Recent content by mccnavy

On my laptop with Windows 11 Home I use a Local Account. Recently, I keep seeing a orange/yellow dot (prompt) next to my profile picture in Start Menu. It prompts me to log into my Microsoft Account. It has an option to "Remind Me Later" but comes back again. How do I stop it from continuing...

This happened twice, a few years ago, on my Dell XPS 9510. I was not happy because it immediately resulted in battery wear on a brand new laptop...over 10% lost. When Dell didn't say it met battery warranty criteria, I replaced the battery on my own. I disabled modern stand by and now...

Does anyone know a site that has same style and size Microsoft Defender taskbar icon, but in white...to match the other taskbar icons? If so, and to change it, what is the process if different than changing icons for other apps? Thanks.

Thanks...that is what I was curious about...if redistributing drive space is the only benefit than it probably isn't worth it.

I'm using an older machine (i7-7700K) that I built several years ago. Over that time I have made a few minor updates...WiFi card, RAM, and NVME drives (original drive was a SATA SSD). I have (2) WD SN770s installed...one is 1TB (OS Drive) and the other is 2TB (storage). I have Windows page...

You could be right..same probem found on my laptop. Could be memory leak caused by most recent update. Looks like this is expected behavior. App works fine...just the memory growth.

Online searches indicate the issue I've just identified is common, and that the only way to stop it is to kill the process when RAM usage gets too high for comfort...and picking the right "explorer.exe" process to kill so you don't close the taskbar. It's probably been here a while but I just...

Ever since I went to Windows 11 I have used TrafficMonitor as a simple taskbar resource monitor. I like it because it is just text, and can be configured to almost match the date/time area. I'm sure there is a similar alternative out there that doesn't have a bunch of icons or colors in it...

Thanks...I recently started using DefenderUI too...nice tool. I wonder if my issue was not turning off Tamper Protection before deleting the files? I'll try that for next time...hopefully I won't need to.

I'm trying to avoid a repeat issue if it occurs in the future. Earlier this week I noticed ancient threat history item in Windows Defender. Since Microsoft prevents you from simply deleting the Service folder and clearing it now, I tried deleting the Event Viewer Log (another online...

Thanks to all...I turned both off as I'm generally confident in what I download and open. This was more of an OCD thing...when I expect the warning to pop up and, instead, nothing happens, I wonder what is messed up on my machine/Windows...moreso when it is two machines...i.e. did some setting...

I have three machines in the house...two laptops and a desktop. On one of the laptops Smartscreen works as expected, pushing up a prompt/warning if you attempt to run a file/installer that it doesn't like, and giving you the option to run anyways. However, on my other two machines, running a...

Power Settings Explorer question. For 11th Gen and below I only need to enable and set Maximum processor frequency correct (i.e. all cores are the same)? For 12th Gen and above (with P-cores and E-Cores) I think Maximum processor frequency is for E-core and Maximum processor frequency for...

Thanks...I forgot about that app (PowerSettingsExplorer). I'll download on my laptop and try that out.

I have a Dell XPS 15 9510 w/ i9-11900H that I've done a thermal paste and pad replacement on a few months ago. Setting the Windows mode to "Power efficiency" reduces power and a modest turbo boost drop (but still some)...performance and temperatures are still good. However, I've noticed that...