Windows 10: Why are some applications creating second instances of themselves & can I change that?

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Second Instance of printer

What are you trying to accomplish?

In general, you can have multiple instances of the same printer, but how you go about doing this will depend on what you're trying to do. For example, I have two identical HP printers connected by wi-fi. The "Print" dialog thus permits me to select where
I want the output to go.

If you have one printer that is always connected to the same USB port, you should be able to create a second instance of the printer in Devices and Printers as follows:

1. Click "Add a printer" in Devices and Printers
2. Select "Add a local printer"
3. Select "Use an existing port"
4. In the drop-down list next to "Use an existing port," select the port to which the printer is already attached. For an HP printer, this is likely to be "DOT4_001" or similar, although it might be "Virtual USB xxx." If you're not sure, see the note below.
5. Click "Next"
6. Select the make (HP) and model of the printer from the "Install printer driver" dialog (perhaps you're doing this so one instance of the printer can use a different driver, such as a PostScript driver)
7. Make the appropriate choices on the next page and complete the Wizard

Note for step 4: If you need to confirm the port to which the printer currently is connected, right-click on the printer's icon in Devices and Printers and select "Printer properties" (NOT "Properties" or "Printing preferences"). Click the "Ports" tab.
The port to which the printer is connected will be checked and highlighted. You may have to click and drag on the faint vertical separator bar between "Port" and "Description" in the table's header row.

 

Edge Search Does Not Permit Change of Region


I got these suggestions from the Microsoft Community forum.No. 1 worked for me:

Thank you for posting the query on Microsoft Community. I am glad to assist you on this.
We have reproduce the issue here and we are able to access non-regional search for google using Microsoft Edge.
I would suggest you to try the below steps and check if it helps.
Step 1:
Clear browsing data option of Microsoft Edge and check if you face the issue. To do so perform the steps below.

1. Click on the More actions icon next to the feedback icon present on top right corner of the Project Spartan homepage.
2. Select Settings and click on Choose what to clear.
3. Check the boxes Browsing history, Cookies and saved website data and Cached data and files and click on Clear.

Step 2:
I suggest you to create a new user account and check if the issue occurs.

1. Go to Settings.
2. Choose Accounts and then select Family and other users.
3. Select add someone else on this PC.
4. Enter a user name and hit next.
5. Click on Finish.
6. Sign out from the current Account and Log into the new account.

Step 3:
It could also happen because of network issue. I suggest you to try with different network connection and check if it helps.

 

Overclocking / Undervolting guide for Vega 56 or 64?

Here's a quick laundry list:

List of software to use for overclocking and testing
Examples:
Wattman (and how to find and use it, like an overview, including profiles)
Unigine Valley or Heaven (use this for quick testing while changing settings in Wattman and checking for stability / artifacts) ...just suggesting this
How to monitor cores / mem speeds and temps during testing (I've seen screen overlays, and others using GPUz)

Step-by step overclocking in Wattman
Fan speeds
Power limit
Temp limit
Voltages
Core speeds
Memory speeds