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Can't safe boot to Windows 10 if I change SATA Emulation BIOS setting from RAID to AHCI

I'm trying to change SATA emulation from RAID to AHCI on a HP Omen X 17-ap001nb laptop with installed Windows 10, without reinstalling. This popular question: Switch RAID to AHCI without reinstalling ...
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How To recreate bootloader to UEFI?

My hard drive is malfunctioning and not being recognized by my computer. However, i can use testdisk and get to the data on the drive and copy it, so i know data is in tact. I took it to a computer ...
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How to get Nav Pane to stay in Quick Access area?

How do I get the Navigation Pane to stay on a chosen folder in the Quick Access (eg. "WorkStuff"), instead of moving down to the Drive that holds the original "WorkStuff" folder.
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Is something wrong with my usb wires?

I have 2 laptops: Alienware and HP. I have 2 external hard disks which are Transcend and WD. I have 2 usb wires which are aaa and bbb. I am using aaa with the WD external hard disk and I am using bbb ...
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Can I reroute all network traffic coming to a network interface on my PC to a proxy (also on my PC)?

I am using a restricted Internet. There is a software on my PC which connects to an outside server and creats a local proxy on my PC (127.0.0.1:8888). Other applications and other systems on my LAN ...
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net view command won't list share despite being present in the File Explorer

I am trying to view my network share via the net view command. When I run it I get this output: C:\Users\bchee>net view Server Name Remark -----------------------------------------------...
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Mendeley PDF Viewer not working - Windows

I have downloaded Mendeley Reference Manager applicaition in windows-10. As seen in the screenshot below, the pdf file is available but Mendeley is not able to render it. If I open the same Pdf file ...
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My computer just switches on and off, over and over. What's wrong with it?

I partitioned my hard drive to install Ubuntu (22.04.2 LTS) alongside Windows 10. During the ubuntu installation I got the error 'Unable to install Ubuntu. This is a fatal error'. I tried installing a ...
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macOS can't boot, shows 'prohibitory' symbol after using Clonezilla

How are you? I have a MacBook Pro Mid-2012 (A1278) running Yosemite 10.10.5 + Bootcamp (Windows 10). I mostly use the Windows partition, and rarely use macOS. THE PROBLEM I tried to clone the internal ...
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Can I setup a nested VPN on Windows?

I used ProtonVPN on my machine but at some point it stopped connecting as its servers were blocked in Russia. However, I found another working solution using OpenVPN and another VPN provider. But I ...
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Windows on a SSD recognized on one computer but not on another

A friend of mine asked me to install Windows on his new SSD. I use a dual boot system, with Ubuntu and Windows 10. I made a bootable flash USB of W10 so I could install it on his SSD, connected to my ...
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Microsoft Teams not using headphones as speaker

I use a set of Bose Quite Comfort 35 II headphones for work and have been using them for a couple of years. I recently got a new HP laptop and everything was working fine for about a week, but now ...
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PC freezes when playing recorded tracks

Using Vinyl Studio,and playing back recorded tracks in ( split track mode ) PC freezes at random. It takes almost 4min to start playing again. It does the same in iTunes. Makes no difference when it ...
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How Are My Python Installations' Command Names Determined, and Can I Change Them?

I recently installed 3 versions of Python on my Windows 10 machine: Python 3.8, Python 3.10, and Python 3.11. I have added all of them to Path . I have successfully run Python3.8 by typing in python ...
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Folder is not showing the most recent thumbnails of the files

A few days ago I noticed that folder's preview is not being updated with the newest thumbnails of files that are created there. Is there a reason why it seems to be so random? And is there a way how ...
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Windows 10: How to edit what shows up in Quick Access

How can I define the items that will show up in "Quick Access"? I have "Remove from Quick Access" an item, then another item shows up in QA. I just want to define that "these ...
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backdoor infection scanning (some PID not showing)

I am trying to scan the connections established on my Windows 10 PC. I'm using the command (as admin) netstat -ano. It is working, and I am seeing some established connections. But when I'm looking ...
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Trouble with Windows Persistent Routes

Ok... so playing with dual-homed "admin" devices connected to the leading and OOBM networks. In theory fairly simple; I cannot get routing to work, and I have tried every combination I can ...
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My NVMe.2 has had its boot file be unloadable, how do I fix it?

I was trying to put a new drive into my computer when I started messing around with them I somehow managed to delete the boot files from my NVMe.2. I tried recovering the NVMe.2 through a boot disk, ...
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7.1 surround sound by hdmi on windows 10 test and games not working

My problem is that Windows 10 doesn't play 7.1 surround sound instead it mixes sound into every speaker. When I test the speakers in the sound section it plays the same ding sound on every surround ...
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How to repair the bootloader for a bitlocker encrypted drive

I tried to create a dual boot setup with Windows 10 (BitLocker encrypted) and Manjaro Linux (on 2 separate drives) but this didn't work. Now I have only the option to boot Linux, Windows doesn't show ...
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Register a file extension for all users

Lets say, I belong to Administrators in Windows 10 and I want: I. All other existed users. Users not created yet. When anyone from the above list press "enter" on a PDF file, then PDF ...
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Windows Explorer doesn't show updated names when changing capitalization (multiple files via script)

If I have 5 or more files in a Windows Explorer folder and I rename them with a script that only changes capitalization, Explorer doesn't automatically "refresh" and show the new names in my ...
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Web browser application running javascript, will idle and stop processing in Chrome after Windows 10 lock

A website written in JavaScript with a loop, times out on windows when windows 10 lock screen comes up. When a person logs backs in, JavaScript will then continue, as if it did not stop. So this ...
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Windows 10 1709 Won't Upgrade / DISM Errors

I am trying to install a more current version of Windows 10 but everything I have tried has failed. I don't know if problems with sfc /scannow and DISM are related but the latter is also problematic. ...
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Websites don't always load immediately

I'm experiencing a strange issue in all of my browsers (Opera, Chrome, Edge) by websites not always loading immediately. Sometimes they do, other times I have to wait a couple of seconds. I can see ...
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Cannot change entire Windows 10 system from Spanish to English

I bought an Asus laptop several years ago and for some reason the operating system is partly in Spanish. For example, when I go to the Start menu, the menu options are listed in Spanish (Documentos, ...
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Is it possible to add a custom language to windows 10 using a font I have installed?

So this is a bit of an odd question, and potentially adding a custom language is not the best way to go about it. So please suggest any alternatives otherwise. But I have installed a runic font, of ...
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Virtualbox and Zoom icons appear zoomed in, in fresh Windows 10 installation

I think I might know the cause of the issue, but don't know the fix. I installed Zoom, and Virtualbox on a fresh Windows 10 install, before I installed the graphics drivers. Once the graphcs drivers ...
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How to use "Open With" menu for folders to open in Explorer.exe?

I'm using the Application Launcher For Drive extension on Chrome and it allows me to open files with certain programs on my local computer when right-clicking a file on the Google Drive website (https:...
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How do I reduce ping latency in Hyper-V?

I have an Android Phone connected by USB Tethering as internet device to a Windows 10 Host running Hyper-V. With an Alpine guest, ping 1.1.1.1 has really high latency, much higher than the host device ...
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Change boot system from Legacy > UEFI and set hard disk from MBT > GPT

There are many questions I need someone can help me answer it. Let me explain first... Longtime ago, my laptop only have 1 HDD and 1 CD-Drive. I have been using around 3 years, and my hard disk is ...
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EDID Emulator with HDMI Matrix and Multiple Monitors

I have an HDMI matrix which I use to switch multiple input sources between a couple different monitors (they are the same resolution). One of the input sources is a PC with Windows 10 installed. ...
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How to change monitor names in Windows

I have four USB HDMI capture cards plugged into four different laptops which have their video stream sent to them from a desktop running OBS. There are several HDMI cables running from the desktop ...
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Nvidia desktop color settings order

I have a GTX 650, on most drivers (most recently 446.14) the hue and digital vibrance settings in the Nvidia Control Panel apply on top of the brightness/contrast/gamma ones. Starting with 451.67, the ...
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How can I create a shortcut in "This PC" on windows 10?

How can I create a shortcut in the "This PC" section in File Explorer of Windows 10? Like a shortcut of a mapped network location or a folder of mounted drive.
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comparison of two folders containing the same filenames with different extensions

I have many catalogs where one folder contains photos in .jpg format and the second folder having same filenames in .dng format. There are some missing files between these two folders. My objective is ...
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Can I simply replace my Windows 10 File History drive with a larger one and retain the existing file history?

I'm planning to upgrade my Windows 10 Pro system's 2TB HDD used for Windows File History to a 3TB HDD but I understand that it's not just a matter of copying the contents of the existing 2TB disk to ...
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VMware vCenter Converter Standalone Error: Unable to obtain hardware information for the selected machine

I am running VMware Workstation 15.5.7 on Windows 10. I create a new Windows 10 x64 VM, which starts up and runs with no issues. I want to change this VM's hardware compatibility so that it can run ...
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c MSI GE70 laptop shows Aptio setup utitlity endlessly - many solutions tried but non working

enter image description hereMy MSI GE70 (Model Name MS-1756) {Boot version E1756IMS.513 / EC version 1756EMS1 Ver5.05} suddenly got stuck while I was running and operating on several desktop ...
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Google drive in WSL

I have google drive G:\ in my Windows 10. Trying to open it in WSL Ubuntu with command: cd /mnt/g Command works fine, but ls command shows nothing there. Why?
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Windows 10 - Extend Volume for C Drive Greyed out [duplicate]

I did a new Windows Install and I selected the wrong drive during the installation. I am trying to expand the C Drive space into the unallocated area. Extend Volume option seems to be greyed out. What ...
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Can you explain the memory usage by the explorer process? What does Commit mean? [duplicate]

Why does the explorer.exe process have a 14GB commit? What does this mean? Computer is behaving very slowly, and this is the only culprit I can think of.
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How to uninstall the "LE_WH-H910N (h.ear)" driver on Windows 10?

How do I uninstall the LE_WH-H910N (h.ear) and LE_WH-H900N (h.ear) drivers? When I go device manager and uninstall the LE_WH-H910N (h.ear) driver, the LE_WH-H900N (h.ear) will instantly show up to ...
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VMWare Fusion: stop Command + Tab being sent to Windows 10 client?

I have a problem with the Apple Command + Tab shortcut key, and I don't really think that combination of characters should be sent to the VM. I'm running a mac mini i7 on MacOS 12.6.4 (21G526) with a ...
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How would I go about getting the solitaire artifacting effect on a window? [closed]

I'm trying to find out how to get the effect that solitaire has when you finish a game but for normal windows. I can't find out how to get artifacting ( similar to that safely ) online.
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games crashing in windows 10 after upgrading to rtx 3080

I started having issues with my ITX build after upgrading the GPU from a reference evga gtx 1070 to a EVGA xc3 ultimate rtx 3080 where loading up any game would either crash to desktop or hard crash ...
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SSH on Windows 10 produces an empty log file

I am using ssh on Windows 10 with the -E option: ssh -E log.txt myuser@myserver.com The log file gets written, but it's empty. I tried ending my session with exit (rather than just closing the ...
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Next desktop background by cmd, Powershell or batch?

I have set slideshow as my Windows 10 background. I can right click on the desktop and select Next desktop background to change it to the next image. Is there any way to do this via cmd or powershell ...
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Citrix Workspace Uninstall

Windows 10 22H2 Citrix Workspace 1912 When attempting to uninstall Citrix Workspace as such... TrolleyExpress.exe /Uninstall /Silent /NoReboot About half-way through the uninstall process, the Add ...
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