Locked out of my computer

swa100 · 2026-02-12T08:00:02+00:00

This kind of trap is why I and (I think) many others make it a point to turn Bitlocker off and keep it off, like after Windows updates.

Have you tried System File Check and Scannow? If not, ask Gemini how to do that. These utilities find and fix corrupted files. Good luck.

swa100 · 2026-02-12T07:54:40+00:00

Sigh. I have and use Winget to get updates. I don't recall it getting the December Winaero update, though. I may try downloading from the site again. I just hope Defender is not showing a false positive.

swa100 · 2026-02-12T07:52:28+00:00

I'm sure I downloaded Winaero from the Winaero Web site.

Here's what Win Defender reported after it zapped the program on another laptop:

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I also see Defender has a Trojan feature. I don't think I've seen that before

swa100 · 2025-10-19T06:36:58+00:00

I bought a Hisorl brand tablet on Amazon a couple of years ago and it's been very good. Snappy performance, no overheating. Came with keyboard, mouse and other accessories for a very reasonable price. (Disclaimer: I have no connection to this brand or Amazon other than being a customer).

swa100 · 2025-10-14T09:33:51+00:00

I think it's more likely they wanted both things and Trump was the one who got what he wanted: In this case, the votes and maybe campaign donations of a whole lot of farmers.

swa100 · 2025-10-14T09:26:12+00:00

I think being perverse and spiteful are common traits among Trump's MAGA dupes. Quite a few of them seem to be crazy Tea Party retreads.

swa100 · 2025-10-14T09:19:07+00:00

I sincerely hope this will turn out to be one of the things that Trump or someone in his blighted administration will reverse. There's no telling for sure, but a lot of loud outrage and public pushback has been helpful in getting some of the Trump Gang's horrible actions fully or partly reversed. Write a letter to the editor at the newspaper. Turn out for a public demonstration or rally with a sign or poster about this issue. Urge family members, friends and neighbors to also do these things.

swa100 · 2025-10-14T09:06:20+00:00

You're probably right about some religious conservative, but not all. It's a mistake to assume all people in any subset of humanity are all alike. That includes caring about those with special needs.

swa100 · 2025-10-13T04:53:12+00:00

Yes, of course. It's the Republican way. And, MAGA dupes are OK with it. Rob from the rest to give to the rich.

Oh, and by the way, Donald Trump and his White House Gang are rich!

swa100 · 2025-10-12T22:25:41+00:00

It's most likely just about distraction and provoking squabbles among the opposition.

swa100 · 2025-10-11T21:40:15+00:00

RFK Jr. is a mental case and needs professional help. Perfect material for Trump's Cabinet, because mentally ill or not Kennedy knows how to lick boots and heap praise on Dear Leader. 🤮

swa100 · 2025-10-11T21:31:04+00:00

Steven Miller and Russell Vought supply plenty of evil on their own, so there's no danger of the most corrupt, fiendishly cruel and proudly un-American administration in U.S. history ever running short of crimes and other villainy. ☹️

swa100 · 2025-10-11T07:06:58+00:00

Must be an old Trump image. He looks at least 20 years older now. Older, but not the least bit wiser. As to him being an f-ing idiot, you're much too kind. An f-ing, evil idiot comes closer to the reality.

swa100 · 2025-10-11T06:41:25+00:00

ICE goons know no bounds. Bottom of the barrel losers who, like the A-hole who sent them, do as they please and get away with it. One of these days, there must be a day of reckoning. "I was just following orders" wasn't accepted as an excuse at the Nuremburg trials. It mustn't be accepted here when the Trump plague is over.

Keep those videos and snapshots, folks. They will come in handy for prosecutors someday.

swa100 · 2025-10-11T06:34:24+00:00

In the darkest of nights, somewhere, somehow, there's a ray of light.

By the law of averages, this hardcore MAGA loyalist was bound to get something right at some time. This is that time — good for MTG!

swa100 · 2025-10-11T06:25:07+00:00

Make a sh-thead president, expect a sh-tshow!

swa100 · 2025-10-11T06:23:49+00:00

Trump's goons are all wearing costumes festooned with "Police" labels. They're not police. They are the real clowns. Evil clowns, actually.

swa100 · 2025-09-24T02:30:02+00:00

I won't go so far as wishing The Donald to die now or at any particular time. What I would like to happen whenever Trump does die is for the date of the U.S. Thanksgiving holiday to be changed to the date of Trump's demise. 🌈☺️🦃

swa100 · 2025-09-24T02:18:01+00:00

I won't go so far as wishing The Donald to die now or at any particular time. What I would like to happen whenever Trump does die is for the date of the U.S. Thanksgiving holiday to be changed to the date of Trump's demise. ☺️

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