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How do I completely disable OneDrive in Windows 11?
I can't do that currently. I'm trying to stop using OneDrive on my Windows 11 PC and would like to disable it completely. I don't use cloud storage and prefer to keep all my files stored locally on the computer. Even after closing OneDrive, it seems to start again after a reboot, and I still see OneDrive folders in File Explorer. I'm also concerned that some of my Desktop, Documents, and Pictures folders may still be syncing automatically. What is the best way to completely disable OneDrive in Windows 11? Is it enough to unlink the PC and disable startup, or should I uninstall it as well? Any advice would be appreciated.What is the best AI photo generator for newbies on Windows?
Stuck on photo editing with Photoshop as it is too complicated. I heard AI photo editor is much easier to go with, is this true? Actually, I'm looking for a good ai photo generator that works well on Windows. I'd like to create realistic images from text prompts, but there are so many AI tools available now that it's hard to know which ones are actually worth using. My main interests are generating realistic people, landscapes, product images, and illustrations. Ease of use is important because I'm fairly new to AI image generation. I would also prefer a tool that runs on Windows or has a dedicated desktop application.Win 11 randomly disables SetPoint settings (K400r)
I've been having the same issues for years, spanning over several windows installs and also with a completely different PC. Windows will randomly forget my setpoint-settings, and I have to restart SetPoint.exe - using a batch file now because I have to do it so frequently. It will randomly disable that I have disabled tap-to-click, and sometimes it's the edge gestures that get reenabled. The restart always fixes tap-to-click, when it's the edge gestures that gets reenabled, then I have to tick the boxes and apply, then untick and apply to fix it. I've tried various compatibility settings in SetPoint.exe properties, but it's made no change, I've tried reinstalls of both windows and setpoint - but the issue always returns - I've also suspected Windows sleep mode to be the trigger, but I've found no way to consistently trigger the issue. SetPoint will also sometimes not pop up when I click it in the right side taskbar, no other programs have this issues - and it's also why I made the restart SetPoint batch-file software issues aside, the K400r have been a great keyboardMy PC won't shutdown properly or take a while to bootup (with new case)
So recently, after I bought a western digital n71000 nvme 1TB, whenever I have it slotted in the PC won't shutdown fully, like the RGB and fans would still running. I tried all the fixes like powercfg off, Erp enabled, fast startup(I don't see this option in my window 11 actually), updated everything from driver to bios, but no dice. i have to hold the power button on PC to shut it down. Funny enough, Yesterday when I was about to take it to the hardware shop to buy a 4000d frame Corsair case, it did turn off properly, like a child who started behaving when they heard they were gonna go to the dentist. But after I bought the new case, asking the store to cleaned dust on my components, bought new fans and what not. Now the shutdown problem is back. And it has another one. Whenever I turn on the PC, it would have the fans turned on, but take like 30s for the RGB on the fans to turn on, which is when the PC finally bootup. (Oh, and when I turn on the PSU for the case or hold the shutdown button to shut it down, the RGB new fans fans flashes for an instance like those short-circuit lights) My spec: main: Gigabyte B560m Aorus pro CPU: i7 11700 GPU: gigabyte 5060ti Ram :32gb I have 3 Kingston Sata SSDs Fans are 7 fans of Jungle Leopard Prism 6pro cooler master mwe gold 750w Just wanna know if there's another magical solution I can try before I contact the warranty for my ssd. Or maybe the problem could be not on my ssd end and something elseNew Lenovo IdeaPad Slim 3 won’t boot Windows / stuck in BIOS boot menu
Hi everyone I just bought a brand new Lenovo IdeaPad Slim 3 (Ryzen 5, 16GB RAM, 512GB SSD) today. When I turn it on, it always goes into the BIOS/boot menu instead of starting Windows. ChatGPT thinks that This model is FreeDOS. And I need to install Windows 11 or provide a bootable Windows USBHELP. INTERNET CONECTIVITY PROBLEMS.
Hi. I am Jason from Beaumont Texas and I am not stranger to the world of computers, the internet, or anything electronic for that matter. I use my PC for everything. I even have it hooked up to my 72" Samsung in the living room. I went to watch YouTube recently on my computer and found that the web page wouldn't load. I then tried Google and that page wouldn't load either. After some investigation I discovered that my son was messing around with some settings in the internet properties or something and changed something thinking he was going to make it work better. I don't know why because it was working fine but that's neither here nor there. Anyway, my point is he does not know what he changed and I can't figure out what he has done either. I have a Dell XPS running Windows 11 with a Netgear A7000 wireless adapter and a Netgear A7500 wireless adapter. Both adapters show that I'm connected to the internet but I cannot bring up a web page or do anything. I have tried everything that I know. . I have uninstalled and reinstalled both adapters and I have even done a network reset and restarted the computer. Can anyone help me. I am at the point of thinking about reinstalling windows, but I really don't want to have to do that. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thank you very much, Jason M.
Unable to upgrade from Windows 11 23H2 to later version
When I try and do the feature upgrade to 24H2 2026-05 on a Windows 10 era Dell PC (let's not get ahead of ourselves with 25H2!) the upgrade fails and rolls back. setupdiag points to Error: 0xc1900101-0x40017 SetupDiag reports rollback failure found. Last Phase = Post First Boot Last Operation = Ensure suspended services are stopped Error = 0xC1900101-0x40017 and googling suggests this is likely down to a driver. The PC in question has some realtek drivers which are seen as problematic but it is not clear what the resolution is there. How can I diagnose WHICH service or driver is causing the problem? Thank you Mark
Any safe Place for Windows 11 Pro ISO Download
I'm looking for a safe and trustworthy place to download the Windows 11 Pro ISO file. I want to make sure that I get the official and unaltered version directly from a reliable source to avoid any security risks or malware, but I am unsure where to find such a download. Since Windows 11 Pro is essential for my system, I prefer to obtain the ISO from an official Microsoft website or a reputable platform that guarantees the authenticity and safety of the files. I am concerned about third-party sites that may host tampered or infected copies, so I want to avoid those and stick to trusted sources. If anyone can recommend a verified and secure location for the Windows 11 Pro download, I would greatly appreciate it.
Start Menu Mobile Bar not showing, toggles not working
Hi, finally got the new start menu Dell xps 13 7390 2in1 but the Start Menu Mobile Bar is not showing, and none of the personalisation > start toggles work. Show recent apps Show recommended files Show mobile device at start The start menu always looks the same. I have the search box (I've seen on some screenshots that there is a small mobile icon to the right of the search box, that's not there) I then have 8 columns of apps, then a dropdown list for category, grid, and list; they all work. Any suggestions? thanksGiving Windows Laptop to Someone Else
Might be a dumb question, but I am about to hand over one of my old Windows Insider Program laptops, to someone.......they need it to do an online course.....what's the best way to proceed ? completely wipe it, or just get them to set up their own account on it ?.......any thoughts welcomed..........Update on Windows 11 Forced Migration
I vaguely recall fears circulating online last summer that MS was going to kill Windows 10 so they could push people over to their newest system. I haven't heard much positive about Windows 11 in the meantime, however. Could somebody please update us antique-lovers as to our best options and timelines?
I built a Python runtime that loads precompiled MLIR artifacts from a closed-source compiler
I’ve been building Fluno, a closed-source compiler/runtime experiment for extracting selected hot regions from Python/PyTorch-style continuous inference loops and running them as precompiled native artifacts. The public repo is not the compiler. It is the audit/runtime surface: - a Python package ("fluno_runtime") that loads precompiled artifacts - manifest/schema/hash/expiry validation before dynamic library loading - a Windows x86_64 live artifact package - benchmark docs and claim boundaries - zero-compiler-internals public package structure The current L-size continuous inference benchmark shows: - PyTorch optimized repeated: 84.673 ms - Fluno "hot_vector_repeated": 4.061 ms - Fluno "hot_run_repeated": 7.245 ms - max absolute error: 0.0 within the published 11-element "partial_summary_vector" scope Important limitation: Fluno does not currently beat the handwritten Rust/C++ references on this row. The point of the current public release is not “faster than C++”; it is showing a Python-callable artifact runtime boundary with fail-closed validation and native-class latency.Windows 11 version 26200.8457 experiences a memory leak when transferring files wirelessly
I got a new phone that supports the latest version of Phone Link, which allows me to access my phone's files directly in File Explorer. I tried to wirelessly transfer my entire music library to the phone, but the process frequently froze randomly and even disconnected. The next morning, I found that my laptop hadn't gone to sleep all night and was running extremely slowly. When I opened Task Manager, I saw that the Cross Device Service was using an unusually high amount of resources, and in the end, only a small number of files were successfully transferred. System version: 26200.8457A USB speaker in preview mode is suddenly recognized as a Steam Streaming device
I'm not sure if this is related to the Windows Insider update, but the issue appeared today after the update last night. My USB speakers suddenly aren't being recognized properly and are showing up as “Steam Streaming Speakers/Microphone” in the sound settings. I’ve tried the following solutions, but none worked: Disabling the speakers in Settings Unplugging and replugging the speakers—the lights and beep sound work, but there’s no audio Checking the BIOS to ensure the audio controller is enabled Disabling/uninstalling the driver in Device Manager and then restarting The issue remains unresolved. I suspect it might be caused by an anomaly from a Steam or Windows update. Has anyone else encountered the same problem?Windows PC start menu will not diisplay
It has been this way several days now. If I left click on the Start menu icon (lower left corner of screen) nothing happens! To shut down the PC, I must right click on the icon and select "Shut down and sign out". I have no access to the start menu programs. The only ones I can get to are on the Task Bar. I rely heavily on the mouse to run programs due to some neurological issues that make actually typing something onerous.
Can't boot to Windows 10 computer
So on my MacBook I have bootcamp Windows 10 e everything fine until I try to install Linux I installed Ubuntu then windows shat itself I wouldn't want to boot I checked out other posts and that didn't help but booting it through grub will make my fans go bananas and shows a black screen I tried refind but then I booted my install media and clicked repair computer chose startup repair then it said it couldn't I went back to Linux type a bunch of commands back to Windows pre then more commands and it wouldn't work. now I did disk part list vol and my EFI partition didn't show up so I did list part and there it is so I tried bcdboot didn't work l did list disk and released disk 0 aka my main disk is not gpt ?? windows Can only install to gpt on EFI???? I think that's the issue I need help
Windows 11 Partitions
Recently I bought a new computer because Windows 10 is no longer supported. It came with Windows11 Pro installed. When I ran setup it partitioned my SSD into two drives. The second drive is called Data. Does Windows use this drive for anything? If not, can I delete the second drive so I can increase the size of the primary drive? Otherwise I will have no use for over half my 512 Gb SSD. I have attached a screenshot of Disk Manager above.
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