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windows: Laptop does not detect GPU and can not install nvidia drivers after...

I wanted to clean the prev installation of nvidia drivers which is why I used DDU. But after using DDU I can not install Nvidia drivers as my laptop refuses to recognize the d-gpu. Any help is greatly...

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Auto populate, and total all previous entries? [closed]

I don’t know exactly how to explain this so so I will do it this way:On sheet 1 Box 1 I put the number 3 then on sheet 2 Box 1 3 will auto Populate.When on sheet 1 box 1 I change the number to 4 I want...

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Windows and Hyper-V: the boot loader did not load an operating system

On Windows 11 Pro (last version), I've created a virtual disk with Disk2vhd (options vhdx and shadow copy) which is a copy of my C disk. I can mount it (D disk on the image) where EFI partition is...

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How to make Outlook Calendar reminders stay on top in Windows

"...I want to know how to make my Outlook reminders pop up and show themselves prominently. They keep opening discreetly, as just another window in the Outlook stack on the taskbar. As a result, I keep...

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Why won't my Windows 8 desktop icons show?

After I restart my computer and go to my desktop, my startup items begin to load but none of my desktop items load unless I right click for some reason. I'll right click, get the loading icon displayed...

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Strange folders and files when first bootup of new bought seagate HDD

So I just bought my Seagate HDD. After installed it, I didn't do anything. Here is DIR output:PS D:\> DIR Directory: D:\Mode LastWriteTime Length Name---- ------------- ------ ----da---- 5/28/2022...

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Resetting wireless adapter in Windows 10 with regular user privileges from...

In Windows 10, wireless network adapter can be reset via GUI following "Control Panel\Network and Internet\Network Connections" and selecting "Diagnose" from connection's context menu. If there is a...

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What are my options for installing Windows (10/11) on an external m.2 ssd, to...

My friend's birthday is coming up, me and some mutual friends are planning on building him a computer. I have been given the SSD and have been tasked with preparing it so it's ready to go asap (we are...

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Windows apps open and then automatically get closed in Windows 8.1

I have recently installed windows 8.1 professional on my pc. When I open windows store or windows store apps only the splash screen comes and then automatically the app gets closed. Sometimes a...

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Is there a way to change multiple file extensions at once on Windows 10?

If I have a bunch of files with one file extension, is there a way to quickly change them to another file extension without having to manually change one file at a time? The Microsoft support page...

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how can i uninstall **ALL** the non-windows drivers permanently without data...

After experimenting with various driver installations on my laptop, I've ended up with numerous options for a single device in the device manager. How can I efficiently uninstall all the non-Windows 11...

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Could opening an .xla file with Trojan virus infect a Windows PC even through...

I made the mistake of opening an email attachment in Thunderbird. It was a .xla file, which I opened directly in Excel. The moment that the Excel window popped-up I closed it, realising the mistake...

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Logon Script with net use * /delete /yes

I'm trying to get rid of all manually mapped network drives on all workstations in my domain. I want our end-user's mapped drives to be mapped solely via GPO (GPO's are already in place).I'm trying to...

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Diskpart - Can't delete a partition without the force protected parameter set

Following on from my previous question (Can't remove recovery partition) I have been trying to use Diskpart - with the following results:Is my disk locked in a permanent way or is this something I can...

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How to improve the speed of VNC connection from Windows to Mac?

I regularly need to connect from a Windows box to an OS X box over VNC.OS X has VNC built-in as part of its "Screen Sharing" tool, but for some reason, it's much faster to connect from OS X to OS X or...

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why is cmd taking like 20 seconds to open up in windows 11?

When I run cmd.exe, it takes ~20s to load, but when run as Administrator, it works immediately.I've tried:closing background apps, with memory and CPU usage being normallooking online, but all the...

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Insert Unicode characters via the keyboard [duplicate]

I am familiar with inserting an ASCII character into a text document by using Alt+ ASCII code on the numeric keypad keys (e.g., Alt+130 inserts an é character).Is there a similar way to insert a...

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Can't type Unicode because of keyboard shortcuts

I’m trying to type some Unicode characters that contain letters. I am using Windows 7 but the issue also appears in Windows 8. An example is 🎻 (U+1F3BB). I can’t type it though because Firefox and...

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Audio output to mic input using Voicemeeter on an EC2 instance

I've got a Windows EC2 instance that I'm accessing via RDP. I think I've got Voicemeeter set up so that the audio output on the EC2 instance is being piped into the microphone input on the EC2 instance...

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Hidden folder in Robocopy

I'm trying to backup a hard drive with two partitions on it to another drive with only one partition using Robocopy. I am running my commands in PowerShell.The source drive is a USB2.0 drive and the...

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