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How do I move my taskbar vertically to the left side of the screen in windows 11?

How do I move my taskbar vertically to the left side of the screen like in windows 7, 8 and 10?

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asked 2024-08-23T05:15:21.5066667+00:00
blu 30 Reputation points
commented 2025-07-15T14:33:09.1533333+00:00
Wendy Penfold 0 Reputation points
2 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

How do I disable the Cortana shortcut key?

I am on a Lenovo laptop. When I click Ctrl + Fn, it automatically pulls up the Cortana screen. This is very annoying because I need to use this all the time for Excel, which means I can't use a lot of Excel shortcuts. The problem is that there is no way…

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asked 2023-09-13T18:09:47.75+00:00
EN 25 Reputation points
answered 2025-07-15T14:15:05.09+00:00
Crescendo 0 Reputation points
3 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

How can i copy files from phone without changing timestaps

I want to copy my jepg file and files from my phone to laptop, i tried using robocopy but failed show that the source path doesn't exists, help me with it, how can i copy files from phone to laptop without change the time staps

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asked 2025-01-10T05:55:29.83+00:00
vishnu sai akhil gadi 20 Reputation points
commented 2025-07-15T02:42:47.54+00:00
Terry Mak 0 Reputation points
19 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Windows Update issue (failed to install) , 0x80070643

Dear All, kindly asking for help regarding Windows updates on our Windows 10 and Windows 11 computers , we have some computers not able to install monthly updates and stay on the retry state Error code is : 0x80070643 I have tried to fix Windows with…

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asked 2024-01-15T07:22:09.2933333+00:00
Ary Ahmed 170 Reputation points
commented 2025-07-14T23:17:32.54+00:00
Irfan Zafri Mohamad 0 Reputation points
2 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

PROTECTION HISTORY WON'T DELETE AT ALL

The protection history on my Windows 11 Pro will not delete, even after the 30 day default setting....I even set the delete days lower to 3 then to 1 and still nothing happens....I see where I can go in as the administrator and go through several steps…

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asked 2025-06-21T15:11:37.11+00:00
J N 20 Reputation points
commented 2025-07-14T11:39:20.4133333+00:00
Ramesh Srinivasan 1,166 Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
1 answer One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Removing Folder Redirection AFTER Transitioning to a Fully Remote Workforce

I have a client who has moved out of their office space and all the employees work exclusively from home.  They relocated their on-premises servers to a colo data center, but clients can only access the servers though a VPN connection.  There’s no office…

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asked 2023-08-25T17:50:11.97+00:00
MJL 40 Reputation points
commented 2025-07-13T15:47:50.26+00:00
MJL 40 Reputation points
3 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Can't access computer drive remotly via C$

Hi , I think I have a setting or a service in my environment causing the issue , so when I try to browse to \computername\C$ I get the following errors. Network Error Windows cannot access \computername\C$ check spelling ... Although I'm sure…

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asked 2020-11-13T18:49:27.06+00:00
Bonus12 1,126 Reputation points
commented 2025-07-13T12:49:35.2533333+00:00
Dan Clark 0 Reputation points
2 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Powershell -WhatIf parameter was ignored

I was exploring the outcome of a powershell command after seeing a question asked on the stackoverflow forum. Using -WhatIf parameter when the command was run was ignored by the console and it ran it through In the past we have used the -WhatIf…

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asked 2021-11-10T19:52:23.87+00:00
Johnny Mongstad 21 Reputation points
answered 2025-07-11T14:58:09.81+00:00
Dampc Mateusz 0 Reputation points
1 answer One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

How to install Cangjie (Chinese input method) in Windows 11

I follow the steps on the webpage https://www.asus.com/tw/support/faq/1044329/ to install Cangjie (Chinese input method) but fail. I can only find the Microsoft Quick input Method. Do you know the reason?

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asked 2024-06-30T14:57:15.19+00:00
BenTam 1,781 Reputation points
commented 2025-07-11T09:11:31.11+00:00
Carol Ma 0 Reputation points
3 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Why is paint 3d no longer gonna be available starting november 4th?

i want to know is why paint 3d is being discontinued

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asked 2024-08-09T04:30:53.5833333+00:00
CJ KLEIN 35 Reputation points
commented 2025-07-10T17:42:11.8+00:00
James Pirkle 0 Reputation points
3 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Task scheduler - Condition on time of day

I want to set a task to run on log on, but only if the time lies in a predefined range, e.g. between 08:00 and 20:00. Is there a way to do this with task scheduler? If not, what would be the recommended alternative? Interpose a powershell script and…

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asked 2021-05-04T11:46:14.723+00:00
Benjamin J 21 Reputation points
answered 2025-07-10T08:42:31.14+00:00
Ian Watkinson 0 Reputation points
3 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

"remote gateway server certificate has expired"

We have 5 users access a remote app from RDweb. All of them can access it without any issues just one user keeps getting the below error. Licensing server shows the license for the user expires only in March 2023. Appreciate your help.

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asked 2023-02-15T11:17:18.3866667+00:00
Sunith 81 Reputation points
answered 2025-07-09T23:09:06.93+00:00
Julia Konos 0 Reputation points
5 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

BSOD Minidump

Hi I was wondering if someone could help me read these minidump files. I have numerous BSOD since last Monday. Please assist. Dump files are located here: https://1drv.ms/u/s!AioE1cGHnMITgckCsjFuUdKL0ILc6w?e=UZsqwv

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asked 2022-10-26T07:55:05.547+00:00
Wynand Burger 21 Reputation points
accepted 2025-07-09T13:37:37.91+00:00
Wynand Burger 21 Reputation points
2 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

bluetooth is not connect and pair

My laptop didn't support bluetooth hardware and I got a bluetooth dongle, bluetooth was recognized and I even saw the available devices in the add device section, but it doesn't connect and it shows me the try again error. After about 20 seconds it says…

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asked 2024-03-23T21:26:42.5766667+00:00
Omid Mohammadi 20 Reputation points
commented 2025-07-09T01:45:02.2566667+00:00
shivam solanki 0 Reputation points
1 answer One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

How do I force the Copilot key to become a different, singular button?

Hello, I've tried to use the PowerToys Keyboard Manager to attempt rebinding the key to a different button like Right Ctrl, but because I use this button as a shortcut, some applications like Discord is unable to recognize the hotkey as Right Ctrl…

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asked 2025-06-25T01:45:48.1366667+00:00
Damstructions 20 Reputation points
accepted 2025-07-08T23:37:13.4+00:00
Damstructions 20 Reputation points
2 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Got a "clock watchdog timeout" blue screen? How do I fix and stop this from re-occuring?

Around and hour ago my laptop froze and I got a blue screen with the stop code "clock watchdog timeout". I didn't think it'd be a big deal until the percentage wouldn't move from 0%? It was stuck on 0% for 10-15 minutes while I was on my phone…

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asked 2024-04-09T01:10:53.5633333+00:00
Anna Rya 130 Reputation points
commented 2025-07-08T11:00:01.8833333+00:00
Hasan Atki 0 Reputation points
1 answer One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Excel spreadsheet "Earned Sick Time Earned" formula help needed

Hello, I am a beginner at Excel. I am trying to create a spreadsheet to track Sick Time Earned.  1 hour earned for 30 hours worked. I need help completing this spreadsheet. What formula can I use to automatically calculate for column G and H (sick time…

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asked 2025-02-17T15:50:42.9+00:00
Accounting 20 Reputation points
commented 2025-07-08T01:00:58.48+00:00
Barry Schwarz 3,746 Reputation points
3 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

There any free Serial port sniffer for monitoring COM port communication?

Is there any completely free serial port sniffer software available? I'm specifically looking for a tool similar to Electronic Team "COM Port Monitoring" or "Free Serial Analyzer." To clarify, I’m not asking about basic serial…

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asked 2024-10-09T23:25:24.7133333+00:00
Kerry Bills 61 Reputation points
answered 2025-07-06T20:27:15.8233333+00:00
Riccardo Alessi 0 Reputation points
3 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Windows 10 DISM Servicing Stack Error 0x800f0823

I am using DISM to update a Windows 10 image and I keep getting an error that it's unable to install the latest Cumulative Update (2021-05 Cumulative Update for Windows 10 Version 2004 for ARM64-based Systems (KB5003173)) where in the DISM log file it…

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asked 2021-05-25T03:18:39.843+00:00
Ted Clark 96 Reputation points
commented 2025-07-05T13:54:18.06+00:00
Tony Schwartz 0 Reputation points
1 answer One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Is there an AI agent which monitors and fixes Event Viewer issue entries in Windows OS regularly?

This is for Microsoft Internal Engineering. It's annoying to have a look to the Windows Event log from time to time and to do research and to fix issues in Administrative Events. Really, it costs time. I know I'm not alone with this. I do not…

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asked 2025-03-02T10:41:33.3733333+00:00
Daniel Casota 86 Reputation points
accepted 2025-07-04T13:03:03.4866667+00:00
Daniel Casota 86 Reputation points