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Windows has always been frustrating, but as updates continue to create problems, the UI gets stupider (everything in 'settings' seems dumbed down and 10x harder than in the control panel), and the need to wipe and install a fresh OS (sometimes followed by a round of removing candy crush, one...

Thanks for all this. This used to be simple. Now, all these rules to learn...

Thanks for that! Nice answer! I had never figured that out.

Simple yet obscure: disable CSM.

I'm having a hard time repairing a partition from a bootable USB drive. I keep getting "Active partition not found!" I've been trying several "compilation" ISO's like UBCD. This one for example, will boot to the menu after the not found message, but I can't start parted magic. I'm getting a...

Well, test results have been confusing in part because of a loose ethernet jack. However, it seems it is in fact the firewall - the firewall is not allowing internet traffic for IP's in the range offered by DHCP. Haven't finished testing so I don't know the exact range but I gave DHCP a...

Well, I had to move monitors and such - all around PITA - but pluging ethernet directly into the cable modem and it works perfectly. Next, downstream is the firewall. Directly into the firewall and it works. Not a firewall issue. Next comes a Netgear GS316 unmanaged 16 port switch -...

No, pfsense up and running for a couple years. Numerous devices including other Win 10 PC's have never had any problems. Firewall off completely. Ran each of the 'fixes' in NetAdapter Repair All In One and Complete Internet Repair not to mention Windows' own troubleshooter.

Yes. There are several other devices on the network and DNS is working for them. Plus, http://172.217.11.78/ doesn't need DNS. Ping 8.8.8.8 fails.

http://172.217.11.78 can't connect.

I have a new used HP Elitedesk 800 G1 SFF that will connect to my network but not to the internet. Hardware: i5-4570 3.2GHz 8GB RAM 500GB HDD Windows 10 Professional Intel i217-LM NIC (Edimax USB wifi dongle) Upon first boot into windows still within initial setup, windows does not see the...

I moved the boot drive to SATA1. The BIOS now only offers SATA3 as a boot drive. Limping along with the F11 boot menu. Kind of a PITA.

Where exactly? Under advanced--storage they are all listed but just info, can't make any changes. Under boot, just the one drive - the wrong one - is listed under boot devices! I think this is what you are referring to, but what I'm saying is only one drive is listed here!

AsRock Taichi X399 - latest BIOS - stopped booting to my windows drive after a BSOD. Strangely the BIOS does not see the drive to let me choose it as the boot drive. But if I press F11 I can choose and of the 5 drives from the menu and windows boots fine. I tried clearing CMOS. What next...

Core Temp matches the Ryzen Master app. The Asrock app matches the BIOS.