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Bingo! I know what it is! Is your mouse wireless? If yes, then it is in sleep mode to preserve battery. To use it you must wake it up by clicking either button. I have one too. After some time being idle is goes into sleep again and you have to click again to use it. Not really convenient. but...

Depending on your system speed these applicatons may record video with a few only frames per second in HD. An alternative is get a cheap HDMI capture card or USB. It is a device that accepts a signal from an HDMI source and records it in your computer. See the picture below. You then connect...

To dual boot Windows 8.1 and Ubuntu you have to shrink the partition of one to make room. Then use the unallocated space to install the other. If you have Windows 8.1 right-click on My Computer and select Manage to open Computer Management. Then go at Disk Manager section. Right-click on the...

Did you accidentally drop it? Also clean the base, especially the middle where the light is. If it gets dirty there, it cannot properly detect movement.

Office 2019 and 2021 require Windows 10 or 11. Also some games require Windows 10 or 11. With a patched kernel we could fake Windows version and use them. In Windows 98 with kernelEX this is done from Properties, Compatibility tab. Instead of defining an earlier version you define a later...

I have seen a third-party kernel for Windows 98 (kernelEx) that allows you to run some Windows 2000 and XP programs (such as Firefox 4.0 or newer) in Windows 98. It would be great if such as kernel for Windows 7 and 8.1 existed that would make it fully compatible with Windows 10/11 applications...

It probably was. I would wipe Ubuntu and clean install Windows. Then I would install Ubuntu on a virtual machine, just in case I want to play with it. Yes, "play" is the correct term, Ubuntu is not for replacing my desktop since I hate being restricted in both hardware and software. I hate the...

For McBuilder.exe see here: mcbuilder.exe Windows process - What is it? As for the CPU fan, in many BIOS the default setting is "smart Fan enabled" which means the CPU fan will either rotate slowly and speedup when CPU reaches a defined temperature, or it will be idle until that temperature. I...

Even if drivers were installed automatically, I would manually download and install the latest graphics drivers to make sure I get the best performance of the computer.

When installing any software I prefer the custom installation so I can change the default location if needed and also control what is getting installed. I make sure to uncheck any unwanted software.

Google Chrome often installs along with other software as an offer. I hate it when I have a couple of tabs open and Chrome has over ten instances loaded in Task Manager draining my computer resources. For a full recovery of Firefox from backup see my previous post.

For anyone interested, to save you time to backup all your data, either use a spare disk (and copy your data back from the original disk after the clean installation) or do a new Windows installation on the same disk WITHOUT formatting. Choose the largest partition (where Windows is) and...

Of course, a fresh installation with all drivers properly installed always has better performance than an old installation. That's why a clean installation is preferred when upgrading the hardware or replacing the whole computer. But if like me you have tons of data and hundreds of software to...

Windows Update might have installed the proper graphics drivers automatically but if you want maximum performance and access to the Graphics control panel I strongly recommend to manually download and install latest graphics drivers directly from manufacturer (Intel, Nvidia or AMD).

Next time we have to build a new Ryzen PC for a customer (and hopefully adequate time), I will try to install Windows 8.1 on a spare disk just for the experience. I will start a new thread "Let's install Windows 8.1 on a new computer" and report my experience in detail, including if I could...

I wasn't addressing you in my post. I just wanted to let others know they can upgrade to Windows 10 and 11 for free using the same drivers. A new computer is supposedly compatible with Windows 10 or newer only. It shouldn't be too difficult to install Windows 8.1 in UEFI mode. The challenge is...

Let me remind you that you don't have to pay for a Windows 10/11 license. You can upgrade to Windows 10 or do a clean installation using your Windows 8 or 8.1 key for free. You can eventually upgrade to Windows 11 again for free. If you don't like the look of 10/11 there are third-party tools to...

Why not use the moden Mail app? It is available in Windows 10 and 11, not sure if it is also in Windows 8.1

I have not tested it with a Google account, but Windows Live Mail can be installed and run on Windows 10 and 11 by installing the latest Windows Live Essentials (version 2012). Were you referring to that or to the older Windows Mail from Windows Vista? You can also use the free Mail application...