Windows 10: AnyTech Revisited

I read the long thread about Anytech 365 from last year, and wondered if there's any new developments. I believe I may have talked to them when I called up about a question I had with IOBit, but I did not sign up for their services. In spite of that, I just received an email claiming to be an invoice for auto-renewal. One part of the email said that I had been billed for US$449.97, and yet further down it said "Invoice Amount: US$422.27." Naturally I did not open the attached invoice, and have no intention of paying it. This is obviously a scam. BUT... I do have questions. First, has i

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Replacing the default MS Paint with an older version (Revisited)

Art,

I was not suggesting using the Command prompt for the job you want to do.
Replacing the default MS Paint with an older version (Revisited)
Use File explorer then you'll be able to access the properties of that shortcut. I suggest copying it to your Desktop to do any alterations then copying it back afterwards [for which you'll be challenged to give Admin permission to proceed].

Denis

 

Revisit: no "must enter password" checkbox on netplwiz

I have two Win10 OS drives on my machine:

1. an upgrade version: Win7 to Win10 1909 to Win10 2004 on a SATA SSD
2. fresh install of Win10 21H1 on a virgin NVMe

netplwiz in the upgraded version shows the "must enter password" checkbox whilst the new install does not:



I've perused the various posts here dealing with issue including the the "foundation" tutorial:
Enable or Disable Passwordless Sign-in for Microsoft Accounts

I do not have a "Require Windows Hello sign-in" option:




I believe this is because I'm running a tower setup without a camera/fingerprint capability:




The above two screens are identical in both versions.

For the fresh install I did the "isolate target drive" approach with LAN/all non-target SATA ports disabled via BIOS. I also pre-formatted the target partition to get the single partition OS environment (I use Reflect).

The "passwordless logon" via the registry modification was also attempted:




I must have missed something since that is not working either.

I really like being able the hit the on button on my way to that first cup of coffee in the morning and having my environment ready to rock-n-roll by the time I return ...

Thanks in advance for your time & expertise in helping me sort this out.

 

Freeze on sleep in Win10

Paul, thanks. I spent several hours trying various suggestion and I think it's now working. I will keep your suggestion if I have to revisit the challenge.