Thanks for this but after quote a bit f research I'm not sure it does what I'm after.

I cannot see how you'd hide all the programs from the start menu which I wouldn't want to show in their...

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I have a Windows 10 laptop which I'd like to share with my children. As they are young, I don't want them to be able to install software nor change any settings. I also notice that there is...

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All of a sudden, for no apparent reason that I can think of, Office 2016 has decided to change its text to speech voice to something else.

I've been trawling the internet in search of a...

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I have AutoCAD set to use the GPU (under graphics settings) as it is quite sluggish, but as the Task Manager shows, it is not using the GPU when it is set to...

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In addition to...

Thought that would be the case... I was just trying to save myself the hassle of getting everything reinstalled :rolleyes:

I'm trying to start my Win 10 VM but am getting a black screen with a cursor after it logs in so after looking for solutions online, there is a suggestion to remove the display drivers by using safe...

Changing in the registry had no effect. It was not until I changed using FileTypesMan did work.

Must be something int he background at play here...

May be due to indexed information which needs to be refreshed perhaps?

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Yep, got it.

It's due to indexed information.

I used FileTypesMan to change PercievedType to...

Thanks guys, very interesting read.

You might have thought that Microsoft would have built in a way to change the perceived types as it is not unreasonable for new extensions to come in to...

How do you define an Image when you search?

For example, when I search and use 'kind:=picture', I get a my autocad .dwg files in my search results as well as .jpg, .gif etc

So, how do you...

Much better now but occasionally I do find there are a few similar looking windows which is still tricky to see the difference but that is just the way it is and occasional, so not too much of a...

That's useful to know, thanks :D

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Unfortunately we are out of date on this one as a previous version is installed and we are unable to update due to IT rules but will...

Hello Brink,

Thanks very much for this, I'll give it a try :-)

One of the annoyances of the Snip and Sketch tool is that every time you snip it creates a new window instead of overwriting / reusing the window that is open.

Are there any settings which uses...

Is there any way to improve the visibility of a window when selecting from the taskbar?

So, for example, I have open several excel workbooks. They are grouped together on the taskbar and when you...

Thanks guys, all sorted now :chuckle:

I downloaded a copy of live ubuntu and booted from a USB key where I was successfully able to navigate to the folder in question.

The only problem is that it wouldn't let me delete the folder for...

Hi guys,

Thanks for the suggestions. First I tried the robocopy method which appeared to clear out everything except one single folder the path of which I cannot remember but will look at when I...

I am using windows 10 pro version 1903 and I need to delete a folder containing about 6 files and 4 sub folders.

When I click delete, I get the following error:
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I am then prompted...

I cannot get my Intel NUC to wake up using the task scheduler. It is running Windows 10 version 1903.

I am using How to Schedule Windows to Schedule it to Wake up and Goto Sleep a guide and so to...

That sounds great in principle however following the instructions causes the computer to crash.... :(

Thanks very much :-)

When I search my Documents directory, I often get results from .css, .js etc when really all I want are folders, .html, .pdf

How to I stop the .css, .js files appearing in the search results?
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Tried changing the product key as you suggested.
slmgr.vbs -upk went through ok but I got the following error after slmgr.vbs -ipk xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx (your OEM key)
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Tends to...

I bought os an Amazon seller. Original packaging which looks legitimate!!
I'll have to try and get an ISO sorted and give that a go. Bit of a pain as I've just reinstalled my files back on it but...