u/communistagitator

I just changed my CPU and motherboard, and when I booted into Windows 11, I got the following message: "Your PIN is no longer available due to a change to the security settings on this device. Click to set up your PIN again." When I click it, it brings me to a Microsoft Account sign in page, but it says "You'll need the internet for this."

I'm not sure why I can't connect to the internet, but I'm assuming it's because I haven't installed the motherboard's wifi drivers yet. And I can't download the drivers to a portable USB and install them on this computer because I can't get to my desktop to install them.

Has anyone had this problem and fixed it before?

Might comment pictures if I can.

My girlfriend and I moved in together, and she has a really sweet 3 year old female cat who was adopted at 11 months. She sleeps in my lap when I work from home, we play together all the time, and I think we get along well.

Any time I'm in our den/office, she stares at me and meows until I get out of my chair or play with her. It's non-stop. She'll scratch the side of the chair to get my attention.

Usually, scratching her butt while she scratches a scratch pad works to appease her, but the meowing and staring starts again after about 2 seconds.

Recently we've noticed that if I get up from my chair, she'll steal my seat and almost immediately go to sleep. I think this has become her bed without us knowing. She used to sleep on a cat tree we brought, but she hardly uses that anymore in this new apartment.

Any humane/kind ways we can change her sleeping spot that'll cause both of us less stress? This happens whenever I'm in the room, and it's my home office, so I *have* to sit here a lot.

Trying to install SteamOS (3.8.10, 2026.06.18) on my living room PC (specs below) and I'm able to boot to the recovery image desktop where you can see the options: Clear local user data, Repair SteamOS Install, Terminal with repair tools, and Wipe Device & Install SteamOS.

I've clicked Wipe Device & Install SteamOS and the terminal comes up, I click Proceed, and after 5 seconds the terminal closes. I've taken a video but Reddit won't let me upload it here. The terminal shows the text, "Ok, let's go. Sanitizing /dev/nvme0n1:" and immediately closes.

When I check the KDE Partition Manager, my SSD (WD Blue SN550 Gen 3x4 250GB) shows no partitions--I have already formatted it through the BIOS. I've reimaged my USB drive maybe 5 times and I've had no luck.

Has anyone had any luck getting past this?

Specs:

- Ryzen 5500

- RX 6800XT

- WD Blue SN550 Gen 3x4 250GB

- 2 x 8 GB DDR4-3600 CL18

- ASRock B550M-C

- 1000W Montech Century II