Recent content by Nerva

I have Windows 7, Window 10, and Window 11 computers, and the operating system wifi behavior (not signal strength or other hardware or protocol issues) has got worse with each version. I noticed after using Windows 10 that it took a very long time (30 sec or more) to detect new networks (even...

Expected behavior (i.e. what my Windows 10 laptop does): when I don't use the computer for 30 minutes, the screen will shut off, but when I come back and swipe the trackpad or hit the spacebar, the screen pops back on and I see whatever it was the last time I was using it (i.e. there's no lock...

OK, yeah, I'd previously unchecked the screen saver auto-lock, but I just went back to confirm it's still that way (you never know what MS is going to fiddle with when they update windows) and it's still unchecked. I hadn't heard of the dynamic lock thing before -- I went and looked at that...

Yes, I have my plugged-in settings as turn off the display = 30 minutes and put the computer to sleep = never. (That's what I meant by the "legacy Windows 95 ones they're still too lazy to integrate into the new current interface") Yes, my new Win11 laptop has S0 Modern Standby, while my old...

I had a Windows 10 laptop for many years and tended to use it like a small TV when I was at my desk computer, setting it to never sleep (only turn off the screen) when plugged-in so I could just swipe it on. But I recently bought a new Windows 11 laptop, which for some reason, even if I set it...