This behaviour has just started – I was using the same mix of applications yesterday and haven’t (intentionally) updated them or installed anything new. The behaviour is that every time I switch focus to mintty (version 3.8.1) my audio gets muted. Switching to other applications doesn’t trigger this. System details: […]
Daily Archives: August 6, 2026
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The microphone and webcam on my Windows 11 PC recently stopped working. My sound settings say I need to allow access to the device in microphone privacy settings, but trying to open the microphone settings causes the settings app to crash. In fact, selecting any option under Settings > Privacy […]
I think I put the cart before the horse previously, so let me go with a new angle. How would one connect a wired (non-WiFi) server to Frontier’s installed setup? Do I need a separate router in this mix? Never dealt with Fibre before.
On Windows 10 LTSC, for months I have noticed explorer.exe will occasionally start using about 4% CPU, even when nothing is active. This becomes noticeable as it causes visible lagginess of any Explorer windows or shell view components in other applications – even typing text becomes noticeably laggy. Using Process […]
Windows now lets you choose where you save passkeys for Windows apps. This can be in Windows Hello (device-bound passkeys), or in Microsoft Edge / Microsoft Password Manager (synced using Microsoft Account). As of 2025-11-11, 1Password can be used to save passkeys for Windows apps. (Bitwarden also had an expired […]