Questions tagged [windows]
For questions not specific to a single version of Microsoft Windows. Otherwise, use a more specific tag such as [windows-7], [windows-10] or [windows-11].
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Prevent a driver from reinstalling itself in Windows 10
I have an HP laptop that has an AMD Radeon HD 8400 R3 graphics driver that causes the mouse to lag. When you uninstall it and use the Microsoft Basic Driver it works fine.
The things I tried are:
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How do you use a windows key shortcut in chrome remote desktop?
Chrome remote desktop is like VNC or like Windows remote desktop.. but implemented by Google. It lets you view a computer remotely. The computer to be viewed has to run some software and then it can ...
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Windows cannot be installed to this disk
I ran into a problem today. I have a HP pavillion dm4 laptop and it was running windows 7. I wanted to install windows 8.1 and used a bootable usb drive. I did custom install and formatted and deleted ...
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How can I stop my keyboard from ignoring duplicate key presses?
I recently reinstalled Windows 8.1 on my notebook computer. Prior to the reinstall, the keyboard was working fine. After reinstalling, the keyboard omits key strokes when the same key is pressed in ...
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Why OneDrive keeps "Setting up" randomly?
Recently I noticed that, each time I reboot my computer, OneDrive started setting up and finished after almost 10-15 minutes. Why does this happen?
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I never noticed this kind of thing ...
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Lost Chrome Tabs After Hibernate – Restore Option Not Working, Cached Data Concerns
I recently ran into a problem with Google Chrome on my laptop. I had multiple Chrome windows open, some with pinned tabs (mostly to preserve the compact view and, more importantly, to preserve the ...
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Windows 11 native ssh.exe doesn't show a password prompt in some cases (emacs)
I am trying to use emacs tramp via /ssh: which calls Windows 11's native ssh client. It hangs. Reading logs, it seems ssh.exe never serves the password prompt username@hostname's password: to tramp, ...
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Windows: can't set dvorak layout with hotkey?
I have 2 input languages x 2 keyboard layouts set in windows, and I want to use hotkeys to switch between these, so I set "input language hot keys":
This works for selecting the US layout - ...
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Windows firewall is blocking file sharing and ping
I am having trouble setting up file sharing on my Windows 11 PC. I have tried to set up the PC using the Network and Sharing Center (Network discovery is on, file and printer sharing is on). I have ...
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How to make the Windows Hello dialog appear in the foreground with passkeys?
I regularly need to log into a website which requires 2FA and for which I have enabled a passkey with Windows Hello using fingerprint or face recognition. However, whenever I use it, the Windows ...
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How to execute my script at RunOnce step
I'm trying to download a file using cURL at system startup. My script:
@echo off
echo "Hello, RunOnce script!"
echo "Hello, RunOnce script!" > file.txt
echo %~dp0
curl.exe -L -...
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Make my server listening on the TUN interface
I created a TUN interface on my Windows 11 machine and assigned it the IP address 10.11.12.13.
I need to bind a local server to listen on this interface and port 4000. My goal is to craft IP/TCP ...
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How to solve 0x000012d error on Windows 10?
Opening chrome, I often get the error "The aplication failed to initialize properly" 0x000012d error.Reinstallation didn't help. I've also reset my OS Windows 10, but after a few days, it gave the ...
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Computer randomly loses internet connection
My computer (Windows 10 build 19045) sometimes loses internet connection. It's only happened while I'm using the browser (Chrome Version 128.0.6613.138), but other than that it's seemingly random. If ...
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Hard to read Chrome textboxes when OS has dark mode and theme
My Windows 10 has dark mode enabled
Visiting the website https://shopee.sg, it was not in dark mode, so I do expect the textbox to render in white
However, it renders in black text on a dark ...
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Outlook reminder for everyone in group
At the office we use Office 365 services and have Outlook as our email client. I would like to find a way to have everyone on my team add some kind of shared calendar which would enable group ...
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Linux breaks Windows 11 boot
I have a dual boot system (Debian 12 + Windows 11), each in a different physical disk. I use the EFI boot menu (in the case of Linux after the EFI menu, GRUB shows up and then boots the OS).
Sometimes ...
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What is Windows Priority and Affinity and what advatanges does it provide?
What exactly is Priority and Affinity (found within Task Manager) and what are they used for:
In what situations should/could they be used and what advantages are found while customizing these ...
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batch rename files in command prompt (CMD) stripping first few digits [closed]
I have a bunch of files where I want to strip the FIRST 4 digits from a file name.
for example:
a123hallo.txt > hallo.txt
a123you.txt > you.txt
a123all.txt > all.txt
This I prefer to do at ...
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How can I replace icons of an application's executable?
I have an application whose executable contains some default icon. Now, I know I can use a shortcut with whatever icon I want, but what I'm looking to do is change the icon within the executable ...
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Where are Notepad temp/unsaved .txt files located?
Since Windows 11 (or maybe earlier) Windows Notepad internally stores unsaved files so if the application (or Windows) crashes they will be still there later. For example, Notepad++ stores those temp ...
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How to enable/disable audio device with hotkey?
How would I add a hotkey to toggle on/off an audio device of choice in Windows 7 x64?
Here is an image of Windows 7 sound dialog window > playback tab to audio devices.
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How do I see CPU microcode version?
How do I see CPU microcode version in Windows 7? Is there some application that will show it?
I'm just curious to see if under windows my CPU is using newest microcode version. If I remember ...
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"-2146893807 NTE_NOT_FOUND" when repair certificate store
I try to repair my certificate store in Windows 10 by doing
C:\WINDOWS\system32>certutil -store -user my 330000019dba8d5dddb98062a900000000019d
my "Personal"
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Distribute Blender rendering to two computers
I have two computers
Macbook Pro Intel i7 2.9GHz with 8GB of ram
PC with Intel i5 2.5GHz and 8GB of ram
Is it possible to distribute Blender rendering to use both of these computers? Currently ...
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What is the difference between an administrator account and a device owner account
I installed Windows 10 on SSD and went to account settings and saw something I do not understand. I am wondering if there is a difference between Device Owner and Administrator accounts.
Does the ...
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Disable Firefox feature to choose its own DNS
Let's say I have set up a PC Windows to use 1.1.1.3 Cloudflare "Family" DNS (no "adult" websites) as computer DNS (in the connection/network adapter settings).
Then navigating on ...
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How do I move the Windows Command Prompt cursor with the mouse?
When I click in Command Prompt, it just selects the character I click and leaves the cursor where it is. I only seem to be able to move the cursor with the keyboard. How do I use the mouse to move the ...
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How to figure out boot disk from bcdedit?
I have Windows Server 2008 R2 software mirror.
I boot from volume c:.
When i use:
bcdedit
I can see 3 different "Windows Boot Loader" entries with "device partition=C:". How can I figure out ...
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Cloning a SSD using GPT not working (Clonezilla)
I am using Windows 8.1 Pro installed on a 128 GB SSD, partition-table is GPT. My Asus Mainboard uses UEFI and i installed windows 8.1 as a uefi installation. Therefore the first boot device is ...
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Is it possible to record only a part of screen using Game Bar screen recording of Windows 10?
I have been trying to record a part of screen in my windows 10 machine. I found that Windows 10 offers a built in tool called Game bar (shortcut: Win + G), which can be used to capture screen or ...
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Backtick key needs to be pressed twice to type a backtick character on Windows 11 with NZ Aotearoa Keyboard
There appear to be hundreds of these questions already and I do feel bad for writing another, but I have not found any solution for Windows 11. It seems all the solutions for older versions of Windows ...
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Hyperlink to a file using the current user
I am trying to create a hyperlink which will work for everyone on different machines.
For example, this works for me:
C:\Users\bob\text.txt
However, will not work for users on a computer who do ...
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File Writing in C:\ drive
So, I understand that files cannot be created or deleted without administrator privileges in the C:\ drive. My question is like this : If a directory in the C:\ drive is entered... say Program Files, ...
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Dual boot Debian Trixie and Windows 11 causes heating issue on Framework 16 Laptop
Recently purchased a Framework 16 Laptop with an expansion GPU. CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS GPU: AMD Radeon RX 7700S and AMD Radeon 780M
I received the laptop with Windows already installed and I ...
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How do I write to a USB drive formatted as ext4 in Windows 11?
I have an SD card formatted as ext4 for use with SteamOS and EmuDeck. I want to add files to this SD card from my Windows 11 PC using a SD to USB adapter. Most of the the ext4 programs I've found ...
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Creating a RAID-5 using Storage Spaces in Windows 11
I want to try the new Storage Spaces in Windows 11. Some years ago I bought an external enclosure with 5-bay for hard drives and also provide RAID 5 functionality out-of-the-box. It works pretty good ...
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How to get back all editions in install.wim after Sysprep
Just made sysprep to get my custom Windows ISO. But the install.wim I created after capture (used GImageX) contains 1 index image only now (= 1 edition). The ISO I downloaded before the customizing ...
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usb not getting disabled with setupapi calls [migrated]
I am using Setup Api calls to disable USB when they are plugged in, but the calls are giving inconsistent results or not blocking the USB's.
The Api's that I am using are as follows:
cfgmgr....
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Can I make the Windows 8.1 on-screen touch keyboard semi-transparent?
Is there a way to make the standard Windows 8.1 on-screen touch keyboard semi-transparent? I simply want to be able to type underneath the keyboard and still see what I'm typing, like on the picture ...
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Changed Windows PATH env variable and now many programs are no longer recognized
I messed up with Windows 10 PATH and now many programs are not recognized any longer, like for example git.exe
At system level I have the following PATH:
%SystemRoot%\system32
%SystemRoot%
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Is there an integrated or 3rd party fuzzy Window finder in Windows (OS)? [closed]
I want to press a key combination like ALT+TAB but instead of switching through every window looking for the right one i want to type the window title or part of it (e.g. explorer / firefox, etc.) to ...
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Windows 8.1 apps won't open or load
First off, I'm aware of several existing posts that probably deal with same issue, but I think I'm having a unique problem and have tried a lot of things, but to no avail.
(1) Here is my system ...
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Unzipping a file with a very long file name
Windows 11 home.
I have a .zip file that has a file inside with the path (relative to the top of the .zip file) SitePlansTemp\FATR2023TE4W1F0052UG\Poly{[6-[(1,1,3,3-tetramethylbutyl)amino]-1,3,5-...
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Format USB disk with DISKPART
I'm trying to format a USB disk, however, it won't format as expected:
DISKPART> list disk
Disk ### Status Size Free Dyn Gpt
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Windows 11 shared folder does't accept credentials
I have 2 computers with windows 11. One of the share a folder and in this folder I have one user that has permissions to access the folder and also is an allowed user to can access as shared resource.
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How to get system info from a Windows system partition without booting it?
I have some disk/disk-images of previous Windows installations from different machines (some of them from machines I don't own any longer).
I'm trying to find out which machine these used to be in.
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Dual Boot Windows and other Operating Systems Order
I have BIOS firmware with MBR (512bytes first sector of the HD) (not UEFI/GPT).
I have the following Operating Systems:
Windows XP in primary partition
Sun Solaris 2008 in primary partition
PC-BSD (...
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I am changing from CSM BIOS mode to UEFI BIOS mode. Is it safe?
I have been told by a professional that choosing uefi mode in BIOS from CSM mode in BIOS is safe.
Because in device manager it says that my system is in UEFI mode, I have 2 pictures showing the boot ...
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How to omit named files from created file list in batch
When stored in the same directory the .bat file below creates a text file list of all files in the directory. This works fine except it also lists the .bat file itself, and the created List.txt file.
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