Windows 10
Windows 10 is a personal computer operating system developed and released by Microsoft as part of the Windows NT family of operating systems. It was officially unveiled in September 2014 following a brief demo at Build 2014. The first version of the operating system entered a public beta testing process in October 2014, leading up to its consumer release on July 29, 2015, and its release to volume licensing on August 1, 2015.
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Saved!I have a computer question for Husky. And nod too I guess.
On this laptop I never signed in bc it was all ready to use out of the box, rather than starting from a clean boot. According to the lock screen I am signed as "Dell" and there is no PIN, I can just click and begin using it. So I just use it like that.
My question is, should I sign in regardless? I was not planning to bc I can still do everything so who cares. In fact I actually like not being signed in. It feels like how Windows XP/7 did it. But I'll sign in if there is a serious downside or risk in not doing so that I am failing to conceive of. Lmk what you guys would do.-
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Saved!Husky WingEditing … If you're asking if you should connect a Microsoft account, I'd say don't do it. You probably don't need to set up a new local profile either, as the Dell account's already a local profile that you can rename or set a pin for if you ever wanted one.
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Saved!This laptop is ugly but runs much faster, and turns out it can run Arena. All I did was exit fullscreen mode and lower the resolution, and afterwards played multiple games and multiple best-2-of-3 matches without it crashing. Bummer.. I was looking forward to getting a used laptop for the third time (maybe a gaming laptop this time such as MSI) but it looks like I get to save money, oh well.
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Saved!Klem told me it is actually possible to factory reset a Windows laptop. So just now I search yt how to do it:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=8hNvGrtBwrw
For the record, does doing this remove your account too or no?-
Saved!Husky WingEditing … I'd be surprised if it didn't remove the account. Wouldn't be a factory reset, really.
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Saved!rockshard PhDEditing … The reset failed which isn't surprising given how slow the laptop is, in fact I would have been impressed if it had been able to pull it off. But I already moved all my roms to an external hdd and cleared my browser history. So I changed my sign in PIN to a really long one and was about to yeet the laptop to the sidewalk until I realized it still displays my first and last name on startup. Meh. Guess I'll try to get it recycled at a Staples or something. I wonder if Costco does it, that would be more convenient for me. -
Saved!rockshard PhDEditing … I was actually planning to yeet the laptop while it was still in the process of doing the reset without waiting to see if it will finish. Just as long as I know it started and hit the point of no return. But what ended up happening is the screen went black at some point while it was preparing the reset, so l press spacebar to see if anything happens and it just went back to Windows. The settings window was still open but the reset dialogue box was gone. I did see a DOS prompt window for like a second but then it went away. Weird.
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Saved!I just found the usb hard drive we got a million years ago. Seagate I think.
It uses mini usb. It's THAT OLD.
Also found a 8gb usb stick.
Can't wait to find out if they still work. xD If not then at least I have another mini usb for my PSPs.-
Saved!rockshard PhDEditing … the hdd seems to work. It had nothing on it, but i'm guessing it's because I specifically went out of my way to delete everything on it at one point.
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Saved!rockshard PhDEditing … Backed up all my roms, but my mouse was blinking red, so I should replace the battery before I start using the 2nd laptop.
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Saved!I started up the laptop again to check the stats
Windows 10 Home, 4GB ram, 2 Ghz, 421 GB storage
Those specs do not seem outright terrible. What does it take to make a laptop not slow? Does it just have to be not old/used?
I have another one that is Intel Core i5 5200 2.2GHZ
8GB Ram, 250GB SSD, Windows 11 Home
It runs MUCH BETTER. It crashes in the middle of a game whenever I run MTG Arena but I suppose any used laptop will do that. Would be nice if I can get one that runs it though..-
Saved!rockshard PhDEditing … My LG Gram was 16gb ram, 512gb SSD, 1.8Ghz. Seems to me like RAM is the most important factor.
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Saved!It takes like half hour for this laptop to start. x_x
I probably should buy a new laptop. Maybe even tonight. Why wait.-
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Saved!LizardTaroEditing … Half an hour doesn't sound healthy. Check your hardware (SSD or nah?), your software (bloatware or nah?) and your BIOS settings (maybe it's doing an extended RAM check / hard drive check before starting up?). -
Saved!rockshard PhDEditing … I got it used for under a hundred bucks, no doubt it was going to be slow, I'm surprised it runs at all actually. That said I do like the physicality of the laptop. It's completely black inside and out, all plastic, has sort of a matte finish. Very low profile design, almost no logos or stickers whatsoever. 15 inch I think. Lenovo ideapad. The charger is also not bulky at all, it's practically the same size as a third party Nintendo Switch Lite charger. I should try to get one identical to this but with better specs.
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Saved!LizardTaroEditing … Well, if it has a hard drive in it, replace it with a SSD. It shouldn't be too hard. I did it with my #HP Pavilion 11-E10SG (how do I "link" pages again on Favslist? I forgot!) and the performance of that thing has improved greatly!
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Saved!rockshard PhDEditing … I don't know enough about computers to feel confident that merely replacing the hard drive will solve the issue. But that might be a fun project. I'd have to look into it.
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Saved!NodleyEditing … It won't fix it Rukk. If you get an SSD you won't have enough RAM for today. I have 64GB RAM and right now I just quit everything but my antivirus to test it. All the things you want running like steam, VPN etc are stopped, and I'm still using 13% of my RAM just using a browser. If you only have 32GB, which is still a good amount, then you're over a quarter of your resources done before you try to do anything. Old laptops just need throwing away. There's a guy on Youtube who shows you how to build gaming PCs on a budget. You should try that route instead. RAM is dirt cheap and so are some components, and some give amazing results for the money. I'll try to see if I can find him again.
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Saved!rockshard PhDEditing … Yeah, plus even if I did replace the hdd it means I'd have to get another copy of Windows and install it. Not worth it.
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Saved!rockshard PhDEditing … I found a used one on ebay. 8gb ram, 256 ssd, 2.4 ghz. I'll think it over before deciding to buy it.
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Saved!rockshard PhDEditing … awww. only one usb port. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=qGy4IUdwMSE&pp=ygUSZGVsbCBsYXRpdHVkZSA3NDIw that's... yeah. not happening. Everything else about it looked so good. x_x
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Saved!LizardTaroEditing … My gaming PC still has 16GB of RAM, which is considered "adequate, but kinda low" in the year 2025. Crazy how my high-end PC built in 2016 is slowly turning into a potato. Though it's still fine for my needs these days. Optimizing your Windows goes a long way. A debloated Windows 10 LTSC 2021 runs totally fine on my Windows tablet and only uses 1.1GB RAM when idle. A non-debloated version easily chucks 1.5GB RAM (though it depends on how much RAM you have - the more RAM you have, the more RAM Windows takes).
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Saved!I dug up the desktop PC I used to use before I moved. It's the one I originally started making my Aladdin game in RPG Maker on. The computer has been in storage for years. Just now I plugged it in to see if it still works. It gives me a message saying Windows failed to start, and that hardware changes may be to blame. (What hardware changes?) It recommended I do something called system repair so I said yes. It's doing that now but it's taking a while.
What are my chances do you think? Is this computer fucked or naw?-
Saved!rockshard PhDEditing … Its saying system repair failed to fix the issue automatically. My only option is to shut down. It's also telling me that if I attached a device to this computer recently, such as a camera or portable music player, I should remove them and restart the computer. Well no shit, I have a monitor attached and it isn't the exact same monitor as before, but if I unplug it then how would I see anything.
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Saved!rockshard PhDEditing … Granted, I do have both a wifi dongle *and* a bluetooth dongle plugged in the USB ports. I suppose it wouldn't hurt to take them out and see if that works. Although they were there before..
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Saved!rockshard PhDEditing … Even after taking out the dongles, system repair still failed to fix the issue. It displays a log showing various error signatures, that are maybe a clue as to what is actually causing this. I'll take a snap using my phone.
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Saved!rockshard PhDEditing … I dunno if this is related to the issue, but I notice the monitor blinks on and off incessantly during bootup but stays on just fine in windows for the system repair and while on the dos screen prompt that tells me Windows failed to start normally. EDIT: It's probably unrelated. The monitor does that automatically whenever it isn't receiving a video signal.
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Saved!rockshard PhDEditing … Ok i give up. Took a photo using my phone at least. Question now is how to safely dispose of the PC. Its prolly got like.. crazy anounts of personal data on it. Mom was literally keeping her passwords on it an' everything. In a word file.
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Saved!rockshard PhDEditing … According to this reddit thread I can download something called Hirens and put it on a USB stick and it is able to solve some startup issues. According to replies, it actually works. "Download Hirens, it creates a bootable USB with a number of tools on it, including ones to fix startup issues. After you create the USB boot your PC from it. You may need to go into the BIOS and point it to the USB as the boot drive. Once Hirens has started you'll see a Windows desktop with a "Utilities" folder. Open it, look for the "Windows Recovery" folder. In it is Lazesoft's Windows Recovery. Run it and select the "One Click" option. That has fixed a number of boot issues for me when helping friends and family. I've used it maybe a dozen times, it hasn't failed me yet."
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Saved!rockshard PhDEditing … So I'll do that.. maybe next year. I'd need another computer to do it, which defeats the point of me trying to get this one to work. Dx
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Saved!LizardTaroEditing … If it's not starting up correctly, then the filesystem or the entire hard drive got corrupted, or a very important part of the hardware (maybe a RAM stick or the GPU) has died. It could also be that your boot configuration got lost because the motherboard's battery died, and you would have to set up certain options in the BIOS again. Maybe you used to boot Windows using legacy boot, but since all the BIOS options have reverted to standard, the compatibility support module (CSM) might have been deactivated, and therefor Windows can't boot.
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Saved!Would be good in my mind if it hadn't had one major flaw, beeing commonly not comparable with older programms. Got virus alerts then starting my PI related games and their tools partly didn't run overall. So i just gave my laptop away then asked...
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Saved!Should I get this? I wonder if I'll even use it much. Definitely a vanity buy.
https://m.youtube.com/shorts/MuWPGwiCIuI
The bad: Windows 11 despite it having no keyboard, a battery that probably sucks beyond belief, and it would set me back nearly $500 for a used one. I also probably would have no idea how to set up ps3 emulation let alone where to get the roms.
The good: I could always use a mouse w it? So it would be a laptop basically. I could always use it to play MtG Arena and might actually be worthwhile just for that if all else fails. Maybe even dabble in other mouse games like C&C4 and, what was it.. Frostpunk?
Plus I haven't owned a steam deck or any handheld pc, so if I get this then at least then I'd have a better idea of what they are like and their pros/cons. I'd have lived a full life. =P-
Saved!rockshard PhDEditing … yeah.. it's called Frostpunk. But the game seems like it would be unplayable on a small screen. That tiny text yo. What the hell.
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Saved!rockshard PhDEditing … I could also use it to print which my android phones can't do. So yeah, a laptop basically. =p
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Saved!rockshard PhDEditing … It's an awful idea to buy it. Imagine trying to install steam and buy a game w/o a keyoard or mouse plugged in. All just to be able to play it for 50 minutes before the battery runs out. ALSO. I just remembered that MtG Arena uses the space bar. (although maybe it shouldn't. I need to check the game settings and see if there's a way to map it to mouse right click or something. Bc what happens constantly is I finish my turn and fold my left arm only to have to undo it two seconds later bc my opponent does something. Why did I not think of changing the controls?)
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Saved!rockshard PhDEditing … If I knew for a fact it could run need for speed prostreet via rpcs3.. then I would reconsider. I see videos of folk emulating ps3 on the ally and the steam deck, and testing various games, but none with Prostreet. And these videos point out that some games don't work entirely.
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Saved!I just updated to W11.
It seems pretty good.-
Saved!SudertumEditing … My new pc has W11 too (old one had W7), so far no issues with getting older games to run. W10 on laptop was unsatiesfying in comparison, some files never got to run there. -
Saved!NodleyEditing … I've not used it much yet so I don't know if everything still works ok. It's pretty slick though, it seems noticeably faster than W10.
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