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My pooter's being weird again

TheCatWoman

A few times recently when I've switched it on without me doing anything, it's gone straight to the internet and sometimes it's choosing the site I want to visit. Is this spooky? Or has someone slipped me a neural net whilst I wasn't looking? Does Elon Musk need to eat his heart out with envy? And as always, why me? Why does this weird stuff always happen to me?

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  • I think if you accidentally click on any of the stuff on the start up screen, it will try open that in your browser on start up.

    Windows is very annoying and is basically trying to make you use it's Edge browser for the internet. A lot of people switch to something different though you probably don't want to know about that sort of thing!

  • in reply to Cinnabar_wing

    No I'mnot touching anythng, sometimes I'm not even in arms reach of it, I don't think my pooter will run edge, I think it's too old. The site it usually takes me too is here, it's like I've just got to think it and it happens! I wish I know what was going on and how to control it, then maybe I wouldn't have so many problems finding the stuff I want? 

  • in reply to TheCatWoman

    That would make life easier! 

    I was forced to update to windows 11, and I had to go in and change settings on the motherboard to make it work as it was saying my computer couldn't run it though it could.

    Computers are a pain in the ****. 

  • in reply to Cinnabar_wing
    Cinnabar_wing said:
    I was forced to update to windows 11, and I had to go in and change settings on the motherboard to make it work as it was saying my computer couldn't run it though it could.

    Ah, the old BitLocker requirement.

    There are ways to install Windows 11 and run a command when it is asking for some input that let you bypass these hardware restrictions and even the need to sign in with an online account. That is how I set up all my computers to avoid Microsofts annoying restrictions.

    I have 3 laptops that do not have a "supported" processor but I could still install Windows 11 without BitLocker and the need for an email account to sign in with. Much easier to use since I don't have home broadband at the moment.

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  • in reply to Cinnabar_wing
    Cinnabar_wing said:
    I was forced to update to windows 11, and I had to go in and change settings on the motherboard to make it work as it was saying my computer couldn't run it though it could.

    Ah, the old BitLocker requirement.

    There are ways to install Windows 11 and run a command when it is asking for some input that let you bypass these hardware restrictions and even the need to sign in with an online account. That is how I set up all my computers to avoid Microsofts annoying restrictions.

    I have 3 laptops that do not have a "supported" processor but I could still install Windows 11 without BitLocker and the need for an email account to sign in with. Much easier to use since I don't have home broadband at the moment.

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