My three-year-old HP laptop came with Express VPN, which I have not used. Last week I added it on but still unable to connect - with notification: The remote connection was not made because the name...

Hmm .. looks like I am good at the moment. Now if only I could make my express VPN get started. As of now, I am still not connected. I get a notice that remote connection was not made because the...

I ran across another blog online about "cloning". It gave me an idea to clone system image backup from external drive to One Drive. Is that feasible?

Then it is me, my ineptness in computing. Once, I did have a backup image (thru Macrium Reflect) in external HD, but I could not figure out how to use it to restore some corrupt files. The...

And I thought it was MS' April Fools' prank. So maybe it was my many resettings of W11 since 2022? I had tried third party Macrium and I just could not figure it out to work. But I have two HP's I...

Yesterday (March 31) was World Backup Day an annual global event. I have not done backup (system image) since 2021 because Backup & Restore (W7) had stopped working. Today, I saw a one-day old blog...

With Backup & Recovery (W7) prior to W10 and W11, I did have several Backups to external drive and several CD's for repair kit. However, with massive collapse from Trojan, especially with BSOD,...

Before W10 and W11, I had several backups in external HD using Backup and Recovery (W7). But each time I had massive System collapse from Trojan, I was unable to recover using the Factory image...

Before W10 and W11, I used to do backup monthly to external drive with Backup and Restore (W7). Now this program does not work anymore. Instead, backup requires third party application which I find...

The reason I ended up buying new unit (every three years or so) was because of total system collapse and inability to boot after major Trojan infection (which I have not encountered with W10 and...

I started computing with DELL (2000 to 2003). From then on, I have bought HP's (almost every three years). Their battery lasted only for two years, after which I used generic(cheaper) replacements....

For a thirty -month-old HP laptop, it seems awesome. I have always wondered if leaving it plugged-in,24/7 is the right thing to do (vs intermittently discharging). So, that means I should do what I...

More scan report. Still I cannot interpret. Is the battery near the end? Or it has plenty left before replacement?407444

Command prompt scan (powercfg /batteryreport) resulted in several pages of technical terms which are beyond my ability to understand. This is the bottom of the report ... and I have no clue how to...

I was infected with a Trojan that resulted in many "abnormalities" and slow down. So, I was forced to reset by CLOUD (not LOCAL) and I did not know until two day later that my newly re-installed OS...

I did use Macrium earlier this year and found it too complicated for me. I ended up with many duplicate icons, apps and programs which I was not clear how they happened. I suspect I did not do...

I have two PC's. One is W10 and the other, W11, each has its own forum. I find W10 system user friendlier with familiar responders.

You are lucky never having a Trojan infection which often collapses the system and results in failure to start. True, W10 and W11 seem resistant to Trojan but you can not be too lucky. I had less...

There is something wrong with W10 and W11 backup and restore system. The last time I backed up (February) was unsuccessful. My last successful back up was January and now, it is too old to use for...

For the 4th time this year, I had to reset W11, from Cloud (instead of Local). Is there fallout from repeated resettings? Also, I still do not know which is better, CLOUD or LOCAL? With no...

It's a big deal to reset. I reserve that option only when PC is too unstabile or not running well, often from a Trojan or too much tweakings that I cannot restore. So far, I am ok with the error...

Erroneous or not, I'd really rather not see it and have to click out each time. Fortunately, nothing else seems to be wrong with my system. As much as possible, I do not want to reset OS just to get...

I have two user accounts in this PC. I can go from one to the other. I don't know what you mean by "hidden". I can chat with you in this forum from both accounts. Hmm... I just realized each account...

I did, to both notepad and wordpad. But right clicking it from there opens it to empty file. Nothing there. The 10bit file picked up by autorun and described as not found is an empty file. Because I...

There is one entry of iobit but it is listed as not found. I copied and pasted to notepad and it opened to emptyfile. I snipped the empty file notification but for some reason I cannot make it...