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Stop W10 from automatically updating SPECIFIC drivers.

Last post by dr_st « Tue Oct 11, 2022 10:38 am
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by RealBlackStuff » Tue Mar 19, 2019 8:01 am

Did you go daft again by the latest Micro$haft Update that ruined your drivers?
Stop that irritating hassle once and for all!

Please note: this...

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Don't want W10? Concerned about privacy? Make sure to kill/uninstall these updates...

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W10: FIX for Lenovo Power Manager

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Windows 11 Pro without TPM vs. Windows Server 2022

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by dances_with_woof » Fri Apr 28, 2023 9:45 pm

The end of lifecycle is coming for Windows 10 in about two years, and By my appraisal, it leaves two viable options for running machines past that...

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Tue Sep 19, 2023 1:11 am
Battery Toolbar

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by TPFanatic » Sat Aug 05, 2023 11:04 pm

Windows has deprecated Taskbar toolbars for Windows 11. Accordingly, Lenovo Commercial Vantage for Windows 10/11 no longer includes a Battery Toolbar...

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TrackPoint Scroll "Use As Middle Click" Windows 10

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by TPFanatic » Mon Jul 31, 2023 6:52 pm

Background: My Windows 10 Pro environment has a nuked Updates Service so I am ignorant if there is a more modern Synaptics driver that Microsoft may...

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Win 11 , camera light always on! Help!!!

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by Crazycow » Mon Jul 10, 2023 5:41 pm

Hello people

I have a ThinkPad x1 tablet gen 3 which came with win 11 installed.
I did an OS reset and the camera light is still permanently on.......

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Thu Jul 20, 2023 10:06 pm
Windows 11 Compatibility.

Last post by josh5k « Fri Jun 30, 2023 1:26 am
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by josh5k » Fri Jun 25, 2021 1:05 am
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Looks like most Classic Thinkpad hardware will be incompatible with Windows 11. My X230, T430 and T420s have all failed the Upgrade Check. (Just run...
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Fri Jun 30, 2023 1:26 am
x220 upgrading to win 10

Last post by skx « Wed Jun 28, 2023 4:25 am
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by iceblitzed » Tue Aug 04, 2015 7:50 am

hello, i was planning to upgrade my x220 from win7 to win10. Unfortunately I went to the lenovo website and it said the x220 is not supported for...

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Wed Jun 28, 2023 4:25 am
Lite versions of W10 and W11

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by RealBlackStuff » Wed May 31, 2023 3:26 am

I came across some possibly very interesting stuff:
What is Tiny10 and then I found:
Lite versions of W10:
- Tiny10 by NTDEV
- Micro Win 10 by Dark...

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Sun Jun 25, 2023 1:52 am
T590 Start-Up freeze

Last post by skx « Fri May 19, 2023 2:13 am
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by MadHatterIII » Tue Apr 04, 2023 2:53 am

Good morning forum,

thanks for having me.

I've got a serious issue with a T590 and couldn't find a fitting topic in the forum.

It started freezing...

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Fri May 19, 2023 2:13 am
Auto-starting programs with admin/elevated privileges without typing password on standard user??

Last post by axur-delmeria « Mon May 08, 2023 8:59 am
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by axur-delmeria » Sun May 07, 2023 7:26 am

Microsoft seems to have changed a lot of things inside Windows 10.

Long ago, I know it was possible to have a program auto-start at log on with...

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Mon May 08, 2023 8:59 am
Win10Pro, SSD hardware encryption. How do I enable it?

Last post by lanovo « Sat Apr 29, 2023 10:12 am
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by slowmail » Wed Jun 14, 2017 1:56 am

I recently received an X270, with Win10Pro, Hardware dTPM, and 1TB Solid State Drive, PCIe-NVMe OPAL2.0.

Is it possible to enable bitlocker on the...

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Sat Apr 29, 2023 10:12 am
X60s: W10x32 v1803 is failing to autoupdate to 22H2

Last post by dandreye « Fri Apr 21, 2023 9:45 am
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by dandreye » Fri Apr 21, 2023 7:05 am

Hi All,

My spare ThinkPad X60s running old W10x32 build 10.0.17134.706 (v1803) is failing to autoupdate to 22H2 with the following error:
Feature...

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Fri Apr 21, 2023 9:45 am
T400 and Windows 10: My experience

Last post by CaHeKe « Thu Mar 16, 2023 7:28 am
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by jmcafee » Sun Aug 02, 2015 3:17 pm
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Upgrading to Win 10 Pro RTM (not the beta) on a T400 was definitely more painful than any other recent Windows upgrade that I've experienced on...
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Thu Mar 16, 2023 7:28 am
The Great Windows 11 Computer Extinction Experiment

Last post by dr_st « Tue Feb 21, 2023 2:20 am
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by RealBlackStuff » Thu Jul 01, 2021 6:13 am

The Great Windows 11 Computer Extinction Experiment

Why am I not surprised?

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Last post by dr_st
Tue Feb 21, 2023 2:20 am
Sounds like just what you need: Windows 10 Debloater

Last post by Jake.Werecat « Mon Feb 13, 2023 7:49 am
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by RealBlackStuff » Sat Feb 11, 2023 3:00 am

Stumbled upon this: Windows 10 Debloater .
Just what the doctor ordered!

(but I'm still on W7...)

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Mon Feb 13, 2023 7:49 am
Good Windows alternative

Last post by olddog « Fri Jan 13, 2023 11:56 am

by olddog » Fri Jan 13, 2023 11:56 am

People may remember me promoting the Haiku OS.

Well, Haiku has just released Beta 4, and it's really good. I have now installed it permanently on my...

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Last post by olddog
Fri Jan 13, 2023 11:56 am
win10 1903 and middle click.

Last post by heilong « Thu Jan 12, 2023 5:01 am
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by thelash » Sat May 25, 2019 4:42 am

To avoid a growing list of win10 update issues on both 1803 and 1809, I've just clean installed 1903 on my T430. And whatever I try, I can't get back...

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Last post by heilong
Thu Jan 12, 2023 5:01 am
Blue screen after back to win 10 from 11, at bios uefi set. works with uefi/legacy

Last post by m-blue « Sun Dec 25, 2022 8:24 am

by m-blue » Sun Dec 25, 2022 8:24 am

Hi...
I bought second hand t570 with windows 11, want to go back to 10. I start instalaton from usb, clear partitions etc.like always... As a lot of...

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Sun Dec 25, 2022 8:24 am
Event ID 137

Last post by brucehe « Mon Dec 12, 2022 12:44 pm
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by brucehe » Sat Dec 10, 2022 4:03 pm

Hello All,

I just installed W10, latest download from Microsoft, to my W520 after replacing the system board. I am getting Event 137 errors it seems...

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Mon Dec 12, 2022 12:44 pm
T430S won't install Windows 11

Last post by swb_mct « Tue Dec 06, 2022 11:04 am
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by swb_mct » Tue Dec 06, 2022 6:22 am

I have three T430S Thinkpads. Trying to install Windows 11
Installed Latest Firmware . . see below

I have set the system to EUFI boot only, but...

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Last post by swb_mct
Tue Dec 06, 2022 11:04 am
New Windows 10 update permanently removes Adobe Flash

Last post by dr_st « Tue Oct 11, 2022 10:31 am
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by RealBlackStuff » Wed Oct 28, 2020 9:43 am

New Windows 10 update permanently removes Adobe Flash

For those of you who still want/need Adobe Flash , see my post here .

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Tue Oct 11, 2022 10:31 am
Did you install Win 11? How to install it on X300?

Last post by keithsketchley « Tue Oct 11, 2022 10:14 am
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by Insomniac1971 » Thu Jan 13, 2022 5:05 pm

Hi folks, I wonder if this is even possible.

How did you get it installed:

Did you have to have win10 installed first in order to edit registry?...

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Last post by keithsketchley
Tue Oct 11, 2022 10:14 am
T470p with i7-7820HQ now officially supported by Windows 11

Last post by keithsketchley « Tue Oct 11, 2022 10:12 am
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by ModelMman » Tue Aug 31, 2021 5:42 am

Hi

There is one configuration of the ThinkPad T470p that is now officially supported in Windows 11
Namely the top-tier version with the i7-7820HQ...

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Last post by keithsketchley
Tue Oct 11, 2022 10:12 am
tpnumlkd.exe - sgrmbroker

Last post by manolis kokotsakis « Mon Oct 03, 2022 1:02 pm

by manolis kokotsakis » Mon Oct 03, 2022 1:02 pm

What this service is doing on my pc ? Do i need them ?
Any problem if i disable them from runnning on my services ?

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Last post by manolis kokotsakis
Mon Oct 03, 2022 1:02 pm
German and English displayed in Win 11 at the same time???

Last post by MikalE « Sun Sep 25, 2022 8:26 am
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by MikalE » Sat Sep 24, 2022 10:57 am

I currently have the German language pack installed along with the default English pack that comes with NA versions of Windows 11.

My keyboard is a...

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Sun Sep 25, 2022 8:26 am
T520 Running Windows 11 Home

Last post by MikalE « Wed Sep 07, 2022 2:41 pm
Replies: 4
by MikalE » Sat Oct 09, 2021 6:08 pm

After applying the D-Word registry hack and disabling the TMP 2.0 and processor requirements, Windows 11 successfully installed on my T520 in about...

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Last post by MikalE
Wed Sep 07, 2022 2:41 pm
X230 and W530 card reader problems on Windows 10

Last post by dr_st « Wed Aug 31, 2022 12:47 pm
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by heilong » Wed Aug 31, 2022 5:20 am

My X220 is running Windows 7 and has no problems with the onboard Ricoh card reader.

Now I also have an X230 and a W530, both are running Windows...

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Last post by dr_st
Wed Aug 31, 2022 12:47 pm
Difference between Lenovo Vanatge and Lenovo Vantage Service?

Last post by rebop « Sat Aug 20, 2022 12:45 pm

by rebop » Sat Aug 20, 2022 12:45 pm

I have two apps that can be uninstalled:

Lenovo Vantage and Lenovo Vantage Service

Can someone tell me exactly what the difference is between these...

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Last post by rebop
Sat Aug 20, 2022 12:45 pm
Lenovo AIScreenshot: Alt+S opens an RGB/POS color picker

Last post by heilong « Wed Aug 17, 2022 9:05 am
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by heilong » Tue Aug 16, 2022 6:27 am

ThinkPad W530, Windows 10. For the first time in my life getting this: Pressing Alt+S opens a small window which follows the mouse cursor, and shows...

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Last post by heilong
Wed Aug 17, 2022 9:05 am
KB5016616 (Ags 2022) Boot Fail X220 - Does anyone encounter this?

Last post by benlimanto « Thu Aug 11, 2022 8:45 pm
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by benlimanto » Wed Aug 10, 2022 10:45 pm

As the title state, does anyone encounter this? I kept having problem with KB5016616, successfully installed, kept asking for update and installing...

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Thu Aug 11, 2022 8:45 pm
Donated Thinkpads / reinstalling OS

Last post by madicetea « Tue Aug 09, 2022 1:12 pm
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by robla64 » Wed Dec 29, 2021 8:42 am

The high school where I teach received several Thinkpads from a local university.
The one I'm working on is a t570
All the machines were wiped clean...

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Tue Aug 09, 2022 1:12 pm
4GB Ram enough?

Last post by madicetea « Tue Aug 09, 2022 1:06 pm
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by euless » Wed Nov 03, 2021 11:47 am

Hi,
I just switched my Thinkpad over to W10. I was distro hopping on Linux for about a year with my Thinkpad. I downloaded W10 from Microsoft.
I need...

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Last post by madicetea
Tue Aug 09, 2022 1:06 pm
Antivirus for Windows 10 users!

Last post by madicetea « Tue Aug 09, 2022 12:48 pm
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by Ruston88 » Fri May 22, 2020 10:02 am

Hello all,

I'm a newbie here. I started using Windows 10 for a few months. Now I would like to set up a new Antivirus. Which one do you recommend?...

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Last post by madicetea
Tue Aug 09, 2022 12:48 pm
Windows 10 is a security disaster waiting to happen.

Last post by RMSMajestic « Tue Jul 05, 2022 8:59 pm
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by RealBlackStuff » Mon Nov 15, 2021 11:32 am

Windows 10 is a security disaster waiting to happen. How will Microsoft clean up its mess?

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Tue Jul 05, 2022 8:59 pm
The return of the inverted mouse pointer...

Last post by axur-delmeria « Wed Apr 06, 2022 11:21 pm
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by axur-delmeria » Wed Apr 06, 2022 4:01 am

Back when I used Windows 7, I had a yellow mouse pointer set that I got somewhere in the Internet. Now that I'm using Windows 10, I found that it was...

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Wed Apr 06, 2022 11:21 pm
Bigger Battery Charge Status on Task Bar

Last post by euless « Wed Feb 16, 2022 1:13 pm
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by euless » Sat Feb 12, 2022 7:08 am

Hi

The default Win-10 battery status is too small. So, I installed Lenovo Vantage. It gave me a nice big battery status, which is great!
And it...

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Last post by euless
Wed Feb 16, 2022 1:13 pm
No Audio or Sound is missing on Windows 10

Last post by David Luis « Wed Feb 09, 2022 12:41 pm
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by natalia palirmo » Wed Feb 09, 2022 11:32 am

What to do when issues like No Audio or Sound is missing in your Windows 10? I already check the driver , sound card and set the correct audio device...

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Last post by David Luis
Wed Feb 09, 2022 12:41 pm
CPU stuck at 46%

Last post by RealBlackStuff « Wed Feb 09, 2022 2:57 am
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by afton » Wed Dec 15, 2021 1:15 am

I got this weird problem every now and then, and I can't figure out what's causing it.
This has been happening rarely, on and off for about a year...

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Wed Feb 09, 2022 2:57 am
Modifying EXE file name ok?

Last post by mikemex « Tue Feb 01, 2022 3:40 pm
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by euless » Sat Jan 29, 2022 4:15 am

Hi

I have been using Win-10 on my t440p. I installed Vim (text editor).

I want to change vim to vi, so I don't have to type vim everytime. I...

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Last post by mikemex
Tue Feb 01, 2022 3:40 pm
windows 10 keeps installing synaptics mouse driver

Last post by TOTAL « Fri Dec 31, 2021 8:22 am
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by TOTAL » Sat Nov 27, 2021 11:25 pm

I have switched of automatic driver installation and still, after system restart, which I do rather seldom, usually hibernating, the driver is...

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Fri Dec 31, 2021 8:22 am
File name font problem (from Linux)

Last post by dr_st « Sun Dec 05, 2021 2:46 pm
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by euless » Sat Dec 04, 2021 11:54 pm

Hi,

I recently immigrated to Win-10. Previously, I was using Linux.
After I transfer all my personal files from Linux to Win-10, I noticed all my...

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Sun Dec 05, 2021 2:46 pm
Hotter after ISO Win-10 installation

Last post by euless « Sun Dec 05, 2021 1:48 am
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by euless » Sun Dec 05, 2021 12:09 am

Hi,

I downloaded the ISO-installer from Microsoft to reinstall Win-10. I installed it, and it ran blazing fast. I was happy. I have been using it...

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Sun Dec 05, 2021 1:48 am
Vantage wifi security

Last post by Masi_K « Sat Oct 30, 2021 1:30 am
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by Masi_K » Mon Sep 06, 2021 1:20 pm

I've turned off this feature as it its useless to me. It still informs me about possible bad network. Plus ofcourse it complains the matter of it's...

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Sat Oct 30, 2021 1:30 am
I just got Windows 10 Pro for $14.99 , is it safe ?

Last post by madicetea « Mon Oct 11, 2021 9:59 pm
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by ruchikisa7150 » Tue Aug 17, 2021 4:40 pm

Hello guys , 2 year ago I bought windows 10 pro from ebay but now after I upgraded my laptop I was unable to find at a cheap price on ebay and I...

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Mon Oct 11, 2021 9:59 pm
X61: Power Manager working on Windows 10

Last post by TOTAL « Sun Oct 10, 2021 11:26 am
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by GezzaF7 » Fri Jul 17, 2020 5:16 pm

Hi,

Apologies if this has been done to death already, but I couldn't find any definitive advice on getting
Power manager (with proper battery...

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Sun Oct 10, 2021 11:26 am
Windows 11 RTM

Last post by MikalE « Sat Oct 09, 2021 8:48 pm
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by josh5k » Fri Oct 08, 2021 2:16 pm

So, I upgraded my work given HP Laptop to Windows 11 and so far I've had very few complaints; liking the overall look, feel and stability.

Looking...

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Sat Oct 09, 2021 8:48 pm
Vertical Scrolling speed gets reset at time of logon [X1C4]

Last post by SurrealMustard « Thu Oct 07, 2021 3:10 pm

by SurrealMustard » Thu Oct 07, 2021 3:10 pm

This has been an issue for a while now, and on previous builds of Windows as well. Pretty much every time I log in, the setting that specifies the...

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Last post by SurrealMustard
Thu Oct 07, 2021 3:10 pm
want w10 display driver...

Last post by mikemex « Thu Sep 23, 2021 6:37 pm
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by Ignorant » Sun Feb 14, 2021 2:11 am

I am posting it here as i didnot know where to ask for it
Type 2765-T6U
Intels display driver gives 1440 X 900. for discreate graphics the driver I...

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Thu Sep 23, 2021 6:37 pm

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