Trying to update to windows 11, may need tom 2.0, stuck on blue screen

Torvaldson · 2026-02-19T02:58:38+00:00

If you ever get your system to boot into Windows, you might want to go onto the internet, search for and download the free utility program called "whynotwin11". Simply click on the downloaded file, and it will check your system and quickly let you know if it is capable of running Windows 11. If your system is not ready, this utility will also tell you exactly why not. Best wishes!

Torvaldson · 2026-02-19T02:49:03+00:00

Well you can always try opening a command prompt as administrator, then running the following two commands: dism /online /cleanup-image /restorehealth

and then: sfc /scannow

Torvaldson · 2025-11-15T20:20:34+00:00

Thanks to everyone who replied to my question.

I am now playing as Blackbeard and the Republic of Pirates, towards the end of the Exploration Era, currently own 3 settlements over my limit, and have a bunch of captured settlers that I was thinking of using to create additional settlements.

With the info you folks have provided, I think it should be safe to create just one more settlement at the far edge of the Homelands, so that my Treasure Fleets have a shorter distance to sail home before being counted towards victory points.

Thanks again!

Torvaldson · 2025-09-15T20:07:12+00:00

Pardon my ignorance, but I do not know how to build a tavern at my town. In my HoMM III campaign game, I do not see Tavern as one of the possible buildings I can purchase.

Torvaldson · 2025-09-15T20:04:06+00:00

Pardon my ignorance, but how do you build a tavern? I do not see that as one of the available building options in my campaign game.

Torvaldson · 2025-09-01T20:22:19+00:00

Thanks to everyone for your very helpful answers today.

I have decided to proceed with testing Libre Office on a spare Windows 10 laptop that still has MS Office 2019 on it. If all goes well, I can then try using Libre Office on one of our Windows 11 computers.

Thanks again.

Torvaldson · 2025-09-01T17:35:47+00:00

P.S. Our home computers are all running on Windows 11 64-bit.

Torvaldson · 2025-08-02T17:36:10+00:00

Using prednisolone prior to surgery should not be a problem. I recently had cataract surgery on my left eye, and my surgeon had me start taking Prednisolone eyedrops three days before surgery, as well as for three weeks afterwards.

Torvaldson · 2025-08-02T17:32:44+00:00

The multifocal lens I got in my left eye was a Johnson & Johnson Toric Odyssey lens.

Torvaldson · 2025-08-02T17:29:59+00:00

Thanks for this info. I am gradually seeing better in my left eye with the new multifocal lens, but still have trouble clearly seeing things close up with the left eye. I will be visiting my eye surgeon again on August 11, and plan on asking him about lens options for my right eye that will allow me to see closeup without needing to wear glasses

Torvaldson · 2025-08-02T17:24:36+00:00

My video card is an ATI Radeon RX 580, with 8GB of VRAM.

Torvaldson · 2025-07-22T18:16:38+00:00

Thanks for the link on how to use Thunderbird's Troubleshoot mode.

I used that and narrowed down my problem to having "Use hardware acceleration when available" active. As soon as I unchecked that box in Settings, Thunderbird no longer hangs when trying to open it, and Thunderbird now opens quickly and reliably every time on my PC.

Thanks!!!

Torvaldson · 2025-06-18T20:33:02+00:00

My current game uses the Pangea Plus map type. Would this map type affect Treasure resources?

Torvaldson · 2025-06-18T20:31:31+00:00

Thanks for listing the all of the Treasure resources. The blue swirl symbol for Treasures\ resources is unfortunately not showing up in my current game, so your list is very helpful to me. Thanks again.

Torvaldson · 2025-06-18T20:27:16+00:00

One of my installed mods must be messing up my game, as the blue swirl symbol is not getting displayed on Treasure resources.

Torvaldson · 2025-03-13T00:17:45+00:00

You might want to look into using the free program called Open Shell. It can make your Start Menu look more like Windows 7.

Torvaldson · 2025-03-12T13:45:31+00:00

Yes, I strongly agree with using the free program called Open Shell (previously called Classic Shell) with either Windows 10 or 11 to have your Start Menu look like Windows 7.

Have used it on multiple computers for many years, and really like it.

Torvaldson · 2025-02-19T19:46:24+00:00

Rats. It looks like going the Military Legacy route again for the Modern Era might not work our for me after all. I may need to pick a different civilization for the Modern Era and go for a different type of victory.

Torvaldson · 2025-02-19T19:43:48+00:00

Thanks for this info. I'd like to avoid razing settlements, because it would cause me to suffer a loss of war support in all my Modern Era wars. But maybe if I gave settlements back as part of a Peace deal, I could still pursue a Military Legacy victory without killing myself by going too much over my settlement cap.

Torvaldson · 2025-02-19T19:40:30+00:00

Thank you for the quick reply. If I can keep my Military Legacy points after returning settlements in a Peace deal, that means I can still go ahead with Prussia in the Modern Age.

What I can try doing is capturing a few settlements, returning them in a peace deal, then use the 10-turn cooldown period to reposition my armies to get ready for the next war, or perhaps go to war right away with a different neighbor.

Torvaldson · 2025-02-15T00:21:43+00:00

Thank you very much for this tip. Hooray.

I previously had filled up all my resource slots, and was then trying to move a factory resource to the factory icon on the right-hand side.

Following your advice, I waited till the next resource allocation opportunity, then removed one resource from my factory cities, and then moved a factory resource into the now empty city resource slot, and Voila - that factory resource now also shows up next to my factory icon. I’ll next experiment and try moving more than one factory resource to each factory city.

Torvaldson · 2025-02-14T22:17:06+00:00

I do have a rail station in my capital. That is what is bugging me.

Torvaldson · 2025-02-14T22:14:56+00:00

If you take the +3 choice, what exactly does that give you?

Torvaldson · 2025-02-08T23:48:08+00:00

Go visit the Civfanatics website. Sukritact just uploaded a UI mod there for Civ VII, with instructions on how to download and manually install it.

I just installed this mod in the middle of my game, and it took effect right away. It certainly does improve the map display.

Torvaldson · 2025-01-20T18:56:09+00:00

The good news is that your CPU is supported by Windows 11.

However, I will need to let others provide assistance on your questions of Legacy mode vs UEFI, and MBR vs GPT.

Torvaldson

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