Windows 10.

Trying to get on top of MS W10 ownership and permissions is something which I know from experience is bad for my mental health.

But I am trying to understand what might be wrong...

Thanks... I'm not sure what you mean by the "search icon"... so I tried the "Winkey" / "Start key"...

Then I typed "apps: f"... and all the apps that normally come up when you type the first few...

I can't accep that: my remarks have not been sarcastic. They have been measured responses to very cursory replies. It's not like words cost money.

Nor does it cost money to read what a poster...

OK... sorry, there must be something there... thing is I don't have Adobe Flash whatsit and am not prepared to install it for this sole purpose. Given that I view videos every day I'm not sure why...

huh? takes me to this page: 2016-06-07_1335 - Ficfel's library

If you have some answer to my problem, you could just answer ... it'd be more courteous.

doing that puts the "funny box" on "All apps".

pressing Return then takes me to "All apps"... I know this.

if you read my original post you'll find I want to ***NAVIGATE*** in the "All apps"...

... thanks for the attempt... on my W10 system this doesn't work.

- Winkey: start menu comes up
- down key (keypad or non-keypad): selects my name (i.e. my account)
- letter of a shortcut I...

This is driving me a bit crazy and I have a sinking Microsoft feeling that there is nothing I can do about it.

I have put a couple of shortcuts to files I open quite a lot in...

thanks... can't see how to accomplish what I want that way...

Hope this is the right place... searched and couldn't find answer.

This is something I found really really useful in Windows 7: somehow I managed to add a particular directory (not "My Documents",...

Oh, this is mad... I really hope my experience helps at least one person.

It turns out that I was using the wrong power adapter... i.e. the power adapter from my previous machine, a Dell Precision...

thanks for the quick reply.

I don't have anything else attached... and the problem is that the lag occurs when using the *laptop screen*, i.e. the laptop alone: when using the docking port and...

Dear all,

I have a Dell Precision laptop (M4800) with 16 GB RAM and a big SSD.

I have been struggling for ages with this bleeping w10 and have got to a stage where it does actually run very...

Dear all,

I acquired a new PC (Dell Precision, powerful) last year and I have yet to switch to using it.

It came with W8.1 and the free "upgrade" to W10. I did disk images of the pristine...