Wednesday 15 June 2022

Why Windows 11 is the "odd dog" poor Microsoft OS (11, 8, Vista, ME)

 I've just upgraded to Windows 11 and regret it for the following reasons:

  1. It has no obvious improvements over 10
  2. Jump lists on Start Menu pinned icons (the ones people use frequently) have gone, either you have to pin all of them to the Taskbar (making pinned icons on the Start menu redundant) or open the app then use the file list, an extra operation.
  3. Taskbar can't be moved to the left hand side of the screen, with a wide screen I prefer to have it there, Microsoft have bizarrely just removed this feature.
  4. Right-click Taskbar brings up very little, certainly no Task Manager I use daily to see what's going on.

Sunday 8 May 2022

HEVC extension on Windows 10 for free

Open a command prompt as Administrator, run:

start ms-windows-store://pdp/?ProductId=9n4wgh0z6vhq

And click Install from the Microsoft Store window that opens.

That's it.

Thanks to:

https://community.spiceworks.com/topic/2294440-opening-heic-format-windows-10#entry-9242330

Thursday 27 January 2022

 Windows 10 Hyper-V and NAT using ICS

  • Create VM
  • Hyper-V Manager > Virtual Switch Manager > 1 Virtual Switch, Internal
  • Hyper-V Manager > VM > Settings > 1 Network Adapter > Default Switch above
  • Control Panel > Network and Sharing Center > Change Adapter Settings > Wi-Fi > "Allow..." > vEthernet (Default Switch)