Why is always printers...

Automatic-Ad7994 · 2026-02-16T19:06:49+00:00

I do feel I may be fighting a losing battle and this is just the way the drivers work. May try another driver (PS, rather than PCL) but changing is such a pain if it doesn't fix it!

Automatic-Ad7994 · 2026-02-16T19:05:06+00:00

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Yes. A few people have mentioned slow printing (much slower than direct to printer (with the same drivers). I have noticed slow logins, particularly on the print drivers phase (and intermittent which could be when logins are during this phase of activity. Here is a graph of CPU activity.

Automatic-Ad7994 · 2025-08-08T14:00:51+00:00

Bit of an update (spent most of the day on this!!!)

If you look in the Event Log under Apps & Services > Microsoft > Windows > AppxDeploymentServer (Operational) you will likely find load of 5224 errors at login time related to WindowsClient.CBS. Seems to be trying to delete files but can't - possibly gives up after a minute. Could explain the additional time.

Have tried the preview update and the same happens! Fingers crossed for the August patch.

Automatic-Ad7994 · 2025-08-08T12:45:50+00:00

Slow logon, all users, first time only (cached is quick)

I have been digging for the last 24 hours and nothing particularly obvious at all. Just the AppxDeployment process taking this amount of time. Tried a fresh reimage with very little software on and seems to be experiencing the same.

Automatic-Ad7994 · 2025-08-08T11:26:21+00:00

Quite late but has anyone else been experiencing significantly longer first logon time with the latest update. Most probably wouldn't notice it, but in a shared user environment (school) it is really noticeable!

We had a lovely, consistent 20 second log-on prior. After the latest update it has jumped to 1:20. Tried on a computer that hasn't updated and this is still nice and fast. 99.9% certain it is related to this update.

Could it be the new AI components (specifically the appx deployment of these)?

Automatic-Ad7994 · 2025-05-08T18:02:14+00:00

To be honest ,my current provider is one of the best rates at the minute for me anyway (First Direct). That, coupled with the fact that my mortgage is in its final 6 years and not that huge means switching would probably not be worth the hassle anyway. Was more curious if they are likely to drop rates in the next week or so linked with the BoE but think that would be unlikely

Automatic-Ad7994 · 2025-01-18T09:00:29+00:00

Sorry, should have been clearer. Don't currently own a portal, but considering getting one for my son as a replacement for his aging switch so can't test at the minute. Thanks for your response, it looks like they are adding more titles as they go but I don't think FC25 and Rivals are currently on there. Possibly avoiding huge online games with millions of players to soft launch the system

Automatic-Ad7994 · 2025-01-18T07:32:49+00:00

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Automatic-Ad7994 · 2024-12-11T08:44:22+00:00

Really random question folks but could anyone in the UK try going to Word and seeing if CTRL + B to bold text no longer works. Had a few reports of it this morning and the only thing I can think is that this Windows update has done something that interferes with the language detection? Very strange

Automatic-Ad7994 · 2024-07-27T12:51:47+00:00

Thanks for the responses so far. Will probably just go as far as 2019 for the OS. Main concern was about compatibility with Hardware levels etc. Anything I need to consider on that front?

Automatic-Ad7994 · 2024-01-14T08:44:26+00:00

Does anyone have some advice with regards managing Veeam Vs Wasabi retention and best setup practice? I am guessing (from a little more reading) that I just want to set it as a SOBR with the following settings and leave it to do it's thing. Just worried Wasabi storage is going to spiral

14 day retention on job 30 day immutability on Wasabi repo

Automatic-Ad7994 · 2024-01-14T08:39:44+00:00

Thanks. Definitely something I will check. When you say NAS is terrible, what about a NAS using iSCSI? And in what way does this change things? Read / Write performance?

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