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    Name brand access points that don't use a controller

    Maybe try to go back to something even older than 6.5? Possibly it got flashed to that but never actually tested. Just a shot in the dark. It might need the bootloader updated to a certain level before it can then properly flash with a newer firmware, and it's not actually up to date enough to...
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    My Computer Expert - not so much!

    No, she doesn't, but am I not allowed to ask? Give advice where she may not be thinking of all the consequences? I'm definitely not one of the "you need to upgrade just because it's old and I like having new stuff" crowd but I also won't just leave someone to make decisions without all the...
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    My Computer Expert - not so much!

    In general, with modern apps, you can never just install two different versions of the same app because they use the same folders. I wouldn't want to claim to know for certain, but you likely can just uninstall ESR (which will leave the profile folders in place) and reinstall the version you...
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    Does Windows have a maximum window size?

    Personally I hate the way Mac does it, so, good for diversity I guess? I like having folders on the left and files on the right (could do without a bunch of the other crap on the left of course). Drives me nuts trying to navigate a filesystem when I have to use a Mac; just finding where folders...
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    Looking to remap a function Keys with Key strokes...

    This is like creating macros along with remapping. Changing keys like that should work fine using AutoHotKey as long as it doesn't turn out that one of those function keys is actually needed in an application (which you'd probably have run into by now). AHK is overkill for this simple need but...
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    My audio insists on coming out the front panel jack

    Unplug the cable from the case to the header on the mainboard and see what happens? Could just be a short in the front panel jack.
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    The physics of brewing the perfect espresso

    Thank goodness they're working on this and one day the art of coffee making can be eliminated and nobody will need to have any skill to do it and it will just be machines that create the exact same cup every single time based on your 4 selected options. And of course since coffee won't be able...
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    Does Windows have a maximum window size?

    Yes but the question was about maximum window sizes at lower resolutions than that. It seems like it's the total resolution of the screens in each dimension (although it also takes scaling into account). Incidentally @Dystopia, when you set a window size, for some applications it gets saved in...
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    Does Windows have a maximum window size?

    Yet it is possible to have a window appear that is off of your visible screen, and have to use the keyboard shortcuts to enter move mode and the arrow keys to move it back to being visible (which would work in this case as well). I don't think this is a limitation that was implemented as a...
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    Western Digital/Sandisk SSD: never again

    Well, if the water and clothing gets sloshed around so that it all touches the "stick" with silver ions on it a lot (or run through a tube with screen or stick with ions) then it could reduce the number of living bacteria. But I imagine it would need to be quite a large surface area to really...
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    Western Digital/Sandisk SSD: never again

    For low-cost mass storage where performance doesn't matter much they still beat SSDs. You just can't get a 22TB SSD for consumers, and even as far down as 8TB, an SSD can be 8 times the cost of a desktop HDD. It just comes down to your individual needs. But both HDDs and SSDs fail at what seems...
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    Win11: “Windows networking services might not be running as expected.”

    That's a driver service, so it doesn't appear in the list of services that you can manipulate via the GUI.
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    Win11: “Windows networking services might not be running as expected.”

    24H2 breaks a lot of people's connections. Try uninstalling the Wi-Fi adapter in Device Manager, then reboot and let it be re-detected. If that doesn't work, try Settings > Network & Internet > Advanced network settings > Network reset. Also make sure you have the latest drivers for the Wi-Fi...
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    My keyboard needs are simple but not being met by the market.

    We also have eyebrows and eyelashes helping to block the sunlight that is coming down, and most people squint in bright light. Less protection from anything coming upward, but I don't know how much UV reflects from the ground and other surfaces when we're outside so it could still be worse. An...
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    My keyboard needs are simple but not being met by the market.

    If you like your eyeballs being sunburned all the time from the UV that is leaking. (Assuming it reflects upward from the keyboard material around the caps.)
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    Verizon FiOS routers redirecting to non-signed certificate websites??

    Probably good to just keep it in case there are problems and they absolutely insist that troubleshooting requires that you connect the provided equipment.
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    Thanks to new tariffs, many more physical game discs may “simply not get made”

    Because OBVIOUSLY they couldn't just make the digital version cost less and simply say "you're being charged for the physical media" because then they'd have to explain publicly again how "but you still don't OWN the software and we can disable it if we want".
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    Patriot P400 Lite quick review (really fast drive)

    I thought some of you might be interested in this drive specifically, from my pSLC testing. It seems like a really good value if you can get one from the right batch (assuming they're using different components in some batches). It was only $35 on Amazon and seems to be $37 now. P400 Lite 500GB...
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    Buying a cell phone for use by someone living in another country

    Well, region-specific software features is in my mind a thing that means that "no, it won't work just like a locally-purchased device".
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    Testing pSLC cache size

    So I could post more details, though I'm still testing as my new drives only arrived today. But the conclusion I've come to is that some drives will split the cache and some won't, and it's not consistent even by manufacturer. The Samsung PM991 split the cache, where it would not allocate more...