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Windows 10, manually reconnect to already paired Bluetooth device?

I think I have finally found a reliable answer for this. Win+A brings up the action center If you dont see "connect" you may need to click expand Click Connect and then you can force connect your ...
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Windows 10, manually reconnect to already paired Bluetooth device?

For those on the regular Windows 10 desktop without touch, you need to open the connect widget from the system tray notifications icon ... Click the existing device to reconnect to While this ...
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Resizing Windows 10 Bootcamp partition manually

Ok, here's how I solved my problem in the end (resizing a windows 10 bootcamp partition): Shrinking the macOS partition Boot into recovery mode and open terminal Run diskutil cs list to list core ...
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Suspicious MBR at sector 0, is there a way to fix it?

That's a hybrid MBR. It's necessary to boot Windows in BIOS mode, but if you plan to install Windows 8 or 10 in EFI mode, you need to replace the hybrid MBR with a legal protective MBR. You can do ...
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How to configure a bluetooth mouse in Windows 10 on MacBook Pro with Bootcamp?

It took a lot of searching, but here goes. First, cover the basics: Update drivers and Windows stuff with Windows Update Update Bootcamp drivers with Apple Software Update Then, the not so subtle ...
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Windows10 - Bootcamp Could not locate the macOS boot volume - mac partition unknown

You can still boot the macOS partition right? You can hold down Alt/Option upon startup and it will give you a list of bootable volumes. Choose Macintosh HD (or your macOS partition) to boot it. Once ...
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How can I automatically switch between integrated graphics and dedicated graphics on Bootcamp?

Yes Unlike most other laptops, MacBook Pros with dGPUs use a graphics muxer to physically switch which GPU is pushing pixels to the display. By contrast, most other laptops simply share a framebuffer ...
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Uninstall Boot Camp on Windows

The correct command is msiexec /x BootCamp.msi Same situation here and I remove bootcamp with this command.
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Windows 10, manually reconnect to already paired Bluetooth device?

In window 8 through 10 you can REconnect by going to Action Center. On windows 10 swipe to your LEFT from the RIGHT side of your touch screen. There is a tile in the side window that comes up with the ...
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Windows 10 Wi-Fi too slow on Bootcamp after update

Solved. This seems a problem of power management. To fix it, go to power management settings and find the Wi-Fi part. Set the value of Using Battery on Power Saving Mode to Max Performance. Then ...
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Boot Camp Assistant fails to create the USB installer from the Windows 10 October 2018 Update

Before fully answering the question, a better explanation of the problem needs to be made. Microsoft provides this website to download Windows 10. Below is a snapshot of what Windows users will see. ...
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Windows 10 - apple touchpad driver incomplete or damaged

I ended up asking on microsoft answers forum and a support engineer gave me the perfect answer. Her answer was as follow : The issue could be because of incompatible or corrupted drivers on the ...
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Windows 10 EFI installation in MBP 8.2 (without bootcamp)

It is not possible to run any version of Windows in native EFI mode on that model of laptop. I know this because I have a late 2011 17" MacBook Pro and have spent literally years trying to make it ...
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Invert scrolling for only trackpad, Bootcamp

You can check it in Device Manager: Press Win+R key. Type devmgmt.msc and press Enter. Look for Mice and other pointing devices. There should be an entry for your trackpad. Open it. On the Details ...
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How do I successfully virtualise my (Boot-Camp) Window 10 partition so it runs on Hyper-V?

There were a couple of factors to the problems that were preventing the VM loading but thanks to SimonS for helping point me in the right direction to a suitable work-around. Firstly, creating the VM ...
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Why does my Macbook become extremely hot when using Boot Camp?

After almost 8 years of wondering why Mac computers (e.g. 2013 and 2020 Macbook Pro for my part) were overheating so much (reaching 100°C on both models when fully stressed) with Windows (installed ...
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Does a VMware virtual machine take up memory when off

The windows virtual machine will only use memory when it is running. When you power down the windows virtual machine, the memory will be available by your Mac once again. The same behavior is true ...
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Why is a bootable USB drive is showing up among the startup disks on a MacBook but not on an iMac?

2011 model iMacs and MacBook Pros do not support booting Windows from USB. The only operating system that will boot from USB on these models is the MacOS. 2011 model Mac computers all had optical ...
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Why is a bootable USB drive is showing up among the startup disks on a MacBook but not on an iMac?

I will try a simple answer followed by a more complex answer. The Simple answer When Apple decide to allow Windows installation Macs, Microsoft needed to change its software and Apple had to change ...
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Windows 10 on Macbook Pro not responsive to keyboard input

I don't have a test system set up to verify my answer. But with the little experience I have with this configuration I experienced the drivers being sort of touchy. But unlike in you're case for me ...
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Bluetooth audio stuttering Windows 10 on Boot Camp on a MacBook Pro

My fix was to turn off my computer (not restart it), wait for a few seconds for the cache to clean, and cold boot into Windows (DO NOT LET YOUR macOS SIDE LOAD) ... it worked.
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How do I configure Windows 10 to ignore a certain amount of mouse movement whlie clicking?

There are a number of other mouse settings in the Registry, such as the number of pixels of movement allowed on a double-click. Press Windows, enter rege, select regedit.exe and accept UAC prompt. ...
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Removing the Apple sound effect when changing volume levels in a boot camp assisted installation of Windows 8

Right click Volume icon in Windows system tray Click "Open Volume Mixer" from context menu If item "Boot Camp Manager" IS showing: click on Blue Speaker below slider to mute channel Alternatively ...
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bootable USB for installing windows 8 using bootcamp stop because biggest file is more than 4G but its format is Fat32

Here is the reason for the issue where the Boot Camp assistant says there is not enough space on the USB drive when there is!! FAT doesn't accept the install.wim file as part of Windows 10 because it ...
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Hash key via Bootcamp on Macbook pro

It's the RH ALT key + 3 for # on my MBA under Win8.1 Bootcamp
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Windows boot to Mac harddrive

You can't unless you use that hard drive with a Mac (even then a reinstall would be necessary). Apple uses security measures to ensure OS X can't be used on non-Apple hardware.
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Windows 7 in Boot Camp can't read other FAT32 partitions

Chances are your other FAT partitions are not included in the hybrid MBR, which is a topic you MUST understand if you're to do anything remotely unusual on a dual-boot of OS X and Windows 7. See this ...
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"No bootable device..." after I resized the OS X Partition (Bootcamp on Mac OS X)

Chances are one of two things has happened: You've damaged your hybrid MBR -- Macs that dual-boot OS X and Windows 7 almost always use a hybrid MBR, which is an ugly and dangerous (see the next ...
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Tried to resize bootcamp partition unsuccessfully and after a wipe I have strange diskutil data. How do I repair?

Short answer (but lots of work): You should wipe your disk clean and restore everything from backups. If you don't have backups, plan to spend considerable time with a tool like PhotoRec recovering ...
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