Recent content by PSKiesling

Would be nice to have some sort of response on this, please.

Cats are going to tend to themselves for the most part. Training can help with the clawing if they go for your sofa/chair/other furniture. There's some special double-sided tape that you can put on stuff to stop them scratching on anything that isn't a designating scratching post. Getting...

I realize this is a PC-oriented forum, but I wanted a reliable way of getting some answers/advice. I am planning on ordering a PS5 when pre-orders open up so that I can play Bloodborne, Demon's Souls, and such. I'd have already gone for a PS4 Pro if the PS5 weren't coming out soon and if I...

I thought so. I did a restart to check my BIOS settings. I have the SATA mode set to AHCI. I'm running it in Legacy+UEFI rather than plain UEFI, but that's an MSI setting where the BIOS auto-detects if it's a Legacy or UEFI setup, so I'm not messing with that. I'm mainly glad the SSD didn't lock...

So, I'm pretty sure I have this issue solved already, but I wanted to get a little confirmation that it's working like it should. As from a previous thread, I'd created an installation disc with the Windows Media Creation tool. I did this since I was switching from my dying HDD to a new SSD...

There is another issue that could happen with this. Windows tends to be connected to the motherboard when you install it as a way for Microsoft to prevent people from passing around the same copy of the OS to everyone. So with you putting in a new mobo, you could end up with the OS installing...

Also, I do have a digital license. I checked and I guess I got confused with also have the product key that's on the box the USB stick is in.

Well, I decided to do that simply because whenever, if ever, I change the HDD to a new SSD it'll make installing 10 back on my computer a little easier than having to worry so much about the activation side of things. I'll probably still use my USB stick or use the media tool you linked me to.

I don't use a Microsoft account. I'd rather not give them more access than they already have and it's one less thing I have to deal with. I've never had a Microsoft account and I don't plan to get one.

Okay. Thank you very much. I appreciate your help with this.

One thing about that. I have a product key NOT a digital license and Microsoft seems to differentiate between the two and treats them quite differently.

Okay. I hope it will. I'm slightly skeptical that it will, but that's just because I don't entirely trust it to work as it should. That's due to the kinds of screwups I've encountered before. As to the post above about making my own DVD/USB for free, I don't entirely understand that. I have the...

I see. Thank you. I'm sorry for being so abrupt, but it was getting frustrating. Will I need to enter the product key during the process or should I select "I don't have a product key"? Should the OS recognize that it's the same computer and activate it automatically? I've had issues before when...

I have my external hard drive. I have one dedicated USB stick I use to back up a few personal things that I keep separate from the external so I don't have to connect that one all the time since it has everything I've ever had on a computer on it. The other spare USBs I have around do not have...

Yes, I know it doesn't take long since I've made installation DVDs for other operating systems many times before. That isn't the issue. I'm well acquainted with installing operating systems on desktops and laptops since I've played around with Linux distros. It's a monetary issue since I'd...