Annie had a video file folder on her computer that disappeared. The folder, files — everything. Leo suspects that a disk error occurred and when it was cleaned up, it was removed. More likely, the folder entry in the file allocation table was removed. Chances are, the data is still on her hard drive, they just can't be seen by the OS. It's like losing a card in a library card catalog.
Joseph is blind and he uses a screen reader. He wants to customize his Windows sounds, but he is having trouble doing it. Leo says to create day to day limited/standard user accounts to run. If his screen reader needs an administrator level, then that's OK.
Greg has an employee who downloaded the 32 bit version of Windows 10 and installed it by mistake, rather than the 64 bit version. Can he reinstall it? Leo says that he'll probably have to wipe the drive and install from scratch. So he should make sure to backup the data first and then format the drive. He can't just upgrade on top of it, unfortunately.
Mike finally installed Linux Mint into his old Dell laptop. When he was partitioning it, Windows wanted 2/3 of the drive for XP. He's not planning on using it that much, so he made it as small as he could, but it won't let him. Leo says he doesn't even need Windows if he's not planning on using it, so he can just delete the Windows partition altogether.
Mark wants to keep Windows 7 on his computer. How can he stop the update? Leo says that Microsoft won't push him to update anymore. That was when he had the free update option. Now they're charging for it, so they won't push him to update unless he wants to buy it. He'll want to be sure he keeps updating Windows 7 to keep it secure, though.
Bob just got his first smartphone, the LG Aristo. When he plugs it into his PC to charge it, a window comes up that says his update is seven years out of date. Leo says it sounds like a Windows message about a driver and he can ignore it.
Marcello got the Windows 10 Creators Update and now his sound won't work. Leo says there's a bug in the update related to the Sound Blaster sound card which changes the bit depth of the audio. Leo recommends going into the settings and changing it back to 16-bit. It may also be that X-Fi isn't supported, so he'll need to disable that feature. It's a known bug that Leo thought was fixed, but apparently it wasn't.
Sally has a Dell Inspiron using Word Perfect, but her keyboard is acting up. She's having issues connecting. Leo says that the keyboard is clearly broken. It can happen. She should try plugging in another keyboard and see if she has the same problem. If she doesn't, then she'll know it's the keyboard. If it does, then it's a driver issue. Being an older laptop, that laptop may not be compatible with Windows 10. But if Microsoft offered Windows to her, then the laptop is fine. It's likely a keyboard driver that's gotten corrupted.
Microsoft is going to start rolling out the Creators Update to Windows 10 starting April 11. This won't be a massive change in terms of how it looks, but there will be a considerable amount of new features. While last year's Anniversary Update was a problem for some people, Microsoft has fixed those bugs over time. Leo's not counting on it being quite reliable, but it is still good advice that if you get offered the Creator's Update on April 11, you may want to wait. You should be able to defer the update for as long as you can.
David wants to know the difference between Windows 10, Windows 10 N, and Windows 10 Single Language. Leo says to get Windows 10. N is the European Union (EU) version, single language is the smaller version with only a single language supported. David wants the original Windows 10 edition.
