Recent content by Ed Tittel

I'd been having the same kind of problem (different CU, otherwise same behavior). After the Patch Tuesday updates came out yesterday, I ran Settings > System > Recovery > Reinstall now (built-in in-place update repair install) and it fixed the issue. Now on Build 26100.3775. I did, however, have...

It changed my Power Plan from High Performance to Dell, and then "the Boss" (wife, Dina) started noticing she had to push the power button to wake from sleep. Back to High Performance, and her Optiplex D7080 is again working as it had been. Go figure! --Ed--

I'm (almost) afraid to ask, but @LesFerch: "How in heaven's name did you figure this out?" What a terrible thing to have to know... Can't wait for the war story (PM me if you'd rather not clutter up this thread further). Wow! --Ed--

I have to laugh, because Copilot proffers a pretty good explanation (I don't accept its info unreservedly, but it's pretty good at answering Windows specific questions, as one might at least hope...). Basically, it says (TLDR; version): "RAMMap is more focused and detailed; Task Manager is more...

When I posed this issue to Copilot it reminded me that devices can reserve RAM, and GPUs often share memory with the CPU for faster data transfers. Here's what it said: In my own experience in working with Windows from 3.x forward, it is pretty "grabby" with RAM that is not currently in use...

Great discussion of "Van Eck phreaking" in Neal Stephenson's Cryptonomicon. Where there's a will, physical proximity, and a big budget it's amazing what signals a sniffer can pick up! --Ed--

If you have access to Visual Studio Subscriptions downloads, they keep ISOs for all supported versions of Windows 10 and 11 available. That includes 23H2. Just sayin... --Ed-- PS: You can also find Windows ISOs back to 22H2 (including 23H2) at UUPdump.net.

Hmmm. I thought WinDirStat was frozen in time but it looks like it's been resuscitated and was last updated in January 2025. Good to know! I'll throw in a possible alternate -- namely WizTree, which catalogs a disk more quickly than WinDirStat and is likewise freeware. The home page says "46X...

There are plenty of good tutorials here: Try this =1&c[nodes][0]=14&o=relevance']local search. OTOH, I revised a long-standing story for ComputerWorld last year that gives a general overview of multiple space reclamation tools and techniques. Might want to give it a quick read-thru: 7 steps to...

If it has served as a boot/system drive at some point, it may be encrypted (e.g. BitLocker) and unable to be read without the BitLocker key. That said, I've seen external SSDs (USB-attached, never used as boot/system drives) work fine on one system, but show the behavior you describe in your...

Gadzooks! Just updated 2 test machines to Build 27813 (Canary) and it took over an HOUR to run from start to finish on both machines. Slow, and unsual, in my recent experience. Wonder what's inside? Announcement says "Very little." Odd... --Ed--

Can you try different bootable media software? Here's a list of items you can try: 1. Visit Windows 11 Download page, then follow "Create Windows 11 Installation Media" path 2. Try Rufus and see if it will build you a bootable installer 3. If you're running an image backup tool such as Macrium...

Me, too. Me, too. Now showing up all over the place. --Ed--

I think there's a NirSoft tool that lets you search across all devmgr items at once. I need to look into that. I have no idea where it might pop up. Thanks! --Ed--

My Intel Wi-Fi 6E AX211 adapter does not have many of the items you show, including Disable Upon Wired Connect. Goes off to check a newer PC ... dang! That's the only Wi-Fi adapter I've got around here, even on my two newest PCs. Sigh. --ed--