Recent content by bfunke

Why not use a keyfinder and write down your Office product key. That should allow you to reinstall Office assuming your original key is legit.

Both my HP machines updated to 24H2 on New Years Eve. They both have Office Professional 2021 and Adobe Acrobat Pro installed. Update went fine but Office said it was not activated after 24H2 installed. I was able to activate both machines again but just seems weird. Anyone experience this?

Extension cords twist like that when you wind them without laying them out and allowing the free end to roll.

I had an Asus K53 series from 2011 running initially Win7 then Win 10 and Win 11 with upgraded SSD and RAM that was still running great when I gave it away last year. The hinge also broke so I bought myself a new HP. Although the HP is lighter, faster and has some nice features, I miss certain...

Have you tried using the KB5027397 enablement package? The worked for me on an old Core2Quad machine.

Perhaps Kevin still has this PC registered on his microsoft account. You didn't specify your level of expertise with windows but I would do either a repair or a clean install: Go to Settings > Update & Security > Recovery Under Reset this PC > Select get started > Select Remove Everything>...

Manually resize your partition by 250 MB Open a Command Prompt window (cmd) as admin. To check the WinRE status, run reagentc /info. If the WinRE is installed, there should be a “Windows RE location” with a path to the WinRE directory. An example is, “Windows RE location...

Why don't you ask your Mom what she wants in the way of hardware and OS? Who knows - may she'll want Arch Linux. Let her tell you what she needs and wants. My Dad wanted a regular desktop PC with Windows, Office and Acrobat. My mother in-law on the other hand doesn't want any technology...

1. Local accounts are fine. Most on this forum use exactly that which is why so much attention is given to bypassing microsoft account on installation. You can still have a microsoft account and use the local account to sign into Windows. 2. The new outlook app for Window is not that great. 3...

Another option is use an unattended answer file. This is the best I've found. Not only use it to bypass the hardware checks but also create local user account and remove a lot of bloatware. Select the options you want. Download the .xml file and add it to the Win 11 Installation flash drive...

Might also run as administrator - SFC /scannow and then DISM /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth

@spapakons - I had an old GW2000 AIO Core2Quad Q8200 from 2009 that I recently gave away. Just for kicks I installed Win11 23H2 using an answer file to bypass all the checks it wouldn't and it ran just fine. Regarding legacy dirvers I had to use the IoBlockLegacyFsFilters registry key to...

Thanks all. My laptop seems to be running at least as well with a fresh install than it did out of the box so I'm marking this thread solved.

Thanks Glasskuter. I have old HP 8600 AIO printer and while Smart can print and scan, I find the old HP software package seems to be easier to use than Smart App.