HP docking station suppresses video resolution
I have a HP laptop and a DELL monitor (1900x1200). When I connect the monitor to the latop using a HDMI cable, Windows 10 offers me the 1900x1200 as recommended resolution.Now I purchased a docking...
View ArticleRecovering files from non-booting laptop
I have a laptop that wont bootI want to backup some files from it before reformatting and reinstalling windowsthe problem is nothing I have tried worksWhen windows boots the OEM logo appears with the...
View ArticleNTFS Compression by file extension
Can I enable NTFS compression on a disk, based on file extension?I mean, that I don't want these files compressed: *.hc, *.mkv, *.mp4, *.ogg, *.7z, *.zip, *.odt, *.docx, *.png, *.jpg but I want these...
View Articlelaptop wont boot any OS from any drive [closed]
I have a laptop which wont bootNone of the tools in windows recovery/installation media ( repair problems, system restore ect ) workedSafe mode did not workwhen i tried to start it normally the...
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Update Windows 11 to next feature release after bypassing CPU check
I have a couple systems with Intel 6th Gen CPUs where we bypassed the CPU checks to run Windows 11 22H2. They are built into specialty hardware, so replacing them was not really feasible. These systems...
View ArticleHow to setup a WiFi 6E 6Ghz hotspot with Windows with AMD mainboard
I have an MSU Tomahawk WiFi AMD B650 that is WiFi 6E compatible. I want to use this to create a WiFi 6E 6Ghz hotspot but Windows will only let me chose 2.4Ghz or 5Ghz.I have found this site where it is...
View ArticleMy PC automatically goes into sleep mode
My PC automatically puts itself into sleep mode randomly. After some experimentations, I concluded that this only happens when my keyboard is plugged in and it also writes XD tz specifically before...
View ArticleHow to check to see if a VPN is working correctly?
How to make sure, that all traffic (e.g. from web browser) is passing through VPN and no data is leaking through normal internet interface? Or how to check, what interface (VPN or other) is used by...
View ArticleIntermittent BSOD x139 KERNEL_SECURITY_CHECK_FAILURE
New Win 11 Pro domain-joined machine started throwing the BSOD 139 KERNEL_SECURITY_CHECK_FAILURE soon after I started configuring it for regular use. It's a relatively high-end 64GB x7950-based machine...
View ArticleWindows Copy Paste Select Floating Shortcut
Most of the time I use mouse. Only because of select all, cut, copy and paste, I am forced to use keyboard. Is there any software that shows the floating icons for this things so that I don't need to...
View ArticleWindows - Alt Click on a window to close window under the mouse cursor
Is it possible to close a window, simply by clicking anywhere inside it? Hold down alt key, and click the windows you want closed. Much like shooting targets in a game.Why not Alt+F4? This would be...
View ArticleHow to set path for MinTTY under windows/cygwin correctly?
I made windows shortcut with the following target:D:\APPS\cygwin64\bin\mintty.exe /bin/env PATH=/local/bin:/usr/local/bin:$PATH /bin/bash --login -iI was expecting it prepend path with my given values,...
View ArticleHow to get Notepad to enter fullscreen?
Windows Notepad is my favorite text reader on Windows 10. It takes very little ram, allows me to customize font, and has clean interface. How can I make it go full screen like TextEdit on MacOS?
View ArticleHow to install github cli extension in a custom folder?
I have installed github cli on my Windows 11 machine. Then I installed copilot extension by following the instruction at Github copilot extension, that is,gh extension install github/gh-copilotIt...
View ArticlePowershell error: The type initializer for 'System.Net.ServicePointManager'...
Whenever I try to open Powershell, it just won't open. When I try to open it from the cmd, I get this error:The shell cannot be started. A failure occurred during initialization: The type initializer...
View ArticleWhy does my remote desktop session introduce custom scaling and blurry text
I have noticed this problem for a few years now. It happens primarily when I use Remote Desktop Connection from Windows 7 on my Macbook Pro connecting to my Windows 10 Desktop but I have also had it...
View Articleffmpeg: How to escape file path for burned-in text-based subtitles?
I'm trying to burn text-based subtitles into a video using ffmpeg, via the command line option -vf followed by subtitles=(filename):si=(subtitle index). I need this to work for both Windows and...
View ArticleHow do I type accented characters in windows?
I heard that you can hold alt and type out some cryptic numeric code to get characters like accented letters. Is there a way to do this more like the mac way?
View ArticleIs this a windows 7 virus from a driver?
I'm on Windows 7 Pro x64. Today i got a random "Windows needs to restart in order for these changes to take effect" popup.A few hours earlier, i had a weird USB driver popup needing admin priveledges...
View ArticleWingetUI: 'the server certificate did not match the expected values' -...
The tool I use for updating all my apps on Windows 11 called wingetUI recently throws:0x8a15005e : The server certificate did not match any of the expected values.and it does not update the selected...
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