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I suggest trying FineReader for free at Experience FineReader PDF products for free.

It can recognize text, images and tables. You can edit what it produces, specifically select or convert areas to be treated as tables then re-recognize them and split or join rows and columns before conversion to a spreadsheet file.

See also Robust features for your digital workplace, in particular:
Create and convert PDFs:
Take a digital-first approach by standardizing documentation in the PDF format and capitalizing on its advantages. Convert paper documents or files in multiple formats into searchable PDFs (compliant with ISO specifications) or convert PDFs into Microsoft Word, Excel, and more than 15 other formats to obtain full flexibility when editing and reusing them.

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Kathy Stevens

Just open the Control Panel and type \ or any other path in the address-bar or click the up-arrow to the left of it to show the classic version. Hold down the Shift key while right-clicking in File Explorer to see the classic context menu. There is a direct link to Windows Tools in the Start menu’s All second pane as well.

See also Restore Classic File Explorer with Ribbon in Windows 11 for additional options using the registry.

HP Compaq 6000 Pro SFF PC / Windows 10 Pro / 22H2
Intel®Core™2 “Wolfdale” E8400 3.0 GHz / 8.00 GB
HP ProDesk 400 G5 SFF PC / Windows 11 Pro / 23H2
Intel®Core™ “Coffee Lake” i3-8100 3.6 GHz / 16.00 GB

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Kathy Stevens, TechTango

Try temu, ebay, AliExpress, WalMart, WayFair, HomeDepot, and so many others. Free shipping when available is built into the price you pay in any case. Use “Search with Google Lens” in chrome or “Search the web for image” in edge both of which are handy from the context menu which appears with a right mouse click. Use paypal to cloak your credit card and automatically fill in your name and address and authorize any payment you make.

HP Compaq 6000 Pro SFF PC / Windows 10 Pro / 22H2
Intel®Core™2 “Wolfdale” E8400 3.0 GHz / 8.00 GB
HP ProDesk 400 G5 SFF PC / Windows 11 Pro / 23H2
Intel®Core™ “Coffee Lake” i3-8100 3.6 GHz / 16.00 GB

I had this kind of behavior when I initially tried to install Windows 10 on the HP ProDesk 400 G5 SFF PC I bought used back in February. The install would fail at various percentages. I finally discovered that the problem was bad memory. 2 lower bits were bad over two short memory address ranges. A very tiny amount on only one of the 4GB cards. I recommend that you run the Windows Memory Diagnostic to rule that out in your case. Initially instead of replacing the card I used bcdedit to blacklist the memory and was able to install and run successfully. The seller later did send me a working replacement 8GB memory card.

REM Enable memory blacklisting
bcdedit /set {badmemory} badmemoryaccess no
REM Specify what addresses to blacklist (Should all be on one line if shown otherwise)
bcdedit /set {badmemory} badmemorylist 0x54930 0x54931 0x54932 0x54933 0x54934 0x54935 0x54936 0x54937 0x549A0 0x549A1 0x549A2 0x549A3 0x549A4 0x549A5 0x549A6 0x549A7
REM and reboot.
bcdedit /enum {badmemory}

RAM Defects
———–
identifier {badmemory}
badmemoryaccess No
badmemorylist 0x54930
0x54931
0x54932
0x54933
0x54934
0x54935
0x54936
0x54937
0x549a0
0x549a1
0x549a2
0x549a3
0x549a4
0x549a5
0x549a6
0x549a7

Later to remove it use:

bcdedit /deletevalue {badmemory} badmemorylist

“Windows removed bad memory regions from this PC.”

Note in these two bad memory ranges, 0x8000 byte blocks, the lower 2 bits of 32 bit words were typically shown wrong:
0x54930000-0x0x54938000
0x549A0000-0x0x549A8000
Memory cache must be off (slow) to repeatedly test a narrow range with offline tools.

HP Compaq 6000 Pro SFF PC / Windows 10 Pro / 22H2
Intel®Core™2 “Wolfdale” E8400 3.0 GHz / 8.00 GB
HP ProDesk 400 G5 SFF PC / Windows 11 Pro / 23H2
Intel®Core™ “Coffee Lake” i3-8100 3.6 GHz / 16.00 GB

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windbg

Just for reference:

How to prevent Windows 11 from encrypting your disks during installation

How to Disable Windows 11 Recall to Protect Your Data Privacy

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PL1, Cybertooth

Have you considered: Google for  “windows project to android tablet” which shows among other things:

How to mirror PC to Android [5 ways]

Option 1. AnyViewer.
Option 2. AirDroid Cast.
Option 3. ApowerMirror.
Option 4. Chrome Remote Desktop.
Option 5. Microsoft Remote Desktop.

from Top 5 Easy Ways to Mirror PC to Android [Free] – AnyViewer

and also Screen mirroring and projecting to your PC or wireless display

HP Compaq 6000 Pro SFF PC / Windows 10 Pro / 22H2
Intel®Core™2 “Wolfdale” E8400 3.0 GHz / 8.00 GB
HP ProDesk 400 G5 SFF PC / Windows 11 Pro / 23H2
Intel®Core™ “Coffee Lake” i3-8100 3.6 GHz / 16.00 GB

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Cybertooth, Myst

I noticed that too last Saturday on my Windows 10 test system when I experienced a five minute delay in my taskbar’s icon appearing on logging in. I too used the solution presented in that answers.microsoft.com url in your post to avoid the problem. None of my other systems experienced that behavior so I suspect that it only manifests when a driver update is needed. However I have no clue as to which driver the system is wanting to update.

HP Compaq 6000 Pro SFF PC / Windows 10 Pro / 22H2
Intel®Core™2 “Wolfdale” E8400 3.0 GHz / 8.00 GB
HP ProDesk 400 G5 SFF PC / Windows 11 Pro / 23H2
Intel®Core™ “Coffee Lake” i3-8100 3.6 GHz / 16.00 GB

Perhaps those Photos were created using a different Apple ID in which case you would have to log in with that Apple ID to delete them. From How to manage Apple ID Account under How to change an Apple ID on your iPhone or iPad:

Not many people know this, but it is possible to sign in and use multiple Apple IDs on an iPhone or iPad. You can log in and set up multiple Apple IDs on an iOS device from the Settings app and use them for different purposes like contacts, email, notes, bookmarks, etc. For example, you may have a personal Apple ID that you use with the App Store and iCloud but a different Apple ID for work purposes where you store your business or work contacts. You can set up two or more Apple IDs on an iPhone and iPad. Here’s how:

1. Launch the Settings app on your iPhone or iPad.
2. Scroll down a bit and tap on Passwords & Accounts.
3. Tap Mail (or Contacts, Notes, Calendar) and tap Add Account.
4. Tap iCloud.
5. Enter the Apple ID email and password.
6. Select which services you want to enable for this Apple ID.

HP Compaq 6000 Pro SFF PC / Windows 10 Pro / 22H2
Intel®Core™2 “Wolfdale” E8400 3.0 GHz / 8.00 GB
HP ProDesk 400 G5 SFF PC / Windows 11 Pro / 23H2
Intel®Core™ “Coffee Lake” i3-8100 3.6 GHz / 16.00 GB

See also http://www.blackviper.com from Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine:

https://web.archive.org/web/20150519211527/http://www.blackviper.com/
More specifically:
https://web.archive.org/web/20150429172717/http://www.blackviper.com/service-configurations/black-vipers-windows-10-service-configurations/

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HP ProDesk 400 G5 SFF PC / Windows 11 Pro / 23H2
Intel®Core™ “Coffee Lake” i3-8100 3.6 GHz / 16.00 GB

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Alex5723, satrow

From Clearing Up Space: How to Delete Photos on Your iPhone:

1. Open the Photos App.
   Locate and tap on the “Photos” app icon on your iPhone’s home screen. This will open the app and display your entire photo library.
2. Select Photos to Delete.
   Browse through your photo library and tap on the album that contains the photos you want to delete. If you want to delete photos from the entire library, skip this step.
3. Tap “Select”
   In the top-right corner of the screen, tap on the “Select” button. This will allow you to choose multiple photos for deletion.
4. Choose Photos to Delete.
   Tap on each photo you wish to delete. Selected photos will be marked with a blue checkmark. You can also swipe your finger across a row of photos to select multiple images at once.
5. Delete the Photos.
   Once you have selected all the photos you want to delete, tap on the trash can icon located at the bottom-right corner of the screen. A confirmation pop-up will appear. Tap “Delete [X] Photos” to permanently remove the selected photos from your iPhone.
6. Empty Recently Deleted Album.
   Deleted photos are moved to the “Recently Deleted” album, where they remain for 30 days before being permanently deleted. To free up space immediately, open the “Recently Deleted” album and tap on “Select” in the top-right corner. Then, tap on “Delete All” to remove all photos in this album permanently.

HP Compaq 6000 Pro SFF PC / Windows 10 Pro / 22H2
Intel®Core™2 “Wolfdale” E8400 3.0 GHz / 8.00 GB
HP ProDesk 400 G5 SFF PC / Windows 11 Pro / 23H2
Intel®Core™ “Coffee Lake” i3-8100 3.6 GHz / 16.00 GB

Broken link. MSN usually republishes content from other sources. Apparently the original link is: Popular Browsers Chrome, Safari, And Firefox Fall Prey To Major 18-Year-Old Security Hole That Allows Hackers To Infiltrate Firewalls: Report by Ananya Gairola, Benzinga Staff Writer August 8, 2024 4:26 AM

Notably, Microsoft Corp.’s MSFT Windows systems are immune to this attack as the tech giant has blocked 0.0.0.0 on its operating system.

HP Compaq 6000 Pro SFF PC / Windows 10 Pro / 22H2
Intel®Core™2 “Wolfdale” E8400 3.0 GHz / 8.00 GB
HP ProDesk 400 G5 SFF PC / Windows 11 Pro / 23H2
Intel®Core™ “Coffee Lake” i3-8100 3.6 GHz / 16.00 GB

Using any these commands, which all return only 28 KBs on my system, KB5001716, KB4023057 or KB5005463 are not among them:

Commandline:
C:\Windows\system32>systeminfo|findstr “KB5001716 KB4023057 KB5005463”

C:\Windows\system32>wmic qfe|findstr “KB5001716 KB4023057 KB5005463”

Powershell:
PS C:\Windows\system32> get-hotfix | Where-Object { $_.HotFixID -match ‘.*(KB5001716|KB4023057|KB5005463).*’ }

Powershell provides a way that actually works. Here is a log from my system:

PS C:\Windows\system32> $Session = New-Object -ComObject “Microsoft.Update.Session”
PS C:\Windows\system32> $Searcher = $Session.CreateUpdateSearcher();
PS C:\Windows\system32> $historyCount = $Searcher.GetTotalHistoryCount()
PS C:\Windows\system32> $Searcher.QueryHistory(0, $historyCount) | Select-Object Date, Title | Where-Object { $_.Title -match ‘.*(KB5001716|KB4023057|KB5005463).*’ }
>>

Date Title
—- —–
5/23/2024 9:22:09 PM 2024-05 Update for Windows 10 Version 22H2 for x64-based Systems (KB5001716)
3/15/2024 11:17:25 PM 2024-03 Update for Windows 10 Version 22H2 for x64-based Systems (KB5001716)
12/2/2023 8:27:28 PM 2023-10 Update for Windows 10 Version 22H2 for x64-based Systems (KB4023057)
10/28/2023 10:09:3… 2023-10 Update for Windows 10 Version 22H2 for x64-based Systems (KB5001716)
9/28/2023 7:50:27 PM 2023-08 Update for Windows 10 Version 22H2 for x64-based Systems (KB4023057)
5/25/2023 12:04:00 AM 2023-04 Update for Windows 10 Version 22H2 for x64-based Systems (KB4023057)
2/10/2023 10:18:33 PM 2023-01 Update for Windows 10 Version 22H2 for x64-based Systems (KB4023057)
12/4/2022 8:37:44 PM 2022-10 Update for Windows 10 Version 22H2 for x64-based Systems (KB4023057)
11/1/2022 9:51:38 PM 2022-04 Update for Windows 10 Version 21H2 for x64-based Systems (KB4023057)
11/1/2022 9:45:28 PM 2022-04 Update for Windows 10 Version 21H2 for x64-based Systems (KB5005463)

Remember to use plain single and double quotes not the curly ones that are shown substituted in this post!

HP Compaq 6000 Pro SFF PC / Windows 10 Pro / 22H2
Intel®Core™2 “Wolfdale” E8400 3.0 GHz / 8.00 GB
HP ProDesk 400 G5 SFF PC / Windows 11 Pro / 23H2
Intel®Core™ “Coffee Lake” i3-8100 3.6 GHz / 16.00 GB

OK that’s interesting. On my system it has been installed thrice:

Perhaps it is possible to use winshowhide to hide KB5001716 as mentioned by @Deo in #2675151

HP Compaq 6000 Pro SFF PC / Windows 10 Pro / 22H2
Intel®Core™2 “Wolfdale” E8400 3.0 GHz / 8.00 GB
HP ProDesk 400 G5 SFF PC / Windows 11 Pro / 23H2
Intel®Core™ “Coffee Lake” i3-8100 3.6 GHz / 16.00 GB

You will need to look in Settings under “Apps & features” for “Update for Windows 10 for x64-based Systems (KB5001716)”. For example in Windows 10 I see:

More succinctly, enter  “KB5001716” into the “Search this list” box. That should work for all versions of windows:

HP Compaq 6000 Pro SFF PC / Windows 10 Pro / 22H2
Intel®Core™2 “Wolfdale” E8400 3.0 GHz / 8.00 GB
HP ProDesk 400 G5 SFF PC / Windows 11 Pro / 23H2
Intel®Core™ “Coffee Lake” i3-8100 3.6 GHz / 16.00 GB

A little reminder from December 2023…

Google to pay $700 million to users, agrees to make it easier to sideload apps

Epic Games won an important lawsuit against Google in the US. The jury decided that Google has an illegal monopoly on Android with the Play Store and the restrictions that it asserts over the app and game developers.

HP Compaq 6000 Pro SFF PC / Windows 10 Pro / 22H2
Intel®Core™2 “Wolfdale” E8400 3.0 GHz / 8.00 GB
HP ProDesk 400 G5 SFF PC / Windows 11 Pro / 23H2
Intel®Core™ “Coffee Lake” i3-8100 3.6 GHz / 16.00 GB

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