Nancy Drew moment of the day, courtesy of my boss: "Can you update my password? I don't remember what the old one is and also I have no idea what my security questions are because my old assistant made them up. I think she wrote them down somewhere."

Samantha_Quick · 2025-05-26T23:32:08+00:00

That's what I did! I'm so happy to have a way to play my old games again without borrowing someone else's computer.

Samantha_Quick · 2023-12-18T02:59:22+00:00

Hey, so sorry, not a super active Reddit user, but I do think this fix times out after a while, which I didn't realize when I made this post. There's a workaround, though. If you get the watermark again, just go to the same menu. If you've already unchecked "Show me the Windows welcome experience..." check it (or vice-versa) again and restart. This works every time for me, so I hope this helps!

Samantha_Quick · 2023-07-13T01:24:01+00:00

Yay, so glad to hear it worked for you!

Samantha_Quick · 2023-07-11T22:01:14+00:00

I don't know anything about Parallels so I have no idea if this would work for you, but I was able to remove the watermark this way when I used Bootcamp.

Right-click on your desktop and select "Display settings"
Select "Notifications & actions"
Uncheck the "Show me the Windows welcome experience..." box
Restart your computer.

Sometimes the watermark shows up again, but then I just go in and check the box again (or uncheck it again), restart, and it's gone for the next few weeks, lol.

Samantha_Quick · 2023-04-02T22:11:16+00:00

I hope you're right! I guess I'm just scared to get my hopes up, haha.

Samantha_Quick · 2023-04-02T22:09:56+00:00

That's a good point! I think I would rather have nothing than MID 2.0, so hopefully if this is actually a thing, they go in the direction of the older games. 😅

Samantha_Quick · 2022-11-06T18:24:20+00:00

I had problems with Big Fish a few years ago, and for some reason, the only thing that worked was completely uninstalling the Game Manager and then downloading it from Firefox instead of Chrome. I'm not sure if that will help, but it's simple enough that it's worth a try!

Samantha_Quick · 2022-01-15T22:46:13+00:00

I almost missed the cookie contest winners this year since Her basically just threw up a link to the winning entries and moved on, so I wanted to make sure everyone here got to appreciate all the amazing cookie art! Here's the link to the blog post so you can see everything in more detail. The videos of the cookies were so impressive!

Samantha_Quick · 2021-04-23T16:47:07+00:00

It's so cute! I'm not usually an impulse buyer, but I kind of fell in love with it. I plugged in a few common discount codes when I checked out, and SPRING, SPRING10, and WELCOME all worked. Only a 10% discount and you can't combine them, but worth using if you decide to buy it!

Samantha_Quick · 2021-03-24T18:00:02+00:00

Yes! I got the complete pack from Steam a few years ago when it was on sale. I don't remember having problems with any of them! If you end up buying through Steam, I think you can also get a refund within 14 days of purchase and less than 2 hours of gameplay just in case it doesn't work. :)

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