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Thanks for your help! I am getting fed up with Edge and Copilot....

Hello, Has anyone found a way to remove Co Pilot in W11 and keep it from reinstalling? It seems every time there is an update it is shown as being added. I would also like to disable Edge permanently. I appreciate you help in eliminating this invasive software addition by MS.

Hello, I upgraded to MO 2021 and am looking for help to set the colors used for the various elements. In previous versions of Excel for example, I was able to set the color of the border and tabs. So far I can't find out how to do this. Microsoft is very persistent in pushing 365 and I want...

Hello, well I used Task Manager to eliminate the non useful software. I then did a defrag and went back to working. After a day I had several incidents of hang up but they resolved after several minutes. I was doing some research and a black screen showed up and then a crash. I tried a reboot...

Hello, I hope this is the correct thread to post my question. I am running W11 on a Dell Laptop which was upgraded from W10. I am seeing that it takes longer and longer to boot up and once booted and Outlook and Firefox are very slowly loaded they are very sluggish and often times everything...

Hello, I have been doing multiple desktop HD backups using several portable drives to cover all the possibilities. I have a large photo collection that may be better preserved if was in the Cloud. When W10 came along there was a free cloud storage offering which I have not used. Hopefully...

Thank you strongm!!! I hate it when Microsoft does an update and decides to change my settings. Have a great day!!

Hi, I have the latest version of W10 running and sometime in the past Microsoft started to deploy pictures which I have termed 'Background Wallpaper' since they take over everything and once instituted, I have to renter my password. I have searched and have found no way to disable these...

Hi, I am running W10 and Microsoft Windows Media Player 12.0. I recently moved from W7 also using Microsoft Windows Media Player 12.0. What is frustrating is that I have many playlists made up of video clips. When you start WMP, then select a playlist, and then start the playlist, I then right...

Thank you for your input. I have AutoHotKey and didn't realize that it could do that. My bat file is running great!!!

Hi, I am running a Dell Vosto with W10. Several times a day I have to unmute my speakers by clicking on the speaker icon and then click the speaker icon again. I would like to use a bat file to accomplish this and then after a period of time mute the speakers again. Can anyone offer a...

Hi, I am running W10 and Microsoft Windows Media Player 12.0. I recently moved from W7 also using Microsoft Windows Media Player 12.0. What is frustrating is that I have many playlists made up of video clips. When you start WMP, then select a playlist, and then start the playlist, I then right...

Hi, Maybe there is a way to turn off all gestures? I am strugeling with this issue. Thanks in advance!

Hi, I have a new Vostro 15 3590 laptop running W10 64 bit. The built in touchpad is a piece of c**p. I think the hardware is part of the issue but the software is the real issue. I have figured out how to turnoff all the gestures since that caused major issues (things like cursor jumping all...

Thanks!!!