How can I prevent Ctrl+Shift from changing the text direction?
In Windows 7 and 8, the following keyboard shortcuts exist when both left-to-right and right-to-left languages are installed:Ctrl+Right Shift sets the text direction to right-to-left.Ctrl+Left Shift...
View ArticleHow to slow down Ethernet Card in Windows
Is there some way to slow down the Ethernet card in Windows? I have a 1GB/s card and I want to slow it down to a given speed, for example to 5MB/s.I know I can easily slow down the card to 100MB/s or...
View ArticleRun VPN in front of laptop
Due to a long-distance relationship, I have the problem that there's a laptop that should not know that it's in another country from time to time :)But I am not sure what the most practical way is. I...
View ArticleMy Hyper-V virtual machine can't boot anymore due to errors
I created a VM last week and had it running smoothly and doing exactly what I needed. Unfortunately this week whenever I try and start my VM I get an error code that says "The session was disconnected....
View ArticleCreate new local user without access to my files
I'd like to create a new local user for school on my pc without access to my current files. My current account has a lot of clutter and files from video games and such. When I make a new basic account,...
View ArticleGoogleUpdate.exe /ua switch, User account access?
I've noticed that after installing Google Chrome, two new Scheduled Tasks have appeared in my Windows 10 schtasks. One of them has the /tr ofC:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Update\GoogleUpdate.exe /ua...
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Installing Linux without disabling Bitlocker encryption
Is there a way to install and dual boot Ubuntu / Fedora along with Windows 11 without disabling bitlocker encryption?Possible approachThe other solution for continuing to use Bitlocker extending from...
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How to Remove Preferred Languages from Microsoft Edge using PowerShell
I am trying to manage the preferred languages in my Microsoft Edge browser on Windows using PowerShell. Specifically, I want to remove certain languages that appear in the "edge://settings/languages"...
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Transmit Audio while Screen Sharing with TeamViewer
I recently started to use TeamViewer 7. This newest version 7 has some new features that supposedly allow to transmit audio. I successfully set it up to transmit MICROPHONE audio from the host to the...
View ArticleNexus 4 MTP not showing on Device Manager
When I disable USB Debugging on the Nexus 4 and connect it to my Windows 7 x64 Ultimate, a "Nexus 4" shows up in "My Computer" and the device is also listed on "Device Manager", under "Portable...
View ArticleHow to disable Alt+F4 shutdown in Windows 10?
There has to be a way to simply disable the default functionality of Alt+F4 (shutting down Windows or closing an application) using regedit, right? Without also potentially disabling the ability to...
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Software on Windows crashing/OOMing with RAM well below 100%
I have a Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon (4th gen, 2016), and lately while working I've been noticing Chrome and PyCharm intermittently crashing.Usually it seems like like a CPU spike or something causes the...
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Preserve Windows partitions when computer is not booting from HD and MBR2GPT...
On attempting to install Ubuntu alongside an existing Windows installation on the same hard disk, the Ubuntu installer created a mix of MBR and GPT partitioning scheme, and UEFI/BIOS don't find any...
View ArticleAccept self-signed certificate system-wide without installing as root CA
For an intranet server I use a self-signed certificate which I want to trust system-wide. I added the certificate exception to Firefox, but this is not possible in Chrome, console applications, IDEs,...
View ArticleWhen I try to use secpol.msc (Group Policy) I get an error
When I try to use secpol.msc (Group Policy) I get an error:Failed to open group policy object on this computer. You may not have appropriate rights.I am an admin and I tried running it as a...
View ArticleWhy is vim not listing my swap files?
When I start vim or gvim with the -r option I can see that there are a number of swap files in ~\AppData\Local\Temp. However, if I start vim or gvim and do :recover, it reports there are no files to...
View ArticleWindows 11 64bit, please how can i fix issues
Firefox: when right-click on a link goes direct to the page instead of given me the optionsWindows 11 keeps rearranging the desktop icons, i tried all below methods to fix it but...
View ArticleHow to bind old user's SID to new user to remain NTFS file ownership and...
Each time we reinstalled Windows, it will create a new SID for user even the username is as same as before.// example (not real SID format, just show the problem)user SID--------------------liuyan...
View ArticleList All User Accounts on a Windows System via Command Line
I would like a command to list all of the user accounts in a Windows (Vista, 7, etc.) system in a way that I can use to iterate through them with a subsequent command.net user gives me the data for...
View ArticlePowerShell script to determine whether "this" computer is activated through...
I run a set of tools on Windows machines, both domain-joined and stand-alone. One of the tools involves offline activation using a CAC. I would like to write into my script a switch that will bypass...
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