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  1. Rick998

    Neighbor Hack

    It probably IS a cell phone and he's just using the Xfinity WiFi Home Hotspot capability. Not relevant ... but how do you know? Xfinity customers are allowed to. If you want to stop it, turn off the Xfinity WiFi Home Hotspot. See this Xfinity doc: How To Turn Xfinity WiFi Home Hotspot On or...
  2. Rick998

    Latest Windows Update - End of Service

    You wrote "I am running 23H2 build 22631.4169." That's the current version of Windows 11 and won't go end-of-service until Nov 11, 2025. See this Microsoft Lifecyle doc for Windows 11 Home and Pro: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/lifecycle/products/windows-11-home-and-pro You have nothing...
  3. Rick998

    Computer freezing up

    Your previous Windows 10 installation would have activated itself with a digital license stored on Microsoft's activation servers. This digital license is also valid for Windows 11. You just need to download/create a bootable Windows installer USB using...
  4. Rick998

    Testing

    Hmmm... this just happened with the last couple of email notifications when I clicked on the View this thread button: Email tracking is SO not cool, IMO... Is anyone else seeing this issue?
  5. Rick998

    Testing

    Test of Insert Image Hmm... it's very flakey, but I eventually managed it.
  6. Rick998

    Windows 11 Screen Colours have changed (slightly)

    I agree. And whilst the Preview shows bold formatted text very clearly, as soon as I click Save I can no longer make out any bold formatting.
  7. Rick998

    Testing

    I agree... previously I could see at a glance whether any of the forums I follow had new posts. Now it's more complicated, slower and I have to scroll. :( Also, I can't quite see the point of having a 'Similar threads' panel as a footer if the results it shows are from 14 years ago or more.
  8. Rick998

    Testing

    I'm getting old... I can't remember. :(
  9. Rick998

    Testing

    This is my own test Hmmm.... I can't see an edit icon to format as 'code'... EDIT: Aaah...I found the 'code' format icon... but the 'Language' dropdown doesn't include PowerShell, VB or VBS (or AutoHotkey) which is strange, given that there are forums on here for them. # Change $dump_path...
  10. Rick998

    Task Scheduler message persistence?

    A very late reply I know but I've started using Windows' own 'toast notifications' system using PowerShell and the BurntToast module. This gives the flexibility of text, images and sound together with persistence, as the notifications may disappear from on screen but can continue to be viewed...
  11. Rick998

    SET FOCUS on treeview node

    Why does OP never put code within code tags? It's not exactly rocket science.
  12. Rick998

    COUNT all items in trteeview in last level

    54 threads started so far... So, what have you tried? Post your code and any subsequent errors.
  13. Rick998

    Need to change OS on HP laptop

    First post indentifies it as an HP Pavilion DV9500. IIRC this model was first introduced in 2007 with Vista. The HP Pavilion dv9500 Maintenance and Service Guide shows, under Setup Utility > Boot Options (page 109): It should be fine to boot from eithe USB HDD or USB stick.
  14. Rick998

    Need to change OS on HP laptop

    I agree with @teknance and @tyredon. My portable, bootable ITB USB WD 'My Passport' drive that boots into the Ventoy front-end has 33 ISO files on it that Ventoy allows me to boot into, including the Macrium Reflect Free rescue ISO (plus my MR image backups). I would never go back to CD/DVD use now.
  15. Rick998

    Getting a drive REdetected

    My apologies for resurrecting a zombie thread but I only just noticed it. I have the same issue with a couple of HDDs in external USB caddies. Once the HDDs power themselves down it needs a power-off/power-on cycle for them to signal themselves as available again. This enforced sleep interval...
  16. Rick998

    How to Disable Google Chrome Password Manager

    Open Chrome then, in the navigation bar, copy/paste and enter this: chrome://password-manager/settings You will then see the Offer to save passwords toggle switch. Hope this helps...
  17. Rick998

    Unallocated space on hard/ssd Drive

    IMO the best way is to use diskpart /clean from an elevated console to unallocate. See this Microsoft doc for more info about Diskpart. Hope this helps...
  18. Rick998

    Rotate every 6th page in a PDF

    Consider qpdf or PDFtk. IMO the syntax for qpdf is easier: qpdf in.pdf out.pdf --rotate=+90:6,12,18,24 This would rotate pages 6, 12, 18 and 24 90-degrees clockwise. See qpdf's documentation on the web and as pdf. I know it's not Visual Basic... but IMO sometimes it's better to use dedicated...
  19. Rick998

    Formatting Full Hard Drive

    Use a free GParted live USB to remove the second HDD's main/full partition then use Windows to reformat it. Hope this helps...
  20. Rick998

    AutoHotKey for a very simple task

    I was late spotting this but here's the AHK oneliner I use: :*:@@::DonaldDuck_at_Disney.fun The :*:@@:: bit just means... whenever I type two consecutive @ characters then AutoHotkey overwrites them with my full email address. Hope this helps someone...

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