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Does anyone know why the “BACK TO TOP” button in bottom right hand corner cannot be used as there is a mask across the bottom of screen?
There used to an X down there to clear the mask but I cannot see it now. Thanks
 
Lumpammer said:
Does anyone know why the “BACK TO TOP” button in bottom right hand corner cannot be used as there is a mask across the bottom of screen?
There used to an X down there to clear the mask but I cannot see it now. Thanks
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The arrow is behind the ad (mask) at the bottom for me also with no way to dismiss it.

If your keyboard has a home key it should do the same as the arrow.
 
Lumpammer said:
Does anyone know why the “BACK TO TOP” button in bottom right hand corner cannot be used as there is a mask across the bottom of screen?
There used to an X down there to clear the mask but I cannot see it now. Thanks
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You are running an adblocker or DuckDuckGo? Try a different browser or adblocker. I'm happy to scroll up the navigate. :cool: Try ghostery?
 
I’m not running adblocker or DuckDuck. I am using MS Edge on an ipad pro 5. The mask, if that’s what it is, si also covering over Contact Us, Terms and Rules, Privacy Policy and Help buttons. Last week there was an X button to remove the mask but not now.
I will log on to my laptop later thus evening and compare.
 
Lumpammer said:
I’m not running adblocker or DuckDuck. I am using MS Edge on an ipad pro 5. The mask, if that’s what it is, si also covering over Contact Us, Terms and Rules, Privacy Policy and Help buttons. Last week there was an X button to remove the mask but not now.
I will log on to my laptop later thus evening and compare.
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That's educational for me as I didn't know you could do that. I don't have a modern I Pad. It looks as if Edge blocks ads by default there. It was ported from Windows, so a relatively new development on Apple kit. You could try another browser like Safari? I get a mass of ads using Bing on Windows 11 Laptop and can tune out the ads on Apple Laptop.
 
Thanks but I have just solved the problem. The X button is now centre screen below the Google ad. It used to far right in the corner of the mask. In Safari it is in the corner of the ad. I am calling it a mask because I do not know the correct term.
 
Just had a load of rubbish from microsoft regarding the next update of W11:
We are entering a new era of AI, one that is fundamentally changing how we relate to and benefit from technology. With the convergence of chat interfaces and large language models you can now ask for what you want in natural language and the technology is smart enough to answer, create it or take action. At Microsoft, we think about this as having a copilot to help navigate any task. We have been building AI-powered copilots into our most used and loved products – making coding more efficient with GitHub, transforming productivity at work with Microsoft 365, redefining search with Bing and Edge and delivering contextual value that works across your apps and PC with Windows.
Today we take the next step to unify these capabilities into a single experience we call Microsoft Copilot, your everyday AI companion. Copilot will uniquely incorporate the context and intelligence of the web, your work data and what you are doing in the moment on your PC to provide better assistance – with your privacy and security at the forefront. It will be a simple and seamless experience, available in Windows 11, Microsoft 365, and in our web browser with Edge and Bing. It will work as an app or reveal itself when you need it with a right click. We will continue to add capabilities and connections to Copilot across to our most-used applications over time in service of our vision to have one experience that works across your whole life.
Sounds like it will be even more difficult to to find what you want, rather than what they think (or want) you to want.
 
oh crikey mike i got lost in the first paragraph :D so pleased i dont run on windows now..life is so much easier

lyn
 
Well, I'm not one bit impressed with Windows 11, I have had my new high spec PC for one week now and so far I would much prefer Win 10.
I find it slower to load from the days first startup, slower to turn off, most annoying is it's slower to open from sleep, which I use on and off all day long, and there are loads of comments regarding this all over the net
 
I've bought a new Eco Epson printer as my old one is about 20 years old and the inks are increasingly expensive. This one has refillable tanks. Epson claim that you can control it with an App. I'll see how it takes to a mix of Apple and Windows laptops a Windows desktop and our phones...
 
izzy eckerslike said:
Well, I'm not one bit impressed with Windows 11, I have had my new high spec PC for one week now and so far I would much prefer Win 10.
I find it slower to load from the days first startup, slower to turn off, most annoying is it's slower to open from sleep, which I use on and off all day long, and there are loads of comments regarding this all over the net
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I suspect these things are tested with a fast American internet connection with loads of capacity. Perhaps turn off the setting for peer sharing of Win updates if you've not done so already? My lad is a gamer and he found that his PC works best connected directly to the router with an old-fashioned wire...
 
Stokkie said:
I've bought a new Eco Epson printer as my old one is about 20 years old and the inks are increasingly expensive. This one has refillable tanks. Epson claim that you can control it with an App. I'll see how it takes to a mix of Apple and Windows laptops a Windows desktop and our phones...
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i was thinking of buying one let us know how you get on with yours...... there seems less and less ink in a new cartridge nowdays
 
Stokkie said:
I suspect these things are tested with a fast American internet connection with loads of capacity. Perhaps turn off the setting for peer sharing of Win updates if you've not done so already? My lad is a gamer and he found that his PC works best connected directly to the router with an old-fashioned wire...
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I was a gamer 30 years ago and I'm still a gamer still at 77 :cool: my new PC is a gaming machine, I always have my PC connected to the internet via an ethernet cable from the modem but that is usually done by gamers who play online which I don't anymore. I just turned off peer sharing as you suggested.
 
mw0njm. said:
i was thinking of buying one let us know how you get on with yours...... there seems less and less ink in a new cartridge nowdays
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65 ml per cartridge. Epson want me to subscribe 99p per month for ink. I bought a set of ink plus an extra two blacks to start with. It is an Epson ET 2830 and is quite light to carry. The black was darker on my old printer. It is fast, but doesn't seem to hold much paper. Three colours plus black.

I'm not sure if I want a dedicated photo printer. I've seen good work in black and white with split tones and my old printer did decent colour prints on photo paper. (Six inks including black).

Set up on a smart device - iPhone, then on a laptop. We have added printer to the network, so should all be able to share it. Ok, so far. The plastic body is flimsy, but ok for home use I guess.
 
izzy eckerslike said:
I was a gamer 30 years ago and I'm still a gamer still at 77 :cool: my new PC is a gaming machine, I always have my PC connected to the internet via an ethernet cable from the modem but that is usually done by gamers who play online which I don't anymore. I just turned off peer sharing as you suggested.
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Very cool, Izzy! I have a windows machine with Witcher 3 and Firewatch, but I haven't played much on Mac since Myst and Riven. My lad mostly plays on line with his mates. Interesting to see if the peer sharing switched off makes a difference.
 
Stokkie said:
Very cool, Izzy! I have a windows machine with Witcher 3 and Firewatch, but I haven't played much on Mac since Myst and Riven. My lad mostly plays on line with his mates. Interesting to see if the peer sharing switched off makes a difference.
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I loved the Witcher games, things have come on a lot since then and now we get photo realistic games, just like you are actually taking part in a film. Currently playing "Starfield" where there are actually 1000 planets and moons that can be landed on and explored to find alien flora and fauna and lost civilisations, space pirates and colonies etc.
 
izzy eckerslike said:
Well, I'm not one bit impressed with Windows 11, I have had my new high spec PC for one week now and so far I would much prefer Win 10.
I find it slower to load from the days first startup, slower to turn off, most annoying is it's slower to open from sleep, which I use on and off all day long, and there are loads of comments regarding this all over the net
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This surprises me Izzy as I am well impressed with W11. I have a mid-range Acer Laptop i5 processor at 1GHz, 8GB ram. 1st start 16 secs to log-in screen (local password) + 10 secs to full desktop. Recovery from sleep about 1 sec. You must be loading some pretty heavy stuff!
 
Hello John,
my spec is Intel Core i7 12700F, 16GB DDR4, 12GB NVIDIA RTX 4070 Graphix, 1TB M.2 Solidigm P41 Plus NVMe M.2 SSD

So you have about 26 seconds to desktop which is similar to mine and I disabled password etc. Win 10 loaded on my old PC (with SSD) in 15 seconds total. From sleep loads in 9 seconds, Win 10 was more or less instant. I'm not loading anything much at startup other than what came pre installed so no heavy stuff. Games can be 150Gb or more but they don't load anything at startup
 
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jukebox said:
This surprises me Izzy as I am well impressed with W11. I have a mid-range Acer Laptop i5 processor at 1GHz, 8GB ram. 1st start 16 secs to log-in screen (local password) + 10 secs to full desktop. Recovery from sleep about 1 sec. You must be loading some pretty heavy stuff!
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I have been running W11 for a little over a year up from W10 and I don’t find it any slower. I run most everything through Outlook and have added MS project and occasionally read Solid-works, it is differant, but certainly not slower.
 
Richard Dye said:
I have been running W11 for a little over a year up from W10 and I don’t find it any slower. I run most everything through Outlook and have added MS project and occasionally read Solid-works, it is differant, but certainly not slower.
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I'm not saying that Windows 11 itself is slow when running/installing stuff etc, it's just slower than Win10 at startup and sleep
 
izzy eckerslike said:
I'm not saying that Windows 11 itself is slow when running/installing stuff etc, it's just slower than Win10 at startup and sleep
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I think it's all relative! My W10 tower is now VERY slow so makes the laptop look like it's turbo-charged! The tower is i3-4170 CPU @ 3.70GHz with 8GB ram but was installed in 2020 and with all the messing about I do trying out different applications (and Microsoft's inability to keep the OS tidy) it's coming up to the time for a re-install. Bit of a drag that though.
 
When I save an image off BHF I can see the thumbnail in file explorer but the image will not open in Photos or Paintshop Pro. If I copy and paste directly from BHF into Paintshop Pro it works fine.
Any ideas,? any help is appreciated.
 
mikejee said:
Would it be something to do with Chrome ? See:
www.zdnet.com

How to get around Chrome's save-as-WebP image format issue

The Chrome browser now defaults to saving image files in the WebP format. Here's how you can convert images back to JPG or PNG without using an image editor.
www.zdnet.com www.zdnet.com
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I think that's probably it Mike, thanks but not having any luck with it. When I save an image off BHF it does have the jpg extension.
I'll manage with copy & paste until my son can have a look at it. I've only had this pc for 3 weeks and I think it's always the case that a new pc behaves very different to your existing on.
 
Anyone else blocked on youtube because i have an ad blocker, ( I don`t have an ad blocker ) so why am i blocked??
 
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