Move Windows Recovery from C: onto its Own Recovery Partition
While setting up this home Windows installation some months back I managed to end up without a recovery partition for complicated reasons I won't get into, but I'd like to have it back. I have...
View ArticleLaptop touchscreen acting like a mouse after eGalaxTouch driver installation...
I have been using windows 10 for a week now without any problems. Today windows 10 installed "eGalaxTouch - Other hardware - USB Touchscreen Controller(A103)" through windows update. It has turned my...
View ArticleIs there a way to remotely capture screenshots on windows machines?
I know that it is technically not possible to capture screenshots when there is no active user session. The limitation is discussed in detail in a previous question. From my own experiments I found...
View ArticleCompletely disable keyboard input when RWin is held down
Use case: I have a keyboard on which I often accidentaly press the right Win key, instead of Alt Gr. (FTR, it's an azerty keyboard)As a result, instead of doing e.g. Alt Gr+', which results in typing...
View ArticleIPconfig looking to DLLs in wrong place
Environment: Windows 11.When I attempt to run IPconfig, I get the error message:IPCONFIG.EXE - Entry Point Not FoundThe procedure entry point RtlConvertUiListToApiList could not belocated in the...
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IObit Unlocker - how does it work/ how to delete system files on windows?
I recently found out about Iobit unlocker, it can delete files deemed "undeleted" on windows 10/11. I managed to delete "Antimalware Service Executable" process file (and the whole windows defender...
View ArticleCommand/script to copy files with certain ext, which may have the same name,...
From a source directory structure (multiple folders), I need to copy all csv files to a single target directory. I found a command to do this, though files of the same name exist within different...
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VeraCrypt - Permanently decrypt... - Error: VeraCrypt can in-place encrypt...
I have a WD Red Plus NAS WD140EFFX - 14 TB - 3,5" drive that is encrypted with VeraCrypt AES(Twofish). It is not the system drive. I can mount the drive without a problem and the drive shows no error...
View ArticleLogon 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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Context Menu Application not Found
A while ago I added a script I wrote to the context menu. I haven't needed it for a while kept it around. Today I tried using it again and it didn't work.I have included an image of the error below....
View ArticleCannot delete maven target folder in windows 8.1
I have used IntelliJ's maven plugin to build my project with mvn clean install.It fails on clean due to problems deleting certain folders within the target-directory.I had this error multiple times and...
View Article2 Windows licenses on 2 SSDs and switching them
I have an HP ZBook Fury G8 and It has a locked BIOS and very strict security rules in Windows.I want to install and use my own Windows operating system, which will be on a different SSD. I plan to...
View ArticleWhy does Clonezilla Live restore of HDD partition subset appear to erase...
I’m having a specific problem when using a bootable Clonezilla Live 3.1.1.27 USB with my Windows 11 PC.The PC has a single drive (SSD) with nine partitions. Four of these are for Windows and the other...
View ArticleDownloading a huge video from OneDrive is problematic
I am trying to download this 13gb video from OneDrive, but can't. The download button does not work, it simply opens a notification text "downloading media" for maybe dozen minutes then saying...
View Articleffplay play h265 video BUG
Test environment:Two computers, both are WIN10X64Nvidia GT1030Intel630 + Nvidia 2070The same ffplay.exe file; plays the same H265 video file。Test Resultsffplay -hwaccel cuda -fs f:\video\x265.mp4Normal...
View ArticleIPconfig looking for DLLs in wrong place
(Edit 4:) The problem disappeared after I did what is described in Edit #3, below. The question that remains is: Why did this problem occur and what fixed it?Environment: Windows 11.When I attempt to...
View Articlechange change the number of taskbar thumbnails to show before the become s...
i am trying to change the number of taskbar thumbnails to show before the become s stacked list in windows 10,i have a 1920X1080 screen so the limit was 16,i created and modified the regedit key...
View Article7z SFX zip self extraction is not working
I have a zip file which i need to create a exe file. so i convert the zip into the exe using the 7z sfx. But when i run the exe it asked me to where to archive. i dont want to choose the location. i...
View ArticleBCD error - Windows doesn't start
I have an old Dell Insparion with Windows 7 64bit, with some important files on it.(I have also access to the current laptop with Windows 11 from which i'm writing).I was tring to unistall from the old...
View ArticleHow to repair a Windows Boot loader damaged by GParted?
My notebook has two disks (there is a third disk -/dev/sdb - that is cache for the second disk).Windows 10 is on the second disk (/dev/sdc) (SATA ODD) and was working very well until today.Ubuntu I...
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