Ah thank you all.

Two mistakes:
- I was expecting the USB to be bootable.
- I missed that "Easy Flash" is an active button. I thought it was a simple category label.

It was easy and over...

I've downloaded this file to update the laptop's firmware but I see no instructions on how to use it. I see instructions for other equipment but not for this one? The instructions are not always the...

After trying a number of solutions -- mentioned here and elsewhere -- I found the registry key that Windows Explorer is hanging on to.

Registry key to delete :
...

Ah yes. The good ol CLI. And it's not even PowerShell! Wonderful. Thank you very much.

I wanted to add a limited account for service. I have some cosmetic damage so service will need to verify only system readiness.

Well! All the good-will I've been feeling for Microsoft the past...

Thank you. This nugget returned success and net use now reports :


$ net use
New connections will be remembered. ...

W10 Pro 1803

A new network modem has introduced a new IP range to my LAN so that my previous NFS mounts to W10 are obsolete. However when I try to delete them through Explorer, Explorer always...

I'd like a trackpad setting so that a swipe from corner to mid-point moves the cursor from corner to corner. With 'Touchpad Sensitivity' set to 'Most Sensitive' the ratio is less than 1:1.

I just...

Recent update completed without my input so I guess this is solved.

Thanks CountMike. Set to Active for both battery and plugged.

ASUS N501VW
OS Name Microsoft Windows 10 Pro
Version 10.0.17134 Build 17134

Constant sound of fan spinning. I think it is fan spinning, a 2-3 sounds per second, a faint rubbing sound. Using SSD...

Thanks. Does this mean that if an update requires multiple restarts that I'll have to login for each cycle?

W10 Pro 1709

When I restart Windows it opens or tries to open windows that were open when I shut down.

I want a clean restart. How do I get to that?

Thanks.

Yes Indeed. It turned out that replacing the newest driver with an older driver got things working again. Thanks

Thanks. This procedure worked. Though, as noted in the conversation below, the current driver 4021 does not work with my configuration. I had a copy of 405 so I used that for the re-install and now...

W10 Pro 1709 16299.431

ASUS N501VW

Two finger tap opens context menu but other two finger gestures, three finger gestures not working.

This had been working but I've not been using the...

Is there is a key press that toggles the appearance of the taskbar without minimizing all open windows? WinKey behavior would be perfect if it were not for the 'Show Desktop' side-effect.
It is...

Each of the three options requires the BT on/off button.
In my situation, that does not appear.
I can delete all the nodes under DeviceManager's Bluetooth node and then reboot.

That works.
...

Ah heck. I see you're on pro. I'm on home and that option is not available as far as I can see.

Thanks.

I too had this problem just today. System has reverted to previous version and I'm quite happy with that for now.

My fear is that Windows will retry the update before I've had the time to do the...

Karen, remember what I said about static IP. DHCP is the default setting for all connections in home systems -- in Windows, Linux, Mac. Unless someone set up static IPs for your computers, then you...

Oh wait, Karen. I noticed that the line you propose begins with #

The # tells the parser to ignore the line so you will want

192.168.1.16 SuperComputer

your file should look something like...

Yes. If we are on track, then the addition to your hosts file should do the trick. The line you suggest is correct.

You can put it anywhere in the hosts file though it is standard to put it after...

Yes. If we are on track, then the addition to your hosts file should do the trick. The line you suggest is correct.

You can put it anywhere in the hosts file though it is standard to put it after...

Check that the names map to the correct IP addresses.

On an invisible computer, open a command window and get the IP address using

> ipconfig

The active IP will probably be found in the...