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Windows Security Event ID 4800 (lock screen) on Win 11 Pro for Workstations
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View Articlein "tor-expert-bundle-windows" how to ask for a new identity?
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How to find and open previous versions of a folder programmatically (using...
I am running Windows 8 Enterprise x64. When I open \\localhost\c$ as a network folder, and then using a context menu open the Properties window of a subfolder (e.g. \\localhost\c$\Deploy as in the...
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Windows Server 2019 ignores disconnection timers
I have to set different conditions of RDP session time limits per user, but my Windows server 2019 ignores this configuration tool:What should I do?Logged off users are never disconnected by the server.
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View ArticleReset Windows Update settings back to default, including respective local...
I have many Windows 10 and Windows 11 machines, which are in different states of windows update settings. Unfortunately, some machines have local policies active for windows update settings.I need to...
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Windows server 2012 R2 - Memory in use is more than commit charge
One of our Windows server reported 100% memory usage and please see the attached image for details.What I don't understand is that "In use (31.5G)" is more than "commit charge(6.6G)", does that mean...
View ArticleWindows 10 DOSBox installed but Cd-rom game will not load
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Wikipedia provides short and long lists of the default versions of the .NET framework on various versions of Windows. Are any of these upgraded automatically through Windows Update?I understand that...
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How to assign a windows drive letter to a Microsoft Remote Desktop shared...
The screenshot shows my home directory stephenboesch on the host machine stephenbI have not been able to figure out how to assign a drive letter / alias to that folder. I have tried subst command but...
View ArticleCopy files from mapped drive to local drive through Task Scheduler
On Windows Server, XCOPY/robocopy/copy from a mapped drive to a local drive works when executed in command prompt or batch.E.g. z: mapped drive:xcopy z:\foldername\*.txt d:\test\But the copy is not...
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part of ram used by hidden processes in Windows
after some time some hidden processes are using my ram. They are not shown nor in process hacker, nor in system informer.On attached screenshot on bottom right it shows that 25GB is used in total, but...
View ArticleWebcam stopped working after upgrading to Windows 11
My Canyon C2N webcam was working fine in Windows 10 N, but after "upgrade" to 11 N it stopped working. When I went to https://webcamtests.com/ I was told that it was "blocked or used by different app"....
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View ArticleMDT removing old VB programs after sysprep
Good morning. I have installed 2 old vb programs on an image build in MDT however when I sysprep and capture the image and apply it to a laptop those programs are gone from the image. Any help would be...
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On Windows 10 1809, I have enabled the in-built SSH server, and have configured it. On another machine, I have used WinSCP and PuTTy generator to generate an authentication key. I copied the public key...
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