Here is the link on windows time server(s).
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/networking/windows-time-service/windows-time-service-tools-and-settings?tabs=config

To specify another...

The following steps will configure windows to allow me to enter a time server address so that the IBM tool will pass their diagnostic test to check on a timeserver for the address entered.

The...

I have windows 10 pro and when I bootup, or reinstall windows ten and setup the laptop, I setup the timezone and say synch to the current time.

I've always assumed that windows was synching to a...

Try3 - I can get into the bios setup hitting F2 or the boot menu hitting F12. Its just getting the function keys to show in the lower right corner during bootup regardless if I hit the function key...

Apparently the dell inspirion 13 7000 series laptops don't have an option in the BIOS to turn this on or off.
So some laptops like the 7347/7348 have it turned on and later models don't show it upon...

My dell 7347 laptop on bootup will show a blue progress bar and F2, F12 in the lower right corner of the display along with the Dell logo. This is helpful should one forget these commands.
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I bought this off of ebay. It contains 1 NGFF slot and 1 NVME slot for an SSD. My SSD's are 2280.
iDsonix Dual-Bay M.2 NGFF/NVMe SATA SSD Hard Drive Enclosure USB3.2 10Gbps | eBay

The problem...

I've replaced the bad lcd for my Dell inspirion 13 7353 laptop and the white splotch and vertical bar on the left side has disappeared.

I just came across this as part of the Dell builtin test for...

Yes, but once I get around to replacing the screen, the cables will be fixed too since the screen will be new. I'm trying to upgrade and fix the other stuff such as missing screws, HDD caddy and...

Ok, for the different solid primary colors, I can see what the used computer vendor stated on the left side now, as a white splotch. Moreover, there is a vertical line one the right about an inch...

I have a laptop that shows a vertical band on the right hand side. I'm wondering what is a good test software to help pinpoint the color and help it stand out. Moreover, one could have more than...

I tried to downgrade by entering a valid win10 Home license in the field that says enter license. It will not activate and gives error code 0xc004f050.

Next try, is to deactivate the license and...

Since my OS was installed from scratch, there is no factory reset partition.

How would I create my own factory reset partition such that I can reset my PC from within the windows 10 reset button?...

see my earlier posts,
sfc /scannow can't fix corrupted files.

and for error 1394 from dism.
DISM mount issues of OS WIM and Dataarchive Wim?

Although it doesn't seem to cause any problems. I do have dism mount errors for wim images. I'm hoping that once sfc shows no errors, that the dism mount issue will be fixed too.

Thanks, I tried the in place install upgrade and it didn't fix the problem. If I use a free checksum and crc tool, The CRC tool says none of the dlls have a CRC in file. The checksum gives a sha256...

after doing sfc /scannow, CBS.log reports these hash errors I can't fix.

[590]2024-01-23 17:48:02, Info CSI 00000223 Hashes for file member [l:13]'srmclient.dll' do not match....

Hearsepilot - I first installed the windowsdesktop runtime, but it didn't gett rid of the missing update. I then ran dotnet runtime, and this got rid of the missing update. I then decided to just go...

I have windows 10 Home and I've found out I'm missing .net 6 update KB5033733. It doesn't come via windows update.
Thus, I need to go to windows catalog and get it that way.
weblink...

All,
See this microsoft weblink which will show you the different partition layout orderings.
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/previous-versions/windows/it-pro/windows-8.1-and-8/hh825702(v=win.10)...

======= Redo the Recovery partition =====
I reformatted and assigned the setid and gptid values on partition 4 which came after partition 3 (OS). To comfirm one can run "detail" after selecting...

I had the recovery partition all up and working a day or two ago. I tried to do an inplace install and keep my apps and setting using an iso from Microsoft which exits out with a fail to install...

@all - ok, reading up on the in-place fix. I did delete the unknown user I had listed above and it didn't cause any issues.
I've rerun all the dism variations in sequence although the dism.log...

zbook - See the attachment for the results from the batch file. Note: I have two dell 7347 laptops, the first has win10Home that passes sfc and the second with win10Pro that doesn't. Both are up to...

Thats been run multi times followed by sfc /scannow and it doesn't correct it.