My computer takes like 5 minutes to start, but it wasn't like this before
My computer used to start up in like 10 seconds and it was perfectly fine, but one day it just decided to take super long and it still is today.I know this isn't my startup apps as most of them are...
View ArticleSigned Binaries in Windows
Is there a way to prevent Windows from ever running an unsigned binary? I realize that this would be a major pain from a user's perspective, but is there such of a mechanism in windows that would hold...
View ArticleHow can I make SuperPuTTY open a new session in a tab instead of a separate...
I have been using SuperPuTTY on Windows 11 to manage multiple PuTTY sessions using tabs. I find this to be much more convenient than having multiple PuTTY windows cluttering the screen. However, I...
View ArticleHow to complete restore using just a VHDX file?
Let me please explain the scenario what I went through.I have a Transcend SSD which I use to boot my PC which I upgraded from Windows 8 to Windows 8.1.I have two other hard disk drives (one tera byte...
View ArticleMissing Windows 11 Taskbar App Group Window Management Options
With the transition to Windows 11, the convenient window management options ("Show windows stacked," "Show windows side by side," and "Cascade windows") accessible via right-clicking on app groups in...
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Is NoAutoRebootWithLoggedOnUsers still supported/effective on Windows 10?
Note: something similar has a good answer here How to disable automatic reboots in Windows 10?. This is not the same because I'm explicitely looking for information about a different option.Plain and...
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There is a hotkey intercepting the tilde key on my Windows PC. I can't figure...
ProblemI cannot press Shift+` on my PC to create the tilde character. This problem happens with both my physical keyboard and the on-screen keyboard. If I plug my physical keyboard into another...
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How to setup IKEv2/IPSec MSCHAPv2 VPN on Windows Server 2019
The google appreantly removed other VPN options such as PPTP from VPN setup. With PPTP there are tons of easy guide to setup your VPN on Windows Server.However, I can't find a single guide for how to...
View ArticleVirtualBox Installation
Sorry guys if this is a dumb question but I'm trying to learn all of this and am a bit confused.I have Kali Linux installed as a 'Live" program to a USB stick. I'm looking at using the Oracle...
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How to disable proxy setup script on Windows 10 using a script?
In Edge, settings> system > Open your computer's proxy settingsI have thisI need to untoggle the "Use setup script", using a script, since there is some background process I can't control that...
View ArticleIs it possible to delete some pages of a pdf document?
How do I remove some pages of a .pdf file? I tried some tips mentioned in different websites, but to no avail.
View Articlehow to use space within pathname for Window's Robocopy
When my path for robocopy has a space, I surround it with " but get the weird error below...My .bat file contains:rem Backup scansROBOCOPY "C:\Users\doug\Documents\My Scans\""B:\BACKUP\My Scans\" /e...
View ArticleRemote Desktop cannot connect to the remote windows 8 computer from windows 7
I have computer with installed windows 8 pro at home. This computer plugged in to router via LAN cable. I configured remote desktop on this computer: System Properties -> Remote -> Allow remote...
View ArticleWhy is Windows 11 not recognizing any Blu-ray burners?
It appears that Windows 11 has stopped recognizing my Blu-Ray Drive as a Burner. The symptoms are the 'Format' option has disappeared from the right mouse menu and the eject option does not work.I have...
View ArticleWindows 8.1 missing WinRE.wim in WinPE
I'm trying to pull a Windows 8.1 .wim file down to a laptop (the same laptop that was the source of the .wim), and am following these directions from MS. Everything works until...
View ArticleWindows 7 / SMB2 slow network copy performance
Troubleshooting a tricky performance problem and wondering if this behavior is normal/expected.This seems to be related to SMB2, as switching to SMB1 resolves things. The question is whether this is...
View ArticleHow to setup the windows "window time" service so the service will always...
Currently on windows 10 the startup type is "automatic (trigger start)" for "windows time", but every time I start in windows the time is in UTC and not the local time. So every time after booting up...
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Lenovo IdeaPad Gaming 3. RAM
When I bought this laptop, out of 8 gigabytes of RAM, only 5.86 was available. So I decided that I would buy another one for 8 and I would have more memory, but unfortunately, for some reason, it...
View ArticleGuest account unable to login when graphic logon disabled
I have disabled graphic logon on my Windows 10 Pro PC so that users have to type in their username when logging on. This throws up an error when I try and log in on the guest account, though:The sign...
View ArticleWindows 10 USB installation stuck at 'Copying Windows files (0%)'
After formatting the SSD in my laptop, I am trying to install Windows 10 on it using a USB created from the Windows Media Creation Tool (I have tried multiple USBs). When I do this, the process does...
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