Recent content by elevadu

Note that it's "USB Safely Remove" not "Safely Remove USB".

I wonder how Safely Remove USB tells what's holding up the drive 🤔

I don't have the Policies tab on Properties for my microSD slot card: (it's empty now but I'll be filling it soon) It's also not on the Properties of a USB-C m.2 2280 external drive connected: I don't know WTH 😆 Oh, when I go to uncheck "Allow files ... [to be] indexed", it pops up a...

This happens about 1/3rd of the time on Windows 11, from any of the built-in Eject buttons. Problem Ejecting USB Mass Storage Device This device is currently in use. Close any programs or windows that might be using the device, and then try again. This of course has been going on through the...

Of course the problem is only with NTFS drives. I just stopped using exFAT because upon restoring files I'd get pop-up prompts telling me that file information would be lost. Now that I've converted them all to NTFS, I read that the eject problem is only with NTFS drives. :facepalm:

I'll test your Task Manager suggestion when I have time, thanks. Just for the record, here's what it shows at the moment (not plugged in): Here's what I find in Device Manager: Here's Details: I notice there's an Events tab, last updated Oct 20... maybe when I plug in again, I'll check...

The Console link takes me to a download from Dell's site, the download runs Dell Update Manager, which then opens up a browser window of the Microsoft Store with "realtek audio control" as the search term and the Realtek Audio Control app with the Download/Get button, and going through that...

I looked for the Realtek app but it's not installed. There was no installed Realtek app until after I started troubleshooting the problem and took a recommendation to install the Microsoft Store's Realtek Audio Control, which just gave an error. I think that's the one I uninstalled recently...

OK so the problem is back after using that "Optimize" pop-up again. Apparently that's Realtek's selector, and it breaks the setup when used. To be specific, just so you know I'm not crazy, two days ago (after resetting/reinstalling software) when I plugged in a new audio jack headset (ear...

Sure but I was hoping to get particular steps and screenshots to troubleshooting like I've seen on the Windows 10 forum often, but maybe Windows 11 is too new to have something like that for audio issues.

I had to uninstall the Realtek app, uninstall the Realtek driver, then reset the UEFI to BIOS (sic) to fix the problem. I have no idea what went wrong. I don't know if my BIOS/UEFI settings are sensible for security/privacy etc. When I originally got the laptop, I disabled on-board mic and...

I'm discovering there is major problems with Realtek audio on Dell or Windows 11 right now... trying to download from Microsoft Store (per online recommendations I found that worked months ago) just showed a cryptic error: Nothing I do even fixes that. ChatGPT told me to search for Realtek...

😢 I was hoping for some specific troubleshooting steps, not vague suggestions. I've already gone through motherboard bios settings, drivers, and utilities to make sure they are correct. Betting on the audio jack being defective doesn't offer any particular suggestion of how to determine that. I...

I get sound output just fine from the the laptop speakers, but several weeks ago, something changed and the audio jack stopped picking up headset / headphones mic. Now after trying to troubleshoot, I'm getting nothing out of headset speakers even though the computer seems to recognize that it's...

It's normal to get a warning that I or another user is logged in right after boot-up and nobody's logged in? The scenario doesn't even make sense. Who cares though, it only happened once. The warning is only supposed to happen if someone has actually logged in.