Hi Mike,

That PXE-M0F message means the laptop is trying to boot from the network because it can’t find a usable boot device. Since Windows starts up fine sometimes, this points more toward the internal hard drive (or its connection) starting to fail, not a simple boot order issue.

Next time Windows boots up, back up your important files right…

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Hi Janel,

Good move changing your Yahoo password. As for seeing the account twice, that’s likely just because it’s set up on both Apple Mail and the Yahoo Mail app, not necessarily a sign of a break-in. Same with the profile picture, an unfamiliar photo alone doesn’t mean someone got into your account.

That said, let’s cover our bases. Here’s…

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Your latest podcast mentioned using Ai and a video to create a home furnishings inventory. Where do I find that info?

I gave an iPhone 10 pretty sure someone’s in my accounts. My yahoo account has 2 of the same account I assumes is was iPhone mail and yahoo mail and it might be but the little tiny picture on one of them wasn’t me. I deleted it and changed my password, when I tryed to access webroot it went to a blank page.

Oh and one more fun thing, to “be there” but out of my wife’s hair as caregiver, and to keep from going crazy(er), I recently used Base 44 to vibe-code a local news website, so I could keep my hand in the game, so to speak. Check out https://barneysbendbugle.com – it’s sort of wild what the AI tools can do for a non-coder these days!

Yikes, I came here to thank you and I ran into one of those “pebbles in the shoe’ in just fashioning this reply – unlike Reddit etc., it opens the reply form in a pop-up form so you can’t see the thing you’re replying to, easily quote from it etc. So… I’m full of “free advice worth every penny!” (If I could stand the heat – literally – I’d…

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Thank you for being the first to jump in and for sharing so much with us.

I’m so sorry about your wife. That’s an incredible loss, and I really appreciate you trusting this community with something so personal. Please know you’re not alone here.

I’m also glad to hear Kim and Andrew can make you laugh. That’s exactly what we hope for, especially…

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I’m really the first? Wow, maybe that says something. SO love Kim and Andrews’ podcasts, they make me laugh and often make my day. That said, I just got surprised (my wife, whom I respectfully called the Banker, just passed;-/ – with the $45 yearly community payment I signed up for long ago. I haven’t used this community very much because…

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Something big is brewing behind the scenes, and we wanted you – our Komando Community members – to be the first to know!

This community is getting a major upgrade. We’re building a whole new platform from the ground up, one that’s faster, smarter, and packed with tools we know you’re going to love.

Here’s a peek at what’s on the horizon:

• A…

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Hello Komando Community!

I hope you are all doing well this week. I wanted to bring this to the Community’s attention:

We have become aware of unauthorized emails being sent from email addresses such as contact@kimkomando.us, kim.komando.podcast@gmail.com, or similar addresses. These addresses are not affiliated with Kim Komando or the Kim…

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First computer I used was an IBM 3-sickly (360) and an IBM 3-slovenly (370) at college. I progressed on thru Sun workstations and a MicroVax at work. Moved to TRS80’s, IBM PC, and a Compaq luggable at another work job. Finally bought a IBM PC personally – late 80’s. Lots of PC’s since then, in various configurations and different vendors.

Problems booting a Toshiba S50A laptop. It has Win 11 installed on hard drive. Get a PXE-M0F error; says to Reboot or Insert Boot Media USB or DVD. If I insert bootable USB or DVD (I have both), nothing changes. It will not go into the BIOS so I can reset where to boot from I have tried F2, F10, F12, ESC and several other things to get into…

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