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  1. Thread: How to make Quick Removal as Default by Geoff Daniell
    Forum: Drivers and Hardware
    Replies 6 Views 3,485

    I see no answer was forthcoming on how to change...

    I see no answer was forthcoming on how to change the removal policy settings for removable drives.

    Apparently, "quick removal" is the default settings (and has been so for a long time), although...
  2. Browsers & Email On WIN 10 Home, the Registry Edit process also...

    On WIN 10 Home, the Registry Edit process also does not work. The reason is that there is a block on it. MS claims that the function is "protected" as it is against MS policy to allow this...
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    So here is the solution to this nonsense with the...

    So here is the solution to this nonsense with the newtabs option.

    Run this tutorial. https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/114907-disable-web-content-new-tab-page-microsoft-edge-windows-10-a.html
    ...
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    Yes, I did click on save. Thanks for the...

    Yes, I did click on save.
    Thanks for the reference, and that is exactly the problem I am having! Seems more people are very upset with MS about this issue.

    I wonder why it worked fine before the...
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    WIN 10 Home Single Language 1809 2018/12/12...

    WIN 10 Home Single Language

    1809
    2018/12/12
    17763.379

    Cumulative Update KB4489899 1019-03-13

    MS Edge 44. 17763.1.0
    MS Edge html 18. 17763
  6. Replies 12 Views 13,635

    There are two separate issues

    There are two aspects to whatever happened in the latest update, which for me took place this week on WIN 10
    Home (OEM Acer version).

    1. The default Search Engine I use was replaced with Bing....
  7. Thread: MS Edge: Basic Browser Settings. by Geoff Daniell
    Forum: Browsers and Email
    Replies 4 Views 1,371

    Is there a way to get the new tabs option to show...

    Is there a way to get the new tabs option to show About: blank instead of the current blank page that takes you to Bing?

    That is the last item I cannot seem to change back to what was working...
  8. Thread: MS Edge: Basic Browser Settings. by Geoff Daniell
    Forum: Browsers and Email
    Replies 4 Views 1,371

    That happens to be my own thread, and in the end,...

    That happens to be my own thread, and in the end, that was not the problem. The issue is all this messing with basic settings in MS edge
  9. Thread: MS Edge: Basic Browser Settings. by Geoff Daniell
    Forum: Browsers and Email
    Replies 4 Views 1,371

    MS Edge: Basic Browser Settings.

    The latest changes to the basic settings in MS Edge are just a joke. How did anyone think that what has been implemented could be acceptable in any way? Frankly, I am starting to wonder what 99% of...
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    Thanks solved! The update last night fiddled...

    Thanks solved! The update last night fiddled with my specific page settings!
    Thanks for the help!
  11. Browsers & Email Eish! All very subtle!, an update changed the...

    Eish! All very subtle!, an update changed the default page which I had set to a specific page and that page was google!

    It never ends!

    Thanks for the help. Solved.
  12. Browsers & Email Hi Shawn, This tutorial no longer works on WIN...

    Hi Shawn,

    This tutorial no longer works on WIN 10 Home. Yesterday my search engine defaulted to Google. This morning, even though the default is still Google, the search engine in MS Edge defaults...
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    MS Edge: Search Engine defaults to Bing

    Hi,
    This morning, MS Edge defaults to Bing as the search engine even though the default setting is set to Google.

    I can't get it to default to Google, even though I am able to manually select...
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    Thanks for the info! No I did not block updates,...

    Thanks for the info! No I did not block updates, but clearly did not pay much attention either! :o
    really appreciate the effort taken to respond by everyone.
    Going to upgrade back to WIN 10 Pro...
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    Where Have These Icons gone in MS Edge?

    Apologies for asking such a simple question. I have recently had to move to a new laptop, which has WIN 10 Home on it and I have found all sorts of things that are different from WIN 10 Pro, which I...
  16. Replies 8 Views 2,492

    It turns out these two machines had a bit of a...

    It turns out these two machines had a bit of a chekered history before I got them.

    Win 7 OEM, Upgraded to Windows XP retail licences, then had a business licensed version of win XP, after which...
  17. Replies 8 Views 2,492

    Okay so it turns out that the version of win 10...

    Okay so it turns out that the version of win 10 pro IS RETAIL.
    There should be no reason therefor why I could not transfer this licence on to another PC that currently has win 10 Home OEM installed...
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    Thanks for the response. It was a win 7 laptop...

    Thanks for the response. It was a win 7 laptop upgraded to win 10 Pro, and kept up to date.

    Will I be able to transfer the win 10 Pro key for an upgraded PC?

    I have in the meantime got hold of...
  19. Replies 8 Views 2,492

    Motherboard power stage is fried: Can I still transfer my WIN 10 Pro?

    So, My Laptop power stage got fried last night and now I am stuck with a dead PC, and no access to be able to deactivate the product key on the old laptop.
    How do I go about transferring the win 10...
  20. Browsers & Email Hi, I have exactly the same situation. Windows...

    Hi, I have exactly the same situation. Windows 10 creators is up to date. have defaulted Edges etc and it still does not work.

    It does not seem to be a global setting, and must be activated for...
  21. Thread: Latest version of Java by Geoff Daniell
    Forum: Software and Apps
    Replies 119 Views 58,563

    A timely reminder. Previously checked the...

    A timely reminder. Previously checked the suppress .... but, but this last update unticked it again.
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    Security System Shawn, Thanks for the hint. Below is the...

    Shawn,

    Thanks for the hint.

    Below is the log file (complete).

    Nothing shows there either. Normally, I just run MSRT, go off to kick the dog and tease the cat and come back after an hour or...
  23. Replies 100 Views 166,323

    Security System I am a bit confuzzed. I ran the new version of...

    I am a bit confuzzed.

    I ran the new version of MSRT this evening and did a full scan. The tool, states that it will give you a report at the end of the scan. Along the way it informed of 3...
  24. Thread: WannaCry by Geoff Daniell
    Forum: AntiVirus, Firewalls and System Security
    Replies 36 Views 12,011

    I have just checked my PC and found that SMB...

    I have just checked my PC and found that SMB 1/CFIS is ticked by default. Why is this the case? Sould it not be a feature that is normally disabled instead?
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    Still for many of us the only consistent...

    Still for many of us the only consistent telephone service available. Bundled with an ADSL connection anyway. To not use it and have an ADSL connection makes no sense at all.
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