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Grogster Admin Group  Joined: 31/12/2012 Location: New ZealandPosts: 9966 |
RANT WARNING! - I need to vent built up steam... CLIENT #1: Can't logon to his email, no matter what. Went through all the motions, even changed the password. W11 flatly refuses to let him into his email. You CAN get into his email JUST FINE, using my cellphone and his email details, or on his wife's iPad using his email details. W11 refuses EVERY time, with the unhelpful message: "Something went wrong." - gee......real helpful message MS.  Still trying to work out what is going on here, but the work-around for now, is he just has to use his wife's iPad for his email. But the problem is definitely to do with W11 not liking the email website, or vice-versa. The fact you CAN easily logon to his email with other tech, means it is specific to W11 - probably some obscure security patch applied by one of the plethora of automatic updates. CLIENT #2: W11 won't boot - says it cannot connect to the network. Manually point W11 to the WiFi network, enter in the WiFi password, connection established, fails to boot. Reboot. Fails to boot with exact same network connection error. Reboot, enter advanced options, select newest restore-point, set that in motion. Restore completes successfully(W11 message to that effect) Reboot. Fails to boot saying it can't connect to the network. I WANT to be rid of W11 problems, but I am sorta stuck - as are most computer techs - with the fact that you CAN'T not support people with W11 problems, as more and more W11 machines come on-line. But I do hate W11 so.....    #2 will probably get upgraded to Linux Mint, which I officially now support people with, as to fix this W11 problem, probably would require a full system re-install of W11, and if you have to go that far, I normally just sell the client on the idea of moving to Linux. For everyday general-purpose use, Linux is perfect, if all you do is emails and browsing the web etc. Edited 2026-05-21 15:37 by Grogster Smoke makes things work. When the smoke gets out, it stops! |
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Bryan1 Guru  Joined: 22/02/2006 Location: AustraliaPosts: 2002 |
No win 11 here and with luck never to be visited  now Grog's my eldest Daughters boyfriend is a IT guru and lucky him scored a job with SA high school system I can point these problems to him and I'll be he says just get into the command prompt and this quick fix. So if you want me to ask him I just love giving him some thinking to do and it's a good excuse to get them around for a BBQ.  Regards Bryan |
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| Grogster Admin Group Joined: 31/12/2012 Location: New ZealandPosts: 9966 |
DO IT! Remind him that you can't even access the command-prompt at this point, you are locked into a continuios boot/reboot cycle, that none of the standard tools can fix. I already have this machine running happily on a Linux Mint USB. Am copying all the documents from the W11 install, and then I will have a certain about of satisfaction in WIPING this machine, and installing Linux where W11 used to be. Smoke makes things work. When the smoke gets out, it stops! |
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| Volhout Guru Joined: 05/03/2018 Location: NetherlandsPosts: 5885 |
Is bios setting for network boot enabled? Volhout PicomiteVGA PETSCII ROBOTS |
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| Grogster Admin Group Joined: 31/12/2012 Location: New ZealandPosts: 9966 |
No. Standard boot sequence - USB drives followed by "OS BOOTLOADER" No network boot selected anywhere in the boot-order. Smoke makes things work. When the smoke gets out, it stops! |
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