• Locked out of his own PC’s Desktop!

    Posted on June 28, 2021 at 02:42 CDT by • Comment in the Forums

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    Fred Langa

    By Fred Langa

    There’s no such thing as a small permissions problem in Windows! When things go wrong, they can go very, very wrong, as today’s first reader-submitted question illustrates.

    In this issue’s second question, a reader wonders whether he should try updating his PC’s firmware (i.e., BIOS/UEFI and similar low-level hardware) via Windows’ Device Manager.

    And in the third, a reader seeks help when his device fails to restart after a power outage.

    Read the full story in the AskWoody Plus Newsletter 18.24.0 (2021-06-28).

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