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    Windows 8.1 Password Won't Die!

    Medicat USB is a wonderful thing to have in your armoury (20GB to download). I went for reinstalling Windows 8.1 offline and skip password page completely. Lots of software to clean your computer can be circumvented my just wipe and reinstall, simple soul that I am
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    How to Disable Windows Defender in Windows 11 (Permanently)or(Temporarily)

    MajorGeeks Windows Tweaks 2.85 has a wide variety of whatnots and Doodads that finally enabled me to tame 10 and 11 so it stopped running home to Microsoft complaining about me and or having me go for a Bath while it scanned security, updated defender then re-scanned, all the while I'm tapping...
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    HOW TO SECURE A COMPUTER IN THE BEST WAY!

    Bloody Bloody Good Job Fella/ Lady/ Non Binary person, shall get right at it and report back.
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    Windows 11 Pet Peeves

    OK maybe not so happy as once claimed, Ghosting (Norton) was my chosen backup method though win11 doesn't like this on reinstall. MiniTool Partition Wizard works ok though can make no backup its direct to another HD or nothing. Is this a disc signature issue, not recognizing the new HD and...
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    Intro.

    carolmac55 font of little knowledge just dogged determination. Love the journey into system files and the whys and wherefores of actions. Linux XP Vista 7 8.1 and 10. 11 is still to be managed to my satisfaction battle raging. Love system Builds and supply hard drives complete with OS with every...
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    Windows 11 Pet Peeves

    Like the good old days when your operating system didnt destroy years of accumulated software thinking it a threat and didnt bother telling you about it beforehand, even inadvertently having another SSD Win7 plugged in when booting into 10 or 11 would rendered it inoperable. just does not like...
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    Thank you ThumperDC!

    Finding Win 11 an utter joy though still wont give up WMC, OS Build 21996.1 x64 is hanging on in there with WMC 8.8.5, just a little niggle converting image to dvr-ms to edit. Thank you Thumper DC (Windows 11 build 21996.1 x64 [TheWindowsForum.com])
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    Windows 11 Pet Peeves

    Finding Win 11 an utter joy though still wont give up WMC, OS Build 21996.1 x64 is hanging on in there with WMC 8.8.5, just a little niggle converting image to dvr-ms to edit. Thank you Thumper DC (Windows 11 build 21996.1 x64 [TheWindowsForum.com])
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