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They do tend to just accept things back with no arguments though, to be fair. I really only use them when I am in a hurry for something and even then I tend to prefer to order it online for collection rather than browse. Except the one time one saleswoman refused to sell me what I'd ordered...

Currys PCW are responsible. The consumer rights act makes it very, very, clear: https://www.which.co.uk/consumer-rights/advice/what-do-i-do-if-i-have-a-faulty-product I wouldn't want to wait around or take the chance that other things are wrong.

You are going to have to give PCS a call, or take it back to PC World. https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4339791

https://www.theregister.com/2020/07/24/intel_7nm_chip_slip/ Still over a year to two years away from mainstream production and possibly as much as three years before they really hit the shelves, in some cases!

It would be useful if there were an option in the configurator to specify that Linux would be installed - even though PCS don't support it etc, it would allow the option for things like secure boot to be disabled prior to being shipped. Unfortunately, there have been many posts here where...

Morning Rob Touch wood it was only a driver issue! DDU is well regarded - it's just a piece of software that removes all traces of the NVidia (also can handle Intel and AMD) GPU drivers. It's far more effective than just trying to use NVidia or Windows' own uninstallers (which I'm sure you...

You are more than welcome.

In high security environments, they are often still used because of things like the Rubber Ducky. This is a USB stick that has the firmware altered so that it's hardware ID makes it appear to the OS as a keyboard. Once plugged in and active, it can then be used to type in commands at a rate of...

I wouldn't move APPDATA, personally. In enterprise environments I've seen it cause a few issues.

It looks more hardware than driver related to me. DDU is worth a try. On the plus side that is Word 365 I see so make sure your docs are on OneDrive and at least if it comes to it, you can continue to work on them - even from a browser (even if the web apps are a bit lousy, they do work)

Sorry to hear that happened. You may want to get in touch with PCS directly though and explain the situation as they don't monitor the forums that frequently (and even less so lately with the backlog of work they're getting through). It's definitely worth them knowing so that they can work to...

Oh man. I am not being oversensitive. Go read back through the posts and you'll see he has a habit of snapping off passive-aggressive replies. Not just to me, either, though quite frequently. You'll also notice he tends not to discuss the argument but has a go at the person making it. On the...

It's always the other party in your eyes. We get it - PCS can do no wrong in your eyes when it comes to their BIOS approach. Others, that like to be treated like they own what they bought, do have an issue with it. But every time it's mentioned, you take it like a personal insult. Whatever...

Way back when, PCS refunded my fast build money because it took much longer than expected. From the notification it was happening (and worth noting I didn't even have to ask) it was in my account in a few days. Of course, there was no C19 going on back then. As Spyder rightly points out...

And there you are once again with not-so-passive aggression. First of all, I clearly did just that, as you can see from my use of words such as "... the manufacturer of my current laptop ..." At no point (again) did I say anything about not knowing it but as you tend to do with a lot of my...

Come on... these are meant to be family-friendly forums.

One odd limitation though, I've noticed. Despite it's close integration with Azure, it can't seemingly manage azure AD (only) joined workstations. Finds on-premise AD joined and hybrid-joined (as you'd' expect as they live in both worlds) but not Azure only. Seems an odd oversight.

I find PCS' approach to things like this baffling. I don't know anyone who has permanently bricked a device from a failed BIOS update for close to twenty five years - when the BIOS manufacturers started to put recovery code into read-only areas of the chips (this was actually in response to a...

It's an excellent tool. For servers, it's been around for just over two years, and it's a brilliant tool for businesses that can't or won't buy config manager and ops manager.

https://www.winhelponline.com/blog/task-manager-unknown-program-startup-entry-fix/