<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" version="2.0"><channel><title>JoeUser Forums » RSS Feed » Personal Computing Posts</title><link>https://feeds.feedburner.com/Stardock/JoeUser/forum/1</link><copyright>© 2006 - 2026 Stardock Corporation. All rights reserved.</copyright><description>Recent Posts In Personal Computing</description><language>en-us</language><pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2026 2:42:43 PM -0400</pubDate><lastBuildDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2026 2:42:43 PM -0400</lastBuildDate><docs>http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/rss/rss.html</docs><generator>Stardock Rss Generator v1.0</generator><managingEditor>info@stardock.com</managingEditor><webMaster>kwilas@stardock.com</webMaster><item><author>DrJBHL</author><comments>https://forums.joeuser.com/540864</comments><description><![CDATA[addy visuals put together a cool concept visual for Windows 12...which hasn't happened...yet.  Since pelaird and I love the functionality SD has added to the task bar and start menu and dread what MS has up its...sleeve...I thought I'd bring this to you all...      ]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.joeuser.com/540864</guid><link>https://forums.joeuser.com/540864</link><pubDate>Tue, 17 Feb 2026 9:31:25 AM -0500</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2026-02-17T09:31:25-05:00</pubDateParsed><title>How about Windows 12?</title></item><item><author>pelaird</author><comments>https://forums.joeuser.com/540858</comments><description><![CDATA[From Windows Central by&nbsp; Zac Bowden &nbsp;published&nbsp; February 12, 2026   Zac Bowden has several very reliable sources within Microsoft and reported the following.   "As part of&nbsp; Microsoft&rsquo;s big push to improve sentiment around Windows 11 &nbsp;this year, the company is working on several highly requested features and changes that are designed to signal to the public that it is listening to feedback. According to my sources who are familiar with Microsoft&rsquo;s plans, o...]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.joeuser.com/540858</guid><link>https://forums.joeuser.com/540858</link><pubDate>Mon, 16 Feb 2026 9:52:03 AM -0500</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2026-02-16T09:52:03-05:00</pubDateParsed><title>Microsoft is planning to bring back the ability to move and resize the Taskbar on Windows 11</title></item><item><author>pelaird</author><comments>https://forums.joeuser.com/540170</comments><description><![CDATA[I just read an article on techradar that had a great suggestion on how to avoid return issues to Amazon when purchasing high ticket items. Especially now that there are so many scams taking place on certain items. I thought this was an excellent suggestion, so I wanted to share with the community.   techradar article Link    from the article:   "As we've seen, though, even if you do buy a product sold and shipped by Amazon, things can still go awry. That's why it's very important to do one...]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.joeuser.com/540170</guid><link>https://forums.joeuser.com/540170</link><pubDate>Tue, 23 Dec 2025 2:49:15 PM -0500</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2025-12-23T14:49:15-05:00</pubDateParsed><title>Take a short Video of Unboxing High Ticket Items from Amazon</title></item><item><author>Gideonkl</author><comments>https://forums.joeuser.com/539199</comments><description><![CDATA[I updated my Object Desktop to see how it looks like now after a few years pause. I regretted it immediately as the videos in Facebook and some others looked terrible. I was not able to continue to use it as my head did not like the flashing display at all. I am sorry that I was not able to get a screenshot.  I am using build 27971 of Win11.&nbsp;  ]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.joeuser.com/539199</guid><link>https://forums.joeuser.com/539199</link><pubDate>Wed, 22 Oct 2025 9:41:56 AM -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2025-10-22T09:41:56-04:00</pubDateParsed><title>Object desktop ruined the video display</title></item><item><author>DrJBHL</author><comments>https://forums.joeuser.com/538803</comments><description><![CDATA[ Well. My face is officially red. I'm embarrassed I had something wrong about MS's Support policy, apparently. An article in Infopackets,&nbsp; corrected my misapprehension.    This is pretty much for folks who cannot (hardware reason: TPM) or don't wish to upgrade to W11 from W10 for whatever reason.     MS (without you joining the Extended Service Program) will stop all Support for W10 on 10.25.25 ( WindowsCentral) . Everyone was overjoyed when MS announced it would continue support for W1...]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.joeuser.com/538803</guid><link>https://forums.joeuser.com/538803</link><pubDate>Fri, 26 Sep 2025 12:23:01 PM -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2025-09-26T09:23:01</pubDateParsed><title>Continuation of Support for W10</title></item><item><author>Quessir</author><comments>https://forums.joeuser.com/538670</comments><description><![CDATA[I just exited out of a game of Battlefield 2042 to find that the start menu won't open. Clicking on it seems to bring up a tiny portion of some menu I've never seen before. You can see in the video what I'm talking about.  &nbsp;   Start menu video   &nbsp;  Anyone know what's going on here and how it can be fixed?  ]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.joeuser.com/538670</guid><link>https://forums.joeuser.com/538670</link><pubDate>Mon, 22 Sep 2025 7:01:06 AM -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2025-09-22T07:01:06-04:00</pubDateParsed><title>Start11 start menu issue</title></item><item><author>lethalman4000</author><comments>https://forums.joeuser.com/536751</comments><description><![CDATA[ i used to love Norton go back in the early 2000s but its not made any more. i need a back up tool .windows restore is not that good when its incomplete all the time.ive got drivers too update but scared of my system messing up. want comes close too go back seems too be&nbsp;RollBack Rx Pro ?&nbsp; but is it safe? i never had probs with Norton go back. want do you all think please?   ]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.joeuser.com/536751</guid><link>https://forums.joeuser.com/536751</link><pubDate>Tue, 01 Jul 2025 11:49:28 AM -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2025-07-01T12:49:28</pubDateParsed><title>i used to love Norton go back in the early 2000s</title></item><item><author>lethalman4000</author><comments>https://forums.joeuser.com/536933</comments><description><![CDATA[ ok i want to back up my windows and make a recovery, i want to Create a image but wont let me do it on my Expansion HDD but it says this drive cannot be used to store a system image because it is not formatted .does anyone please know how i Format it? please so i can store it on my 2TB Harddrive, i have Windows 11 i tell u want i do have is AOMEI Partition Assistant 10.8.1? any good? Please help thank you nick uk   ]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.joeuser.com/536933</guid><link>https://forums.joeuser.com/536933</link><pubDate>Tue, 01 Jul 2025 5:42:31 AM -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2025-07-01T05:42:31-04:00</pubDateParsed><title>i want to Create a image but wont let me do it on my Expansion HDD</title></item><item><author>kona0197</author><comments>https://forums.joeuser.com/533210</comments><description><![CDATA[So earlier this year I bought a new desktop. Came with Windows 11. I quickly found out that I don&rsquo;t really care for Windows 11. So I installed Windows 10/ everything worked great. However I know Microsoft is ending support for Windows 10 next year and I don&rsquo;t wish to pay for more patches from Microsoft or any third party. So I starting thinking outside the box. I don&rsquo;t want to learn how to use Linux. No flavor of Linux has ever worked for me. Steep learning curve. So I bought m...]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.joeuser.com/533210</guid><link>https://forums.joeuser.com/533210</link><pubDate>Fri, 13 Jun 2025 5:11:34 PM -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2025-06-13T17:11:34-04:00</pubDateParsed><title>Adventures With MacOS</title></item><item><author>RedneckDude</author><comments>https://forums.joeuser.com/529768</comments><description><![CDATA[It is, really really.&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;  &nbsp;  ]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.joeuser.com/529768</guid><link>https://forums.joeuser.com/529768</link><pubDate>Sun, 01 Jun 2025 4:37:01 PM -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2025-06-01T16:37:01-04:00</pubDateParsed><title>Keep an Eye Out!</title></item><item><author>lethalman4000</author><comments>https://forums.joeuser.com/536110</comments><description><![CDATA[how do you reset back to windows defaults folders and start menus they all gone missing my windows 11 has gone back to windows xp like how do i get it back to windows 11 please  ]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.joeuser.com/536110</guid><link>https://forums.joeuser.com/536110</link><pubDate>Wed, 21 May 2025 1:42:59 AM -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2025-05-21T01:42:59-04:00</pubDateParsed><title>my windows 11 menu</title></item><item><author>DrJBHL</author><comments>https://forums.joeuser.com/536072</comments><description><![CDATA[  Windows has bloatware. Lots of it, too. That's no secret. Because of it, W11 is slower than it could/should be without it.       "Winhance 5 (the latest version) allows you access to install or uninstall software which comes packaged with the OS: Edge, Recall, OneDrive, CoPilot as well as the ability to install other apps and packages directly from the app. You can choose from the Browsers, utilities, document viewers, and basically anything you want to install/manage or uninstall from the s...]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.joeuser.com/536072</guid><link>https://forums.joeuser.com/536072</link><pubDate>Mon, 19 May 2025 5:09:54 AM -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2025-05-19T05:09:54-04:00</pubDateParsed><title>Winhance 5 Windows 10 and 11 Debloater and Optimizer</title></item><item><author>Frogboy</author><comments>https://forums.joeuser.com/535267</comments><description><![CDATA[ So you want faster internet speeds, eh? So did I.  Let me tell you about my journey.  It all started with Xfinity offering 1.4Gb/sec internet speeds. I wanted some of that. So I upgraded but noticed that my speeds were still maxing out at around 800Mb/sec. That's pretty good, but a lot less than 1.4Gb/sec.  The first thing I did was get a new cable modem. It has a single 2.5Gb/sec output.  My router actually had a 2.5Gb/sec input port. Victory! Or so I thought. Turns out every single output por...]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.joeuser.com/535267</guid><link>https://forums.joeuser.com/535267</link><pubDate>Fri, 11 Apr 2025 7:01:06 AM -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2025-04-11T07:01:06-04:00</pubDateParsed><title>So you want faster Internet eh?</title></item><item><author>DrJBHL</author><comments>https://forums.joeuser.com/534825</comments><description><![CDATA[All I can say is...if only. See the linked article for W11 2025 and abdi's other OS animations.  Abdi is famous for his graphics and animations of "If only MS let it's Art Department determine things...". But, it didn't, or hasn't and we got the mediocre pablum that we have. Worse? It prevents skinning to improve it.      &nbsp;  ]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.joeuser.com/534825</guid><link>https://forums.joeuser.com/534825</link><pubDate>Fri, 28 Feb 2025 7:17:37 AM -0500</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2025-02-28T07:17:37-05:00</pubDateParsed><title>Abdi does it again...</title></item><item><author>Sed</author><comments>https://forums.joeuser.com/534614</comments><description><![CDATA[Seems I get no recognition in Walls according to Naroon??  ]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.joeuser.com/534614</guid><link>https://forums.joeuser.com/534614</link><pubDate>Thu, 20 Feb 2025 8:18:51 AM -0500</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2025-02-20T08:18:51-05:00</pubDateParsed><title>It isreally the NAROON site??</title></item><item><author>pelaird</author><comments>https://forums.joeuser.com/534516</comments><description><![CDATA[Microsoft removes Windows 11 24H2 official support on 8th 9th 10th Gen Intel CPUs  Article on Neowin   by&nbsp;Sayan Sen &middot; Feb 15, 2025 13:13 EST    https://www.neowin.net/news/microsoft-removes-windows-11-24h2-official-support-on-8th-9th-10th-gen-intel-cpus/   &nbsp;  ]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.joeuser.com/534516</guid><link>https://forums.joeuser.com/534516</link><pubDate>Tue, 18 Feb 2025 8:27:38 AM -0500</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2025-02-18T08:27:38-05:00</pubDateParsed><title>Microsoft removes Windows 11 24H2 official support on 8th 9th 10th Gen Intel CPUs</title></item><item><author>Sed</author><comments>https://forums.joeuser.com/534520</comments><description><![CDATA[YEA, I did it again.................... This newest upgrade now changed it so I can't open files off my screen and  my flash drives!!............ People tell me not to upload the MS cumulative crap but I dont listen  Last month's screwed up my MAIN but somehow fixed itself... SO far not this time. Won't even let me run DISC CLEANUP  ]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.joeuser.com/534520</guid><link>https://forums.joeuser.com/534520</link><pubDate>Mon, 17 Feb 2025 1:36:02 AM -0500</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2025-02-17T01:36:02-05:00</pubDateParsed><title>Files won't open</title></item><item><author>Jafo</author><comments>https://forums.joeuser.com/533615</comments><description><![CDATA[Some people might recall 'back in the day' ...about 10 years ago .... Thermaltake joined forces with BMW Design and came out with the "Thermaltake Level 10" Limited Edition case.  It weighed a ton and was a silly price considering it didn't even come with a PSU ... $1299&nbsp; AUD.  I ended up with No.221 of the world-wide 500.  Today, I saw on Ebay another for sale second hand [obviously] for $800 AUD - just "up the road" in South Australia .... No.21.  ....and it comes with a MoBo and ...]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.joeuser.com/533615</guid><link>https://forums.joeuser.com/533615</link><pubDate>Fri, 14 Feb 2025 7:15:32 AM -0500</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2025-02-14T07:15:32-05:00</pubDateParsed><title>I'm Getting Another 'New' PC Case .....</title></item><item><author>DrJBHL</author><comments>https://forums.joeuser.com/534233</comments><description><![CDATA[There&rsquo;s a new browser concept in town: How it can help you to concentrate, work, and de-stress. Opera conducted a survey and found:    58% of participants said they sometimes feel overwhelmed or stressed while browsing the web.    83% of all respondents said they would like it if their web browser made them feel better as they went about their day.    70% of respondents said that browsing the web on their computer (laptop or PC) is less distracting than browsing on their phone.    ...]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.joeuser.com/534233</guid><link>https://forums.joeuser.com/534233</link><pubDate>Tue, 04 Feb 2025 12:40:22 PM -0500</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2025-02-04T09:40:22</pubDateParsed><title>Opera Air</title></item><item><author>DrJBHL</author><comments>https://forums.joeuser.com/534223</comments><description><![CDATA[So, hands high...who knew Microsoft Defender had a VPN included? Well, whether you knew or not, you only have another 24 days to use it before they remove it.  In fact, it&rsquo;s only because they&rsquo;re removing it that I found an article telling me I had it!  So, why are they removing it? My guess is as good as yours, but it might be because folks weren&rsquo;t using it...d&rsquo;oh...of course they weren&rsquo;t: No one knew it was there and MS never bothered to tell us!  Btw, VPNs a...]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.joeuser.com/534223</guid><link>https://forums.joeuser.com/534223</link><pubDate>Tue, 04 Feb 2025 3:41:02 AM -0500</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2025-02-04T03:41:02-05:00</pubDateParsed><title>Windows Defender has a VPN...but not for long</title></item><item><author>pelaird</author><comments>https://forums.joeuser.com/534208</comments><description><![CDATA[I have been running the Windows 11 Pro (Beta Channel) OS for about a year now without any issue. I made the choice to run this version instead of the Current Channel to&nbsp;avoid Microsoft trying to automatically update my system to 24H2. It has been great because it's very stable and MS has been backporting 24H2 features to the Beta Channel once they have been stabilized.  Last week, Microsoft has started nagging me to update to 24H2 - 26120.3073. I'm not sure why they want me to upgrade fro...]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.joeuser.com/534208</guid><link>https://forums.joeuser.com/534208</link><pubDate>Mon, 03 Feb 2025 2:10:01 PM -0500</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2025-02-03T14:10:01-05:00</pubDateParsed><title>Windows Update</title></item><item><author>cbarnstdk</author><comments>https://forums.joeuser.com/534170</comments><description><![CDATA[I'm a long time Start11 user, currently running version 2.51 on Windows 11 Pro 24H2 (and happy to say I'm not noticing any problems at the moment with either Start 11 or 24H2).&nbsp; I'm on a two-monitor system.&nbsp; One thing that has always bothered me is that when opening a program from the start menu, they seem to primarily open on the main monitor; some will open on whatever monitor they were last run on which might be internal behavior to those programs.&nbsp; What I'd&nbsp; prefer  is th...]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.joeuser.com/534170</guid><link>https://forums.joeuser.com/534170</link><pubDate>Sun, 02 Feb 2025 9:21:00 AM -0500</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2025-02-02T09:21:00-05:00</pubDateParsed><title>Start11 multi-monitor question (or possibly feature request)</title></item><item><author>pelaird</author><comments>https://forums.joeuser.com/531159</comments><description><![CDATA[In my opinion, Windows 24H2 doesn't really offer anything that would improve my computing experience, nor does it add new features that I would actually use. I will be sticking with 23H2 for the foreseeable future.  Please add your opinions on Windows 24H2, and if you have installed 24H2, share your personal experiences. It will be interesting to see what different experiences the Stardock community have with 24H2. Also, discuss how it has effected your use of Stardock software.  Thanks,  ...]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.joeuser.com/531159</guid><link>https://forums.joeuser.com/531159</link><pubDate>Sat, 01 Feb 2025 6:51:36 AM -0500</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2025-02-01T06:51:36-05:00</pubDateParsed><title>Open Discussion for Opinions on Windows 24H2</title></item><item><author>bernie8</author><comments>https://forums.joeuser.com/532043</comments><description><![CDATA[I have a Windows 10 PC that I am planning to update to Windows 11.&nbsp; I am using Start11 to customize this PC.&nbsp; I'd like to think that after I upgrade from Windows 10 to Windows 11 I don't need to change anything and all my Start11 customization will remain as is.&nbsp; Is this true, or are there things I need to do (other than backup my Start11 settings before the upgrade)?  ]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.joeuser.com/532043</guid><link>https://forums.joeuser.com/532043</link><pubDate>Wed, 29 Jan 2025 2:35:01 PM -0500</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2025-01-29T14:35:01-05:00</pubDateParsed><title>What happens to my Start11 settings when I upgrade a PC from Windows 10 to 11?</title></item><item><author>pelaird</author><comments>https://forums.joeuser.com/531878</comments><description><![CDATA[ It's About Time!   Microsoft finally announced a Windows 10 support extension program today. Thirty dollars provide one year of fixes and security updates for Windows 10.  "It is worth noting that the Extended Security Updates program only grants access to security patches and fixes, so do not expect new features and major changes during that period."  &nbsp;  ]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.joeuser.com/531878</guid><link>https://forums.joeuser.com/531878</link><pubDate>Sun, 19 Jan 2025 6:22:26 PM -0500</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2025-01-19T18:22:26-05:00</pubDateParsed><title>Microsoft Finally Announces Windows 10 Support Extension Program for Consumers</title></item></channel></rss>