I'm sorry to see this. I don't have any other answers for you.

Charms bar does not exist in Windows 10.
windows 8 charms bar in windows 10 - Google Search

Here's a possibility - untested - for Windows 11
How to Add Charms Bar from Windows 8/8.1 to Windows...

Before I used Macrium Reflect Free, I was quite happy with Paragon. I looked at the documentation and I'm glad it still supports booting from an ISO burnt to a DVD; it's hidden in the instructions....

I have always had great luck with Avast free version. It's snagged things that Avira and AVG never even saw.

My usual go-to places are Amazon and B&H Photo. I've also gotten parts in the past from Newegg and Staples. I bought my latest part, a data center SSD, from TigerDirect.

Thanks everyone. Very much obliged, and a big load off my mind.

I'm sorry. I wasn't as clear as I should have been.
In April 2020 I downloaded the Media Creation Tool from Microsoft and made a DVD from the resulting ISO with the understanding that it was the...

I installed Win 10 Pro v.1909 retail direct from Microsoft in April 2020. I've since updated as I've supposed to, so now I'm at the latest version.
If I needed to reinstall Win 10 from bare metal,...

I've been using Netscape/Mozilla/Firefox as my daily driver since 1998. Anything else feels like I'm wearing someone else's shoes.
In the latest "update" for FF, the line spacing has increased to an...

Great! I'll give this a try. Thank you!

Thanks for this. I do have a question, though. Why would I not keep the page file on the C:\ drive? It's the fastest drive on my machine (WD Gold 1TB). All the others are slower Blues.

Since I first installed Win 10 Pro in April 2020, my system-managed page file on C:\ was always around 6GB. With 32GB of RAM, I've had no problems at all.
Last week, I replaced 1 ten year old 1TB...

For years I have used Lexar flash drives. About two months ago I started having trouble where one of them was not recognized by Windows at all, not even showing up in Disk Management nor Device...

I've had great success with Avast or Avira since my Win 95 days.

It doesn't. :( FLAC, .wav and .mp3 are all the same according to that program, even though they actually are not:
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Were the beeps from your computer or from your speakers?

No, those aren't Windows icons. Thanks anyway.

Found this on
Amazon.com
and is just one example. :D

I use CCleaner, BleachBit, and the erase function of Recuva every day. I also erase unused disk space with Eraser on my C:\ drive at least once a week. Paranoid about forensics? Yup.

Even when I use FileTypesMan(ager), when I try to have different icons for .mp3 files and .wav files, starting last week they're the same for both, whether I want it or not.

For years I was able...

I only used Google Play Music to play local mp3 files on my Android phone, nothing streamed from the interwebs. I had no intention of uploading my own files to YouTube and then having to stream...

Oh, thanks for this. Sorry I haven't been around as much as I'd like; my work schedule is all over the place hour- and day-wise!
Very much appreciated, all. :cool:

It turns out that I'm not the only one who's had T-bird email problems; there are a few posts on Reddit on this subject and it seems to involve SSL or other encryption things and antivirus programs...

I've had trouble with my Thunderbird email client not being able to receive messages from my POP email account starting November 25*. Fed up, I went to the websites of a few businesses I visit and...

Core use depends on the program and how it uses cores, as others have said.
I have a Ryzen 7 3800X with 8 cores, but 16 "logical processors".
When I run Folding@Home, all 16 "logical processors"...