Find corresponding .INF file for device driver
I am trying to solve a problem with devcon for which I need to locate the INF file for a device driver. I can find out which device driver a device is using via the device manager (driver details). It...
View ArticleHow to move MSMQ message to another queue
I have a problem moving messages from one queue to another on my development box (Windows 8.1).I'm using MassTransit service bus which generates three private queues per service instance for me. One...
View ArticleHow to open files with colons in their names in Windows?
I have some files on my C drive with colons in their names. I'm pretty sure they were created in some Linux distro I used before. I know Linux supports colons in file names, while Windows does not....
View ArticleWhat are these Extended Attributes (EAs) in the files in Windows 8?
When I run CheckDisk on a Windows 8 Consumer Preview volume, I get:> chkdsk /v S:The type of the file system is NTFS.Volume label is Windows 8.WARNING! F parameter not specified.Running CHKDSK in...
View ArticleHow to make Windows Snipping Tool always save image instead of putting it in...
I take many screenshots on my Windows 10 laptop.I sometimes use Windows Snipping Tool (WinShiftS which opens the little bar at the top and you can take a snip of the window, whole screen or custom...
View ArticleTwo Windows OS choices at boot; how to remove one?
I have added a SSD to improve the performance of my laptop. I replaced the existing HDD with SSD in the main slot and then replaced my optical drive with the HDD. Then I did a clean install of Windows...
View ArticleDisplay issues on Notebook, but not in Windows
Since some time, there are some kind of screen Artifacts on my Notebook screen. From the bottom, there are around 50 rows on the screen, which do not Display the appropirate output they should(Aka the...
View ArticleAre "free space" defrags ever worth it? [closed]
This is question is about HDDs, not SSDs. Won't the free space become fragmented and require roughly the same number of operations unless the contents are rarely deleted, because the free space itself...
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Windows 10: How to access the advanced boot menu before booting (which fails)...
I am currently stuck in a never-ending boot sequence in Windows 10 after failing to properly shutdown due to a misbehaving USB thumb drive. How can I escape? I will explain step-by-step what...
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Can't enable secure boot in Windows 11
I am using Windows 11 and can't enable secure boot. I tried to enable it in BIOS, but it still doesn't work, and in system information, it's off.
View ArticleWhat is the largest size for Windows Pagefile.sys you can set?
I know that recommended size for a page file C:\Pagefile.sys in Windows is about 2 or 1.5 times the RAM. Out of curiosity what is the maximum size for a page file that can be set?
View ArticleIs there a relatively simple way to create a "view" of a Windows folder?
The "view" is borrowed from DBMS, as in a subset by certain criteria.I'm trying to copy about 200k files (in a few levels of folders) from one cloud storage provider (mounted as a Windows folder) to...
View ArticleDefault language mix up in Windows 10
I added a language (in Region & Language) and then I changed the default display language to the new language. It worked. Now when I changed the display language back to "English" again, it didn't...
View ArticleHow can I find out what region code a DVD is in on my Windows PC?
How can I find out what region code a DVD is in on my Windows PC? I use AnyDVD so the DVD plays regardless, so I'm not sure whether the region code on the DVD packaging is correct or whether it is...
View ArticleWhy I can't open any downloaded setup.exe file on Windows XP?
Today my friend ask me how can he run any Windows application install file, because on Windows XP, just dosen't opened.I realy surprised, first time I thinked he just joked me, but it's true, when I...
View ArticleGrub does not detect windows 10 efi boot files
I recently installed lubuntu on new partition, and in doing so, I formatted the efi partition to FAT32. Now I want to boot into Windows 10, but none of the usual recovery methods have worked for me -...
View ArticleAccidentally allowed threat in Windows Defender, how do I revoke access?
I'm posting this as a "question" here in the hopes that the 485 people who said "I have the same question" on a locked thread on the MS forums eventually find it and see the answer I just came across,...
View ArticleWhat's the best way to change my software mirror to a hardware one?
I currently have mirrored drives in Windows 10, and am planning to convert them to hardware RAID (using a PCI-e RAID card).Please advise if the approach below is fine, or if anything else needs to be...
View ArticleWhy does Windows use backslashes for paths and Unix forward slashes?
It annoys me having used Unix in college and now working on the Windows side. What's the history behind this decision? Anyone know why it worked out this way?
View ArticleCannot set ILMerge path to console
I install ILMerge.exe; path is C:\Program Files\Microsoft\ILMerge\ILMerge.exe.I want to set the command to the Path so I can type ilmerge anywhere to use the application.I googled and tried all the...
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