How to open a .tar.gz file in Windows?
I need to open a file that sadly is only available in the .tar.gz file format and I am using Windows 7. I can unzip the file using 7-zip but after that I still have a .tar file that I can't open in...
View ArticleOffline button is not active in Disk Management
I have a loptop with 2 hard drives , The original one is sata and I added SSD drive to it after I purchase it. with windows 10 installed on it on SSD drive. I offline the sata disk from disk management...
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Running DISM offline repair from Win PE for Windows 10.0.19043.985 (amd64)
I have a Windows 10 machine that does not boot into Windows, not even Safe Mode, after a reboot following a Windows Update and which none of the standard Windows repair options, or SFC /SCANNOW, are...
View ArticleNeed better fix for black screen after signing in to Windows
Issue started 2 days ago (8/11/23). I have Windows 10 and there was Windows Update installations recently (8/8/23) which I think might have caused the issue.After logging in with my password at the...
View ArticleWhat's MS way to replace the Windows System and keep user directory from WinPE?
I'm messing around with two full-partition installations of Windows 11 & 10 on two separate drives using the BIOS F12 startup-drive-selector to change disks and windows installs. (Windows system...
View ArticleHow to enable access to a Windows 10 shared folder from android VLC?
Let's say I have this H:\Films directory that I should like to have access to from my mobile (Android) VLC player.On Windows 10, I created a local user, stream and created a password for it.Then I went...
View ArticleHow to create a Windows localhost certificate based on a local CA?
In my attempts to understand how TLS certificates work on Windows, I haven't found a simple and comprehensive guide, but I've accomplished some necessary steps.First, I succeeded in downloading the...
View ArticleHow can I forbid the installation of WPS office on my company computers?
WPS office has some dark patterns now. When a client sends a file to one of our employees, if they have WPS office on their phone (default on Huawei and Xiaomi phones and nobody ever changes defaults)...
View ArticleHow do you use Windows Remote Desktop to connect to Remmina?
I have a Chromebook with a Linux Virtual Environment that is a Debian 12 Bookworm.I installed Remmina after looking to RDP to my Windows XP OS. I know that I can connect to my Windows OS from Linux but...
View ArticleUpgrade into 64 bit Windows first or update the BIOS first?
There was this "Black Screen with Caret" issue and I couldn't boot into Windows, the UEFI firmware settings, or a bootable USB. The solution was:Press and hold power button till the System starts and...
View ArticleHow to forcibly disable (spin down) an internal Hard Drive (Windows 10 v1903)
I have my OS on an SSD and use my HDD (Toshiba P300) to store some data which I rarely access. I dislike the noise generated by the hard drive, so I'd like to disable it and be able to only enable it...
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GPU passthrough vSphere 3D acceleration
I have a Nvidia Tesla T4 I passed through to a VM (Windows Server 2019) on vSphere ESXi 8.0. Windows is detecting the card and it's showing in device management, but any software that wants to use 3D...
View Articlescheduled task only running when ran manually besides it's automated
So...I have an automated Windows Task Scheduler Task rolled out via a GPO.That task is running the powershell which receives a script to run via the -File Parameter (file path on our storage server)...
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How to disable GPU scaling on Windows when drivers provide no such option
Alternative questions:Disabling screen stretch under lower resolutions on Windows.Force matching screen resolution to display pixels 1:1.Full story: quite often (especially for older apps) supported...
View ArticleDeleted photos still show in recent files and can be viewed in full resolution
I've deleted several photos from my pc, but they still show in recent files, and when clicked, they display the images in full resolution in the photos app (with an error message indicating that the...
View ArticleHow to make a task schedule that would only run a program at logon [duplicate]
I have a project that currently executes a program to install drivers/programs during OOBE. This is possible because my install is automated by putting unattend.xml in the Panther folder. The program...
View ArticleHow to create a new keyboard shortcut using the Windows key?
Windows has built-in key shortcuts for locking your machine (WinKey+L) and for starting Explorer (WinKey+E). I'd like to create a similar new shortcut, WinKey+X, to start one of my favourite...
View ArticleEnhancing Text File Merging on Windows Command Line [closed]
I hope you are all fine today.I have multiple text files, each containing lists similar to the example shown below:96467,296466,3 93015,1 4466,1 90721,1 96239,1 96241,1 93024,1Previously, I merged...
View ArticleEnabling Search Bar Functionality for Network Shared Files on Windows...
I have a specific question regarding the functionality of the search bar on my Windows machine. Previously, when searching for files that were included on my PC, they would automatically appear when...
View ArticleSamsung Notebook 900X3D cannot enter bios setup
I reset my Samsung notebook 900X3D and it said error during reset and it restarted and upon restarting it just shows the Samsung logo screen and restarts and I cant enter into bios using F2, F9, or any...
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