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  1. Thread: Disable touchpad in Windows 10 Home by morlaine
    Forum: Drivers and Hardware
    Replies 29 Views 20,866

    Thanks for all the comments. Most of the screen...

    Thanks for all the comments. Most of the screen shots that you included, I did not find when I was trying to conquer this beast and I've been into all the sections that y'all referenced. It does...
  2. Thread: Disable touchpad in Windows 10 Home by morlaine
    Forum: Drivers and Hardware
    Replies 29 Views 20,866

    Hallelujah! I found the best answer that is...

    Hallelujah! I found the best answer that is working for me. Now I can stop wasting my valuable time with this idiotic POS (piece of software?). Hmm, never realized that fit before. :-)
    Cut two...
  3. Thread: Disable touchpad in Windows 10 Home by morlaine
    Forum: Drivers and Hardware
    Replies 29 Views 20,866

    After working on this for 17 hours yesterday,...

    After working on this for 17 hours yesterday, deleting and disabling everything, even things in the registry file, at 2am this morning I cut the back off an old steno book that I had laying around. ...
  4. Thread: Disable touchpad in Windows 10 Home by morlaine
    Forum: Drivers and Hardware
    Replies 29 Views 20,866

    I'm very cautious when editing the registry. I...

    I'm very cautious when editing the registry. I make a backup copy if I just open it to look at something.
    I tried the registry change that was suggested but it didn't work. Are you sure that was...
  5. Thread: Disable touchpad in Windows 10 Home by morlaine
    Forum: Drivers and Hardware
    Replies 29 Views 20,866

    Disable touchpad in Windows 10 Home - Question

    Question from a very non-techie person. I've tried everything shown in this post except adding the statement to the registry file. How do I do that? Or if I have to insert it, where do I that? ...
  6. Replies 1 Views 4,118

    Regedit Not Responding during Export of All records

    I have a Toshiba 64 bit laptop running Windows 10 Home Version 1703 (OS Build 15063.413). I wanted to see if I could figure out how to disable Cortana (it's a memory hog and I NEVER use it) and...
  7. Thread: How to Disable Permanently Cortana? by morlaine
    Forum: Software and Apps
    Replies 7 Views 15,623

    You are so right about Cortana and Bing. Neither...

    You are so right about Cortana and Bing. Neither one is worth having.
    You're right about cats too. They do make the best pets, with dogs being second, and men being third. No offense to any of...
  8. Thread: How to Disable Permanently Cortana? by morlaine
    Forum: Software and Apps
    Replies 7 Views 15,623

    I looked at the URL ( Cortana - Enable or Disable...

    I looked at the URL ( Cortana - Enable or Disable in Windows 10 - Windows 10 Forums) BEFORE I ever posted my question. I thought I said that, but maybe not. I have wasted so many hours of my life...
  9. Thread: How to Disable Permanently Cortana? by morlaine
    Forum: Software and Apps
    Replies 7 Views 15,623

    How to Disable Permanently Cortana

    As I said in my original question, I found that solution on the internet but there is no Cortana icon on my Taskbar. So this won't work for me.
  10. Thread: How to Disable Permanently Cortana? by morlaine
    Forum: Software and Apps
    Replies 7 Views 15,623

    How to Disable Permanently Cortana?

    I have a Toshiba 64-bit laptop running Windows 10 Home.
    Some time ago, I spent DAYS getting Cortana disabled and turned off on my laptop. And now after this last update, MS in it's infinite...
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    There is a connection between Task View and Desktop Icon title shadows

    Here's an update to my above post. After clicking on the Task View button and the Icon title shadows re-appearing, I closed out of everything and turned the laptop off. I left it off a couple of...
  12. Replies 26 Views 24,021

    I'm so sorry it didn't work

    I know exactly how aggravating this problem can be. It's too bad that Windows 10 is so inconsistent. It would seem that something so simple would have a simple solution that would work for...
  13. Thread: Make taskbar icons bigger? by morlaine
    Forum: General Support
    Replies 33 Views 111,240

    How to make Taskbar Icons Bigger?

    Did this problem ever get resolved? I've tried the previous suggestions and nothing has been an acceptable solution. Does anyone have any other ideas? It's too bad there wasn't an in depth user's...
  14. Replies 26 Views 24,021

    How to remove shadows on Icon Titles on desktop - I solved this for me

    I solved this problem. At least it works on my PC. YMMV. I would never claim anything works, I can only say it worked for me. Here's what I did.

    Open the Control Panel

    Then click on System...
  15. Replies 26 Views 24,021

    I guess I really can't have it all

    I made the change to Adjust for Best Performance. And Hallelujah, no more shadows under the icon titles. But now I know why they put in the shadows. The titles are in white and don't show up on a...
  16. Replies 26 Views 24,021

    Does not exist on my version of Windows 10

    When I typed gpedit.msc it takes me to the internet and everything I find there says it does not exist on Windows 10 Home which is what I have. If these were settings that I would have made, since I...
  17. Replies 26 Views 24,021

    Where is this located?

    I looked in Settings and Control Panel and in the Registry and did not find anything that looked like what is showing in your screen print. Instructions on where to find that and what I'm looking...
  18. Replies 26 Views 24,021

    Sorry, I missed Option 2 but had already tried Options 1 and 3

    Based on previous research I had already done Options 1 and 3. I was in a hurry because my electricity was off and I was trying to finish before my battery died and I didn't see Option 2.

    The...
  19. Replies 26 Views 24,021

    There's no joy in Mudville

    I wish it was that simple. I tried that at least two weeks ago and there was no change. In fact, there are three items there that mention shadows and I uncheck all of them, just in case. Nope, no...
  20. Replies 26 Views 24,021

    And the Icon Shadow Saga continues

    I was so pleased to see your suggestion as with all my searching I had not seen this suggestion before. I opened Regedit and this entry was already set to zero. So, I set it to 1, rebooted, but no...
  21. Replies 26 Views 24,021

    How remove shadows on Icon Titles on desktop in Windows 10???

    Please do not refer me to System/Advanced/Visual settings. I've removed every check mark in there referring to shadows and ABSOLUTELY NOTHING has changed. These shadows are making me go blind. I...
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