Right parameters for defrag on Windows Server 2012 R2
In Windows Server 2012 R2 I used the standard dfrgui.exe to turn the scheduled optimization on. After several months I looked at the Defrag UI again and noticed that drives were never optimized since I...
View ArticleRegedit "Cannot Delete (keyname): Error while deleting key"
I am trying to delete a registry key in regedit and keep getting this error:Cannot delete (keyname): Error while deleting key.I am an admin and have checked the permissions for the key and all parent...
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Open "Change Your Password" window from command line
Is there a windows command (sent via the command line) that open the "Change Your Password" window as shown below.
View ArticleMouse Cursor Disappear While RDP
In our environment, users RDP to their company desktop through a remote desktop gateway. Occasionally, we heard users report to us that the mouse cursor disappeared while they were RDPing to the...
View ArticleWhat App Is Sucking Disk Space? [duplicate]
Win11, Dell XPS laptop.Reboot: 21GB freeAfter some hours, 200MB free, and app start crashingReboot: 21GB freead nauseumI use windirstat to see what consumes space, but this is static, when I need...
View ArticleCompatibility Administrator tool (MS-ACT): how to add parameters to launching...
Does anyone know how to force a parameter to be added to a program at startup using Compatibility Administrator (from MS-ACT: Microsoft Application Compatibility Toolkit)?The "RedirectEXE"...
View Articleshortcut to change main display while in extended mode
I'm using a tablet as my second/extended monitor, I want to find a way to map a single hot key combination to one of my buttons, so whenever I toggle it, it changes my main display to the other...
View ArticleInstall window y700i windows back up image in on lenova y50 70
ABOUT ME - I have done a few fresh install, i'm not an engineer or comp sci graduate, i understand a little technical stuff. I would love answers that would be understood by a 7 year old - I often do...
View ArticleHow do you convert an SSH private key to a .ppk on the Windows command line?
I have generated a key pair with ssh-keygen. I now want to use the same key pair with PuTTY-based applications.Because I'm working in a CLI environment, I want to convert the key to the .ppk format...
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Windows pipe curl output to cmd
can anyone help me out here:curl -sSL https://pastebin.com/raw/CHCq9VQt | bashI know this command will retrieve the raw text from pastebin(just python --version) and run that in bash(linux)I need...
View ArticleHow to get all information concerning a Windows service?
On one computer, a Windows service is created.I have tried to create the same one on another computer, but this seems not to work.In order to solve my issue, I'm planning to ask for all Windows service...
View ArticleHow do I pin Thunderbird / Thunderbird Portable (and other stubbornly...
For most apps this is straightforward, as long as the app is running and showing on the taskbar, you simply right-click on the icon in the taskbar and a pin/unpin menu entry shows up.However, lately,...
View ArticleWindows Security History - Where did Windows' security holes begin? [closed]
I'm interested in learning more about Windows security, specifically vs. most closed systems like Linux, and it struck me in my research that 'Windows' has been around as the technology around it has...
View ArticleMove files to network share, local space is not freed up
I have seen this many times, over multiple days and many reboots:I have 0.5GB free locallyI move a 2GB folder from local to network shareIt is gone locallyLocal drive still shows 0.5GB freeTo see the...
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Can I delete the $WinREAgent folder?
Can I delete the $WinREAgent folder?Or the "scratch" folder under it?
View Articlediskpart cannot delete D: partition
When trying to delete D: partition (C: containing system, select volume 1 + delete volume override) I get error from diskpart:Delete is not allowed on the current boot, system, pagefile,crashdump or...
View ArticleHow to play stereo stream as stereo on Windows 10
I stream stereo FLAC from Ubuntu 22.04 with command:ffmpeg -f pulse -i "remote.monitor" -acodec pcm_s16le -ar 48000 -f s16le -ac 2 "udp://192.168.1.99:18181"and play this stereo stream correctly on...
View ArticleAfter Windows 10 WIM deploy, system fails to boot
I have some brand new notebooks (they are HP Z Book G4 Studios). From the state I received the units, I wanted to deploy the company image, instead of using what came loaded by the factory.Before...
View ArticleVPN app based split tunnel with dedicated ip
I have a dedicated ip with ivacy vpn and have a standard windows vpn set up with it. However I want to set up app based split tunneling (or at least dns based split tunneling, as I need it to connect...
View ArticleMake volume slider adjust only current program volume
Can I make The main Windows volume slider (or even a third party one if necessary) adjust only the current programs volume?I currently use Eartrumpet but that sadly doesn't have that functionality.
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