How to force Windows to save desktop icon positions?
Is there a way to force Windows to save desktop icon positions?
View ArticleDisable Windows Defender in Windows 10
I can't find any information on how to disable Windows Defender in Windows 10. There is some information about how to do it in the previews, but the configuration pages have changed with the final...
View Articleis there any relation between dpi setting and display resolution?
I was wondering what happens when I change display resolution (i.e. 1280x1024 pixel) in my OS (Windows XP) does it affect the DPI (PPI) setting of my OS too?Or when I change the DPI (PPI) setting of my...
View ArticleRefresh environment variable
How can I refresh a Windows command shell after I modified my Environment variables?i.e. In Bash I can just do source ~/.bashrc
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Don't refresh PATH user environment variable values in ConEmu without Windows...
1. SummaryValues of PATH user environment variable don't refresh for me, if I work in ConEmu. I need to restart Windows.2. Expected behaviorI use Chocolatey refreshenv script. If I run refreshenv in...
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How to disable Windows 10 update + defender completely?
I must say, I'm pretty angry at Microsoft given that its background processes continuously crash Age of Empires and doesn't let me play ranked.I wanna completely disable all updates, all security...
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Hide the welcome logon screen on Windows 10 Pro
A few weeks ago, I was able to hide the "welcome logon screen" on a Windows 10 Enterprise LTSC (see the details in How to totally remove the Windows 10 login screen?):It worked - see the accepted...
View ArticleHow do I properly escape '=' in my string replacement script?
I have made a batch script that replaces strings in a specified text-based file. Within my file, the string OutDir=bin should be replaced as OutDir=Build but gets output as bin=OutDir=Build=bin. How do...
View ArticleHow Windows 11 GPS works? Why, if I'm CST, would error "Due to GPS location...
I have a full license of Windows 11 that I obtained from my school on my laptop while attending for my Bachelors of Cybersecurity.Could this be the cause/reason for my Timezone settings automatically...
View ArticleWhere is Internet Options now that Internet Explorer is gone?
Internet Explorer retired and is no longer supported. Microsoft has pushed updates that disable access to Internet Explorer. Problem is that some applications still use a WebView component which e.g....
View ArticleResetting 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...
View ArticleHow to use select-string without blank lines?
I want to use select-string on the output of another command (similar to how one would use grep on a Unix OS).Here is the output of the command without the select-string:> (dir...
View ArticleAccess is Denied - Certreq.exe
I am getting an "access is denied" message when attempting to use the certreq from the commandline.TLDR; I am a domain admin, and a local admin on the machine (inherited). I am using an elevated...
View ArticleHow do I access a file share on a non-domain Windows 10 PC using my domain...
I'm a remote worker and I have two Windows 10 laptops. Both laptops are connected wirelessly to the same router at home. I log into my personal laptop with a Microsoft account. I log into my work...
View ArticleLaptop sometimes keeps running when I close the lid and has black screen...
I have a new MSI Katana GF66 12UCO running Windows 10 Home. When I close the lid, I have set that the laptop should hibernate (as opposed to sleep, because when attempting to sleep, the laptop never...
View ArticleCreate a tab in Windows Terminal that is run as a different user?
So I can run...runas /user:PNG\SomeSvc "cmd /c ^"powershell.exe^""And get a powershell prompt that's run by a different user.But if I'm using Windows Terminal and I want to run it as a different user,...
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How do you kill a Windows Service with Cygwin?
I've found many questions/answers that document how to kill a Windows process in Cygwin, but I'm asking how to kill a Windows 10 service in Cygwin.If the verb "kill" seems out of place for a Windows...
View ArticleMount EFI system partition at directory
I already know that mountvol <Drive Letter>: /S will mount the computer's EFI system partition—how it knows which one is the one that was used to boot the computer, I have no idea—at <Drive...
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 ArticleBSOD in USB-Wifi Driver - rtwlanu.sys - System Thread Exception not Handled
The driver is from an USB-Wifi. I've been getting a BSOD in Windows 8 saying "System Thread Exception not Handled". So i've read this...
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