Apple Mac - Freezes when another monitor is positioned close to it

At home I usually use an Apple Mac, recently I've needed to do work on a separate PC in the same location. I've noticed some strange behaviour with the Mac when I position the monitor of the PC near my Mac, the result is I can move the mouse pointer, but the mouse click does not work and also the keyboard does not respond. The cursor for the keyboard actually disappears and the Mac appears to be frozen apart from the ability to move the mouse. First time this happened I thought there was a problem with it so restarted it, but all I needed to do was move the PC's monitor a bit further away. 

The monitor that is causing the issue is a standard Dell one and the distance the monitor needs to be is very close, approx 150mm from the Mac. 

Windows Search Frustration - One Possible Answer

I use macOS and Windows 10, one feature in macOS which is useful and quick is the ability to search for files, this can be done using Spotlight or Finder. Searching for files in Windows is completely different, it is almost unusable because it takes so long and on occasions gives up and does not show the user a file that does actually exist.

One possible solution I have found is an application called 'Everything', it has been developed by David Carpenter and is available on his web site VoidTools.com. I am still evaluating it (version 1.3.4.686), but my first impression is good and it finds the files I look for very fast. The overall interface is plain, which is not a bad thing, but it does look a bit dated. My current opinion of the software is that it does what I want it to do well, and I would recommend it.

Microsoft Feedback - Was this helpful?

Recently I requested Help from a Windows application and received the following dialog popup.




I found it interesting  that the Help did not work and then it asked whether this was helpful. The link to the Microsoft Support was also not helpful because it did not take me to the related issue. I can see the reason why this occurred and it is because of the Microsoft Help framework always asks whether the help was helpful, but I think Microsoft could have improved on the information in the dialog by including a relevant link to the exact support page for the issue, or a link to a knowledge base article about the issue.

Over the years I have found that Microsoft do have problems with Help, one of the problem being some of it does not relate to the product version you have because they have constantly been changing features and location of features. Eventually I hope it will get a framework that works and knows which product you are using and gives the relevant help you request.