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    How do I turn off the Copilot button on Windows 11 Home?

    I have an HP laptop on Windows 11 Home, version 24H2. A Copilot button showed up on the taskbar after an update and there is a Copilot key on the keyboard too...

    Windows laptopsSam T.
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    Blue screen after a driver update, how do I roll back?

    I fix this kind of thing for other people all day, and now I am stuck on my own laptop. Yesterday the maker's update utility offered a new graphics driver and...

    Windows laptopsRaul M.Answered
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    Laptop won't wake from sleep with the lid closed on a dock, what should I check?

    One of our staff works with her Windows laptop closed on a docking station, driving two monitors and a keyboard and mouse. At the end of the day she lets it go...

    Windows laptopsGrace O.Answered
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    Windows 11 update keeps failing at the same percentage, then rolls back

    I do helpdesk for a living and this one is beating me, which is embarrassing. It is my own Windows 11 laptop. The monthly cumulative update downloads fine...

    Windows laptopsRaul M.
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    Why won't my Windows laptop wake up from sleep?

    Usually one of three things: a device or driver that fails to resume, a setting such as Fast Startup or a wake permission interfering, or a pending update or...

    Windows laptopsMarcus HaleStaff answer
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