Windows 10: How to gain control

Number one, I strongly suspect that Windows 10 FORCES me to take updates,
and I strongly suspect that this is either the root cause or contributing factor in recent crash and lockup to inescapable Preparing Automatic Repair" hanging screen.

Can't tell you version or build number, all keys and mouse totally unresponsive.

"help" thread to get me to boot isn't helping.
First of all, I want to preserve all my Data, not erase all and reinstall Win10.

Second, tools suggested for boot are confusing and complex.
I am using an old Win7 computer and need to create something on it that can be put
into a Win10 computer to make it boot normally again.

I'm very old, very stressed, very confused, and I only understand when NOTHING IS ASSUMED and every step is given in excruciating detail.

What I am asking is THIS thread is:

1. How do I FORCE Win7 and Win10 to allow me to always choose what a download, from anywhere, will be named, so that the name will make sense to ME;

2. How do I FORCE that downloads will NEVER go to any "default" location, but will instead first ASK me where I think they logically belong?

3. How do I prevent Microsoft EVIL such as FORCED update downloads, or spying or any of the pushy "Use Edge " and other garbage?

:)

 

audio auto gain control

Hi Ben,

Changing the microphone settings are one of the possible ways to resolve the issue. Let's check the sound settings thru Control Panel. Follow the steps below:

• Open Control Panel.
  
• Select Hardware and Sound.
  
• Click Sound.
  
• Go to Recording tab.
  
• Right-click your Microphone, then click Properties.
  
• Go to Advanced tab.
  
• Uncheck the Allow applications to take exclusive control of this device.
  

Get back to us with the outcome so we can help you out further.

 

Fan control for 4870X2 broken in 1.17

Fixed fan controls yes. Annoying profiles yes. Buggy code yes.

I'd rather just set it and forget it as the feature list of RBE suggested it was capable of doing.

 

volume control error

Hi Akash,

The issue with volume control could have happened due to the corrupted or outdated driver. To resolve your issue, we suggest that you follow the 2 methods below:

Method 1: Run the Audio Troubleshooter on the system.



Windows 10 has a built-in troubleshooter to check and fix issues with Sound. We would suggest you run this troubleshooter to check if the issue is with your Audio



Refer these steps:

• Press Windows key+X, select Control panel.
• Change the view as an option on the top right to Large icons.
• Click on troubleshooting and click on the view all option on the left panel
• Run the playing Audio troubleshooter

Method 2. Uninstall and reinstall the latest drivers from the manufacturer website.

Follow the steps to update the audio drivers:

• Press Windows key + X key and click Device Manager.
• Expand the Sound, Video and game controllers.
• Right-click on the Sound card and click on Uninstall.
• Install the latest audio driver from the manufacturer website.

Let us know the result for us to assist you further.