Windows 11 Support Thread

ArmatageShanks said:
Well... sheeet

I also have a strange issue lately where my C drive will randomly stop responding, but with no event log errors or anything, just a crash eventually, I've found that if I notice it and cycle the power plug to it it just recovers as if nothing has happened.
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I had a similar issue a while ago, turns out the SATA cable was dodgy. If it's an NVME, taking it out and cleaning the pins with isopropyl alcohol and an earbud *might* do something.
 
Defiler said:
I had a similar issue a while ago, turns out the SATA cable was dodgy. If it's an NVME, taking it out and cleaning the pins with isopropyl alcohol and an earbud *might* do something.
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That's a good point, I'll swap both the SATA power and data cables and see if that helps.
 
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A former Microsoft engineer has rebuilt Notepad, and it's 2.5KB in size and has zero AI bloat

Notepad finally feels like a notepad again.
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You see, back in the '90s at Microsoft, we had some clear rules. Notepad was for plain text. Wordpad was for RTF. And we were taught how important it was to never 'cross the streams.' So, Notepad stayed lean.

[...]

I just want to tweak an .INI file without logging into a Microsoft account, downloading a bunch of DLLS, and watching a 12-minute YouTube tutorial on how to use the new Notepad. And I don't really want Copilot involved at all.
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Lol pretty much sums up modern software. Need to watch a 12 minute YouTube tutorial for a text app.
 
HermeticAnarchist said:
My work laptop has windows 11.

It takes an hour for Teams to start up after I reboot.
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HermeticAnarchist said:
My work laptop has windows 11.

It takes an hour for Teams to start up after I reboot.
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Something seriously wrong there ... Does "work" not have an IT department ?

PS: Everyone should disable Teams startup imo ... unless you use it 24/7 there is no need for it to start and keep running.
I open it when I need it and immediately "exit" after use. I have it installed on my mobile phone, so when the phone gives me a notification, I open the app on the PC.
Unless your Voip system is linked to Teams, I would disable the startup.
 
Dimpie (JIGSAW) said:
Something seriously wrong there ... Does "work" not have an IT department ?

PS: Everyone should disable Teams startup imo ... unless you use it 24/7 there is no need for it to start and keep running.
I open it when I need it and immediately "exit" after use. I have it installed on my mobile phone, so when the phone gives me a notification, I open the app on the PC.
Unless your Voip system is linked to Teams, I would disable the startup.
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Yes they have an IT department, but I'm out of town, work exclusively from home and prefer not to leave my property at all.

They supplied me this garbage, so they must live with the consequences of me not being contactable online for an hour after I reboot.
 
HermeticAnarchist said:
Yes they have an IT department, but I'm out of town, work exclusively from home and prefer not to leave my property at all.

They supplied me this garbage, so they must live with the consequences of me not being contactable online for an hour after I reboot.
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Go to 'Start', then click on 'Windows Tools':

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In the 'Control Panel' window, double-click on 'Disk Cleanup:


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In the 'Disk Cleanup' pop-up window - if the 'Disk Cleanup : Drive' selection window appears, select the drive where your OS is installed - click on 'OK' and then click on the 'Clean up system files' button:

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Click on 'OK' to confirm your drive selection:

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It will scan your drive, and then this window will appear:

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Click on 'OK':

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Click on the 'Delete Files' button:

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When it has completed the 'Disk Cleanup', the pop-up will disappear & you can now close the 'Control Panel' window.

Then do a system reboot & log back in again.

This procedure should clean up all unnecessary clutter on your system & hopefully improve its performance as well.
 
HAL 9000 said:
Go to 'Start', then click on 'Windows Tools':

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In the 'Control Panel' window, double-click on 'Disk Cleanup:


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In the 'Disk Cleanup' pop-up window - if the 'Disk Cleanup : Drive' selection window appears, select the drive where your OS is installed - click on 'OK' and then click on the 'Clean up system files' button:

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Click on 'OK' to confirm your drive selection:

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It will scan your drive, and then this window will appear:

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Click on 'OK':

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Click on the 'Delete Files' button:

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When it has completed the 'Disk Cleanup', the pop-up will disappear & you can now close the 'Control Panel' window.

Then do a system reboot & log back in again.

This procedure should clean up all unnecessary clutter on your system & hopefully improve its performance as well.
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I'm going to give that a try. Thanks!

Not rebooting until I'm done with work for the day, though. 🙂
 
HAL 9000 said:
Go to 'Start', then click on 'Windows Tools':

View attachment 1919966

In the 'Control Panel' window, double-click on 'Disk Cleanup:


View attachment 1919968

In the 'Disk Cleanup' pop-up window - if the 'Disk Cleanup : Drive' selection window appears, select the drive where your OS is installed - click on 'OK' and then click on the 'Clean up system files' button:

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Click on 'OK' to confirm your drive selection:

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It will scan your drive, and then this window will appear:

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Click on 'OK':

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Click on the 'Delete Files' button:

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When it has completed the 'Disk Cleanup', the pop-up will disappear & you can now close the 'Control Panel' window.

Then do a system reboot & log back in again.

This procedure should clean up all unnecessary clutter on your system & hopefully improve its performance as well.
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So I did that and got the blue screen of death after about an hour of working.
Had to reboot and now sitting waiting for Teams to start up 🤔

I've been watching task manager after startup recently and noticed the Windows Search Indexer thrashes around using 15-20% of CPU forever even when it's off. Then when that eventually drops below 10%, Teams springs into life.

This thing has more active background processes than an IBM mainframe.
 
HermeticAnarchist said:
So I did that and got the blue screen of death after about an hour of working.
Had to reboot and now sitting waiting for Teams to start up 🤔

I've been watching task manager after startup recently and noticed the Windows Search Indexer thrashes around using 15-20% of CPU forever even when it's off. Then when that eventually drops below 10%, Teams springs into life.

This thing has more active background processes than an IBM mainframe.
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Are you sure it's off & how big is your e-mail pst file ? ... A very large e-mail data file will fnck up your indexing 6-love.

You say working from home? ... Do you log into a server at work to do your work? ... that could be why Teams struggles. Like I said, I would disable the startup & start it manually .... Teams is a bitch on startup even on a high-end PC.
 
Dimpie (JIGSAW) said:
Are you sure it's off & how big is your e-mail pst file ? ... A very large e-mail data file will fnck up your indexing 6-love.

You say working from home? ... Do you log into a server at work to do your work? ... that could be why Teams struggles. Like I said, I would disable the startup & start it manually .... Teams is a bitch on startup even on a high-end PC.
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Me thinks he doesnt have an SSD. :whistling:
 
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