Recent content by unifex

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...

Yes, I always do it when the system is installed.

I'm not sure this really answers your questions, but I find clicking on the Navigation pane in Explorer easier then typing , so if I need to go to ProgramData, I just go there in two clicks as shown

Looking at the few last posts, I think it's worth remembering that any "features" that you often talk about are not really features of the OS itself, but rather those of the GUI. I've heard the argument that "the GUI is the OS" often enough and I could never agree to it. True, the GUI comes...

The "next big thing" is usually some consumer product (a TV, a phone, etc.) that nobody really needs at the moment, but will not be able to live without in a few years time. It's not the same with computers. Similarly, market share is an important aspect for companies competing with other...

Well, let's see. In my work here's what I use the most: I use Office to create presentations, I use Emacs to type texts, I use Mathematica to make simple calculations and I run my own C routines for stuff that is more involved. Other programs I use regularly are Adobe Acrobat, Araxis Merge and...