# Windows **URL:** https://www.twit.community/c/talk-about-tech-here/windows/41.md?page=2 [Latest](https://www.twit.community/latest.md) · [Categories](https://www.twit.community/categories.md) · [Tags](https://www.twit.community/tags.md) **Page:** 3 --- ## [Windows 10 2004+ getting Windows 11 checker app force installed](https://www.twit.community/t/windows-10-2004-getting-windows-11-checker-app-force-installed/11043)
**Author:** [@PHolder](https://www.twit.community/u/PHolder)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2021, 2:07am UTC](https://www.twit.community/t/windows-10-2004-getting-windows-11-checker-app-force-installed/11043 "2021-10-23T02:07:41Z")
Microsoft has apparently decided it’s not enough to just offer the Windows Health Check app (the one they expect you to use to get lots of Windows 11 advertisements as well as to learn why you must buy a new PC to get Wi… --- ## [Thoughts on Windows 11: I'm hopping off the treadmill at the next stop](https://www.twit.community/t/thoughts-on-windows-11-im-hopping-off-the-treadmill-at-the-next-stop/10991)
**Author:** [@PHolder](https://www.twit.community/u/PHolder)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [October 20, 2021, 7:37pm UTC](https://www.twit.community/t/thoughts-on-windows-11-im-hopping-off-the-treadmill-at-the-next-stop/10991 "2021-10-20T19:37:58Z")
I thought I wanted to upgrade to Windows 11, but I have subsequently decided to ride out Windows 10 to the bitter end and when it finally goes EOL I will switch to a new OS, probably some flavour of Linux. I’ve stuck wi… --- ## [Windows 10 & 11 On Two Different Drives on the Same PC - Does MS Prevent this?](https://www.twit.community/t/windows-10-11-on-two-different-drives-on-the-same-pc-does-ms-prevent-this/11002)
**Author:** [@wizard](https://www.twit.community/u/wizard)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 16, 2021, 10:00pm UTC](https://www.twit.community/t/windows-10-11-on-two-different-drives-on-the-same-pc-does-ms-prevent-this/11002 "2021-10-16T22:00:23Z")
I’ve always used Removeable Boot Drives and Separate Storage on my PC’s… Being able to have “clean” Versions of Win 10 allows immediate change over should I need it and allows for me to play around without fearing I tra… --- ## [Does Windows 10 auto-update to 11?](https://www.twit.community/t/does-windows-10-auto-update-to-11/10943)
**Author:** [@carbonga](https://www.twit.community/u/carbonga)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2021, 7:21pm UTC](https://www.twit.community/t/does-windows-10-auto-update-to-11/10943 "2021-10-07T19:21:54Z")
Hi there! Just a quick question I have wondered about but did not remember the guys from WW talk about: does Windows 10 automatically update to 11? If yes: how would I prevent that? Anyone? Anyone? @MaryJo ? … --- ## [Windows 11 rollout begins (or not, depending)](https://www.twit.community/t/windows-11-rollout-begins-or-not-depending/10930)
**Author:** [@PHolder](https://www.twit.community/u/PHolder)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [October 5, 2021, 10:40pm UTC](https://www.twit.community/t/windows-11-rollout-begins-or-not-depending/10930 "2021-10-05T22:40:43Z")
Here’s my 4th gen Intel this morning… no surprises here, other than apparently using a picture of text (that looks ugly): This is of course just an ad. There is NOTHING I can do to a 4th gen PC, based on their rules… --- ## [Windows 10 Advanced Startup](https://www.twit.community/t/windows-10-advanced-startup/10869)
**Author:** [@FilD](https://www.twit.community/u/FilD)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 24, 2021, 7:27pm UTC](https://www.twit.community/t/windows-10-advanced-startup/10869 "2021-09-24T19:27:44Z")
I was watching Windows Weekly this week and the topic of accessibility came up. It reminded me of one big issue I have with Windows that I’ve not been able to find a solution to. So, I thought I’d pose the question here … --- ## [Gifting a Windows Machine](https://www.twit.community/t/gifting-a-windows-machine/10831)
**Author:** [@Brickshy](https://www.twit.community/u/Brickshy)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [September 20, 2021, 3:50pm UTC](https://www.twit.community/t/gifting-a-windows-machine/10831 "2021-09-20T15:50:38Z")
I intend to gift a windows 10 laptop. I will reformat after saving data to another drive. If I am understanding correctly MS will reload Windows. After the new OS loads should I log in before gifting? I am wondering if… --- ## [Weird Issues With My Computer](https://www.twit.community/t/weird-issues-with-my-computer/10779)
**Author:** [@SamGreenwood](https://www.twit.community/u/SamGreenwood)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2021, 1:56pm UTC](https://www.twit.community/t/weird-issues-with-my-computer/10779 "2021-09-12T13:56:05Z")
Today, I’ve been having odd issues with Windows Explorer crashing repeatedly. Generally it get’s itself back up in a couple of minutes but there was one occurrence of it happening that it felt like it must of been at lea… --- ## [Windows 10 Preview to Windows 11 Preview Update Failure](https://www.twit.community/t/windows-10-preview-to-windows-11-preview-update-failure/10439)
**Author:** [@PHolder](https://www.twit.community/u/PHolder)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [July 26, 2021, 4:10pm UTC](https://www.twit.community/t/windows-10-preview-to-windows-11-preview-update-failure/10439 "2021-07-26T16:10:56Z")
This may interest some people. I’m not sure where this goes next. It’s a 4th gen Intel running a Virtual Machine that was running an older version of Windows 10 Preview. I just recently powered it up and it tried to u… --- ## [Bad month for Microsoft](https://www.twit.community/t/bad-month-for-microsoft/10414)
**Author:** [@big\_D](https://www.twit.community/u/big_D)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 21, 2021, 4:53pm UTC](https://www.twit.community/t/bad-month-for-microsoft/10414 "2021-07-21T16:53:56Z")
After Printnightmare came the Windows Hello zero-day, which allowed a hacker to access any account using PC using a Hello capable camera for authentication (they just needed an infrared image of the user, which could be … --- ## [Windows 10 21H1 upgrade keeps failing](https://www.twit.community/t/windows-10-21h1-upgrade-keeps-failing/10397)
**Author:** [@PHolder](https://www.twit.community/u/PHolder)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [July 19, 2021, 7:08am UTC](https://www.twit.community/t/windows-10-21h1-upgrade-keeps-failing/10397 "2021-07-19T07:08:42Z")
I’m looking for something beyond the obvious as a suggestion. I have a VM that was running Windows 10 2004 and got upgraded fine through 20H2. It had a disk full problem at one time (plenty of space now) and the seemed… --- ## [OneDrive on Windows 8.x](https://www.twit.community/t/onedrive-on-windows-8-x/10245)
**Author:** [@JoeB](https://www.twit.community/u/JoeB)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [July 9, 2021, 3:51am UTC](https://www.twit.community/t/onedrive-on-windows-8-x/10245 "2021-07-09T03:51:09Z")
Let’s see if this topic gets anyone’s attention. I expect not. But I’ll just document the problem and see what happens. First, I am using Windows 8.1 on a HP Pavillion x2 Detachable PC 10. In other words, it’s a tabl… --- ## [Windows update Windows 10 Version 21H1 for x64-based Systems](https://www.twit.community/t/windows-update-windows-10-version-21h1-for-x64-based-systems/10262)
**Author:** [@waxman80014](https://www.twit.community/u/waxman80014)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 24, 2021, 10:29pm UTC](https://www.twit.community/t/windows-update-windows-10-version-21h1-for-x64-based-systems/10262 "2021-06-24T22:29:51Z")
Anyone else having trouble installing the Windows 10 Version 21H1 for x64-based Systems (KB5003690)? I get the error message “We can not install the update you can try again.”. Any fixes? --- ## [Texting on windows](https://www.twit.community/t/texting-on-windows/10168)
**Author:** [@Claude58](https://www.twit.community/u/Claude58)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2021, 10:28pm UTC](https://www.twit.community/t/texting-on-windows/10168 "2021-06-06T22:28:29Z")
Hi, I hope somebody can help me. I don’t have a cell phone. I am looking for something where I can have a free phone number to text and received a text on my PC. Is there anything like that which is good and safe? Thank… --- ## [Windows 10 21H1 General Availability has begun](https://www.twit.community/t/windows-10-21h1-general-availability-has-begun/10051)
**Author:** [@PHolder](https://www.twit.community/u/PHolder)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [May 20, 2021, 2:51pm UTC](https://www.twit.community/t/windows-10-21h1-general-availability-has-begun/10051 "2021-05-20T14:51:46Z")
I was a seeker, and was just rewarded with the upgrade to Windows 10 21H1. This being a Tuesday after patch Tuesday, it makes sense to begin it today. (In the sense that this is how Microsoft has operated in the past.) … --- ## [Turbotax and Windows 10](https://www.twit.community/t/turbotax-and-windows-10/9763)
**Author:** [@Jannery](https://www.twit.community/u/Jannery)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [April 16, 2021, 11:30am UTC](https://www.twit.community/t/turbotax-and-windows-10/9763 "2021-04-16T11:30:54Z")
Does anyone know of a safe workaround to install Turbotax 2020? According to Turbotax, Windows has a security feature if we disable, we won’t be able to put it back. TIA! --- ## [Computer Won't Sleep Anymore](https://www.twit.community/t/computer-wont-sleep-anymore/9794)
**Author:** [@Shellyg](https://www.twit.community/u/Shellyg)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [April 14, 2021, 1:47pm UTC](https://www.twit.community/t/computer-wont-sleep-anymore/9794 "2021-04-14T13:47:25Z")
So I have a Dell Alienware and it just recently updated to 2004. I don’t seek, I just let it do it’s thing when it wants to. I have noticed that it no longer sleeps, the monitor will shut off like I have instructed. I… --- ## [KeyPad like software for Windows](https://www.twit.community/t/keypad-like-software-for-windows/9728)
**Author:** [@Tokumei](https://www.twit.community/u/Tokumei)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [April 12, 2021, 5:09pm UTC](https://www.twit.community/t/keypad-like-software-for-windows/9728 "2021-04-12T17:09:03Z")
Hi, A week or two ago Andy introduced KeyPad as his pic of the week and I am loving it for my Mac… … but I use a Windows machine as well. Does anyone have a suggestion for PC/Windows? Basically the computer connects … --- ## [WW 718: If Only Nana Knew](https://www.twit.community/t/ww-718-if-only-nana-knew/9700)
**Author:** [@Leo](https://www.twit.community/u/Leo)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 1, 2021, 1:14am UTC](https://www.twit.community/t/ww-718-if-only-nana-knew/9700 "2021-04-01T01:14:18Z")
Beep boop - this is a robot. A new show has been posted to TWiT… What are your thoughts about today’s show? We’d love to hear from you! --- ## [Discord x Windows?](https://www.twit.community/t/discord-x-windows/9686)
**Author:** [@zachdgowen](https://www.twit.community/u/zachdgowen)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2021, 7:21pm UTC](https://www.twit.community/t/discord-x-windows/9686 "2021-03-31T19:21:41Z")
If Microsoft does acquire Discord, I want to know what you guys think. What kind of interconnected features will Microsoft add with Windows and Discord? --- ## [March Windows Update chaos](https://www.twit.community/t/march-windows-update-chaos/9570)
**Author:** [@big\_D](https://www.twit.community/u/big_D)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [March 21, 2021, 10:29pm UTC](https://www.twit.community/t/march-windows-update-chaos/9570 "2021-03-21T22:29:15Z")
Just a quick heads up. We had a bunch of PCs start crashing when they try to print this week. We tried a lot of things, in the end we switched to XPS printer drivers, from the native PCL/KXPDL drivers and the crashes di… --- ## [Run Windows 10 x64 on Apple M1](https://www.twit.community/t/run-windows-10-x64-on-apple-m1/9631)
**Author:** [@sawgrass](https://www.twit.community/u/sawgrass)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 21, 2021, 10:32am UTC](https://www.twit.community/t/run-windows-10-x64-on-apple-m1/9631 "2021-03-21T10:32:16Z")
After reading team Corellium has ported Linux to run on Apple M1, does that open the possibility of running Windows 10 x64 in a Linux VM? I already am running Windows 10 ARM pre-release using Parallel’s beta on a MBA M1… --- ## [Stuck on 1909 - What's blocking the update?](https://www.twit.community/t/stuck-on-1909-whats-blocking-the-update/9585)
**Author:** [@zkam](https://www.twit.community/u/zkam)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2021, 5:30am UTC](https://www.twit.community/t/stuck-on-1909-whats-blocking-the-update/9585 "2021-03-15T05:30:31Z")
My Windows 10 PC regularly attempts to upgrade to the latest version but always fails on the major feature update (minor security patches seem OK). I’m currently still on version, 1909 so I suspect there is a blocking i… --- ## [I need help reinstalling windows](https://www.twit.community/t/i-need-help-reinstalling-windows/9153)
**Author:** [@SamGreenwood](https://www.twit.community/u/SamGreenwood)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [March 9, 2021, 7:30pm UTC](https://www.twit.community/t/i-need-help-reinstalling-windows/9153 "2021-03-09T19:30:27Z")
Today my computer randomly decided to stop booting so decided to try clean installing Windows. I somehow ended up accidentally creating a new install instead of overwriting the old one. Now when I try to boot it goes to … --- ## [Company Moving Back to Office 365!](https://www.twit.community/t/company-moving-back-to-office-365/9434)
**Author:** [@ChrisKez](https://www.twit.community/u/ChrisKez)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2021, 3:40am UTC](https://www.twit.community/t/company-moving-back-to-office-365/9434 "2021-02-26T03:40:16Z")
After toiling in the Google Workspace (nee G Suite) desert for three-plus years, our new CFO has announced we are going back to Office 365. I could not be more excited. :smile: It has been painful watching the constant … --- ## [Microsoft Update Tuesday GRRRRR!](https://www.twit.community/t/microsoft-update-tuesday-grrrrr/9333)
**Author:** [@Brickshy](https://www.twit.community/u/Brickshy)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 10, 2021, 4:08pm UTC](https://www.twit.community/t/microsoft-update-tuesday-grrrrr/9333 "2021-02-10T16:08:37Z")
I have been a Chromebook user since before Leo got on board. However there was a task it wouldn’t do, namely record music using Audacity. So I got a laptop with Win 10. I no longer record music so I just try to keep my W… --- ## [Security Concern](https://www.twit.community/t/security-concern/9102)
**Author:** [@Minitaur](https://www.twit.community/u/Minitaur)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [January 21, 2021, 12:50am UTC](https://www.twit.community/t/security-concern/9102 "2021-01-21T00:50:25Z")
A new Phone device in my Windows Network label “donut” (Amazon AEODN) show up awhile ago. I don’t have any Amazon phone excepted a Kindle but it’s not connected on my Nighthawk R7000P router. I look in my Connected devic… --- ## [I did Battle with this Man](https://www.twit.community/t/i-did-battle-with-this-man/9097)
**Author:** [@knewman](https://www.twit.community/u/knewman)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2021, 12:34pm UTC](https://www.twit.community/t/i-did-battle-with-this-man/9097 "2021-01-18T12:34:52Z")
Pirates, Crypto, and the Secret History of Windows Product Activation - YouTube Not an insignificant amount of time spent in my youth trying to bypass the part of Windows this guy was responsible for. I don’t think the… --- ## [Keep Windows Running Smooth](https://www.twit.community/t/keep-windows-running-smooth/8994)
**Author:** [@Parker4381](https://www.twit.community/u/Parker4381)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [January 14, 2021, 4:56pm UTC](https://www.twit.community/t/keep-windows-running-smooth/8994 "2021-01-14T16:56:41Z")
Can @Leo or anyone here help me out. I have not used a Windows PC in years until a couple months ago my wife decided to step away from Xbox. She went and dumped a lot of money on a gaming PC. Now I have been using Macs … --- ## [Windows 10 Inbound Rules](https://www.twit.community/t/windows-10-inbound-rules/8674)
**Author:** [@maguswine](https://www.twit.community/u/maguswine)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [November 30, 2020, 12:43pm UTC](https://www.twit.community/t/windows-10-inbound-rules/8674 "2020-11-30T12:43:19Z")
Updated to Windows 10 Pro 20HS the other week and I decided to have a look around the Windows Firewall for no other reason than I got bored. Clicking the Advanced Settings link brings up the Windows Defender Firewall wit… [Previous page](https://www.twit.community/c/talk-about-tech-here/windows/41.md?page=1) [Next page](https://www.twit.community/c/talk-about-tech-here/windows/41.md?page=3)