Thanks for all the replies. It appears to have solved itself. Going into netplwiz, I checked the "Users must enter a user name and password to use this computer", and it asked for a password on...

(Win10 Pro, 64bit, build 20H2.)

I have only an Admin account, which I set up with no password, which would boot straight to desktop, which is how I want it.

My problem is, I have just...

I currently run Windows 10 with VMWare v16 with a virtual second Windows 10, located on a separate E: hard drive.

All runs well and I'm happy with it, however it would be nice if I could do a...

Thanks for that. Managed to sort it.

This is the first time I've played with VMware, so I may be missing something obvious.

I have Win10 installed, with another copy of Win10 (not the same copy) installed with VMWare, running on a...

I am migrating from Win7 to Win10. I do a lot of photographic work and always kept a series of rolling backups with Synctoy, which although it has it's quirks, it works and I've used it for years....

I am migrating from an old Windows 7 install to my new Win10 build and have been using Windows Live Mail for ages and would like to again on Win10. Is there anywhere where I can download this still? ...

Thanks again. My win7 disc is legit and been activated. I was using it until my mobo died recently, and duel booting it with Win10. If I can run win7 inside win10 using VB, then I can rebuild my...

It says it means several things, but usually a fault with the CPU, which could mean a signal line on the mobo is down and preventing POST. I can clear the BIOS with jumper pins (didn't work), but...

Thanks to everyone for the info. Something to think about when I rebuild my system.

Thanks. The symptom is the CPU Error LED comes on when powered which stops it from POST. Funny thing was, everything was working ok, go to boot up next day...dead.

One of the first thing I tried...

I'm currently rebuilding my system and would like to explore some options with virtualbox.

When I install win10, I would like to have a virtual install of Windows 7 using virtualbox. How large is...

Just tried to boot up and found my PC is dead. After much messing around with various things, it appears either my mobo or my CPU has died. (Sabretooth 990FX and AM3+). Either way, I'm looking at...

I would like to transfer my Win10 install from an old SATA 1tB drive to a 2tb SSD drive.

Can anyone suggest the best way of doing this? Is there something in Win10 I can use, or do I need 3rd...

Using a laptop with newly upgraded Windows 10 2004, I found Windows Mail has been corrupted. I need to clean it off and reinstall it. Is there anywhere where I can download the Windows Essentials...

My current Win10 C: drive is 2TB SATA and was wondering how hard would it be transfer the installation to a 1TB SSD drive. I am currently only using 161 GB of my 2TB, but was thinking about moving it...

Thanks for the info. I should have also said it was a clean install from an ISO image - the previous version had to be scrapped as it became corrupted beyond repair, thanks to an old update. I have...

When I updated my old Window 10 to build 1903, I was forced at the time to create a Microsoft account, which I didn't really want and had to create a log in name in the spur of the moment. My first...

Thanks very much :-)

I want to be able to boot straight to my Desktop. (Build 1903)

I may want to setup a password later, but at the moment, it's just a pain. As a new installation, I was forced to create a Microsoft...

Thanks, but up until recently, I had hardly used Win10 at all. I was starting to migrate my stuff over from a Win7 PC.

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All sorted. The only and last option was to scrub my...

I decided to do a Repair Install from the ISO image, which also involved downloading updates. All went well at the end, until I tried to use the Settings button on the Start menu - which didn't work....

Thanks very much for that. It seemed to have solved my profile issue, but everything isn't quite as it should be, as a few things are still not working, such as Paint.

There was nothing wrong with the ISO, I used it as a source for DISM to RestoreHealth. Even though it ran and reported that it was a success, it didn't change or appear to do anything, which seemed a...

Having had a power outage and corrupting files during an update, I feel I have gone as far as I can trying to repair my Windows install. I have done all the scf's, Dism's chkdisk's, all say nothing...