I'll have to research this a bit...

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I downloaded teh tuneup_plus_log.bat file, and ran it - it hangs on the DISM operation, 62.3% - so I killed it and restarted, same thing.
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Yes, the entire...

Thanks for the reply and note.
Lots of items, will do.

** Which link was used for Windows Driver Verifier test settings?
Search verifier, open app "Windows Verifier Manager"
Choose custom,...

Recently my W11 (23H2) (-Pro) machine had a few times with BSOD crashes with no apparent reason, saying: “Unexpected Kernel mode trap”,
And “System Thread Exception not handled”, and then on reboot...

Just yesterday my w10-Pro system started having problems with the taskbar icons.

Those on the right-hand side would all disappear, but were restored if I;


Did settings hide taskbar on/off,...

Thanks.

Yes, I am going to use a splitter and additional local monitor on the exported HDMI output so I can see locally what I am dong on that screen.

Not sure what you mean by:
"You can...

I have a laptop with a second (USB) monitor that I am using for a video production. I take the HDMI output and it goes into a mixer for recording.
The issue is that the display output sent to HDMI...

Yes, I read it(!) - but interpret it as saying it is installed for all users, and only admin can change that configuration option, which it appears to do, but not really...
(There is really only one...

Trying to remove without admin won't work;

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I did the registry hack - will see how it goes on the next reboot!

Yes - agree - that is how it should work.

What I meant was as in the OP; open outlook in Admin mode, go to options/addins, com addins, select AdobePDFMaker, select remove, it looks removed, exit. ...

Thanks - I hadn't used this route yet - but had done the disable in addins window. But as noted, it would re-enable after each reboot.
I did the Registry change - will see if that helps.
An odd...

We are running O365.
Not sure why only on 1 of 4 systems this seems to be an issue.
The MSoft reference I have seen before, but it is not clear on needing to use Registry edit for W10, only older...

On one of my W10 systems outlook fails when trying to load "Adobe PDFmaker Office COM addin". The program startup just silently fails.
(It doesn't give problems on any of my other 3 systems.)
...

HP laptop problem
In the last few days, this laptop started having poor performance, with Task manager showing Diagnostic Policy Service taking up to 30% or more of CPU.

HP Spectre x360 -...

Further research - seems that this is a common and known (and unrepaired) bug in the update, :-(

I did the Creators update to W10 today, but now the icons on the desktop are goofed up – they cannot be positioned near the edges, and if you try to move them there, they jump into the screen instead...