Windows Definition and 441 Threads

This morning when I woke up my computer I found that the Windows Mail app had disappeared and the new Outlook had taken its place, without any input from me. Now, in order to use Outlook and get access to my emails, Microsoft insists that I route all my emails through their cloud servers. Why...

Excel on Windows 11. My windows was "updated" yesterday. Now, when I open an excel file, I get this green highlighting. Anyone know how to turn this off? It really annoys me. Thanks! Example 1 (Cursor is in cell D9) Example 2 (cursor in F12)

I have installed a Canon LBP 6030w printer on an old Windows 8.1 laptop that I would like to use occasionally as a print server. The main reason for this is that Canon does not provide drivers for ARM Linux, and I want to print from a Raspberry Pi. What I have done so far is: 1. Shared the...

How did you find PF?: Via Google search using key words: sun, window, circular, pattern We were outside raking in the afternoon November 4, 2024 when we noticed an unusual circular pattern on the windows. It was around 3:50 in the afternoon. The sun was visible between layers of clouds. We...

says windows 11 is available when I tried to down load it failed more then once. The owner has a location monitoring so if I am at a second hand store it will say so they can call me ask why there. Anyhow not sure what cause is : thanks

Is anyone else experiencing this, or do I have some problem with my system? Almost every time I wake my computer from sleep mode, Windows springs into action downloading updates and hogging resources, locking out other programs (my browser, mail) for minutes at a time. I base this on the tasks...

Finally replaced my Windows 8 laptop with a new Framework 16 running latest Windows version 11. Online performance has greatly improved but a few PF features have changed or disappeared even after reading Microsoft pubs and online help. Spell check. Inline and document spell check gone. Google...

Dear Friends! Please recommend a program for performing DFT calculations on Windows. It should also be capable of calculating Raman spectra. It would be highly desirable if the program will be free. Sincerely, Aleksandr

Hello, I am trying to better understand how Docker works under the hood in Windows...I get the difference between virtual machines (guest OS on top of a host OS) and containers (which work with the host OS)...The Docker desktop installation process seems to automatically install both Hyper V...

A week ago my Windows 10 laptop overheated and decayed. I bought a new one with Windows 11. The first thing I did was download a video. Ads pop up and I'm often redirected to sleazy sites selling something. That never happened before. This happens with Chrome, Firefox, and DuckDuckGo. I...

I'm sorry, my research has drawn blank, I may just be asking question the wrong way... If you connect several identical USB webcams to Windows as-is, directly to PC or via USB multi-port whatsit, the OS seems unable to distinguish them beyond the second. Is there a practicable way to readily...

I want to create a program that can type and click for me on any Windows app without access to the source code. This would save a lot of time doing boring and repetitive tasks. Is this possible?

This has bugged me for a while, so I finally was trying to figure out how to disable this "feature" today. But Microsoft Help and Google haven't led to any fixes yet. If I have a Word file open and minimize it, and then open another Word file, the first file window also pops back up and ends...

I'm looking for a free (and simple to use!) program to do differential backups of my files on my Windows laptop. I don't want anything encrypted, just something that can compare files to the backup and add/subtract whatever's been changed. Years ago, I used "Karen's Replicator". Not sure if...

I'd like to get the location of this image in my system

Hi it's my first post here! I'm in my second year of my degree and looking to replace my computer. The new M-series chips seem like a better deal, however I am nervous that some software that might not be compatible with the ARM architecture. For more context on my workflow I do quite a bit of...

My question: Is there any downside to switching off Win 11 S-mode? I'm looking for a new, not too expensive, Windows laptop. It seems like most of the laptops have Windows 11 S-mode installed. With S-mode, apps not from the MS store cannot be used, making such a laptop useless for me. (I...

I used to enjoy writing little programs in BASIC when it was included in Windows. I guess it hasn't been included for a long long time. Is there a BASIC package available for download that would run on my Windows 11 PC?

I have about one hundred folders. Each folder has both .jpg and .mp4 files. I want to delete all the .jpgs but not the .mp4s. I don't want to do each folder by hand. Does anyone know the Windows/DOS command that will do this. Just moving the files depending on file type is enough.

Hello. I wonder about unoffial operating system for our devices. First, I want to start from Windows. Windows have unofficial version. These are probably called "pirate" or "cracked". I guess these are prepared by hackers but for which reason? Do hackers care those who cannot afford to buy...

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Studying a totally random subtopic in a subject out of nowhere called virtual hosting. I need to learn to configure its types(port based, name based, ip based). this kind of answer is what we are expected to write in exam. tbh i didn't find anything like that. so i am watching this video...

/* Write a c program to convert given number of days to a measure of time * given in years, weeks and days. For example 375 days is equal to 1 year * 1 week and 3 days (ignore leap year) */ #include stdio.h #define DAYSINWEEK 7 void main() { int ndays, year, week, days...

My wife just bought a new Dell computer because the HD on her old computer went bad. The computer is a minitower. She is using the old VGA monitor through an HDMI adaptor (using HDMI to VGA cable). Could that be the problem? Occasionally, the monitor screen goes blue and she has to restart...

Computation history is cluttered with variants, by-roads, successes and failures. I really like UNIX/C as an engineer and scientist but mainly use Windows for home computing. ##-## @Klystron

The summary says it all, really, but in addition, I've done a lot of googling and am finding it hard to identify trustworthy options. LibreCrypt, DiskCryptor and VeraCrypt are candidates, but I have not used any of these tools so am wary of jumping in and finding that I have bricked my PC.

Is anybody aware of how to install FORM(hep) for symbolic calculation? Is that support on windows? Can you share any pdf about installation

A couple of months ago, I had created a WSL1 and used the Ubuntu app under the username void Later on, I have decided to upgrade it to WSL2, but I have encountered an error while upgrading it. Later on, I have discovered that it was due to BIOS virtualization settings. In any case, I have...

Hi Everyone! I am facing issue of The Audio Service is not running in my system whenever I play any music or video. Anybody knows what is the issue behind it? My Window is updated but still I am facing this issue.

Even I turn the damn update off in service and group policy, it turned itself on last night! It rebooted my computer while my program is still running! It ruined my last three days! :cry::cry::cry:

Hi All, A friend has forgotten her password and is unable to log in. Just clarifying, I have knoen her for long and I am sure it is her PC, on which I have worked a few times, so it is not a rando who may have stolen a PC. Is it possible to login without resetting to factory condition?

I am not asking about what is the difference between, I mainly interested in the popularity of them. I worked in the high tech industry, only one I saw people using was Windows, I only saw people in graphics design using Apple, never seen Chromebook. The school of my grand daughter gives every...

I installed a security update for Windows 10 and now I'm stuck with this awful icon on my taskbar: How do I remove it? Many thanks Stevie

I am doing a cosmological work and I need to run a code form this github page https://github.com/ja-vazquez/SimpleMC I download the whole repository as .zip file and I inserted into my desktop. Then I opened it through vs code and this is how it looks like The problem is that, when I run...

Going out to my car this morning, I noticed that frost preferentially formed on non-vertical windows. I can come up with three explanations 1) non-vertical windows are dirtier, providing more nucleation points 2) horizontal vs vertical boundary layer effect 3) gravity driven vertical diffusion...

I am not sure where I must post this thread ... I want to know when this (see attached screenshot; infinite windows are creating!) happen in adobe connect? And why?

We fixed our Windows 7 32-bit desktop a few weeks back by buying a new PSU for it (see this thread for details). Now a new problem has started: the PC freezes every now and then. 1. When the PC is powered on, it works fine for some time. Then the problem starts 2. Suppose I am moving the mouse...

Hi, doing some research for free Latex editors for Windows 10. I did an online search but would like to know the experiences of people with Latex editors, if any. Thanks.

I have a data entry program in Windows 10 that has no API to interface with it directly. I have a lot of data to enter manually, which is very slow. Assuming I can get that data into a digital form and store it in a .CSV file or clipboard, how can I write a utility app that will sit over top of...

Hi PF! I am currently on an Intel-based mac. I have an AMD desktop currently running linux on one SSD, but this desktop also has an HDD, which I'd like to boot with Windows 10 Education (since it's free for my school). How can I prepare a USB bootable drive so that I can use the HDD for...

I have a serious problem w/ Windows 10 Explorer's search capability and when I look for solutions w/ Google, I see that apparently a lot of people have very recently begun to experience problems w/ the search capability (apparently due to a recent Windows "fix") but MY problem is never...

Hi all, I have a laptop Lenovo Thinkpad X1 Carbon 5th Gen (Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-7500U CPU @ 2.70GHz 2.90 GHz, 8 GB RAM). It was bought with Windows 10 OS installed on SSD 512 GB (model of the disk is SSDPEKKF512G7L). Since the 1st running, the laptop was constantly heating and fan made much...

Windows 10 v1909 is a feature update rather than a security update. Although it was not compulsory to upgrade, I decided to do it - getting something for free, who wants to decline it? I plugged in the laptop and it installed overnight. In the morning, I found that the upgrade was complete...

Just like a Linux computer can be made to shut down from the terminal using sudo poweroff, a Windows 10 PC can be shut down from the command prompt using shutdown /s. I have, however, seen that Windows 10 takes more time to shut down if the command is triggered from CMD. In my laptop, it...

Sorry if this was already addressed in the other Windows 10 thread. What do the different check mark fields (round and square) mean in the icons on my new Windows 10 laptop's desktop? My Google search only turned up results on "green checkmarks" that related to Office 365 synching? Thanks <<...

I thought about this pretty hard, can windows frost over in space? I'm pretty sure they don't or can't after giving it a bit of thought. This is just a curiosity of mine. So first I believe the correct question that we're trying to answer is: Can a window get colder than interior air faster...

Hi, I'm remoting from a Windows 10 Home laptop into my office Windows 7 Pro desktop using mRemoteNG on the Windows 10 laptop. I get a super tiny mouse in the remote session. Back in the laptop all is fine. Its so small and annoying! Everything else is fine, but the teeny mouse is a real...

Hi! I'm a first-year engineering student. I'm working on a project and was having trouble getting some of the software. I was hoping someone in this forum knew what I was dealing with and could help me out. I would really appreciate it. :) The code is called PLUTO. It's found here...

I am doing an assignment about heat energy transfer and passive cooling. I understand that heat energy is transferred into rooms through windows by conduction, but I'm confused about if heat energy is also transferred through windows by solar radiation and where infrared radiation comes into...

Hi All, I was using my Win10 HP for standard surfing ; nothing that would require intensive processing and it just turned off at random, for no apparent reason. I was unable to turn it on for a few minutes ( no response when pressing the power switch) , after which it turned on , did the POST...