Recent content by PGHammer

It's STILL Outlook for Windows - unmoved despite the improvements in the alternatives - including outlook.com. I said it when I moved to it and it is is stlll reliable like the rain. (If anything - more reliable.)

The Start menu IS extensible - Stardock does it just fine with Start11.

I have it on two as well - Home on laptop, and Pro on the Optiplex.

The same was true of their non-SSD relations a mere decade ago when I and my mom bought identical 4TB Seagate Barracuda SATA drives for all of $99USD each. (Amazon.com). What was a shocker, especially to me, was despite the drive having four times the storage capacity, it was the same physical...

However, the dual core processors from AMD and Intel, and clones thereof, should need nothing more than 24H2 and PowerShell x64 v5 or later and proper graphics support.

HyperV in both cases, desktop intially and laptop later, and currently. In short, old school as it gets. Virtualization in Microsoft operating systems goes back to LAN Manager, OS/2, and Windows NT.

Unsurprising, as Verizon did the same when they acquired TracFone two years back.

Actually you CAN use passkeys in Firefox. I do when using my phone and the Optiplex.

With the advent of Windows Hello and Passkey support, I added both to Mr refurbushed Optiplex 9630, which is driven by an i7. I have Windows Hello via PIN, Windows Hello via USB fingerprint reader, and MSA already had Passkey support.

If you are talking the nonEnvy models, the Envy models I now recommend are replacing one HP inkjets. I recommend the Envy models because they are USB, multifunco, and as reliable as the LaserJet printerd that originally put HP printers in homes and offices from 1985 to 2000.

It is , I used to have three.I will have two on my refurbished Dell Optiplex.

This is also available under Windows Subsystem for Linux - as Canonical Ubuntu/Kubuntu has been an option since WSL has been a thing.

Which no x64 software should do .

That is because it sometimes - but not always - tries to ISO image boot like Windows 8 - which no x64 image needs. To make sure you don't walk into this trap, make sure you have at least 23H2 in terms of Terminal or PowerShell x64 - both are preferred.