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AskWoody LoungerMay 10, 2024 at 3:58 am in reply to: Two same formatted 32GB USB thumb drives: One works the other doesn’t. Why? #2670031Yes that happens where a user deletes the volume instead of reformatting said volume. Rebuild the MBR with CMD is then needed..
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AskWoody LoungerGod no it is pumping out blue screens very unstable. Don’t want to loose data. Not backed up !
If I could get outlook to connect to gmail all would be right in my world …
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AskWoody LoungerI don’t want to appear rude but I would recommend to recover what you can and advise the purchase of a new / recon PC. 10 years, the machine has served well but time to go to PC gods in the sky …. Best of luck !
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AskWoody LoungerWhen I attempted to installed W10 via usb on a new ssd it shut off after 30 seconds. I think we have a bad mobo..
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AskWoody LoungerHave done all of the above. Also repasted the cpu. Voltage tested the PSU all good.
System boots W10 from USB no issues.
Seems that the shut off happens only when the sata’s are connected. So if I disconnect the ssd the pc stays on.
Picking up a new ssd tomorrow to test. If that fails my guess is mobo.
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AskWoody LoungerNovember 16, 2023 at 8:04 am in reply to: Enhancing the security of WhatsApp calls – hide IP #2603084Not secure in what way? Something that makes WhatsApp calls traceable?
No my point is, it doesn’t matter how secure the application is if the device is not secure.
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AskWoody LoungerNovember 15, 2023 at 10:50 am in reply to: Enhancing the security of WhatsApp calls – hide IP #2602848Doesn’t really matter how good the encryption on the apps are if the device is not secure. Most devices and espically mobile devices are not secure.
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AskWoody LoungerOk I rebooted and now Chrome is saved and opening as default browser. No idea a reboot would fix it!!!
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AskWoody LoungerAlso tried Default Programs Editor also no good.
Are you using any other third-party apps, for example Sordum’s Edge Blocker?
Nope…
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AskWoody LoungerAlso tried Default Programs Editor also no good.
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AskWoody LoungerManaged to change from the Edge logo to the Chrome logo but, if you look on the left, it still states “Microsoft edge HTML document”
Still stuck on Edge as default.
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AskWoody LoungerTo much hassle for a simple Windows default setting.
Apps & features – default apps.
Edge doesn’t change default browser setting.
Normally yes, but not in this case. Even your simple one, which I tried first by the way, does not work. It seems MS is making it difficult to shy away from Edge. Never seen it this bad before.
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AskWoody LoungerI just found a download link to a new version from google Ai facebook site, but defender thinks different. https://www.facebook.com/GGAINew – Defender see’s it as a Trojan – Trojan:Script/Wacatac.B!ml
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AskWoody Lounger22H2 thats why i’m posting in the 22H2 forum. Even though for some reason it ended up in the W11 section. Haven’t seen an update brake through like this, well maybe towards the end of W7. I guess W11 is hunting us down ….
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AskWoody LoungerI just stopped the processes and manually deleted all contextual audio files and foldaer. Problem solved….
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