No it’s not a “dynamic volume control” which would keep everything the same volume. Loudness equalization boosts the bass and treble when the speaker volume is turned rather low since those sounds wou

When I start Search in Win 10 and type “PC” (without the quotes) then hit Enter, I’m taken to “This PC” where I can navigate folders on the hard drive. In Windows 11, trying this same set of steps bri

David, Very well written letter to Realtek. I do know that I sometimes had experienced sound time-outs until I installed Silencio, which seems to stop the silencing though some people still report lag

David, In addition to what you said about JAWS stopping, I tried this scenario without any screen reader or screen magnifier and had the same results as I did with Fusion 2022 loaded. It does not seem

David, I disabled WaveMaxx on my Dell all-in-one since I did not see the need for that software. I shall take a look to see if it’s been re-enabled but as far as I know, it should be disabled. Speakin

One of the things that is bothersome about this behavior of no app key at the search field in Win 11 is that I’ve been taking a class on Word and Excel and while I have Win 11, the instructor’s machin

Yes I’ve been trying to keep an eye on Task Manager but the very reason you cited, but so far nothing stands out. Some things I don’t know what they are so I leave them alone. BP

Hi Nimer, Thanks for the info about the two apps. I hope there is some kind of fix to speed up Windows 11 because every day, the first file or app I open takes probably 10-15 seconds to open, and ther

Hi Nimer, I’m using Fusion which is Zoomtext and JAWS combined, using the 2022 version. When I open search using the Wind key there is a search bar at the top below which are the menu items I mentione

Hi All, Someone recently posted an article about this topic but I don’t understand one part of it in terms of getting rid of apps that slow down Windows 11. I understand that Widgets is one of those t

Hi All, Using Search in Win 11 seems a lot different from using it in Win 10 so wanted to ask if there are knew keystrokes or if the following no longer works. When I would type a file name to search

David, Where do you find this sound cutoff setting? BP

To Mike B & to Joseph I must be missing something here because the article as I was able to read it refers to Chat and Wiedgets as system hogs and goes on to say simply removing them from the taskbar

Bill W – Thanks for that answer about NTFS vs. FAT32 files causing the problem of “interrupted action.” I had this same problem the other night and your answer makes sense as to why. The thumb drive I

I am trying to decide whether to change browsers to either Firefox or Chrome but I’ve heard good and bad about both. The last time I tried Firefox I didn’t like it very well but that was a few years b

Joseph, So far so good after turning off Widgets. Thanks for that quick solution. Much as I liked the old way of showing temp on the right side in the taskbar, I don’t like having a whole “bar” block

Joseph, Thanks for the pointer to Wiedgets. I hadn’t seen that setting but will look again to track it down. I’m sure it can be useful but it sure is annoying to pop up then obscure what I’m working o

When I’m trying to use the Shift+F10 I’m doing it from the desktop but I can just as easily invoke it while I’m in the middle of something in Outlook with the same results. It just seems like it’s a l

Hey there Bill, My home page is “Startpage” so I’m surprised I’m getting this nuisance page. BP

Hi All, I’m using Win 11 with Edge and I’m finding that when I am anywhere in the left lower portion of the screen a page pops open with MSN News including the current temp and I can’t get rid of it w