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2 Drives: Both stop responding when both are in use and one is stressed
I have an SSD boot drive (ADATA SP550) and a HDD (WDC WD6400AAKS-41H2B0) that has a previous installation of Windows 10 that I'm using the user directories and some programs from (Steam, for example.) ...
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HDD caddy stops working after a while, Win10
I'm using Win10 and my hdd caddy stops working after a while, even when I'm watching a video. Before you immediately says I haven't changed my hard disk settings at power options, you're wrong, I did.
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OpenVPN : Windows 10 showing “The network path was not found”, but works in Windows 7
One of our clients uses Windows file sharing over OpenVPN. Recently they upgraded some of their machines to Windows 10 and they are not able to access the shared folders from it.
File Sharing ...
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Sharing non-library directories in Windows 10 Homegroup
I am running a desktop and a Surface 3 both with Windows 10 Pro. The Surface is logged in (always) under a M$ account (I use it for school, so it pretty much sticks to me not tweaking it and letting M$...
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Tiny file is “too large for the destination file system”
I am trying to delete a 289 byte file on an NTFS volume. When I attempt to delete the file I am met with the attached error:
How can I delete this file?
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Windows 10 firewall “Block all incoming connections” breaks IPv6
Customize settings for Windows firewall with Block all incoming connections, including those ...
ping -t -6 www.google.com *(or your router even)*
Notice that the packets get dropped.
Now, ...
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Ethernet connection - device does not exist
My Windows 10 desktop PC has an ethernet connection straight to the router. Often when I first start my PC, the ethernet connection does not work. My wireless devices still have internet during these ...
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Google chrome gives Connection was reset
When ever I open a website it gives me,
Connection was reset error.
After refreshing the page for nearly five times, then it loads the page.
Did anyone face this issue? Have any solutions?
I ...
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How to pinpoint multiple hardware failures and the root cause?
I tried to start my personal PC as per usual on Tuesday but my monitor screen went black/power save mode just prior to the Windows 10 login screen. I did not install any new updates/drivers the night ...
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Disable a built-in microphone and webcam remotely
We have some laptops docked at certain places that my head people want disabled. I have used Get-WMIObject to pull the class Win32_PnpEntity and used the Devcon utility to disable the "internal ...
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Thumbnail generation of horizontal images is a lot faster than thumbnail generation of vertical images
When opening an folder with large camera pictures in NEF format (RAW) in Windows 10 I noticed that the thumbnails of horizontal images were generated a lot faster than the thumbnails of vertical ...
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Asus k501u doesn't boot up
My Windows 10 installed Asus K501U laptop doesn't boot up after my daughter shut down the laptop while windows upgrade is in progress.
I always see bios screen (blue one).
What is your suggestion?
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What might be the reason my Toshiba Satellite L875D-S7332 laptop's fan is running so much?
My Toshiba L875D-S7332 laptop came with Windows 8, and when the free updates for Windows 8.1 and 10 came, I took them.
It is becoming very bothersome how much the fan runs. When I make webcam calls, ...
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How to make Snipping Tool in Windows 10 start taking a screenshot by clicking its icon in taskbar?
I simply want to make it start taking a screenshot right after clicking its icon in the Taskbar. Unfortunatelly, now the situation is different. This how it works now:
BAD VARIANT
click the icon in ...
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Windows 10 File Explorer won't open a folder that is minimized
I just upgraded to Windows 10 yesterday. The File Explorer has new behavior that I want to behave like it did in Windows 7. Here are the steps to reproduce:
create a folder on desktop
open the folder ...
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Disable disabling touchpad on laptop (Toshiba)
I have a Toshiba C50D laptop with Windows 10. The FN+F5 combination should disable touch pad and for some reason it gets disabled by accident. Sometimes it takes a lot of tries to get the touchpad ...
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TCP/IP Port printing to TXT File directly from Windows 10 (no additional software)
I'm trying to create a printer port (in Windows 10) that would let me convert a raw text file sent to this port, to "a Generic Text File" in a virtual printing host scenario.
The idea is that what ...
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Hyper V - Virtual Switch not showing as adapter in VM
I am trying to share the network connection from the host (windows 10 pro) but without any luck.
I have created a 'Virtual network switch' to the active wired connection on my Windows 10 PC (an intel ...
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Whole PC suddenly running slowly
I recently played a game requiring a ton of VRAM, which sometimes causes crashes. Which until now has been fine, the most recent crash caused my PC to run insanely slow, opening any applications, ...
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CPU burst tuning with Windows 10?
I upgraded from Windows 7 to Windows 10 and I'm seeing very short slowdowns/freezes which didn't occur in Windows 7. It seems Windows 10 is using more sophisticated power saving techniques or is more ...
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A DLL required for this install to complete could not be run
I've been trying to install nodejs but it always errors. I googled and searched for all the potential ways and I also clean the system with Ccleaner and deleted the temp file and tried to install but ...
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How to enable the execution of a program treated as Exception by Windows 10? [on hold]
I am a windows 10 user, but I trying to run a software named "Laragon", but the windows don't allow the execution of this program.
Every time when I click on the shortcut, I read this alert:
I don't ...
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How can I open with App Command Bar on Windows 10?
When running apps made for Windows 8/RT on Windows 10 they include support for the App Command UI triggered by a touch gesture; which seems to be no longer a thing in windows 10.
So there are parts ...
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Booting the pc from keyboard - strange behavior
Last month I tried changing the settings of my motherboard (z170 chipset) so that the computer would boot by pressing any key from my USB keyboard. But this setting seemed to work once in ten times so ...
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Program Files and Program Files (84) [on hold]
Daniel Howard,
I didn't read through the comments yet but I have read the article. So I'm not a hundred percent if this has been brought before regarding the two separate file systems. In my opinion ...
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Windows BitLocker not offering unlock-by-password option
I have a problem in a single computer trying to do a process I've successfully done on another computers.
What I have successfully achieved on another computers:
Have a non TPM compatible module ...
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Window 7 upgrade to 10 then Windows 10 reset this PC
I have a client that is across the country from me that wants to factory reset his PC so as to fix any issues the current OS install has. He currently has Windows 7, which does not have a in OS way ...
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How to copy one directory to another with window command prompt?
I read alot of guides about to copy directories. On SO also read the posts
Commmand line command to copy entire directory (including directory folder) to another directory
copying all contents of ...
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Processor becomes very slow (100Mhz) [on hold]
Hey guys I bought a processor (Pentium g3258) and I tested it myself that the processor is working and even played a heavy game on it. I left that processor without using it for 20 days. Now, I ...
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CiscoAnyconnect Skipping ActiveX
For some reason, Cisco Anyconnect is skipping the ActiveX install option and going to Java. All of a sudden it started failing while using the Java Detection Option:
The Java route fails no matter ...
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How can I take screenshots of the Windows 10 Login Screen?
How can I take a screenshot of the Windows 10 Login Screen?
I have read How can I take a screenshot of my logon screen in Windows 7?. Unfortunately, the posted answers reportedly only work for either ...
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Windows Search: How to show files directly?
How to configure Windows Search to show e.g. video files directly without having to type "video:" first?
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NX bit cpu feature enabled in windows 10 but Windows 7 not detect it
I have a laptop with Intel i3 350m. There is no option in the bios, to enable or disable Execute disable bit (NX,XD). There is only boot options and enable VT-X.
The problem is in windows 10 the ...
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Disable show all windows when pressing winkey + arrow
When I'm pressing WinKey + arrow, the open window is pushed to one half of the screen and in the other side I get a view of all other windows (and I can choose one of them to open it in that half of ...
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Windows 10 randomly drops wifi and wired network connection for no reason
I have a htpc which runs windows 10 pro (64 bit). It has a wired and a wireless connection. Everything works fine, except for the internet connection. Seemingly without any reason, when browsing the ...
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Filtering Error which lead to a non-responsive system
In my previous post, about How to get logs of crashes when the system won't response, I made some progress. Now that I am able to run Event Viewer and created a custom filter to show me all the Errors ...
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Windows 10 Normal and Small Taskbar mode whilst keeping “Day of the Week & Date” shown at all times
In Windows 10, in "large icons" taskbar mode (32x32 taskbar program icons), I see the date plus first two letters of the week (Dutch) showing nicely:
But, when I activate "use small taskbar buttons" ...
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Can't find “Windows Subsystem for Linux” feature to install Bash for Windows
I'm trying to create a GitHub page with Jekyll on Windows, but to do that I am told I need to install Bash on Ubuntu on Windows. Ok, fine, so I go to Bash's installation guide. My computer is 64 bit, ...
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Is there a way to downgrade from Win 10 build 15063 to 14393 when it was a new installation?
We made a big mistake and set up a new Deployment image for the Windows 10 Creators Update (build 15063) in our WDS to deploy the new Windows to our computers.
Now we have about 10 machines with the ...
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Can anyone show me how to get the ADRESSBAR Registry Editor for Win10 build 14942 or higher? [on hold]
I have Win10 build 14393. Can anyone show me how to get the ADDRESSBAR Registry Editor for Win10 build 14942 or higher? I really need a virusfree native version. Please note, I don't want the whole ...
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Need to change how to turn off caps lock in Windows 10
When I start Windows 10 on my laptop, my physical keyboard's caps lock can't be turned on; later it turns itself on and can't be turned off. At any time, if I start my on-screen keyboard (which I ...
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How do I edit the startup items of an offline system?
Is there a live-USB method to edit the internals (registry, system settings, et cetera) of an offline Windows system? I do freelance computer repair, and when people are asking me to "clean up" their ...
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Application suddenly needs to run as administrator
We have a c++ MFC application that communicates with a serial port. Few months ago it's working just fine. But later on, it now requires us to run as administrator (right click + run as admin) for it ...
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Can't open SharePoint link in Excel when trying to login using MS Account - “This operation has been canceled..”
When I try to open an online file hosted on SharePoint through Excel 2010 (application not online), it shows me the 'Login into Office 365' pop up. I enter my hotmail address (for my MS account) into ...
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Microsoft Access Runtime 2010 -
At my work I am trying to install Microsoft Access Runtime 2010 on a new computer running Windows 10 Pro(it will be a series of new computers). I've installed MS Office 2007 (minus Access runtime 2007)...
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How to completely uninstall an anitvirus from Windows 10?
I have Windows 10 on my computer and installed AVG Antivirus. Unfortunately, it prevents me from installing Minecraft and SIMS 4 (I like games).
I assumed that the anitvirus is what is preventing me ...
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Cannot open VCXSrv
I am using Windows 10 Home on a Dell Inspiron 1545 laptop. I know the product is not tested for Windows 10 upgrade, but this question still applies.
When I open VCXSrv, it shows:
Cannot move old log ...
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How do I sort my folders in Windows 10 by date modified while keeping my folders on top?
I never had this problem until moving to Windows 10.
I have already looked and saw a mention of if I have it on date modified, then right click again and then hold shift while clicking on name, the ...
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How can the dual-boot screen be obtained?
I recently installed Ubuntu 16.04 in a system, dual-boot along with windows 10. However, after installation, the system directly boots into Ubuntu and the selection for Windows is not shown. How can I ...
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Windows 10 - 'arp -d' as limited User
I have some Windows 10 PCs joined to a Samba4 domain,
so most users only have a limited Account.
I added the useres to the local Group 'Network Configuration Operators' so that they are allowed to ...
