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#11

Windows News & Discussion / Re: Windows 11

Last post by zappaDPJ - Sep 03, 2026, 16:30:35

I've owned a couple of expensive Windows based laptops but if I'm honest they were a waste of money. Even after removing all the junk they both slowed to a crawl after a year or two of use.

I'd probably buy a Chromebook or even a Mac if I ever needed another laptop.

#12

Windows News & Discussion / Re: Windows 11

Last post by Simon - Sep 03, 2026, 13:07:32

I hate Windows 11.  Nearly every time I turn on my laptop, I have to wait ten minutes for a Windows Update to complete, then sometimes it will reboot several times before actually becoming functional.  Further to this, since 'upgrading' to Win 11, it's like wading through treacle trying to do anything when it eventually lets me.

#13

Windows News & Discussion / Re: Windows 11

Last post by Clive - Sep 03, 2026, 12:52:29

Lots of updates lately for win 11

#14

Windows News & Discussion / Re: Windows 11

Last post by zappaDPJ - Sep 03, 2026, 12:15:29

That was my intention but perhaps it's time to start thinking about care home costs

Having said that I did Google and the internet is awash with people having the same issue.

#15

Windows News & Discussion / Re: Windows 11

Last post by Simon - Sep 03, 2026, 09:21:32

I avoid clouds wherever possible.   

#16

Windows News & Discussion / Re: Windows 11

Last post by zappaDPJ - Sep 03, 2026, 01:38:38

OneDrive started issuing error messages at switch on saying it couldn't authenticate/sign me in or something similar. My attempt to get it to stfu (technical term) has been the cause of much hilarity /sarcasm.

It seems I inadvertently activated it and it moved multiple files including my email data files and even my desktop wallpaper to a onedrive folder. The fact that all my stuff is now living its best life in the cloud just waiting to be hacked is one issue but why did it not change the file paths within the applications when it chose to move everything?

So now half my stuff is up sh*t creak (another technical term) because it can't find the data files and there's also little blue circles and arrows and ticks getting applied to various icons that seem to be spreading like some kind of deadly parasite

Yours faithfully,

The founding member of the Ancient Order of Luddites

#17

IDNet Help / Re: How to block spam that say...

Last post by zappaDPJ - Aug 13, 2026, 12:56:46

I wish I could be more helpful but email management has never been my strong point which is probably why I get hundreds of spam messages every week.

The biggest issue I have is the majority of it is sent from temporary addresses on multiple domains so it doesn't seem possible to block although I did manage to block mail from the entire country of China with help from Simon.

#18

IDNet Help / Re: How to block spam that say...

Last post by john7 - Aug 13, 2026, 12:12:18

Yes I can't see anyway of blocking it. Support were useless as its clearly a problem for more customers than just us. You can't block IDnet or your self so clearly they can't just ignore the problem as people like my wife get very worried about it. But ignore it they do apeare to be doing

#19

IDNet Help / Re: How to block spam that say...

Last post by zappaDPJ - Aug 12, 2026, 21:56:27

I get a large amount of spam that purports to come from my own email address which is obviously spoofed and not blockable. It's annoying.

#20

IDNet Help / Re: How to block spam that say...

Last post by Simon - Aug 12, 2026, 18:30:04

I'm not sure if you're still with IDNet, John, but if so, if you log into the Customer Portal, scoll down to the Email settings, you'll find some configurable mail filters there.