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    Solved - Recent post bot-moved to wrong forum, how to correct?

    Solved through FB message ~ THX

    Anybody know how to move a General Support post back to that forum after it was bot-moved to the wrong one? My thread below uses the words "sound" and "noise" and...
  2. Thread: Is this HD noise normal? by JLJones
    Forum: Drivers and Hardware
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    Is this HD noise normal?

    Windows 10 Pro 21H1 x64 / two internal SATA 7200rpm HDs

    One (both?) of my hard drives is making an intermittent sound I'm not used to and I wanted to ask if it seemed anything out of the ordinary...
  3. Thread: Firefox download panel appearance Q by JLJones
    Forum: Browsers and Email
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    Firefox download panel appearance Q

    Windows 10 21H1 x64 / Firefox 97.0.1 x64

    NB: for unknown reasons I'm having trouble logging in to the mozillaZine Forums, so figured to try here.

    I have a locked FF pref forcing the download...
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    Wow, lots of info there, thanks. Will look it all...

    Wow, lots of info there, thanks. Will look it all over!

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    This works! THX! Two things to note:
    (1) you have to register an account (free) with MyDigitalLife to access the...
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    Sound mixer "loudness equalization" on a per-app basis?

    Windows 10 Pro 21H1 x 64 / Intel Panther Point PCH audio w/ Realtek ACL269 audio / stereo speakers

    Assuming it's working as intended, I find that loudness equalization has very different results...
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    Help loading app requiring admin rights at standard user startup

    Windows Pro 21H1 x64

    Trying to replace WinPatrol (RIP) as a realtime startup monitor I came across Autorun Organizer (Autorun Organizer 5.13: Free Windows Boot Acceleration) which seems to do what...
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    Thanks but that's a bit too command-line-y for...

    Thanks but that's a bit too command-line-y for me. The things I need are probably limited to application settings which some older apps don't store in INI files but their reg folders -- I spent so...
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    THX everyone ~ HDD with Win Home partition intact...

    THX everyone ~ HDD with Win Home partition intact is installed as second non-bootable drive and all is well!

    That said, the one thing I forgot is that if I need anything from the Home user...
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    Thanks, but I'm familiar with image backups and...

    Thanks, but I'm familiar with image backups and use them all the time with Acronis TI. More importantly I do NOT want to remove the Windows Home installation from the older/second drive. That's the...
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    Add 2nd HDD for storage w/o deleting Windows partition?

    My current PC has Windows 10 Home (OEM license, activated). I just inherited a faster machine with Windows 10 Pro (OEM license, activated). I want to take my Home HDD and stick it in the Pro machine...
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    Solved

    Solved! or fixed! or whatever! I was able to absorb the extra space in a 3-step process:


    resize the System Reserved partition to use the space after it
    reboot
    stretch the M: data partition...
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    steve108 ~ yes, I have grasped the fundamentals...

    steve108 ~ yes, I have grasped the fundamentals of these programs, which is how I partitioned the disc in the first place ;-)

    NavyLCDR ~ not dynamic, that's just a tab on the MiniTool PW app ~...
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    Unformatted space between partitions - what's up with that?

    Windows 21H1 Home x64 ~ Seagate 1TB SATA internal MBR HDD

    This is re a friend's machine, an HP Omni AIO which, importantly, is working fine -- this issue / question is mostly for knowledge, not...
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    Intermittent freezing when streaming video

    Windows 10 Home x64 21H1 ~ Intel Core2 Duo @ 2.2ghz ~ 6gb RAM ~ 1gb AMD Radeon HD 6570 graphics card ~ 30+mbs broadband ~ Firefox Quantum (latest) w/ RAM-only cache

    OK now that you're all done...
  15. Thread: News & Interest update and systray issues by JLJones
    Forum: Windows Updates and Activation
    Replies 9 Views 2,717

    Update: as of yesterday I have News & Interests...

    Update: as of yesterday I have News & Interests turned off (no icon) and my systray icons are loading and remaining on normally. Perhaps it was fixed in one of the recent updates? In any event I'll...
  16. Thread: News & Interest update and systray issues by JLJones
    Forum: Windows Updates and Activation
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    Scaling may well be the issue, I'm set at 120%....

    Scaling may well be the issue, I'm set at 120%. Slight hope because Apple fixed their iTunes for Windows scaling glitch and that only took about a... year... and MS still won't fix the Copy to/Move...
  17. Thread: News & Interest update and systray issues by JLJones
    Forum: Windows Updates and Activation
    Replies 9 Views 2,717

    Uninstalling it seems ill-advised, since it's...

    Uninstalling it seems ill-advised, since it's flagged as a security rollup addressing such broad issues as:


    Security updates to the Microsoft Scripting Engine, Windows App Platform and...
  18. Thread: News & Interest update and systray issues by JLJones
    Forum: Windows Updates and Activation
    Replies 9 Views 2,717

    News & Interest update and systray issues

    Windows 10 Home 21H1 x64 (build 19043.1052)

    Just installed the 6/8/21 cumulative security update that includes the News & Interests nonsense I mean taskbar function (KB5003637 for me) and am...
  19. Thread: USB webcam mic: all bass, no treble by JLJones
    Forum: Sound & Audio
    Replies 4 Views 1,329

    Indeed, but it's unbranded -- inherited from a...

    Indeed, but it's unbranded -- inherited from a friend's closed business. I'll see if I can identify from HWINFO or similar. That said it seems there's some Windows audio input setting somewhere which...
  20. Thread: USB webcam mic: all bass, no treble by JLJones
    Forum: Sound & Audio
    Replies 4 Views 1,329

    [1] No. [2] Yes - nothing identified [3]...

    [1] No.

    [2] Yes - nothing identified

    [3] Yes - only result is choice of "I can't hear Cortana" or "Cortana can't hear me" and I have Cortana as disabled as possible

    THX though
  21. Thread: USB webcam mic: all bass, no treble by JLJones
    Forum: Sound & Audio
    Replies 4 Views 1,329

    USB webcam mic: all bass, no treble

    Windows 10 Home 20H2 x64
    Ethernet ~ 50mb/s

    Sudden audio problems with all USB webcam mics. This is confounding me, I'll try to be as concise and clear as possible:

    1. I was using an old MS...
  22. Thread: Intel microcode update confusion by JLJones
    Forum: Windows Updates and Activation
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    It absolutely does. There is it, obfuscated...

    It absolutely does. There is it, obfuscated behind "Legacy Core Processors" so I guess I'm being Intelshamed.

    And I know about the performance hits and will certainly look to see if it's...
  23. Thread: Intel microcode update confusion by JLJones
    Forum: Windows Updates and Activation
    Replies 3 Views 2,041

    Intel microcode update confusion

    Windows 10 Home v 20H2 x64

    Asking about Intel microcode update for Spectre/Meltdown protection. CPU is i5-2400S, and apparently KB4465065 addresses variants of both issues. However confused over...
  24. Thread: Auto-detect proxy settings: on or off? by JLJones
    Forum: Network and Sharing
    Replies 2 Views 10,660

    Auto-detect proxy settings: on or off?

    Windows 10 Home 20H2 (19042.804)

    I don't run a manual proxy / VPN of any kind, and don't use this machine to log into any networks -- just regular everyday wired ethernet surfing, streaming,...
  25. Thread: Revising dual boot to add Linux Mint by JLJones
    Forum: Installation and Upgrade
    Replies 9 Views 3,556

    OK I installed Linux Mint 20 successfully to HD1...

    OK I installed Linux Mint 20 successfully to HD1 after pulling the data cable for HD0 (Windows); removed Windows 7 partition. Windows 10 and Linux Mint both boot, though I do have to set the HD via...
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