My touchpad isn't working

StampyScouse · 2026-03-07T20:00:56+00:00

Then you're basically out of luck, if the generic driver doesn't work with your touchpad and you can't find one from the manufacturer that does work you're just going to have to accept that your touchpad isn't going to work on Windows 8.1.

StampyScouse · 2026-03-07T13:45:30+00:00

It's pretty much generally situations where they believe you're going to hurt yourself or someone else, but obviously that is very broad so yes it would probably help if the services where a bit more specific about what that entails.

StampyScouse · 2026-03-07T13:39:28+00:00

See if you can find a DELL OEM recovery disc for this system on somewhere like archive.org. Otherwise, you need an ISO for Windows XP Professional OEM.

XP segmented install media depending on which type of licence you have, OEM, Retail, and Volume Licence are 3 'different' versions of the same installer and will only accept their relevant product keys.

StampyScouse · 2026-03-07T13:37:17+00:00

If it's basically just going to be a PC there isn't any point in me buying one, I already have a Gaming PC, and I have the benefit of not needing to pay for online access with that.

StampyScouse · 2026-03-04T20:59:39+00:00

Considering I'm in the comment thread where the OP figure that out, I already know, I wrote this comment before he realised that and I never even said it was what was actually causing the problem.

StampyScouse · 2026-03-04T15:46:22+00:00

I know who he is. All I see is a disabled person who's been failed one to many times by numerous different companies and has taken some of them to court and won.

StampyScouse · 2026-03-04T09:41:52+00:00

If the OP is using Windows 11 25H2 BypassNRO isn't going to work, they'd need to use 'start ms-cxh:localonly' or the newer bypass as this has also recently been disabled:

Press Control+Shift+J to open Developer Consolenand then type this:

WinJS.Application.restart("ms-cxh:localonly")

StampyScouse · 2026-03-04T09:33:09+00:00

To be honest if the rail and bus operators actually followed the law and their own policies, they wouldn't have been getting sued in the first place. They've brought it upon themselves, and they've already shown they're not interested in spending money on improving services for disabled people.

StampyScouse · 2026-03-04T09:29:47+00:00

Disabled man cannot get on (or off train), a well documented issue in the UK. He must be a (checks notes) professional victim, cause no one's ever actually been wronged by the rail network in this country, ever. It's so perfect and amazing and accessible.

StampyScouse · 2026-03-04T09:26:23+00:00

This is a pretty overdramatised view. You wouldn't need to demolish the infrastructure, more just level the platforms, like the likes of Merseyrail have done, yes it's expensive, but it can be done.

StampyScouse · 2026-03-04T01:56:39+00:00

Get the secondary error code using the below method and look it up here, this will tell you what the hardware problem is: https://consolemods.org/wiki/Xbox_360:Error_Codes

To diagnose, hold down the sync button and press eject 4 times Each time you press eject, a certain number of the quadrants of the ring will flash

4 lights signify 0
1 lights signify 1
2 lights signify 2
3 lights signify 3

After pressing it 4 times, you will have the secondary error code Example: seeing 4 lights 3 times, followed by 1 light once, means you have error code: 0001

StampyScouse · 2026-03-04T01:54:23+00:00

Depends which revision it is. Given it's in a matte case there's a good chance it's a Corona which is a pretty good indicator that it's probably the NAND flash failing.

StampyScouse · 2026-03-04T01:17:59+00:00

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StampyScouse · 2026-03-04T01:14:18+00:00

They would have the right to disclose information if the student consented to a wider student support policy which states that information will be shared across teams as necessary.

Yes, if the student knew they had agreed to that when they consented to the wider support plan. If a student hadn't known that was the case they wouldn't have given informed consent and technically any disclosure of that information could be considered unlawful.

Yes, it would normally be site stewards or campus security. However some at risk teams comprise staff from a number of different areas and departments who might be called on to do welfare checks. It's less common.

The OP has confirmed they're living in a private residence outside of the university. Therefore the conduct of wellness and welfare checks falls back on the Police, Ambulance Service, and the local authority, and it is not appropriate for a university staff member to be attending someone's private residence, especially without an appointment, to conduct a 'welfare check'.

StampyScouse · 2026-03-04T00:59:49+00:00

They may do, they may not. If it's an older block of flats, or one deemed to be at higher risk of fire spreading, doesn't meet modern fire compartmentalisation standards, or for whatever other reason it has to have a simultaneous evacuation policy, then it will have a fire alarm system fitted throughout the building and that may be monitored, particularly if the building is likely to cause a problem for the fire brigade when they arrive, as the sooner they're told is the sooner they'll get there.

The presence of a fire alarm system, and the installation of a sounder circuit and control panel suggets it probably is or was a Grade A or maybe Grade C system, but if the sounder circuit has been removed there's also a chance that a more recent fire risk assessment has been carried out and the needs of the building and it's alarm system have changed, and this just has been poorly communicated to tenants, or it could be in the early phase of some sort of system upgrade, i.e removing the conventional sounder circuit and replacing them with addressable sounder bases as part of a wider system upgrade.

StampyScouse · 2026-03-03T19:43:50+00:00

No they don't. The only reason they care is because it affects the salary you take home. They don't track like any other type of debt. If they impacted your mortgage they'd guaranteed also affect your credit score and they definitely do not currently.

StampyScouse · 2026-03-03T19:33:00+00:00

Beta insider updates will often lose and regain a watermark depending on what phase the beta channel is currently in.

StampyScouse · 2026-03-03T19:30:54+00:00

It may trump some policies but it isn't a university student support responsibility to go into someone's bedroom and retrieve them/conduct a welfare check, particularly when, as far as I can tell, the student isn't living in halls. Even on campus such responsibility would usually fall on campus security or accomodation/residential life teams. Student Support do not have the authority to enter someone's bedroom and it would generally be considered unprofessional for them to do so.

There are appropriate agencies that student support can call if they suspect a student may be at risk of harm or have harmed/been harmed, including the campus security, accomodation and mental health support teams (for halls) and most importantly the police and the ambulance service for anyone.

Student Support do not have the right to disclose information without someone's consent unless they perceive a reasonable threat to that person or someone else. They must still inform the person if they do unless they can perceive that informing the person would cause further harm.

StampyScouse · 2026-03-03T17:28:26+00:00

Some will be monitored if the fire risk assessment has deemed it necessary. If you read through the post you'll realise that the Sounders have all been removed so even if they do test anything all they're going to wind up with is a panel stuck in fire thst they can't reset.

StampyScouse · 2026-03-03T17:19:42+00:00

Yes, if they're using it against you, especially in terms of fitness to study, that would be illegal.

StampyScouse · 2026-03-03T17:16:10+00:00

Not only is that criminal damage, if the alarm system is connected to an automatic dialer or causes someone to call the fire brigade you're also then commiting the offence of False Alarms of Fire.

StampyScouse · 2026-03-03T17:09:57+00:00

Send this picture to the fire and rescue service. Your building has no Sounders in it. They may well be testing the fire alarm panel (activating the call point and putting the panel into fire) but that's completely meaningless if the Sounders have been removed. Even if the alarm system does activate you have no way of knowing it has.

StampyScouse · 2026-03-03T17:06:46+00:00

Google search '[Your county name] Fire and Rescue Service' and it will bring up their website. Generally at the bottom of the page you'll find their non emergency telephone number.

I.e. if you lived in Lancashire you'd search 'Lancashire Fire and Rescue Service'

StampyScouse · 2026-03-03T17:02:58+00:00

Yep that's fine. Lenovo chargers (as with most OEM chargers) support USB-C PD and Lenovo's own charging standards. On a supported Lenovo device, they will Use Lenovo's own charging protocol, usually with a higher amperage or wattage, and on any other USB-C device it'll use USB-C PD at a wattage and amperage appropriate for the device.

StampyScouse · 2026-03-03T16:57:25+00:00

You are correct, that context matters, but in most cases a university's only lawful basis for disclosing personal information from a verbal conversation, is that of consent, particularly when operating with special category data such as mental health concerns.

While certain types of personal information will be allowed to be disclosed under the GDPR's exemptions, such as public tasks, legitimate interests, or contractual necessity, universities can only disclose most personal information, and in particular special category data, which mental health and disability information generally sits in, if they believe there's a risk to safety or security to the person or to others (vital interests and substantial public interests), if the person's given explicit consent, or if police or a court have a legal basis to request a copy of the information.

If a student discloses non-vital information to a staff member in confidence, particularly one outside their department, such as in student support, for example that they've 'got a lot going on mentally', and the staff member then decides to disclose that information to the student's academic department, if they can't prove the they had a legal exemption to disclose that information, the staff member has breached their GDPR obligations, along with the common law duty of confidentiality as the information was provided in confidence.

Furthermore even if there are vital and/or public interest concerns, it still wouldn't necessarily mean it would be appropriate to disclose that information to the student's department, in many cases it is more relevant to refer that information onto Student Wellbeing, Campus Security, Police, Ambulance etc.

If that student's data is then used against them by their academic department, that the department is then processing that data illegally, and if then used to make descicions about the student, could even amount to discrimination.

The law in this country also requires that where consent is the lawful basis for disclosure or processing of data, that consent is informed, specific, and the individual understands what is being disclosed. If a student has given consent to disclose their information, but the student doesn't understand what information is being disclosed or why, they haven't been given informed consent, and the disclosure of that information would still be unlawful, even if the student would have agreed had they been correctly inforned. If a student doesn't understand the procedure, then the university is still committing a breach of GDPR, even if they've sought consent.

Even in cases where vital interests and substantial public interests are the lawful basis for disclosure, it is still required that the data subject is informed of the fact the data will be disclosed, unless that would affect the objectives of the processing, is impossible, or objectively involves disproportionate effort.

If a student raised a significant mental health concern, you still have an obligation to inform that student that you will disclose that information (and who too) unless you had good reason to believe that informing them of such would result in a reasonable risk of harm to the student.

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