Protected folders on, PUA on
I may have stumbled upon a way to keep that "How do you want to open this" pop up from appearing over and over again.
I've set it up and have been keeping a close eye on it, here's what you can try:
Set all your defaults in Control Panel, check them in Settings but confirm them in Control Panel; program and app defaults, file associations/protocols, same with link types.
I suspect it would help if you have less programs of the same protocol type installed, nevertheless, don't change anything after that!
Two things that will ruin it would be right clicking something and choosing "Open with", and, of course, installing a new program with similar protocols.
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