Oops. My bad. The suggestions for Windows 10 did not make a difference. Will post on the 11 Forum.

As the title says, my colorful, individualized desktop icons (mostly album artwork from my music cd's that had been copied into the laptop) were changed to a generic folder icon after switching to...

Thanks for the suggestions, but since I already reset the hosts file once, I'm not sure what doing it a second time would accomplish.

And I did turn on the 'rootkit' setting in Malwarebytes,...

I tried Malwarebytes, it found nothing. I replaced the hosts file per MS instructions and set it to read only, the replacement file came up as highjacked on the next Defender scan.

So, I'm open...

This situation first started with a threatening email that sure looked like a ransomware demand. I deleted the email and did a full scan with Windows Defender. The result was a hosts file highjack...

I do not see a reference to BitLocker in my control panel. I wonder if it's not a part of W10 Home, just the other versions of W10.

Guess I was over-thinking it. After looking at a number of the tutorials, I realized W10 Home did not come with BitLocker but rather just a 'Disk Encryption' setting at the bottom of Security in the...

Thanks for the prompt reply. Couple of notes after reading the tutorial you linked:
It says it applies to versions other than W10 Home. Maybe things have changed since the tutorial was published?...

Through the years I have used Samsung Data Migration to clone a drive to a Samsung SSD without any problems. I recently got a new laptop with a BitLocker encrypted drive-M.2 NVMe PCIe SSD, and have...

I had a laptop that was stuck at the 20H2 version until I downloaded Windows Update Assistant. It said the laptop did not have the latest version and offered to update the laptop to 21H1. I...

No, I've had a Microsoft account for years. I just chose to log into my laptop with a local account.

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Got lucky. THe password Microsoft wanted was not my Microsoft account...

I tried that, more than once. I go thru the complete procedure of getting a new Microsoft account password, then when I reach the final step to key in the Windows password, I try my NEW Microsoft...

I have a laptop that should be Windows 11 compatible, and I'm trying to switch from a local account to a Microsoft account-which according to what I've read so far, is required. I've tried several...

What M$ service might I need or use?

I see Windows 11 will require a person to log into his computer with a Microsoft account, and can't help but wonder what exactly does that person gain in return for giving up some degree of privacy. ...

Does MSI have any helper/assistant software? I have Lenovo laptops, and Lenovo has a Vantage software program where I can set the charging threshold and max for laptops that are plugged in all/most...

In Settings, Privacy, App Permissions, have you given the camera access to your computer? That's what it took so my wife could join a zoom meeting.

I use a file of photos I've taken. Went to Settings, Personalization, Lock Screen, then scrolled down to Screen Saver Settings. It works great and brings back memories of places I've been.

Running Windows 10, Version 1909, build 18363.752.

There was not enough room in the title to complete my question, so here goes. File Explorer opens to Quick Access and This PC. I have several...

Actually, I solved my original problem when I realized I was logged in on the laptop with a local account rather than an MS account. I switched and was able to download the extension I wanted on...

We have several laptops, larger ones for primary-home-use & smaller, lighter ones for traveling. All running 1909 with the latest updates. I have been trying to download an extension from the MS...

I tried your suggestion but there was no option to recover, change, or delete my pin.

I'm in W10 version 1909, built 18363.657, and I've tried whatever I can think of but MS wants my pin before I can download a browser extension from the Store, but I keep coming back to the screen...

Shouldn't it be 'Don't defragment SSD's? ......

My wife's computer had a similar glitch-video would jerk and a 'honk' sound could be heard. My local computer store-not me-diagnosed it as a fault in either the motherboard or CPU caused by a power...