{"id":4967,"date":"2020-05-29T19:06:00","date_gmt":"2020-05-29T19:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wiki.davelevy.info\/?p=4967"},"modified":"2026-02-12T18:19:24","modified_gmt":"2026-02-12T18:19:24","slug":"my-newest-w10-build","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/davelevy.info\/wiki\/my-newest-w10-build\/","title":{"rendered":"My newest W10 build, now W11"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>This was originally written when I first got a new laptop, a 14&#8243; ACER; it&#8217;s a bit smaller than the last one, also an ACER, its CPU is about 4 times more powerful and it only took me a couple of hours to get going.&nbsp; I got fed up with the <a href=\"https:\/\/davelevy.info\/wiki\/mucking-around-until-it-breaks\/\">recurring BSOD<\/a> and &#8220;reset the PC&#8221; in Sept 21. This didn&#8217;t work and so I got a new system, which is my 3rd with W10. I upgraded to W11 in Jan 2023. I resurrected the ACER in Aug 2023, and <a href=\"https:\/\/davelevy.info\/wiki\/a-gaming-laptop\/\">bought an MSI<\/a> in Jan 2024 in order to play BG3. Here are my notes on the windows build[s]. &#8230;<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">No 5, another HP, <a href=\".\/#no4\">No 4, an MSI<\/a> | <a href=\".\/#no3\">No 3, a new HP<\/a> | <a href=\".\/#resurrection\">Acer 2, resurrection<\/a> | <a href=\".\/#av15\">Acer V1.5<\/a>, after a reset | <a href=\".\/#av1\">Acer V1<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<style>\nbutton {width: 230px;}\n\n.modal {\n    display: none; \/* Hidden by default *\/\n    position: fixed; \/* Stay in place *\/ z-index: 1; \/* Sit on top *\/\n    left: 2; top: 2;  padding-top: 100px; \/* Location of the box *\/\n    width: 100%; \/* Full width *\/ \n   overflow: auto; \/* Enable scroll if needed *\/\n    background-color: rgb(0,0,0); \/* Fallback color *\/\n    background-color: rgba(0,0,0,0.4); \/* Black w\/ opacity *\/}\n        \n\/* Modal Content *\/\n.modal-content { background-color: #fefefe; margin: 5px; font-size: 80%; padding: 5px; width: 95%; border: 1px solid #888; }      \n\/* The Close Button *\/\n.close { color: #aaaaaa; float: right; font-size: 28px; font-weight: bold; }    \n.close:hover, .close:focus { color: #000; text-decoration: none; cursor: pointer; }\n    \n.scroll-box { width: 650px; \/* maximum width of the box, feel free to change this! *\/ overflow-x: scroll; white-space: nowrap;     }\n<\/style>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">No 5, another HP<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>I bought another HP, I wanted a machine that charged using USB-C. It requires a 65w charge, and comes with a charger however the cable between the charger and the mains is Type-G to an HP proprietary socket. A replacement, L22324-001 to Type C <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lambda-tek.com\/HP-L22324-001-sh\/B43885967?srsltid=AfmBOoojmv2_e2NuVKBsEKVuQ1ho_5cNztQZrp9m9jEcxCXShUFV5rjE\">costs <\/a>\u00a355. Where&#8217;s the EU commission when you need them? See also my &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/davelevy.info\/wiki\/on-usb-c\/\">On USB C<\/a>&#8221; page. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I bought a new laptop, its an HP 14\u201d, with a USB C charger. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There is a new, or new to me, windows installer which asks for a source backup. I chose the slimmest build that I have. Perhaps I should check out what this means and is.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The base install includes the \u201cyour phone\u201d link, and I think I have linked it. &nbsp;I used <a href=\"https:\/\/ninite.com\/\">Ninite <\/a>to download ccleaner, windirstat, zoom, thunderbird, chrome, 7zip.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I ran ccleaner which found no apps to update, but had a pile of drivers to install. I then installed HP Support and downloaded all the drivers to be updated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>I then installed Firefox, Whatsapp desktop, Thunderbird and Office 365.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>I then uninstalled McAfee.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>I then installed Nord VPN.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>Later I installed, Outlook for Windows, and putty, and then Visual Studio, Active TCL and Virtual Box.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I then turned on SMB1 because I have a BT home hub. Settings: Turn Features on and off. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I installed MS&#8217;s implementation of bash, using <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?sa=t&amp;source=web&amp;rct=j&amp;opi=89978449&amp;url=https:\/\/hackernoon.com\/how-to-install-bash-on-windows-10-lqb73yj3&amp;ved=2ahUKEwia_-7f1PCOAxXMUEEAHcZTG1EQFnoECB8QAw&amp;usg=AOvVaw2smlxMVI8KIlOWVW6aUSLy\">this article<\/a>, basically (as administrator) using wt.exe, <code>powershell wsl --install<\/code>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Taskbar<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<a href=\"hiddentaskbar-stayshidden\"><\/a>\n\n\n\n<p>At some point, the taskbar decided to misbehave and appeared behind any program screens when the switch &#8220;Automatically hide taskbar was set&#8221;, I found <a href=\"https:\/\/answers.microsoft.com\/en-us\/windows\/forum\/all\/taskbar-hiding-behind-programs\/016ed89f-f320-4d53-914c-b27f6575278b?page=4\">this<\/a>, on the MS Community Site which recommended the removal of the HP&#8217;s Omen Game Hub;  I terminated it and set the start-on-boot flag to no! The advice was on page 4. It now works as expected. (But we&#8217;ll see if it lasts a reboot.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I then connected my thunderbird addresses book to my gmail one, using Thunderbirds built in CardDAV support.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Co-Pilot<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>I turned off Copilot via the registry editor. Press <strong>Windows key + R<\/strong>, type <code>regedit<\/code>, and press Enter to open Registry Editor.Navigate to: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><code>HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\Policies\\Microsoft\\Windows\\WindowsCopilot<\/code>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(Create <code>WindowsCopilot<\/code> key if it doesn&#8217;t exist). Right-click in the right pane, select <strong>New &gt; DWORD (32-bit) Value<\/strong>.Name it <code>TurnOffWindowsCopilot<\/code> and set its value to 1. Then restart the PC. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<a name=\"no4\"><\/a>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">No 4, an MSI Stealth<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>This will not have as much on it as the No3, which I plan to keep in service. I plan to use it for games. See <a href=\"https:\/\/davelevy.info\/wiki\/a-gaming-laptop\/\">my gaming laptop<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Install<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>I used ninite to install what\u2019s needed 7-zip, ccleaner, chrome, filezilla, firefox, googledrive,&nbsp; onedrive, opera, putty, steam, visual studio, windirstat, winscp. There is no mail client, I use the browser where necessary. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Start Menu<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>I am having a problem representing desktop items on my three active systems and so I removed my &#8220;More&#8221; folder, which contained shortcuts to rarely used programs and learnt how to use the &#8220;start menu&#8221;. The quickest and easiest way to pin a program to the start menu is to use the search to find the app, then a right click on the program, the menuwill offer a &#8220;pin to start&#8221; option et voila! This doesn&#8217;t work for shortcuts, documents or images.  WTF I haven&#8217;t used this earlier?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Restore Points<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>The next task in terms of importance, was how to <a href=\"https:\/\/support.microsoft.com\/en-gb\/windows\/create-a-system-restore-point-77e02e2a-3298-c869-9974-ef5658ea3be9\">make a system restore point<\/a>? Type &#8220;create system restore point&#8221; into the search bar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Drivers<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>MSI implement some of the hardware management tools as superstructure and thus nothing takes responsibility for keeping them up to date. They do tend to notify me of the need though.  We have MSI aka the MSI centre, NVIDIA and Gsteel Series; <em>ccleaner <\/em>tells me about the Windows driver patches. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Nvida Management tools<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>The control panel looks a bit old school. Microsoft have <a href=\"https:\/\/answers.microsoft.com\/en-us\/windows\/forum\/all\/nvidia-display-settings-missing\/ba56fe5e-c634-4b39-8615-3989020c0a5d\">this <\/a>to say on missing settings panel. i.e. reinstall it. Another day. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Windows update problems<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>The download\/installs are  slow; I used <a href=\"https:\/\/answers.microsoft.com\/en-us\/windows\/forum\/all\/windows-update-stuck-at-0\/3dec8f61-5e37-4d62-9646-a8af277563e6\">this page<\/a> to help sort it out. Not sure what worked and what didn&#8217;t, the trouble shooter did not work, mucking around with the service properties and rebooting a lot seemed to help. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Thumbnails &amp; Explorer<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>At some point it decided to not show the thumbnails in explorer, and so, I checked the explorer settings, and then <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lifewire.com\/fix-windows-11-folder-thumbnails-6455703\">worked through most of the actions in this post<\/a>. This included running <em>sfc<\/em>, I then used <a href=\"https:\/\/www.makeuseof.com\/windows-11-clear-thumbnail-cache\/\">How to Clear the Thumbnails Cache With Disk Cleanup<\/a>. After this last act, it started working again. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I also looked at <a href=\"https:\/\/answers.microsoft.com\/en-us\/windows\/forum\/all\/thumbnails-not-showing-windows-11-pictures-folder\/3bcbb61c-7c1c-4a60-a01a-24ca8d2aed4b\">Thumbnails not showing Windows 11 &#8211; Pictures folder <\/a> on answers.microsoft.com but any good news is lost in noise as many blame the onedrive api and the first answer is over complicated. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Battery charging<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>When I got it it seemed that it would not charge beyond 91%, amazingly <a href=\"https:\/\/forum-en.msi.com\/index.php?threads\/battery-not-charging-above-91.383350\/\">there&#8217;s a resource to explain the fix<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Shortcuts<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Steam&#8217;s URLs embedded in shortcuts prompt for confirmation. This can be removed using <a href=\"https:\/\/answers.microsoft.com\/en-us\/windows\/forum\/all\/how-to-disable-this-security-message-open-file\/4b028293-f8a6-4a64-bd2a-1d5341868737\">these instructions.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">WSL Subsystem for Linux<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>I installed WSL, I used the &#8220;turn windows features on&#8221; panel and then the MS Store, this <a href=\"https:\/\/techcommunity.microsoft.com\/t5\/windows-11\/how-to-install-the-linux-windows-subsystem-in-windows-11\/m-p\/2701207\/page\/2\">page at the MS Community site<\/a> also documents the command line interface. I decided I needed <a href=\"https:\/\/techcommunity.microsoft.com\/t5\/windows-11\/how-to-install-the-linux-windows-subsystem-in-windows-11\/m-p\/2701207\/page\/2\">bash <\/a>and <a href=\"https:\/\/platform.activestate.com\/dfl1955\">wish<\/a>; this may take some management, as WSL does not support Wish afaik (or can discover.) See also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.activestate.com\/products\/tcl\/\">https:\/\/www.activestate.com\/products\/tcl<\/a>l\/<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Some pictures<\/h4>\n\n\n\n\t\t<style>\n\t\t\t#wpls-logo-showcase-slider-1 .wpls-fix-box,\n\t\t\t#wpls-logo-showcase-slider-1 .wpls-fix-box img.wp-post-image{max-height:250px; }\n\t\t<\/style>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"wpls-wrap wpls-logo-showcase-slider-wrp wpls-logo-clearfix wpls-design-1 \" data-conf=\"{&quot;slides_column&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;slides_scroll&quot;:1,&quot;dots&quot;:&quot;true&quot;,&quot;arrows&quot;:&quot;true&quot;,&quot;autoplay&quot;:&quot;true&quot;,&quot;autoplay_interval&quot;:&quot;9000&quot;,&quot;loop&quot;:&quot;true&quot;,&quot;rtl&quot;:&quot;false&quot;,&quot;speed&quot;:&quot;5000&quot;,&quot;center_mode&quot;:&quot;false&quot;,&quot;lazyload&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpls-logo-showcase logo_showcase wpls-logo-slider  sliderimage_hide_border \" id=\"wpls-logo-showcase-slider-1\" >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wpls-logo-cnt\">\n\t<div class=\"wpls-fix-box\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-post-image\"  src=\"https:\/\/davelevy.info\/wiki\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/20240131_203244-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"logo-title\">Unboxed<\/div>\n\t<\/div><div class=\"wpls-logo-cnt\">\n\t<div class=\"wpls-fix-box\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-post-image\"  src=\"https:\/\/davelevy.info\/wiki\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/20240131_203412-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"logo-title\">Inside the box<\/div>\n\t<\/div><div class=\"wpls-logo-cnt\">\n\t<div class=\"wpls-fix-box\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-post-image\"  src=\"https:\/\/davelevy.info\/wiki\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/20240201_004731-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"logo-title\">Downloading<\/div>\n\t<\/div><div class=\"wpls-logo-cnt\">\n\t<div class=\"wpls-fix-box\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-post-image\"  src=\"https:\/\/davelevy.info\/wiki\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/my-mew-MSI-with-balloons-CC0-DFL.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"logo-title\">Wallpaper<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\n\n\n<a name=\"no3\"><\/a>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">No 3, a new HP<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>I have installed <a href=\"https:\/\/winhance.net\/\">winhance <\/a>and taken a lot of the machine. I am planning to do most of my work in a Virtual Box Linux VM. I also removed the ms telemetry and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pocket-lint.com\/how-to-disable-connected-user-experiences-and-telemetry-windows-11\/\">stopped the reporting service module<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>What I did this time, I used a couple of techniques, including <a href=\"https:\/\/ninite.com\/\">ninite<\/a>, xcopy, web installs, and the microsoft store.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<button id=\"myBtn\">Installing applications<\/button>\n<div id=\"myModal\" class=\"modal\">\n<!-- Modal content -->\n<div class=\"modal-content\">\n<p><span class=\"close\">\u00d7<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 120%;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;I n s t a l l i n  g&nbsp;&nbsp;A p p l i c a t i o n s<\/p>\n\n<ol>\n<li>I used ninite, to install, firefox, chrome, opera, paint.net, zoom, skype, winscp, putty,\u00a0 visual studio code, imburn, windirstat &#038; 7-zip; I forgot to ask for, ccleaner, Steam, Google backup &#038; sync, audacity, spotify, the vnc server\/viewers, teracopy and winrar. They don&#8217;t offer office or adobe acroread.<\/li>\n<li>Then authorised whole disk sharing and copied across C:\\tcl, c:\\bin, and C:\\python37.<\/li>\n<li>By then windows update was ready and so I ran the update, then reset the taskbar settings, inc. turning off the news taskbar preview in windows 10<\/li>\n<li>Then off to https:\/\/www.office.com and install office.<\/li>\n<li>Copy NWN onto the C: drive<\/li>\n<li>Install Adobe Acroread &#038; Real VNC from the web<\/li>\n<li>Download and Register CCleaner, the licence details are in an email; then clean the registry, and update the drivers. I also copied ~\/etc to the new machine at this point.<\/li>\n<li>Install google backup &#038; sync; this requires you to login to google with a browser<\/li>\n<li>Then HP Smart, which I think is on the computer as its an HP, but I need it for my printing, I&#8217;ll wait until I need the Print &#038; Scan doctor.<\/li>\n<li>And next the store for, whatsapp desktop, todo, facebook messenger and windows terminal FFS &#x1f631; (that&#8217;s 22 at the moment, not counting the contents of C:\\bin.<\/li>\n<li>made recovery usb drive.<\/li>\n<li>I uninstalled McAffee.<\/li>\n<li>I have installed thunderbird, windows mail&#8217;s search interface seems to have caught something.<\/li>\n<li>I refreshed the music players, I needed to put the CD&#8217;s away. See below.<\/li>\n<li>I relinked the phone to &#8220;Link with Windows&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>Later, I reinstalled steam and virtual box and even later, I installed Java, at some time. then signal desktop, and discord 18\/04\/2023 and TOR 20\/04\/2023, and Kompozer -\/08\/2023<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<br\/><br\/><hr style=\"width:75%;text-align:center;\">\n\n\n\n<p>Some notes on installing the applications.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>How to <a href=\"https:\/\/support.microsoft.com\/en-us\/windows\/create-a-usb-recovery-drive-460091d5-1e8f-cb33-2d17-8fdef77412d5\">make<\/a> a recovery usb drive.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>I had a sound fault, speakers weren&#8217;t working, so I downloaded new drivers from the HP site. See the <a href=\"https:\/\/davelevy.info\/wiki\/my-newest-w10-build\/#comment-134005\">comment<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>On upgrade to W11, I discovered that I had the beep while sleep feature, I turned off the windows default sound, i.e. set it to none. I used the sounds control panel applet.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<script>\n\/\/ Get the modal  \nfunction showmodal (id,bid, cid) {\n\n    var modal = document.querySelector(id);\n    var btn = document.querySelector(bid);\n    var span = document.querySelector(cid);\n\n    btn.addEventListener(\"click\", function () {\n        modal.style.display = \"block\";\n    });\n\n    span.onclick = function () { modal.style.display = \"none\"; }\n    \/\/ When the user clicks anywhere outside of the modal, close it\n    window.addEventListener(\"click\", function (event) {\n        \/\/console.log(event.target);\n        if (event.target == modal) {\n            modal.style.display = \"none\";\n        }\n    });\n}\n<\/script>\n\n<script>\nshowmodal(\"#myModal\",\"#myBtn\",\".close\"); \n<\/script>\n\n\n\n<p>I have made a comment about syncing OneDrive which points at <a href=\"https:\/\/support.microsoft.com\/en-us\/office\/fix-onedrive-sync-problems-0b10108f-8459-4a7a-b912-28f8adec5a81\">this<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I tidied up my NAS storage, and have <a href=\"https:\/\/support.microsoft.com\/en-us\/windows\/map-a-network-drive-in-windows-29ce55d1-34e3-a7e2-4801-131475f9557d\">mounted it<\/a> on a drive letter, microsoft call it mapping.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>NB File associations are held locally, this is one reason that the file explorer does not render pictures properly it needs a &#8216;helper&#8217; app. (It might be possible to copy the registry tree accross but I don&#8217;t know how). I associated photos with .png and wish with .tcl<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I am not finished yet and I am very bored with this. I need to see if there&#8217;s a better way than this, will this <a href=\"https:\/\/davelevy.info\/wiki\/package-management-on-windows\/\">article on windows package<\/a> management help?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I have updated this to Windows 11 aka W11 <em>29\/1\/2022<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I need bash, see <a href=\"https:\/\/www.makeuseof.com\/tag\/linux-desktop-windows-subsystem\/\">https:\/\/www.makeuseof.com\/tag\/linux-desktop-windows-subsystem\/<\/a>&nbsp;not the desktop, but the shell.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I have started to look at <em>ccleaner<\/em>, do I need it, do I need <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ccleaner.com\/ccleaner\">the premium tools<\/a>? Here is an article <a title=\"this includes a list of other 3rd party products\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.netwrix.com\/2023\/08\/29\/windows-registry-repair\/\">on cleaning the registry<\/a>, one <a href=\"https:\/\/www.maketecheasier.com\/clean-windows10-registry\/\">on various techniques and tools<\/a>, and here is one <a href=\"https:\/\/www.computerworld.com\/article\/3646415\/how-to-keep-your-apps-up-to-date-in-windows-10-and-11.html\">on keeping apps up to date<\/a>., which refers to two other review articles.  Do I need <a href=\"https:\/\/chocolatey.org\/\">Choclatey<\/a>, or is there something else? A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.techielass.com\/chocolatey-what-is-it\/\">review of Choclatey<\/a>, another <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Chocolatey\">from wikipedia<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=hfgZYpo5moA\">a video<\/a>. On my HP, the issue is Skype and VirtualBox.  NB for the HP I use the HP tools to assess the driver package currency. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I had to reinstall the HP Envy driver, see <a href=\"https:\/\/davelevy.info\/wiki\/home-printing\/#comment-153912\">Home Printing<\/a> on this wiki.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I received the Windows Update says &#8220;Get the newer version of Windows to stay up to date. Your version of Windows has reached the end of service&#8221;. So I googled and found the microsoft page which <a href=\"https:\/\/answers.microsoft.com\/en-us\/windows\/forum\/all\/windows-update-says-get-the-newer-version-of\/a4be64b3-639f-42f3-85f7-3c811c42a5c0\">documents the response<\/a> to this message; to install and run Windows 11 Installation Assistant. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">SMB v1<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>I need this on some of the machines, see <a href=\"https:\/\/davelevy.info\/wiki\/my-newest-w10-build\/#comment-155286\">this comment<\/a> for how to install SMB1, which it seems I need because my hub vendor does not support SMBv2. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Link to Windows (was Your Phone)<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>This needs to be reconnected, use the app on the phone to reinitiate the pairing. You will be pointed at a URL\/QR code. See <a href=\"https:\/\/www.guidingtech.com\/fix-phone-link-app-not-working-on-windows-11\/\">this page<\/a>, which is a bit out of date.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">W11 Spotlight<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>This has been bugging me for a while. The configuration for spotlight differs between W10 &amp; W11. This article <a href=\"https:\/\/www.groovypost.com\/howto\/save-spotlight-collection-images-on-windows-11\/\">talks about how to install the images<\/a>. These images have no file suffix, and are pretty poor, some are .png and some are .jpeg. I used a shell script to rename them but once I viewed them, I came to the conclusion I didn&#8217;t like them. The settings panel, Personalisation -&gt; Lock Screen then allows the specification of a folder holding the images. So I think, I&#8217;ll use my own collection. There are other parameters, and I am currently using slide show as the lock screen. I have changed it to a single image, but still on reboot it shows the most recent spotlight picture which is one of the few they offered I don&#8217;t like.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">W11 Music Player<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>The machine had WMP which they now call legacy, I used the store to install &#8220;<em>Media Player<\/em>&#8221; which is meant to be the W11 application. they both have duplicate entries in the database. There are a couple of fixes out there, but this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sorcim.com\/blog\/delete-duplicate-files-in-windows-media-player\">seems OK for a windows <\/a>database (but didn&#8217;t work), and this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.makeuseof.com\/tag\/audio-file-format-right-needs\/\">talks about .wma vs .mp3<\/a>. This offers a program <a href=\"https:\/\/www.leawo.org\/entips\/how-to-remove-duplicate-songs-in-windows-media-player-1387.html\">designed to cleanup an itunes library<\/a>. However, I came to the conclusion that the problem was that I had copies of the music in both the C:\\User\\${ME} and C:\\Users\\${ME}\\Onedrive and I removed one from the application folder list in the app settings dialogue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<a name=\"resurrection\"><\/a>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Acer Resurrection<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>In August 2023, I pulled the Acer out of the drawer, and rebooted it. The keyboard had failed and I replaced it with what looks like a French keyboard. I got to grips with the settings panel, &#8220;Time &amp; Language&#8221; but it&#8217;s not quite right. The keyboard is QWERTY and the default soft French keyboard from MS is AZERTY; maybe the Quebecois keyboard is required. What I need to do is <a href=\"https:\/\/4sysops.com\/archives\/adding-and-removing-keyboard-languages-with-powershell\/\">experiment with powershell<\/a>! Can this be made to work with TCL? Setting the current keybd seems <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/PowerShell\/comments\/g9m0hg\/how_to_change_the_keyboard_layout_from_powershell\/\">a bit of a mystery<\/a>. But see <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pdq.com\/powershell\/set-winuserlanguagelist\/\">this<\/a>, or <a href=\"https:\/\/learn.microsoft.com\/en-us\/powershell\/module\/international\/set-winuserlanguagelist?view=windowsserver2022-ps\">this<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This build is complicated by the fact that the desktop belongs to Microsoft account and strangely the keyboard setting seems to be common to all systems using the account.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The bios needs to configured to allow a boot from a USB. This article <a href=\"https:\/\/community.acer.com\/en\/discussion\/644466\/acer-aspire5-a514-535-boot-from-usb-it-doesnt-show-on-boot-manager\">talks about how<\/a> to do it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I needed to turn the Mail app off. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<a name=\"av15\"><\/a>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">After a Reset<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>I reset the PC, (see <a href=\"https:\/\/davelevy.info\/wiki\/mucking-around-until-it-breaks\/\">why<\/a>) let&#8217;s see what&#8217;s broken? I looked at <a href=\"https:\/\/davelevy.info\/wiki\/package-management-on-windows\/\">package managers<\/a> but have reinstalled most apps by hand using firefox. I need the <a href=\"https:\/\/davelevy.info\/wiki\/firefox-and-spellcheckers\/\">Firefox dictionary and language pack<\/a>, and then got MS ToDo from the store.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I made a comment about .pdf readers. i.e. I have installed Adobe&#8217;s acroread, but there maybe better options from the store.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The windows mail app seems better behaved today and I have moved the stuff on anti-virus and video drivers to the comments. ccleaner now comes with a driver (&amp; a limited product) updater. <em>Sep 2021<\/em>#<\/p>\n\n\n\n<a name=\"av1\"><\/a>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Version 1 2020<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Applications<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>This is what I did once I unboxed the Acer. Filezilla, would not install from the browser, I had to save then run; this may have been Norton misbehaving. I have installed the games, and <a href=\"https:\/\/davelevy.info\/wiki\/nwn2-and-w10-2020\/\">written a note on NWN2<\/a>. Here&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20210124153416\/http:\/\/www.thetechfactors.com\/transfer-putty-sessions-from-one-pc-to-another\/\">how to transfer the putty settings<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.windowscentral.com\/how-set-yahoo-email-account-mail-app-windows-10\">Yahoo Mail was a bit tricky.<\/a><a name=\"bash\"><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Windows Terminal &amp; Bash<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>There is new code for a <code>Windows Terminal<\/code>, which I have installed. It is called <code>wt.exe<\/code>, and I have installed a short cut in my <code>More<\/code> folder. On installing wt.exe, the second time, i.e after a reset, I discover I want\/need bash. This takes me to this on <a title=\"Windows Subsystem for Linux Installation Guide for Windows 10\" href=\"https:\/\/docs.microsoft.com\/en-us\/windows\/wsl\/install-win10\">installing the WSL<\/a>, and <a title=\"Ubuntu on Windows at the Microsoft Store.\" href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/p\/ubuntu\/9nblggh4msv6#activetab=pivot:overviewtab\">this<\/a> on the store for the bash implementation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Windows Mail App &amp; Gmail<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>This can be a bit of a problem. I came across the issue where W10 does not write to the &#8220;Sent&#8221; box for Gmail, which I documented, but on running the rest I moved my findings to the comments. The problem seems to have gone away\/ by Sep 21. The following remains useful. How to&nbsp; s<a href=\"https:\/\/support.microsoft.com\/en-gb\/office\/create-a-signature-in-mail-for-windows-10-c07a46ad-8258-45b1-926a-4429a0aa1f9a\">et the signature files in windows 10 mail<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Video Conferencing<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>The video conferencing apps misbehave. The detailed comments have been moved to the comments section of this page; the problem seemed to be related to version control of Skype and the video drivers. I updated the Skype version, and the video system driver using the MS driver interface in the systems applet of the control panel\/settings panel. I sourced the driver from Intel. 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