Please advise whether your laptop was running W8/8.1 when first purchased? Have you upgraded to W10 and how was this done? Neil.
May be Fresh Install of W10 will fix it. Neil.
I wouldn't imagine a mix of SATA and PATA/IDE would be provided by BIOS manufacturers. Most boards these days are SATA and you would be hard...
Have you tried a System Restore before the update? Neil.
Hi Terminal16, We encourage members to provide information about the device which is giving problems. Would you please take the time give us...
Did your OS open to Desktop or did you just switch off the power! Please give more detail about how you turned off and on again. Neil.
Hi Terminal16, Make sure you use/get the right Thermal interface material!!! This is very important with laptops. A paste or liquid may be...
Hi Terminal16, Welcome to WindowsBBS. :) The obvious answer to your question is, why did you take the laptop apart in the first place? Was it...
Any Help here: http://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/5313-notification-area-icons-hide-show-windows-10-a.html or...
Barry, As I said it clarified things for me because when I installed W10 to the SSD, everything worked OK straight off and with more speed than a...
Barry, This may be a more up to date explanation of what W10 does/will do: "Windows 10 and your SSD "...
As I said I haven't got W7 to test, but with this comp running W10 Pro, any Icon in the Task bar that I RIGHT click on gives the option to UNPIN...
Hi Barry, I have 4 SSD's currently in use. 3 Desktops and 1 HP Notebook. 2 Desktops are running W10 Pro - my main comp and the other dedicated to...
What happens if you Right click on a clear part of the Task bar and select Properties? I haven't got W7 to check, but I think you should be able...
Jim, I don't have any problem with the HP printer - just the software nag about buying HP only cartridges. The fact that I use the original HP...
Yes they can be a curse when print queue enlarges but no print emerges. I've just been re-arranging and cleaning my comp and because I use HP...
In Windows 10, Go to > Control Panel > Power Options > Choose when to turn off the display > do your thing. Right click Start button to get Menu...
This may be the answer you need. "Windows 7: cant set my Default Printer, error 0x00000709 "...
I did exactly that - this is my main comp running W10 Pro 64bit!!! On the 2nd. Link > Download Media Tool > Run > UAC OK > Accept Terms > Create...
You've missed something in the 2nd. link I gave you. :o I have just taken the time to insert a 16GB Lexar thumb drive in this W10 comp and...
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