How do you defragment the MFT on an NTFS disk?
A while ago, I nearly filled my hard drive, much more than the recommended maximum of 85% of capacity. I believe that NTFS started storing files in the space reserved for the Master File Table (MFT)...
View ArticleWindows Photo Viewer: Won't Scan Through Shared Folder
Win 11When I open a LOCAL folder in Explorer and double click on a file, I can use arrow keys to push Photo Viewer to go through all the photos in the folder.When I do the same steps on a network share...
View ArticleWhy is windows 11 sending conventional DNS requests after enabling...
I enabled DOH on my Wi-Fi. It works. But using Wireshark, I still see explicit DNS requests and see the DNS server refusing the requests.Why is this happening, and what's the meaning of DOH to protect...
View ArticleRestore huge file from shadow copy without copying
I have a volume with a shadow copy. The shadow copy contains a very big file (let's say 100 GB). The shadow copy is on the same disk as the volume it is shadowing. The "original" file got deleted. I...
View ArticleHow to edit command line parameters of startup applications?
In older Windows versions, in MSConfig -> Startup tab you could edit the parameters of a startup application from the Command column.Now in Windows 10, MSConfig moved the Startup tab to Task...
View ArticleWindows 10 crashes after going to sleep/hibernate
I'm experiencing an issue where after I put my PC to sleep or hibernate, the monitor turns off and, after a certain period of time, crashes. This issue doesn't always happen though - for the first few...
View ArticleNative windows cmd program to download a file
I'm struggling with the windows commandline for years. Is it possible to download a file over http(/https) with the programs that are shipped with windows by default?I know that I can download or...
View Articletouchscreen goes to sleep after idle
Recently i bought a new lenovo flex 5 with windows 11 preinstalled. I noticed that the touchscreen goes to sleep after a few seconds of leaving it idle. When i use it continuously, it works flawlessly....
View ArticleOpen internal URL(edge://...) by command line
I can open an URL by command line."C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe" http://example.com //works"C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe" edge://settings...
View ArticleCan't enable Windows time service (Windows 10) - Access is denied even to...
My W10 computer is unable to sync time (sync failed). I found that the time service is not running.When I try to start it, I get "Access is denied" - even in an Administrator...
View ArticleWindows 7: logon denied only one user session is allowed
Everything was working fine in Win7 Ultimate until one day, I could not switch users. I had to enable fast user switching in regedit for some reason and locked the computer, hit ctrl+alt+del (never had...
View ArticleHow to install windows 11 without recovery partition blocking the way
I wanna fresh install windows 11 and then dualboot it with linux, but when i install windows 11 there's recovery partition automaticaly created and blocking the way of extending volume for linux.How...
View Articlepublic key passwordless ssh from linux to Windows 10 works for domain account...
Linux box is Fedora 39, latest ssh/openssl libraries. Remote box is Windows 10 LTSC build 17763, OpenSSH.Server~~~~0.0.1.0, sshd.exe claims 7.7.0.Linux user1 tries to connect as ruser1@windows, where...
View ArticleHow to correctly mount/bind/... a local (host) dir into a docker container
I'm currently using Windows 11 and I try to construct a docker file for my development environment, which can be seen below. For me, the line RUN --mount=type=bind,target=/home/$username/src is...
View ArticlePermissions on WINDOWS environment variables
Supposing a service that is running with administrator privileges creates an environment variable.Can a user with non-admin privileges read this environment variable?If so, is there a way to restrict...
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Outlook (new) broken notifications
Recently I've had to switch to the "Outlook (new)" app. I only want to use this as a calendar, like I used to be able to with the built in "Calendar" app. I have added the relevant accounts (one gmail,...
View ArticleRemote control of third PC via video-conference?
I have a PC which controls a fabrication machine.On this machine-PC, no additional software can be installed and it cannot be connected to the internet.So, there is no way to install TeamViewer or...
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Command to copy client public key to Windows OpenSSH SFTP/SSH server...
I have a Linux machine, and I need to sftp to a Windows SFTP server. So for first step, I create my own id_rsa file and the id_rsa.pub in my Linux machine.Then I copy the text in the id_rsa.pub into...
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How can I delete a file that can't be found and doesn't exist at all?
I found this strange file on my desktop the other day, its file name is "Image Catalog".I didn't think much of it at first, but then I decided it wasn't working and I wanted to delete it.But strangely,...
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Windows `ping IP` (not `ping domain`) uses wrong IP address
I have this network setup:When I execute arp -d on the laptop to clear the routing table and then ping 10.0.0.30 to ping embedded device 1, it should go "I don't know how to get from here to 10.0.0.30....
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