Windows 10: Lost access, very strange problems ?

Lost access, very strange problems ?


Earlier today I connected up a storage drive to my PC to do some house keeping and clear out loads of unwanted and duplicated stuff. It's a mechanical drive and not a SSD.
But !
Somewhere along the line I lost access to the folders on my desktop.
My Computer, Network, various folders and short cuts and Flash Drives were all unobtainable ?
I was even unable to gain access to the folder with my password to come here and get help.
When I click on any of the above options, I get a quick flash of black screen and then back to the desktop with nothing opening.


My system uses two monitors configured for extended desktop.
So, I decided to connect up my old computer to gain access to these forums. This meant disconnecting one of my monitors so that it could be plugged into the old machine. By force of habit I clicked on one of the folders of the desktop that was giving problems and it opened !!


For some reason or another if I connect up the second monitor again, I am once again unable to open anything as already described. I have been using these two monitors for some time, and when connected to the old machine the second monitor works just fine. In fact both monitors are working just fine.


Can anyone help ?

*Confused Just to check if the fault is hardware or software, I connected both monitors up to my old Windows 7 PC and everything performed as usual, exactly as it should do
I connected the two monitors back up to my Windows 10 PC and the problem was right back again ?!?!

SITUATION SORTED - GONE BACK TO WIN 7 !



:)

 

Very very strange dictionary problems

I guess this is my "maiden" post here !!



There is an elderly lady in her 70's who lives in the same building as me.

The woman is wheelchair bound. Long story short, while she was on her way to the shop, some piece of trash stole her phone from her.

I had a couple of spare phones. One of which was a 6303i Classic.

She loves it, as it is simple, has a decent size display, and most importantly, the keys are spaced apart from each other.



She loves doing crossword puzzles, so I tried installed a dictionary for her.

For some reason when the application opens, it appears to load correctly, but there is no cursor visible on the screen. Obviously one needs the cursor in order to place it in the "search box" of the application, and then start entering the word one is looking
for.

So for example, say one is searching for the meaning of a word - say the word is "hat".

One presses the "h" key (bearing in mind there is no cursor visible & thus you are unable to type the word in the serch box) the words beginning with the letter "h" start appearing.

Then you enter the letter "a", and so words beginning with the letters "h" & "a" start to appear.

However, without the use of the search box, one has no idea (or record) as to what letters one has already entered.



I have tried 3 different dictionary applications on this phone, all have the same problem.

I load the identical applications onto an ancient and battered 6300 I had lying in a drawer, and all the dictionary applications work as they should. One can move the cursor into the search box, and the letters one enters, appear in the search box as they
should do.



The 6303i Classic I gave to her was unused & brand new. It is stock standard with no 3rd party applications at all and functions flawlessly in every area. The problem is related to dictionary applications only.

What puzzles me, is that the same dictionary apps all work perfectly on the old battered 6300.

The firmware version on her phone is:

V 09.83

21-09-10

RM-638



On the old trashed 6300, the version is:

V 07.21

05-11-08

RM-217



I have attached a screenshot of a similar application which displays the application, with text entered into the search box (the way it is supposed to work).

Any assistance would be appreciated in helping solve this issue for this poor woman



dictionary screenshot.jpg

 

Very very strange dictionary problems

Ok, so I assume nobody here has a clue how to sort this problem

Does anyone here know where else I could try ?