Questions tagged [windows-10]
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Change pc password with command prompt
Welcome , today I'm working with the command prompt on Windows 10 , I like to know if it is possible to change my pc's password with this and how can I do it. Thank you
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unusual networking issue - device online but not pingable
So, here's a curious situation. Forgive me if it's obvious and perhaps I'm just missing it.
I have a client device (Surface Pro 4) which as far as I can tell is online. The user can browse the web, ...
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Can't login to Windows 10 after drive repair: "Your device is offline. Please sign in with the last password used on this device"
One day my computer did drive repair. After that when I can't log in using my password. It shows "Your device is offline. Please sign in with the last password used on this device". I tried to ...
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OneDrive constantly comes back in Windows 10, despite being disabled in every way I know how
What is the way of getting this thing to stop coming back up and telling me I'm over my storage limit? It seems like it's prompted to start when you go into the Documents folder of Windows Explorer. I ...
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Portable Windows Store Applications
I like to run portable applications as much as possible, so whenever I can, I either download a portable version of an application, or if none is available, I install it, duplicate it somewhere else, ...
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M.2 SSD doesn't show up in BIOS and Windows installer
I am building a brand new PC with motherboard Asus PRIME B250M-A and a 250GB WD BLUE M2 2280 SSD drive.
The M.2 drive doesn't show up in BIOS. After a few attempts, disabling the CMS brings the M.2 ...
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What's the Proper Way to Shutdown / Restart a laptop, if it is not responding?
I came across a program that is not responding, and I don't know how to restart the laptop properly.
If you're thinking that I should long press the power button to turn off the computer, no! Yes, it ...
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Random Hardware Addresses in Windows 10 Creators Update
In Windows 10 Anniversary Update has been introduced the Random Hardware Addresses feature, which allows spoofing MAC-address each time you connect to Wi-Fi in order to complicate the tracing of ...
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Keyboard media keys in Windows - is it possible to override which app responds to key presses?
Right now I have both Chrome (With 'Streamkeys'), and Spotify open - and when Chrome isn't running, Spotify responds to media keys (Pause, skip track, etc.). However when Chrome is open and Streamkeys ...
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Did svchost.exe behaviour change in Windows 10 Creators Update (Build 1703)?
Today I upgraded to the Creators Update by running setup from the ISO mounted locally. When I got back to my computer I opened Task Manager and saw my memory usage was a lot higher than it was ...
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In Windows 10 file is saved without permission and is visible only to the program that saved it [duplicate]
In Windows 10 different software behaves differently when I am trying to save files to the C:\ root directory. Some simply fail/refuse, saying I have no permission (MS Word, console copy command etc.),...
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Can I autorun bootrec /fixboot during boot. I have to run fixboot after every power outage or hard reset
Everytime there is a power outage or hard reset on my Win 10 system on a SSD I have insert installation media, go into command prompt and run bootrec /fixboot. it fixes my blue screen of death ...
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Can people automate Windows apps installation?
I understand a Linux application installation can be automated through a script, but I am not so sure if this is true in Windows world. Here I have specific scenario.
I want to install Word onto a ...
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Microsoft Remote Desktop types 'c's and 'b's when I use media keys? Can it not?
I really like the Win10 Remote Desktop, but when I hit the volume-down and volume-up keys while in the terminal session, it types out lowercase c and b, respectively. Mute is 'd'? It also prevents the ...
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Windows 10 Error 0xC1900200
I'm already aware that many have had this issue and that solutions already exist, but I haven't found one that works for my situation. If I had read correctly, this error is due to some kind of ...
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Clean install, what partitions can be removed?
When you buy a new PC or laptop it is pre-installed with Windows and a lot of vendor software. I prefer to have a clean environment and do a new Windows installation.
I thought i would find the 0 ...
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VT-x error while running Kali Linux ovf on Virtual Box in 32-bit Windows 10?
I have successfully run Ubuntu on my computer with an older version of VBox in Windows 7.
I updated VBox, and downloaded and imported a Kali Linux 2017 i686 .ovf file. But then I got an error after ...
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Can't see wifi networks on laptop
On the login screen in Windows 10, I click on the wifi icon and a list of networks appear, everything is fine and I can connect to it normally.
But as soon as I log in the user account, I click on ...
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Powershell slow starting on Windows 10
I have problem with slow starting of powershell prompt on Windows 10 ( Version 1703 - Creators Update ).
My hw specs ( quite fast machine ): Intel i5-7440HQ (Quad Core) / 32GB DDR4 RAM / 512 Samsung ...
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Windows 10 tries to login with the local user instead of Microsoft account [duplicate]
Background for the story:
I had created a local Windows user on my laptop, lets say dummyuser. Later on I connected that local user with the Microsoft account [email protected].
I want to login ...
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Graphical errors: sometimes elements are missing in Windows 10
Sometimes, there are elements missing in Windows - like a graphical error (see picture).
It comes and goes - sometimes this happens when I return back from a locked Windows.
This is what I have done: ...
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Break auto repair loop with faulty HDD
First of all: my HDD is faulty - it has bad sectors and I know that. All my important data is already backed up and a replacement is ordered, but I need system to boot and perform a simple service ...
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Computer does not power off after shutting down
I have dual boot Ubuntu 16.04 and Windows 10 pro.
On Windows 10, the PC goes through the usual shutting down process then the monitor turns off, but the HDD and all the fans stay powered on.
It's very ...
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Changing folder directory from SSD to HD
In my pc i have a ssd and a hard disk, I wanted to change the document folder's directory to be in the hard disk instead of the ssd. I mistakenly set the whole disk D: (the hard disk) as the document ...
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Why is Windows finding malware in a sparsebundle?
I'm copying over a sparsebundle containing some Time Machine backups from my mac onto my Windows machine's drive. While copying, Windows Defender starts complaining about a threat called Exploit:Win32/...
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Windows 10 displays a 3D Windows 10 logo after 15 minutes of inactivity and I can't disable it
If I don't touch my computer for 15 minutes then it displays a 3D Windows 10 logo and I can't find a way to prevent this from happening... I've gone in my settings then to system then to power & ...
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Bypassing/Resetting Locked Win 10 Password [duplicate]
The church I go to gave me a computer and said I can have it an play with it. I seems to be the secretary's old Desktop. It is a Dell (maybe Windows 10) Desktop computer. They don't remember the ...
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How did I set up this USB multi-partition?
I have a Corsair Voyager GTX flash drive and I partitioned it to have four partitions, one of which I'm using for Kali Linux live, there other for my portable apps and portable gamestation folder and ...
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Word 2016 brings up Windows Security dialog box to connect to OneDrive
I have Microsoft Office 2016 installed on Windows 10. For several months had has worked fine. I have a Microsoft account and regularly save and load files from OneDrive.
Now, however, when I try and ...
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Bluetooth 2.1 file transfer speed on Windows 10
I'm testing Bluetooth file transmission between Windows 10 hosts. After several tests I measured around 30 KB/s. I have also created a Winsock test application, and I achieve between 40 and 50 KB/s. ...
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How to fully synchronize two computers?
I'm wondering if it is possible to fully synchronize notebook and desktop, both working under Windows 10. I mean settings, files, meta data etc.
Maybe some examples. Let's say that I've made some ...
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Windows 10 updates only other MS products
I've installed the Creators Update on my Windows 10. I wanted to check the already installed updates and then I realized that I cannot find any Windows update only for other MS products like Office, ...
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"the system cannot find the file specified" error when working with Notepad++ NppExec
The above error recently appeared when trying to implement the steps in this answer. To summarize, I'm implementing an automated method to compile pdf files quickly using LaTeX; I call a batch file ...
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Default Input Language in Windows 10
I have this situation: the computer, that is running windows 10 is using Russian as the system language, but I don't want to have Russian input method enabled for the computer.
When the system ...
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Forced shutdown during bsod [duplicate]
I accidentally forced my PC to shutdown by holding onto the power button during a BSOD in windows 10 and ever since, my PC has not been able to boot to the login screen instead it keeps giving the "...
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How do I add a custom entry to the Fedora grub2 boot menu, as legacy (not UEFI)?
Yesterday, I installed Fedora 25 on my Windows 10 system to dual boot. Unfortunately, I quickly figured out that the computer would no longer boot to Windows off the boot menu, though it does have a '...
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Notepad++ tabs font size
For some reason the font size Notepad++ uses to render tab fonts suddenly became huge:
There are settings for it in Settings -> Style Configurator -> Global Styles -> Active tab text and ...
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Windows 10 will not boot following Fedora install
I installed Fedora 25 precisely following Fedora's own suggested instructions, using a Live USB Stick (Fedora image on a flash drive) to boot into Fedora, and then install the operating system in 90GB ...
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Native Resolution Displaying Incorectly on Primary monitor only when Second Monitor Is Active
I just purchased an AOC e2050Swd 20 inch monitor to replace the cave relic of a secondary monitor I used to use. I use a DVI-D cable for this. This has a 1600:900 resolution.
My primary Monitor is a ...
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Thinkpad T470 touchpad buttons not working after upgrading to Windows 10 Pro
The machine is freshly bought and I upgraded its system from the pre-installed Windows 10 Home Single Language Edition to Windows 10 Pro via the windows store and after that the touchpad buttons don't ...
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Windows boot error 0xc00000e & 0xc00000f
I was running Linux Mint 18.1 and Windows 10. The grub loader was on an hdd with Linux, and Windows 10 was installed on an SSD.
When I went to boot I got a winload.exe 0xc00000e error.
After running ...
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Doing survey without limit [closed]
I'm also doing surveys once per a day but i'm starting survey with another browser or incognito window of same browser, it again works for me .
How the website recognize my browser please help me. I ...
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Moving user folder in Windows 10 by mounting?
There are a number of questions relating to moving the user folder in Windows (but most are not 10) -- but my question is proposing a different solution -- one that I don't 100% know how to do.
So I ...
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BenQ monitor automatically changes brightness based on background colour
Whenever I am doing something that has a dark background, my main monitor automatically dims itself. At first I thought it was dynamic contrast, but it's not turned on. I also tried disabling sensor ...
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Unhandled Powershell error on launch
I randomly started getting an unhandled exception when trying to launch powershell x64 this evening. It was working just fine before I put my computer to sleep a few hours ago.
Unhandled Exception: ...
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German names for windows groups?
I'm looking for windows groups names in german language, due I have to configure something with accesschk on Windows 10 Pro. I get errors which tell me that the names are not valid.
Maybe here are ...
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after creators update i have lost ability to take screenshots using winkey+prtscr keys.
I was able to take screenshots using winkey+prtscr keys prior to installing creators update 1703. I just realized today this is no longer working. Any help?
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Win10 - remember to execute as a specific user
I usually prefer to keep work and leisure accounts separated.
But let's say I need to access a program I installed on one from the other. The way I need to do it is by running the program as the ...
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Wifi on Windows 10 computer having "hiccups"
I bought a new PC, Windows 10 and installed a TP Link wifi board in it.
Everything is working nice, I get 98% quality of signal from NetSetMan.
Speedtest gives me ~30Mb, which is what I'm paying for.
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keyboard shortcut for Uppercase/Lowercase toggle in notepad?
Is there a shortcut for convert a uppercase string to lowercase and vice versa in notepadin Windows 10? (Shift + f3 doesn't work)
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