Thanks to all. I guess Windows won't let me do what I want to do. But at least with the last suggestion (which I ran) my PDF printer always comes up, so I won't be inadvertently printing stuff to...

I wish to have no default printer in Windows, and to choose the printer manually each time. (And I don't want Windows to automatically choose the last printer used, either.) At present I have a...

No, I didn't. That would have been the next step, but it is essentially what I had already done on the new machine, with a first install.

With a deep dive into the Registry, through searching them on two laptops side-by-side, I was able to extinguish the "This app can’t run on your PC, check with the software publisher (Windows 10/11)"...

That's good additional guidance. Thanks!

Thanks. I will give it a go over the weekend. Sounds promising!

I am running Win10 22H2 19045.3803. I am unable to use TaskMgr. It opens briefly with no content and closes.

I can't do a clean boot because TaskMgr is needed for that, but is nonfunctional....

While fixing something else today, I inadvertently got the missing power option to come back. Explained here: Change Maximum Processor Frequency in Windows 10

While fixing something else today, I got that power plan menu to come back. See here: Change Maximum Processor Frequency in Windows 10.

A HA!!! This thread led me to a fix for a drastic problem that I have wasted *many* days & nights over the past two months. I found the thread searching for PROCTHROTTLEMAX, getting ready to do some...

Thank you Spunk.

I ran the SMART and sector tests, and the drive passes.

The article you provided the link for deals with similar Event 7000 errors recorded in the event log, but not the the...

I am troubleshooting a Win10 laptop that has become VERY slow.

I'm unsure if the following is a cause, but I am trying to fix this problem nonetheless.

During bootup I am getting 21 instances...

The important KB5001786 operating system update is repeatedly failing to install on one of my computers (but installed OK on a similar machine I have).

I have tried five times, four using Windows...

I'm still using some older utilities that load at bootup. They trigger the "load as administrator" routine, which is an annoying interruption that requires a user click. Is there a way to force Win10...

Thanks. The instructions say that WAU Manager does not install on the computer. So my question is, if I put it in my Start Folder does it run in the background and check for updates? And if so, how...

Thanks, Jarnis. I have the Pro edition.

So with updates paused until October, do you still get notifications when a new update is available?

I already had Windows automatic updates disabled as much as think the operating system allows -- I think. I'm on Win10 1909, build 18363.959.

Time to try again, and ask for help here.

Windows...

I just now uninstalled the two latest updates (of today and May 17). That didn't fix the problem.

I then discovered that if I set the earphones as the default device, when I unplug them the...

The build is 1909: 18363.836

I don't know how to back-out a Windows update.

After a Win10 update last night, my computer is no longer automatically switching to USB earphones when I plug them in.

As always (way back to Win7), my internal speakers are set as the default...

Thanks! And of course since Windows always seems to make me have to do things the hard way, I will report back if I can figure out how to make this work with gray.

Having finally gotten my desired light-gray taskbar by using Win10 1909's native settings, the problem now is that borderlines between elements are totally lacking, unless provided by a particular...

I just tried that in Win10 1909, but it has no effect. Is "FlightedFeatures" really the Registry key that controls compactness of menus, or was that maybe an incorrect cut and paste?

Thanks for your help, dalchina. Using ShellExView, as you suggested, used per the information on the link you provided, led me to the fix on my first guess among several context menu processes.
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I'm new to Win10 (just migrated from Win7). Running Win10 version 1909.

For any icon on my desktop, right-click does not work. Windows times-out for maybe half a minute and then restores my...