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These instructions: https://a.media-amazon.com/images/I/B1vqqnepn+L.pdf

It appears to be more than a basic USB hub, supporting up to 100W, and requires a power source plugged into the USB-C PD port for some applications. Hence the instructions.

 

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Will Fastie

Uncheck the box for Disable Copilot and click OK (Figure 6).

That should read “Uncheck the box for Enable Copilot…”

Obviously you didn’t use Copilot to analyze this article before posting. <g>

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b

Since you’re going to Goodwill anyways, why not donate the USB hub instead of recycling it, especially if you have the original packaging and instructions?

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Will Fastie

Does Sudo for Windows truly act like sudo in Linux, because the Windows administrator account is not fully equivalent to the Linux root account. Using sudo, can I now delete or change files and directories owned by Installer or System without taking ownership and changing permissions first? Can I now view log files that are opened by another task?

I’ve noticed that AskWoody login sessions are only good for 2 weeks (if you check the box for “Remember Me”), after which you must login again. It would be nice if that period could be extended for at least a month, perhaps longer.

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Cybertooth

As I understand it, both Thunderbolt and USB-C ports can provide significant power to single external devices. How do these ports deal with electrical shorts? Older USB motherboard ports I’ve seen have surface-mount fuses that are impossible for the end-user to repair/replace, but you can always add another USB PCI card. Is that still the case with modern laptops which only have docking stations as a replacement option for a fried port?

You neglected to mention the many, many command-line tools such as NET, SC, DISKPART and DISM which have no graphic interface equivalent (for the most part). And to complicate matters even further, there are the PowerShell commands, too numerous to wrap my head around. (Look at the output of get-command * to see what you’re dealing with.)

The problem I have with both the Control Panel (in category view) and Settings is where to find a command. Where can I change a network connection from Public to Private, or disable/enable a network adapter or its settings? Where can I set/change an environment variable? Where to change the machine name, or a username? Where to delete a printer, and then its drivers? Sometimes Settings Search works, most of the time there’s no answer.

It’s just a mess, the result of 40 years of scores of different development teams, all with their own agendas and priorities. I don’t see it ever getting resolved.

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ibe98765, shadonoz, teuhasn2, Lars220, windbg, KevinG3, WSABQGeo

You can change the number of days you’re allowed to revert to Windows 10/11 after upgrading to Windows 11 24H2:

Type the command below into Windows Terminal (Admin), and press Enter.

DISM /Online /Set-OSUninstallWindow /Value:​<days>
where <days> is a number between 1 and 60 (default is 10 days).

You must make this change before the current period has expired and the backup image deleted. You cannot extend this period beyond 60 days by running the command again.

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Cybertooth

Is it possible to determine if Win11 24H2 has been downloaded but not installed? If so, can we easily delete it?

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Mike W, rick41, CADesertRat, rizzquery

You may have to login to the router’s web interface with the admin password to change the 2.4 SSID. I’ve never seen a modern router that doesn’t allow you to do this basic task.

 

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F A Kramer

Brian, you failed to mention that the Logitech MK270 comes with a USB-A unifying receiver, so you still have to buy a USB-C to USB-A adapter. The way the article is written, I assumed the MK270 now used Bluetooth, but it doesn’t. The MK370, for about $15 more, uses a receiver or Bluetooth, and the Start, Alt, and right Ctrl key are marked for both Windows and Mac.

I believe the reason the AskWoody newsletter format is so popular is that it comes to us, curated, on a weekly basis; we don’t have to constantly check the website for new content.

In addition to the newsfeed (I didn’t think those were still popular), AskWoody could offer a weekly digest of new blog articles. The article title and a link should be more than sufficient, perhaps organized by category.

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I think the Intel NUC 14 Pro series would be a fairer comparison to the Mac Mini than some discount, name-brand laptop. The ASUS version of the NUC 14 Pro Tall Barebone Kit is ~$600 at B&H photo, but it doesn’t include RAM or storage, which might put off a non-tech user. However they also offer versions with, for example, 32GB RAM and 1TB SDD for ~$1000.

And it goes without saying that the NUC is reconfigurable without a heat gun or soldering iron.

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fredthomke, Will Fastie

The online version of this week’s newsletter has a bad link to this discussion page, https://www.askwoody.com/newsletter/windows-11-or-a-mac/FORUMLINK instead of https://www.askwoody.com/forums/topic/windows-11-or-a-mac/

The email version has no link at all.

Also, this sentence:
Figure 3 shows that the base configurations of Mac minis only 16GB or 24GB of RAM.
lacks a verb (“have”) in the second clause.

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Will Fastie

If you’re presented with an unexpected update that’s Pending Restart, all you have to do is click on Pause Updates to cancel and remove it. If you wish to go back to Windows 10, you have about 10 days to roll back the Win11 update.