Since the page linked said you can activate this using "vivetool /enable /id:40950986" I tried the opposite: "vivetool /disable /id:40950986". Although the command went through ok, nothing changed...

It isn't an actual update in the true sense but a malware scan that is updated and triggered by WU. I don't think WU has any way of tracking the scan's progress so jumps from 0% to 100% once it has...

I managed to solve the issue. Some while back I had followed the advice from Sumit's 3rd post on:


How to make Start Menu black with blue tiles_apps LIKE IT WAS - Microsoft Community

by...

Mine says 21H1, but if i change it, it has no effect on winver. I added a note to my previous post as I think my winver might be misbehaving.

don1952 Changing ReleaseId fixed my "2009" issue (see previous pages), so for some reason on my pc at least, winver is getting its info from ReleaseId. Also if I change releaseid to something silly...

My BuildLab and BuildLabEX values are the same as yours. CurrentVersion is "6.3". However "ReleaseId" was "2009". Changing this to 21H1 fixes winver and settings--about, many thanks :)

I guess I...

I'm pretty sure it said 21H1 when i upgraded (from 1909, so I skipped 2009/20H2 anyway) back in June. Either an update or some other mysterious thing has since changed the version number. I don't...

"Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.19043.1165]"

Yes (although again still 19043)

Very odd! Does anyone have any ideas why mine wouldn't be showing the correct version number?

Is anyone else getting this? I was on 21H1 before the update (and the build number 19043 confirms this) but winver is now saying I'm on 2009 (not even 20H2 which I'm sure 2009 should show up as). I'm...

I guess this is what I really needed to know, I'll probably leave the account without a password but disabled (till I perhaps need it again).


Did it just let you in without a password (in other...

After the feedback, I'm beginning to not understand this either. I know I didn't imagine it though.

If the Administrator account is disabled with a blank password does that make it secure?

Many...

It's a pity I didn't make a note or screenshot the first dialog after logging into the Administrator account, but it was something about being a first-time login and wanting me to set a password.
...

Lol, you're probably right.

Yes I had tried Brink's tutorial to see if it brought up the same initial experience. Unfortunately it didn't.

I installed ssh a while back to be able to ssh from...

Hi Denis, many thanks for your reply.


It was the first time I used the account since initial Windows 10 install, it hadn't ever been activated so I activated it using "net user administrator...

Many thanks for the reply, Unfortunately the link there is the one I had already tried and it only resets the oobe/profile, not the whole account.

Hi, not sure if anyone can help - this is more of an OCD type request.

I recently needed to activate the hidden Administrator account and on first run it asked me to set a password and then ran...

Never mind, it seems like irfanview is working now lol. I must be getting bogged down with all the groups of icon files on my desktop. Time for a clear-up before doing any more. Thanks for all your...

I used google to search for transparent images and this time the whole process went very smoothly, thank you!
Since not all ideal icons are available with transparency in google images, what is the...

Ahh, so it looks like I was just unlucky with my picks of images. The icon you have in the zip file worked perfectly thank you. I did try to add transparency using irfanview for some but got the same...

Microsoft no longer seems to host this at the link given earlier, but I managed to snag a copy from the wayback machine:

devices-and-printers-metadata-authoring-wizard.msi

Many thanks for the quick reply, here is the url I downloaded one of the images from (the first one that I tried):

phone image

There's no hurry to look at this, I'm happy to sort it out...

Hi, I know this is an old(ish) post, but I have tried this with several different images (all square), some png some jpg, some with transparency and some without, and at step 11 it always gives an...

It doesn't look like there is a newer version. I installed it on my system while it was still in development and it is still working fine, but I understand your concerns.



This looks like the...