Firefox is probably set to start up automatically on login. From a bit of googling I found this.Raphael wrote: ↑Sat Mar 01, 2025 12:49 pm My Mom is using Windows 11 on her laptop, and for quite a while now, if I understand her correctly, every time she is finished with booting, her browser (Firefox) starts on its own, even when she's not interested in using it. Any ideas on what might be causing this, and how to stop it?
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Oh, thank you!Travis B. wrote: ↑Sat Mar 01, 2025 1:06 pmFirefox is probably set to start up automatically on login. From a bit of googling I found this.Raphael wrote: ↑Sat Mar 01, 2025 12:49 pm My Mom is using Windows 11 on her laptop, and for quite a while now, if I understand her correctly, every time she is finished with booting, her browser (Firefox) starts on its own, even when she's not interested in using it. Any ideas on what might be causing this, and how to stop it?
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I just got an email with a pdf attachment where the email itself contained a helpful link to where I could download Acrobat Reader if I wanted to read the pdf.
Huh. I remember links like that were quite common in emails and on websites related to pdfs 15 to 20 years ago, but they had gotten a lot rarer recently. Kind of like a blast from the past.
Huh. I remember links like that were quite common in emails and on websites related to pdfs 15 to 20 years ago, but they had gotten a lot rarer recently. Kind of like a blast from the past.
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Why do I hear very, very quiet, almost inaudible, sounds coming from my computer when I move my mouse around? I have an SSD. Shouldn't that only happen with HDDs?
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Maybe that's the fan on your computer changing speed with changes in processor load (and thus heat generation)?
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I believe it’s related to power mode switching, actually. (I don’t understand the details but that was what I gathered when I looked it up.)
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When I replaced the stock heatsink and fan on my CPU with a larger heatsink and more efficient fan, I was surprised by how much of a difference it made. My CPU is significantly cooler, and noticeably quieter. So yes, a CPU fan really can be that loud.
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Not really fun and actually rather boring fact: For somewhat complicated reasons, earlier this week, I copied as many of my personal files as possible into one large directory somewhere on my pc, with no subdirectories whatsoever. Most of the personal documents, and all of the music files, other sound files, video files, and pictures. Turns out those are 2205 files with a total size of about 288 or 289 gb.