People whose hardware is too old to update to Windows 11, What's your plan come October?
I'm currently running an i7-4770 paired with a GTX 970. As much as I would love to, replacing it with modern hardware would be financially irresponsible. Luckily I love to make life difficult for myself so I'm planning to remove windows and switch to Ubuntu (or mint). What is everyone else planning to do come October?
Windows 11 account issues: lock screen skipped, device not showing in Microsoft account
Hi everyone, I’m facing a few strange issues on Windows 11 that seem to be limited only to my main user profile, and I’m hoping to fix them without creating a new profile and migrating all my data. Settings > Apps > Advanced app settings: I see a sign-in-related issue & an error code 0x80860010. The lock screen is skipped when the PC starts. On power-on or restart, the lock screen flashes for a split second, and then Windows directly goes to the PIN entry screen. This happens only on my main user account. If I create a new local or Microsoft account, the lock screen works perfectly even after a restart or cold boot. My Windows PC does not appear under Devices on my Microsoft account page, even though the PC is signed in with my Microsoft account locally. I’ve already tried restarting, signing out and back into my Microsoft account, checking sign-in options, and testing Fast Startup on and off. Since everything works fine on newly created accounts, I believe my existing user profile or account state may be corrupted. I’m trying to avoid creating a new profile and manually migrating data if possible. Any guidance on repairing the current user profile, re-linking the device to my Microsoft account, or restoring normal lock screen behavior would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance for any help. ~GouravSD card photo transfer on Windows 11 computer
Hello everyone I wanted to transfer photos from my SD card to my PC and I see that the SD drive is not recognized or visible my sd drive has 2 usb connectors that work I successfully transferred it using the camera connected to the PC via USB cable I went to disk management: the page is blank???? - I don't see what to doThe RGB lighting on the fan remains on after the Windows 11 system computer enters sleep mode.
After the computer enters sleep mode, the fan stops spinning but the RGB lighting remains constantly on (it turns off normally during the first sleep cycle but fails to do so in subsequent sleep cycles). I have reinstalled the operating system and ruled out interference from third-party lighting control software. I suspect this is caused by abnormal hardware control due to Windows updates. Seeking a solution.Firefox deleted everything for me because of the profiles
A profile tab appeared. so I lost everything! I've tried lots of things since waking up and Google nothing works. Basically he deleted my profile from last night and asked me to create a new profile there are no others even about: profiles there are none so I have a very old bookmark file but there are no mdps with it what to do?Save the date: Windows Office Hours - January 15, 2026
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I’m leaving windows
I’ve been a Windows user since I was a kid in the 90’s playing solitaire on Windows 3.1 on my dad’s pc. Windows 7 was so good, but since then Windows has gotten so bloated and slow with less control over the pc that I OWN. And now with Microsoft forcing Copilot down our throats and killing the ability to have a local account, the ads in the search window, data collecting, recall, etc I’ve had enough. And to top it off Windows is an absolute RAM hog! I have 32gb of RAM and with only Edge running I routinely have 7 or 8 gb being used by background processes. I’m a 3d artist. I need as much of those 32 gb as I can use! I have switched to Linux Fedora 43 and my computer runs so much better! No lagging at all. Only 2 or 3 gb of RAM being used in the background. I need my Mac to run Marmoset Toolbag but other than that everything I need is on Linux. And it was quite easy to set up a kvm switcher and file sharing between my Mac and PC. I will never use Windows again on a PC I own until they at the very least make Copilot optional, local account posssible, stop all of the telemetry, and make performance a priority. I’m only making this post in hopes someone from Microsoft will actually see it and take note.
