Recent content by unifex

Sorry to revive the old thread, but I find this "feature" of Windows 11 analyzing file types and adjusting the view type accordingly extremely annoying. I want my explorer to show me all folders in exactly the same way, I don't care what kind of files are stored there. I don't want Windows to do...

Thanks everyone for the helpful input. I tried the upgrade on the "test" laptop and it worked without any problem. I just downloaded the Install Assistant from Microsoft and it installed Windows 11 while I was able to use the laptop. At some point it asked to restart, and now there is Windows...

Thanks, I assumed that much, but wanted to hear from someone who actually did it. With this software you never know. I suppose I'll try on a "non-mission-critical. About the Office license - somehow I could not "register" it with my Microsoft account. I can log in, my Office will show my...

Thanks. However, I'd like to hear from someone who had experience of upgrading to Windows 11 to see whether the installed Office was just working after the upgrade or something needed to be done about the license.

OK, it seems that the time has come. I am generally late with upgrading the OS, since typically I don't see any advantage to me (let's set the security update issues aside for now). In fact, the way I see it, every new iteration since Windows 7 was a step in the wrong direction. The reason for...

Well, I bought my Office from the University. But it came without a key, the key was already programmed into the installer, I forgot what it's called.

somehow my microsoft account does not show that specific Office install even though I'm logged in in the office

yes, but what do I need to do in practice? I suppose a clean install will not preserve programs, so I will have to download and install Office. How will I get the license then, just login into the Microsoft account?

Does anyone know what happens to the Office Pro Plus 2021 installation is I upgrade from Windows 10 (yes, I have a Win 10 laptop) to Windows 11? I guess if I do an upgrade then I have nothing to worry about, it keeps the programs, but what if I do a clean install? Is it treated as a new...

Thanks to everyone for help! Here's the Crystal benchmark of the two drives as measured on the Windows 11 running off the SATA SSD: and here's the PCIe drive measured on Windows 10 running off it: Indeed it looks like the PCIe drive is faster. Now, why is the Windows 11 running off the...

I have two SSDs on my system - an "old-fashioned" SATA SSD and a "new" M.2 SSD that is plugged in to the PCIs x4 slot. Now, looking at the "Intel optane Memory and Storage Management" tool I find that the PCIs link speed is 4000 MB/s, while the SATA transfer rate is 6GB/s. The latter number...

Well, I for one do not want the desktop OS to be anywhere close to phone OSs. I'm not at all sure that the phone OSs are safer - may be they are as long as the system is locked by the manufacturer, but once you "jailbreak" or "root" your phone, it becomes as secure as any other linux machine...

You can add a "Standard User" and they will be restricted in which folders they can access without entering administrator passwords. In order to restrict them from using programs, you will have to reinstall said programs "for yourself only" as opposed to "for everyone using this PC".

But, I just did this without the old menu, it's in the Settings now ... I suppose they want to unify the interface so that there are no remnants of the old UI ... They are just rather slow at it ;)

As part of my exploration of Windows 11, I ran CCleaner today and the latest version has a "driver updater" tool. I know, many experts on these Forums advise against such tools and I'm not about to jump head first. however, I did wonder about driver updates for some time now and decided this is...