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Can I run VMware Player and WSL2 on the same Windows 10 Pro machine without disabling either?

Its not super clear to me from searches done if I can run VMware Player on the same Windows 10 Pro machine using Docker / WSL2 to run Linux containers. Or does it mean Hyper-V needs to be disabled to ...
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Will I be able to recover win 10 license after removing microsoft account?

I just activated a Windows 10 Pro license in a new computer, and a friend convinced me to link my microsoft account to my windows installation so I will be able to reactivate it after a hardware ...
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Transparent windows in Windows 10 Pro over videos & color shift while browsing

I recently bought a new MSI laptop and after installing windows 10 pro I am facing some issues with the screen. First of all, it goes to night mode (shifts color tune) when I am browsing the internet ...
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AviSynth, DirectShowSource(), ffplay --not playing, generates an error / Win-10 Pro

THE GOAL: To frame-serve our *.mp4 using Avisynth / FFmpeg; both are 64-bit. Example Videos\clip(s): (MediaInfo) General Complete name : T:\Full\Path\To\Media\test_20201115.mp4 Format : MPEG-4 Format ...
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How to enable remote shutdown confirmation on Windows 10 RDP host?

When shutting down a remote Windows computer via RDP, some RDP hosts will prompt the user to confirm they want to shutdown the remote host computer. Is there a way to enable this feature on Windows 10 ...
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Why does my pc sleep when I want it to hibernate?

This is my first question on stack exchange. I have a three-day old thinkpad t590 running windows 10 pro. It has 1tb ssd and 24gb memory. My problem is I noticed that whenever I set my pc to hibernate,...
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Is it possible to install the security update without installing the update preview?

I would like to install the security intelligence update but not the update preview. Is that possible? Is there something I've neglected to do in my update configuration that is causing these two ...
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Upgrade from Windows 10 Home to Pro fails with error code 0xc004f050

I have a PC running Windows 10 Home (valid license and activated). Now I bought a Windows 10 Pro Upgrade license (OEM) to upgrade that PC to Windows 10 Professional. If I enter the license key in the ...
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Turning off “Jump Lists” in Windows 10 doesnt work, how to fix it?

I was following this topic Delete VLC recent list to fix the issue of recent files appearing in the taskbar in Windows 10 Pro for individual programs, since it turns out to be a Windows feature/issue ...
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electrobot amd ryzen 5 3600 nvidia geforce rtx 2060 super 8gb gaming tower pc with a 550 watt power supply + 24" lg ultragear 1ms 144hz [closed]

i have a electrobot amd ryzen 5 3600 nvidia geforce rtx 2060 super 8gb gaming tower pc with a 550 watt power supply + 24" lg ultragear 1ms 144hz gaming monitor + zebronics transformer m gaming ...
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System 30/40% high cpu at the start

I'm really desperate. I have a new laptop but when I start it or restarts the "system" process eats up 30-40% of the cpu for a couple of minutes. I did a check and this is what I found ...
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Upgrading / Changing / Moving Windows 10 License

I've just bought a Windows 10 Pro License because I want to use that on my main PC which currently has Windows 10 Home on it for the extra features. I've upgraded most things over the years so pretty ...
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Hyper-V corruption on save/start

I have set up a Windows 10 Pro VM on a Windows 10 Pro host. The guest is a Generation 2 VM and the settings veer off the defaults only to specify 16 GB max dynamic memory, 8 virtual CPUs, disable ...
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Deploying git clone into Windows 10 inetpub wwwroot

I have a brand new Windows 10 Professional installed, configuring for the first time. I have a local web presence that I like to deploy, typically from Git repository straight into whatever the ...
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RDP connection to Windows 10 PC logs out local (console) user with another username, any solution?

I'm trying to connect to a Windows 10 Pro machine using username USER01, and there's another user named OTHERUSER02 already logged in locally to the machine. But he receives a message to log him out ...
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Windows 10 pro official installation media

I have a DELL laptop with windows home on it. (sticker license). I want to download windows 10 pro and install it on this laptop. So I downloaded from here the media creation tool: https://www....
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Hi, How to change bootable external hard drive back to normal

Hi Dears I have turned an external hard drive into a bootable drive (in order to install Windows 10). This caused the external hard drive's capacity to decrease from 1TB to 32gb. Is it possible to ...
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Network speed varies greatly

My WiFi speed tests have been reporting very low figures as of yesterday. Also, as you can see in the very low-res videos, google loads a white page for a second or two before loading the full site, ...
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Is there anywhere in the Windows system logs where file activity or browse activity is recorded?

I believe logging all that info can be either enabled OR it can be capture with 3rd party tools. My question is rather, out of the box, is Windows logging that info somewhere like can I look in the ...
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laptop slow down after a wile of running

i don't known what happened but every time i turn on my laptop and doing something heavy with it like play Roblox game. it start off fine but then, sometime later. usually 10-25 min my laptop just ...
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Disable internet sync time and date Windows 10 pro

Please advice i try too much to disable internet sync time & date windows 10 pro I did the following: I choose set time and zone manually i stop automatically sync time. I stop windows update ...
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Windows 10 Pro doesn't show version of Windows, can this be fixed?

I use a computer at work which has Windows 10 Pro installed but when I look to see its version, it doesn't show it, it just shows Edition and that's 64 bit. I need to see its version since a paid ...
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Copy files with Remote App on Windows 10

I am using the Remote Desktop App on Windows 10 pro. Not the old program, the app. This is another issue but secondary to this. I will say though that everything on both sides is fully up to date, I ...
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Windows 10 pro USB issues with networking and mouse

I'm having some trouble with a windows 10 pro laptop that also has a dual boot with ubuntu. Everything works fine in ubuntu so I assume its not a hardware issue. I don't use Windows much, really only ...
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Safe way to eject an internal hard disk drive being connected externally through USB

I have removed a 500 GB Barracuda internal hard disk drive from my old laptop This is an actual spinning magnetic hard disk and not an SSD I have a USB converter cable for it that lets me ...
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Oracle Database 18C XE Installation completed with Errors

I am getting the below error while trying to install Oracle Database 18C XE on my local system (Windows 10 Pro). Oracle Database Installation Completed with Errors The wizard was interrupted before ...
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Hyper-V on Windows 2019 Server or Windows 10 Pro Desktop for production use

I want to virtualize my desktop PC, which is a) rather potent and b) always on anyway, and run some other VMs on that hardware. It is Windows 10 Pro right now. The VMs will be production VMs, like ...
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Windows 10 not starts my Delphi 7 program if there is no (random) argument in command line

This morning some of my clients contact me reporting that my application wasn't starting (from night to day). After trying some things I noted a bizarre behavior: My application only starts if I ...
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Multiple issues with VGA

Good day! I'm facing some issues with Intel HD 4600 VGA, I will mention some: I'm setting my resolution to 1920x1080 as follows: My resolution in settings BUT in advanced display settings, this is ...
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How to set display resolution via PowerShell on Win10 Pro

I was asked by a client's IT admin to "write a powershell script that sets the resolution manually on bootup". Presumably it is possible if they're asking me to do this. I have absolutely no ...
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SD Card Micro SDHC “You don't currently have permission to access this folder”

I'm running on Windows 10 Pro, and every time I try to open my SD card it says "You don't currently have permission to access this folder. Click Continue to permanently get access to this folder." ...
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Bluestacks Hyper-V not disabling

i recently tried to install Bluestacks on windows 10 pro (x64) and upon installation i am greeted by the "Bluestacks is unable to use hardware assisted virtualisation when hyper-v is enabled". Even ...
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I have two operating systems on two different hard drives one is fast and one is slow. Why?

This is my system: Intel i7-7820x CPU 3.60Ghz DDR4 16GB RAM Geforce GTX 1080TI ASUS ROG RAMPAGE VI EXTREME Disk 1: Seagate BarraCuda - 2TB, 7,200 RPM Disk 2: Western Digital - 1TB, 7,200 RPM I ...
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Changing Location of User's Personal Folders Only Partially Works

I changed the location of a user's personal folders to a mounted network drive, by modifying the values under HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User Shell Folders. ...
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Hide “3D Objects” from “This PC”

There are plenty of tutorial online for removing "all" of the folders from under This PC, by editing the registry. All of the folders are removed as they are supposed to be, besides for the "3D ...
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Update SLIC with Windows 10 Pro key so Windows installer uses it

I have a Dell laptop with Windows 10 Home. I have also purchased Pro key. From my experience, if I reinstall fresh, the USB doesn't ask me for a key at all, it just grabs the license information from ...
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How do I turn off Windows 10 searching the store when I press start and type? [duplicate]

I just upgraded to Windows 10 1903 and now when I press Start and type Windows is showing store results How do I turn that feature off? I don't want windows searching the store when I press the start ...
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Installing PCI Gameport on newer PC for older joysticks

I have an older gameport version of a CH Products joystick that I plan to use on my Windows 10 Pro. I would use a gameport to USB adapter, but they all have very limited "space" for buttons/ hats and ...
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In Win10 can a Storage Space 2-way Mirror be the System disk? [duplicate]

I promised to set up SW RAID Mirroring for my client. The computer came with a 500GB HDD as the only disk (with Win10 Pro installed on it). I just plugged in 2 additional new 500GB SSDs (not yet ...
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Trying to start Biitlocker I get “This device can't use a Trusted Platform Module.”

I am trying to upgrad a 500GB SATA disk that was bitlocker encrypted to a 2TB disk. Here's what I have done so far. 1. Turn off bitlocker on the source disk. This was necessary to be able to expand ...
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Using support for nested virtualization to run another not-Hyper-V hypervisor inside the Window Root OS

I'm trying to better understand how hypervisors work. I know that only one hypervisor at a time can use the virtualization support from the CPU. I also know that Hyper-V is a type 1 hypervisor so when ...
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For how long is a Windows 10 Pro license valid?

I couldn't find any info about this. I'm thinking about buying a Windows 10 Pro license but I'm wondering for how long it will be valid? Is it some cloud thing that needs to be renewed every year, or ...