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With most of the computers I did not use a Microsoft account, but on those where I did, it didn't change anything.

So, a few days ago 24H2 was officially released to the "Release Preview" channel. Since then I've updated about 85% of my computers to 24H2 and have begun using 24H2 for all new installs also. How many have had bitlocker enabled by default? ZERO It's pretty stunning how many in this thread...

Everything that was recently announced seems to have a singular focus on battery life. The AI performance figures quoted are actually not very impressive. My aging Dell business laptop with a Coffee Lake i7-9850H is likely already capable of more TOPS than these NPUs, courtesy of it's Quadro...

Does the game not run on the 6850? In my experience, Diablo 4 will run on almost anything. If it gives you an error message stopping you from launching the game, it's usually artificial and can be bypassed: Open the Diablo 4 game page on the Battle.net app. Choose ‘Game Settings’ from...

I'm currently using an Arris SB8200, which is a bare DOCSIS 3.1 modem, because I'm using a SFF Dell with pfSense on it as my router, along with multiple dedicated WiFi access points. With many combo units, you can usually disable the integrated router/WiFi and use them as standalone modems also...

No i'm not talking about Modem + Router combo units. I'm talking about standalone modems. If it has wifi, then it's certainly not a standalone modem. I'm talking about a Modem only, where you would end up with a public IP address on your computer's ethernet port, not a private IP address...

I'm NOT advocating for the idea of running XP at all, but I'd still like to see comparison results from behind a simple consumer router. I mean really... no one buys a cablemodem or similar and plugs it directly into their PC with no router in-between. Or, on the flip side, see how newer...

Does anyone know of a way to get this working with VLC? Right now, I can't get it to work with VLC or the Plex app. The only way I can make it work is via Plex, viewing content using a browser instead of the actual Plex app. But at least that works. I'm particularly enjoying using it to...

4 matching sticks would be the best way to go. You could use 2 sticks, but it would drop down to only running in dual-channel and you would lose out on one of the biggest benefits of the X99 platform (quad-channel memory). Your motherboard has 8 slots though, so you don't necessarily need to...

I don't have any good leads on the GPU you are looking for, but you expressed your desire to max out your existing system, and I noticed you are running an X99-based system. I have several X99 systems that all started out life with 5820K CPUs. I've upgraded them all to using Xeon E5-1660 v3...

OP, it sounds like you have bigger issues at play than just a lack of ability to create/download an ISO. But if you don't mind the slow speeds, you can try to download it from my personal webserver: http://gotnorice.com/Windows10_64_22H2.zip

What doesn't work exactly?

https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=2265055 Download that Media Creation Tool, follow the steps to create an ISO.

I went down this same road with my 6 monitors. The bottom line is, you CANNOT have multiple Nvidia drivers installed on the same system at the same time, period. This even applies if your secondary card is a Quadro (it will work but only if both cards are generationally compatible with the...

I can't see any reason to encrypt your drive using bitlocker unless you keep sensitive information on your hard drive and are worried about someone physically stealing your computer. In something like an office or a medical facility it would make sense, since presumably there would be sensitive...

For certain business systems, there is a setting in the UEFI/BIOS which will trigger the automatic bitlocker encryption on a new install. Presumably the rufus option is to force bitlocker to remain disabled even on these systems. But for everyone else that isn't using a Business HP/Dell or...

And that would make a lot of sense. Makers of certain business-oriented computers who are targeting certain customers; I could absolutely see them making the decision to turn this on by default. Bitlocker is a great feature for those who have a true need for it. But this article is clearly...

This article has more holes than Swiss cheese. First of all, it starts out with the amazing statement: WTF are they talking about? 23H2 has been out for quite some time now. I've done countless installs of 23H2 at this point, everything from fresh installs, in-place upgrades, upgrades via...

The above suggestion is a good one. But if you haven't already, you might simply check the Volume Mixer. It's possible for different programs to have their volumes set independently. Make sure that none of the volumes are turned down. You can also use the Volume Mixer to double check what...

The 5800X3D doesn't officially support PBO or curve optimizer. When the 5800X3D was released, no motherboards had PBO or curve optimizer as an option with this CPU. This is because the extra cache is very sensitive to voltage changes, and also acts as an insulating layer on top of the CPU...

Even as someone who is an obsessive WoW player, this doesn't bother me at all. Blizzcon itself was only really relevant for people who already lived in the general Los Angeles area. There really weren't that many people making epic treks across the US to go there. I also prefer that they...

If you are just doing an in-place upgrade, then it doesn't matter where the files are located. Could be a mounted ISO, or a USB thumb drive, a random folder on the hard drive, or even a network drive. Windows 11 is pretty forgiving with drivers on old hardware in most cases. Drivers going...

I have not personally seen anything like that, and I've got it on many machines that do not have Secure Boot. I would say that there are only one or two things that might come into play when Windows 11 is installed on unsupported hardware: 1. (the only thing in most cases) The once-per-year...

Yes Windows 11 will work fine without UEFI. It works fine with MBR. You can do an upgrade from 10 without any issues. Skip messing with rufus, just open an administrator Powershell prompt and launch setup from an unmodified Windows 11 ISO by first mounting the ISO (double clicking on it)...

I still use a local account and it still has not created any issues for me. Fake outrage over a prompt inside windows settings is stupid. Why are you spending so much time within Settings anyway to the point that you get offended by this? If anything, isn't that where a prompt like this...

Reality check: The article linked by TomsHardware is a Chinese news article, written in China. So if you are claiming that Chinese newspapers are writing articles pushing pro-US, anti-China propaganda, I'd say that's pretty unlikely... or an author is about to fall out of a window. The...

I don't think you appreciate how large California is. Northern California and Southern California might as well be two different states. Driving from the Bay Area to Los Angeles would be like driving from New York City to Durham, NC. Even just looking at the Bay Area, it can be over 100 miles...

You seem to be under the mistaken impression that I was trying to argue with you. Thanks for posting your resume though?

OK, thanks for the tip. I only knew that the SE had a handful less fins, and so I assumed that was what pendragon1 was referencing when he mentioned the 5 pin difference, since it's the only Phantom Spirit version that has fewer fins. This picture was created using official product images...

Funny how they push the propaganda about their domestic tech getting better and better, but in reality they are still desperate even for low-end Nvidia technology.

All of the Phantom Spirit models with the top cap have 5 more fins compared to the SE versions. The 5 extra fins are part of the top cap. The SE versions have no top cap, that's why you can see the tops of the heatpipes.

Impressive to see the Phantom Spirit beating many 280mm AIOs and hanging in there with many 360mm AIOs. I don't see that they actually improved anything compared to previous Phantom Spirit models other than the fans though.

Yeah I know that diminishing returns is part of the equation. But clearly diminishing returns aren't going to be the exact same for every single AIO. This difference is what I'd like to see covered more in various reviews. Not just "It's too loud because I can actually hear the fans". I'm...

You have to go back 7+ years now to find CPUs that don't support Windows 11. Any system that can still reasonably be considered new will support Windows 11. If your PC is only "a few years old" then it's almost certainly supported. Most CPUs that are even somewhat new have TPM built-in to the...

What happens when you press the power button on both of the side monitors (power them off)? It should interpret that the same as if those monitors are now disconnected, and automatically switch to just using the center monitor. And when you power those side monitors back on, it should...

It seems like you're trying to make things way more difficult than they need to be. If it works from the rear port(s), then just buy an extension cord... Either one just for the mic, or two and run the whole headset from the rear and ditch the USB adapter completely...

Drives that are stupid expensive aren't particularly impressive IMO. Get it down to a realistic cost per TB, and only then does it become noteworthy. For the price of this thing, I'd rather just get a PCIe riser card and load it up with high quality Samsung drives, example...

If your screen space is that limited, then why not just auto-hide the taskbar?

The newest CPUs that don't meet the official Windows 11 requirements are now over 7 years old, and will be ~8.5 years old by the time Windows 10 hits EoL. Honestly, that's a pretty good run. The only reason why they aren't officially supported in Windows 11 is because they contain known...

When Windows 10 hits EoL, Microsoft isn't obligated to release any operating system updates for it after that point. Although with past operating systems (XP, Win7, etc), they did make a select few exceptions and released some updates after EoL. If you're talking about Windows Defender...