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Woody, you’re on board with this?

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lanceboil, b, woody

If you click on the notification icon (usually in the lower-right-hand corner), then click the Tablet Mode button there, is proper function restored?

It’s easy to hit this if you’re checking notifications or connecting to WiFi when using a touchscreen.

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anon743 wrote:

Symantec/NLL really needs to be yelled at for all these mess, which is not helping but instead breaking its longtime customers (myself included).

Symantec (acquired by Broadcom) and Norton LifeLock are two different companies. NLL’s problems are of its own making.

If you’re not in a corporate/enterprise environment, you’re not dealing with Broadcom with regard to its Symantec product.

Thanks. You hadn’t mentioned any network diagnostic work or the existence of any other networked devices.

As any good mechanic will tell you, the problem presented by the complainant is often not the true problem. Just because you say it’s a Windows problem brought on by the application of a single patch doesn’t mean that you’re correct. (Doesn’t mean you’re NOT correct either!)

Someone attempting to assist should consider all the pieces of the equation, not just the ones presented. We’ve seen too many problems where the key piece of information is left out of the presentation because the person presenting the problem has self-diagnosed the issue and presents only the info supporting that diagnosis.

cyberSAR wrote:

Don’t rely on govt officials to keep you safe!

Read as much into this statement as you can.

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OscarCP, b

I assume you’ve rebooted your router at least a few times by now…

You have to read the rest of his statement…

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Bluetrix

[jabeattyauditor]

wavy wrote:

I am still curious why someone posting on computer tech would feel the need to remain anonymous. I do respect ones right to be anonymous. But come on we can’t talk politics what is there to be afraid of?

Anonymity allows folks to do drive-by comments – trash-talk without supporting their positions, and without having a track record to review.

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OscarCP, b

Quite a few large numbers with precious little support for them. Ok.

Btw, if Windows 10 is such an insignificant operating system (if your numbers are right, 1 in every 204 systems runs Windows 10) then why is so much space wasted discussing it?

You could just switch and use one of the other operating systems that are, no doubt, completely satisfying in every way.

Alex5723 wrote:

Windows 10 OS share is no more then a drop in a bucket of water of World OS.

Care to back that up with more than mere conjecture?

With the size & performance of today’s drives, there’s virtually no downside to setting aside the space as CT says.

Of course, if you have some tortured 32GB unexpandable bit o’ happiness, well… you probably won’t be saving any restore points.

OscarCP wrote:

But I am not sure one can rely completely on some of them: 3 – 5 years for DVDs and Blu Ray? I have DVDs of movies that are more than ten years old and play just fine.

Commercially-produced DVDs/Blu-rays are not in the same category as media used in writable drives. Commercial discs are pressed as opposed to burned; they only “wear-out” due to physical damage.

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Elly, OscarCP

[chrisb491]

chrisb491 wrote:

Please re-read #2112208. This isn’t a DHCP/MAC/hosts/lmhosts/internet/intranet issue. It’s a Microsoft/Windows login problem.

Certainly it should be allowable to have several different devices logged in simultaneously with the same “Microsoft account”.

Paul T wrote:

#2112208

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You emphatically state it’s not a network problem but the problem persists.

Create a new MS account with a dummy email and login on the problem PC. Test. Does the problem go away? If so, your hypothesis is proven.

If not, then you need to revisit and resolve the network side.

Terry Muench wrote:

Well, Microsoft has done it again — force fed me KB4551762 (CVE-2020-0796) re: the SMBv3 security hole. Last night I left my PC asleep; this morning I came in to find my PC “ON” and updated without my permission. I am now at 18362.720. I am using StopUpdates10 to Pause updates. This has never happened since I’ve been using StopUpdates10 (a great tool by the way).

I realize KB4551762 is a critical update but @askWoody has said there are no known exploits. I don’t appreciate Microsoft again ignoring its own rules and NOT honoring my wishes to pause Updates.

Is StopUpdates10 a Microsoft tool?

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