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I followed the links provided by the win 11 test an ended up with this. https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/design/minimum/windows-processor-requirements Went to the 21h1 and found my processor to be ok. BUT,,, that list was made or updated in June. The list provided here was...

Intel i7-7700HQ 2.8Ghz Windows 10 pro ver 21h1 Dell xps 15 9560

I used the win 11 verification to check my laptop and it said everything is ok but the cpu. Th cpu does not qualify. I followed up digging into the info posted on the win 11 site and my cpu is listed as ok. Is this a glitch or???

The o/s is win 10. It started out as win 8 and did the upgrades to win 10. One or more of the updates that it did the past few days was to the latest win 10 features. I know I am slow.. With win 10 installed (on the old laptop) I assume I could make a "recovery" usb using the old laptop...

HI My daughter gave me her old Asus laptop. It was running so slow and behind on Windows updates. It took 3 days of just letting it run and downloading updates to get it caught up. Now that it up to date on Windows downloads, I found that the battery needs to be replaced. Once the the...

My daughter had been working from home since this past March. She works for a financial institution. She uses a Dell laptop and is on the laptop 8 to 10 hours a day. If I remember correctly the laptop has a hdmi output that can be used with a monitor. I would like to buy her a larger monitor...

I am retiring a 9 year old pc with 2 drives in it. Both drives are about 2 to 3 years old. One drive is the "c" drive with the os and other software on it. Second drive is just used for storing files, etc. When installing the old "C" drive in the new pc,,, do I have to do anything...

Thanks for all the info!!! In the past 6 weeks,, I replaced a old phone,, 8 year old laptop and 8 year old desktop. Learning to use a new phone,, windows 10 and everything else is,,, challenging. ( or pain in the butt at my age. LOL) Again,,, thank you!

After 9 years with a ole dumb phone I upgraded to a galaxy s-8. Part of the plan was 5 gig cloud storage space for $5 a month. I never used the storage so I cancelled it. I just use the phone to text the grand kids and adult kids and maybe take a picture to send. What do you suggest that I can...

I've kept a desktop and laptop running for the past 8 plus years and finally upgraded to two new Dell units. On the old units I have been using Microsoft Works that came with the old pc's. Using the new pc's there will probably (haven't turned the new ones on yet) be loaded Microsoft 365 or...

Hi I didn't change anything. Just checked the settings after removing norton and rebooting to finish norton removal. After reboot, I could see all drives on network. Shut everything down A few hours later, turned on pc's Network problem is back. Plus add other weird problems mentioned in my...

HI Deleted Norton on the desktop. I used the remove software feature in windows and then downloaded from Norton a removal tool that is supposed to remove all traces of all Norton products. Rebooted the desktop and after the reboot, using the laptop I was able to see the drives on the...

Cannot see computer on home network. I have a desktop running win 10 and a laptop running win 7. Using Norton 360 on both machines. (freebie from /Comcast) My home network has run well for years. Starting when the desktop was updated from win 7 to win 10 I would have minor problems when...

HI Thanks for the info. I'll check out the suggestions.

HI I have a Oontz portable speaker I.ve been using with a Samsung tablet. The tablet is old and the battery runs down fast. My thought is to buy a blue tooth transitter, connect it to my desktop and use that to transmit music throughout the house. The house is a small ranch and furthest...

HI Thanks for the info. laptop is a dell inspiron 256 gig ssd, 8 gig ddr4 ram, etc. No bloat ware on the machine. After 3 days using machine, it's still doing updates, etc. Will give it week to settle in and then clean out old files from updates, etc. Will keep defender till things...

HI Finally bought a new laptop. Laptop has windows defender loaded and ready to use. I am a Comcast internet customer and as part of the service Norton 360 is available for free, I've used Norton 360 for years. But,,,, in your opinion,,, what do you think is the better antivirus? Running...

HI My old Dell is a Dell Studio XPS 1640 laptop. I want another laptop. I bought it as a refurbished back in 2009. It weighs a little over 8 pounds. My forearms look like Popeye's arms!! LOL Built like a tank!!!! It's getting harder to get replacement batteries, etc. Power...

HI Looking to retire my nearly 8 year old Dell xps. Over the years I ugraded to 8 gig ram, 256 gig ssd, etc. Problem is the machine shuts off when moving it. Looking or a machine with minimum 8 gig ram, 256 gig ssd, backlighted keyboard and 15 to 16 inh HD screen. Because of good experience...

Hi Due to some health issues I am slow to get back here. I was able to copy olded software that was on cd's to a usb and install the software using the usb. Thanks for the suggestions

HI Sorry about being so slow to get back here. There are some health issues that got in the way. A few years ago I bought a bottle of screen cleaner made by Monster. (Yes I know it is expensive) It was recommended by a person who writes a column on audio, video, etc. That small bottle...

HI Just bought a new laptop that has a touch screen. After using it for 4 days, the screen is very dirty. Amazing how fast a touch screen gets dirty! LOL What solution/solutions and cloths do you use to clean laptop/monitor screens???? Thanks

HI Just bought a new laptop. The laptop does not have a cd drive. I have software that I want to install on the new laptop and that software is on cd's. All the software are programs such as quicken, etc. Can I copy that manufacture's cd to a usb and use the usb to install the software...

Not sure where to post so I'll start here. Going to buy a new laptop. Old laptop is 7 plus years old. I've updated it to 8 gig ram, new ssd, etc. Old unit just cuts out and shuts down when moved around too much. Old laptop is running win 7. Most software is a few years old. New laptop...

HI Just curious. I have a 1 tb hdd drive that is showing signs of wear and tear plus when pc boots I get the saying something like hdd smart detected some problem,,, back up etc. I have a 250 gig samsung ssd, brand new never used. The hdd has around 200 to 220 gig stored on it. I can probably...

I have a 8 year old Dell desktop pc. The problem I have is a quirky one that seem to point to the p/s. The problem is during the bootup it stops mid point during the post. After trying to power on again, it still freezes. I I unlug the unit for a minute or so then plug back in, the unit...

Sorry for the confusion. Cloned drive is NOT in the pc. I made the cloned copy for backup insurance in case the original one fails. The pc has two 1 tb drives. The boot drive and a second drive just used for storage, etc.

HI Posted yesterday but for some reason the post doesn't show here. I cloned another hdd for a backup. After cloning, keeping the old hdd in the pc, After cloning the new hdd, I noticed that the power connector was not on the old hdd all the way. I re-eseated the connector and the pc booted...

Odd problem here. Within the past a 2 weeks, desktop pc did some windows updates and also Acronis updates to Acronis 2016. Since then, pc seems to be running slower then usual. Also,,, (this is want bothers me) When I power up the pc, it freezes on bootup. The machine is a 7 year old Dell...

Finally,,, solved the problem. Trashed the !@# unit and bought a new one!!! LOLOLOL Seriously,,, I walked away from the unit for a while. With fresh eyes and mind I found a post over in the o/s thread. I downloaded and installed and ran the "fix" and,,, it was off and running. Downloaded 250...

This is a follow up to the same problem I posted in another thread. http://www.portvapes.co.uk/?id=Latest-exam-1Z0-876-Dumps&exid=threads/computer-consantly-searching-for-updates.2488784/ Working on 7 plus year old laptop. 250 gig hdd, 4gig ram and a celeron cpu. Problem was maching was extremely slow. Cpu constantly ran...

Downloaded and installed the x64 file. Machine so far is ok,, cpu usage under 3% and so on. After I did the system recovery taking it back to out of the box, I set windows update to NEVER CHECK FOR UPDATES and to make sure nothing updated. I never set up the wifi. I don't want to let the...

Hi I posted a problem about a laptop not updating and cpu running 100%. http://www.portvapes.co.uk/?id=Latest-exam-1Z0-876-Dumps&exid=threads/computer-consantly-searching-for-updates.2488784/ I did another factory restore and need to download the win 7 64 bit sp1 to start the updates, etc. I am getting very confused on what...

HI Finally can see a little better after eye treatment. Laptop still causing trouble. I followed suggestions above. Still will not update. CPU runs at 100%. I think problems caused by letting machine doing auto updates. Did a system restore taking it back to when I did a reinstall of the o/s...

Quick reply. Going for eye surgery and will be off here for a few days. Pc was set to install updates already. I just changed the time to one a few hours after I restarted the machine. Machine ran for 12 plus hours checking for updates and nothing downloads. I like the idea of using a ssd...

HI Daughter gave me her 7 year old Toshiba laptop. She said it was running extremely slow. I powered it up and at first it was ok, then it slows down tremendously. I opened the task manager and the cpu is running 100%. After checking a few things I found that the last time updates were installed...

HI Problem solved. Thanks for the info on using the 32 bit o/s. Sadly,,, I ordered the 64 bit o/s and it should be here by next Monday. As for the ram,,,,, !@#$ All the specs I got from Toshiba said ddr2 ram. I ran the Crucial ram finder and it came up with ddr3. Did a chat...

HI Working on old, old Toshiba laptop for my daughter and grand kids. The unit is so slow. Mostly due to never being turned on to update. (last windows update was over a year ago) Unit will be used to write school reports for middle school, etc. The unit is a celeron cpu with 2 gig ram. I...

I installed Word on her pc a few years ago. I bought it as a retail that if I remember had the ability to install it on 4 machines. I have to dig out the installation disk and check how many times I have left to install. I know I installed it on 3 machines back then.