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    The Xmas/holiday card thread 2022

    This is the place to post your holiday greetings to the forum. I'll start:
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    I guess they did that so they could sell us the...

    I guess they did that so they could sell us the Windows DVD player app....
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    I did that. Nothing happened. I tried again with...

    I did that. Nothing happened. I tried again with Media layer open and still nothing.

    I wondered if the problem might be an autoplay setting so I went to Control Panel>Autoplay, scrolled to DVDs...
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    Please recommend a free DVD player for Win10

    I am looking for a free app that will allow me to play a movie DVD in the computer's drive. Ideally it would automatically open and go to the DVD's menu like a regular DVD player does so that I don't...
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    Even Amazon takes several days to ship things...

    Even Amazon takes several days to ship things here (not to mention how high their prices are).

    Anyway, I don't believe this: I went to the box of audio &c cables to see what I could make up what I...
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    Further online research indicates that there are...

    Further online research indicates that there are several 3rd party apps such as Voicemeeter that might help but apparently whether you use Stereo Mix or one of the apps it is common for there to be a...
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    Need to use both audio outputs but no Stereo Mix

    I have a Dell D960 (release date 2009) running Win10 Pro in the garage shop that I mostly use for playing music through 2 amps in separate areas and I'm upgrading the amps I use. With the old amps I...
  8. Thread: Acer tablet dock issue by Sidecar Bob
    Forum: Drivers and Hardware
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    That video is where I learned about putting the...

    That video is where I learned about putting the tablet on the dock right side first. I experimented a bit with covering the contacts with tape like he recommended and it seemed to work at first. At...
  9. Thread: Acer tablet dock issue by Sidecar Bob
    Forum: Drivers and Hardware
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    Acer tablet dock issue

    I'm not sure this is the right place for this so please move it if it should be in a different part of the forum.

    I'm working on my wife's Acer Sw3-013 (Switch 10E)(why do they give them 2 names?)...
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    The official Christmas/Holiday Card Thread 2021

    Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah and a best wishes for any other holidays you celebrate at this time of year.
    This is the thread to post all of your cards &c in. I'll start
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    Berton: Right. Note that the bold part isn't...

    Berton:
    Right. Note that the bold part isn't the drive letter of its name so no matter what you change them to it doesn't stand out.

    W10:
    That's why I named it BACKUP in capitals.

    Until a...
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    I was thinking along the same lines. I re-named...

    I was thinking along the same lines. I re-named the drive "BACKUP (WD Elements 2620)" to make it stand out in the list but as you can see the drive's name and the drive letter don't stand out very...
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    I can still see no difference in the result...

    I can still see no difference in the result whether I left click first or just right click.


    I just changed the drive letter to T to try this. It still showed in the list and when I plugged in a...
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    OK, most of you seem to be missing what I want to...

    OK, most of you seem to be missing what I want to do. I want to make it so that I can't accidentally click the wrong item in the list and eject the external drive that I want to leave connected to...
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    I do not understand why you keep insisting on...

    I do not understand why you keep insisting on left clicking before right clicking. Whether I am in Devices and Printers or in Device Manager I get exactly the same context menu by just right clicking...
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    I know that but as I said before I would rather...

    I know that but as I said before I would rather not do it that way if I don't have to.
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    OK, I couldn't see hardware in the menu that...

    OK, I couldn't see hardware in the menu that appeared when I right clicked the icon so I clicked Properties. In the Properties window I selected the Hardware tab and there was a list marked Device...
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    That's fine as long as you are absolutely sure...

    That's fine as long as you are absolutely sure the drive isn't being written to or from. I prefer to use the button to make sure that isn't happening.
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    Can you remove just one USB drive from the Safely Remove list?

    The title says it all. I have a USB external hard drive for backups and frequently use USB thumb drives for other stuff and I have occasionally clicked the wrong one when ejecting one of the thumb...
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    Is it possible (or advisable) to turn off external driv when it is not

    When I asked on the WD forum about the WD My Book I was using to back up the network drive acting up it was suggested that the problem could be related to it running all the time for years.

    It...
  21. Thread: Trying to decide about backup drive. by Sidecar Bob
    Forum: Backup and Restore
    Replies 3 Views 989

    Both of them arrived sooner than expected. ...

    Both of them arrived sooner than expected.

    The Elements has been installed as my backup drive for a week and Karen's Replicator has not reported any errors or failures in that time so all is good...
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    Just to give this some closure, in the end I...

    Just to give this some closure, in the end I decided that the My Cloud's Red drive should be OK for the foreseeable future so as long as I have a reliable backup I don't need to replace it now. I...
  23. Thread: Win10 update (1809-1909) stalls on tablet by Sidecar Bob
    Forum: Installation and Upgrade
    Replies 41 Views 17,398

    I don't know then. Hopefully one of the people...

    I don't know then. Hopefully one of the people who helped me will see this and have some advice.
  24. Thread: Win10 update (1809-1909) stalls on tablet by Sidecar Bob
    Forum: Installation and Upgrade
    Replies 41 Views 17,398

    That should work. Are you sure the media you...

    That should work.

    Are you sure the media you are using is bootable? Did you prepare it using the Media Creation Tool?
    https://www.microsoft.com/en-ca/software-download/windows10
  25. Thread: Win10 update (1809-1909) stalls on tablet by Sidecar Bob
    Forum: Installation and Upgrade
    Replies 41 Views 17,398

    Are you sure we have the same PC? My Acer SW1-011...

    Are you sure we have the same PC? My Acer SW1-011 tablet laptop doesn't have a CD drive, or even enough space for them to have installed one.

    I think mine booted from the USB drive automatically....
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