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    computer doesn't auto-shutdown

    I use Win 10 Home Pro 64, 24g RAM, gigabyte mobo, SSD 1 TB, other usb drives. My computer has run reliably for some years. Lately I've noted that the preferences for Start/Stop/Sleep/Hibernate are...
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    I've got that part, the elimination of Tabs. The...

    I've got that part, the elimination of Tabs. The next part SHOULD be do-able using Format Painter but that utility simply stopped working so I am still separating paragraphs manually. Sometimes...
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    Formatting woes

    I have a large MS Word manuscript formerly formatted in conventional style, i.e. paragraphs are indicated by Tabs (or indentations). The publisher wants a MS without Tabs. The problem is that Tabs...
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    A formatting question about Word 365

    I have a big MS and had it formatted a while ago. I've revised it and now want to upload the new version. The publisher asked me to eliminate all TABS. did that. Now I have to "paragraph" the ms...
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    As always I receive sage advice. I'll keep the...

    As always I receive sage advice. I'll keep the computer I have until it rusts into total obsolescence. You know..."if it ain't broke" etc. Thanks!
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    Buy a New One or Rebuild

    I've used this machine for twelve years. The computer works well. It's stable and maybe not the fastest on the block. It does NOT work with Win11. The question is should I obtain a new mobo and...
  7. It was updating. I'm not used to laptops, and...

    It was updating. I'm not used to laptops, and I've never seen an update take so long. It's my wife's computer and I'm going to show her settings in her Control Panel, etc. If it had said...
  8. [RESOLVED] Laptop stuck on shut down says "do not turn off etc" 45 minutes

    My wife;'s laptop won't shut down. It says "do not turn off computer" and it has stayed that way for an hour. No combination of contl/alt/delte does anything at all. I'm stuck.
    It's a two year old...
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    How did I not think of using headphones? I'm...

    How did I not think of using headphones? I'm getting old, dude. I'll give them a shot and see what's what. Thanks for the ...whatever it is.
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    Audio problems

    Win 10 64 Home Pro, 24 G ddr3 RAM, gigabyte mobo 1156, i5 CPU, GeForce 710

    There's a lot of snap crackle and pop in my audio feed when listening especially to music. It kinda sounds like clipping....
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    According to the calculators I have about five...

    According to the calculators I have about five times more power than needed.
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    Decent Logitech USB computer speakers...

    Decent Logitech USB computer speakers w/subwoofer, nothing fancy but appealing to my ears. @ $120/pr. I'm going from USB out to Soundblaster audio box. I've never tried the Speaker Out connector. ...
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    How big power supply?

    Win 10 64 Home Pro, 24 g RAM, gigabyte 1156 mobo, GeForce 710 gpu

    My computer's old: or the mobo is, a ten year old Gigabyte P56 that functions well enough. 24 gigs of RAM (DDR3), a Sandisk SSD...
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    Great! That's what I was looking for.

    Great! That's what I was looking for.
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    [RESOLVED] A Basic question about Word

    Win 10 Home Pro, Gigabyte 1156 mobo, 24G RAM, Geforce 710,Word 365 up to date.

    I have investigated this thing online, and I still can't make my Word 365 stop capitalizing the first letter of each...
  16. I just did a search "download Spotify" and got...

    I just did a search "download Spotify" and got the link, Dld it and it installed. Those Appdata solutions looked scary to me. I'm glad this worked. THANK YOU as always, don't know what I'd do w/o...
  17. [RESOLVED] I can't install Spotify. Underlying causes?

    win 10 Home Pro, Gigabyte mobo 1156, 24g DDR3 RAM

    I did a computer reset last week. My mobo is maybe 10 years old or more. Mostly, things work well. I'm wondering why I can't install Spotify. ...
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    I think this has to do with Onedrive. I never...

    I think this has to do with Onedrive. I never use Onedrive and I should at least disable it. I'm still stuck with all these check marks no matter what I do when I follow your links. It's a bit nuts...
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    Here are screen shots of those situations. ...

    Here are screen shots of those situations. 1554615547
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    Thanks,Spyware Dr. None of the fixes work. I'll...

    Thanks,Spyware Dr. None of the fixes work. I'll live with the checkboxes. This is a fairly old computer that requires regular hygiene and little glitches like this may hint at underlying causes. ...
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    Yes I have. I 've done all the fixes. Still...

    Yes I have. I 've done all the fixes. Still have checkboxes.
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    Check Boxes.

    Check Boxes.
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    I only get "Manage" if an individual item is...

    I only get "Manage" if an individual item is selected. If I select Desktop it doesn't appear. I've yet to work out the criteria for getting "manage" to show up. OK, seems it wants me to select only...
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    Annoying check marks on desktop icons

    Win 10 Home Pro, gigabyte mobo, 24 gig RAM, Gforce 710

    I know. I go to File History/View and uncheck the box. Done that several times. since my reset these check marks are dogging all of my...
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    On start or restart my icons are scattered

    Yesterday I did a computer reset. The machine was bloated with junk and wouldn't boot. I didn't want to reformat everything, so I did a reset and it went well. Only curiosity is that every time I...
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