1. Do only boot drives need EFI and MSR partitions?
2. Do only bitlocker drives need MSR partitions?
3. Can you leave it to diskpart to make sure that the offsets are 4k aligned? I think the...
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1. Do only boot drives need EFI and MSR partitions?
2. Do only bitlocker drives need MSR partitions?
3. Can you leave it to diskpart to make sure that the offsets are 4k aligned? I think the...
I thought that native DoH was working all this while after an update for Win10 but that doesn't seem to be the case on my PC (Win10 pro 19044.1766).
I followed the instructions on website but it...
How big of an EFI partition would I need on a dual or triple boot pc? Plan to have windows11 and experiment with 1 or 2 linux installations. The linux systems will be on a separate ssd, would that...
Does enabling virtualization in the bios and hyper-v make it easier for malware to hide on a win10 system?
Or do the benefits outweigh the risks? s
Virtualization security concerns: The threat...
I tried the things that were suggested in this thread but I still can't wake the PC using the keyboard.
Win10 is the latest 20H2, mouse/keyboard connected using wired USB directly (no bluetooth or...
The only red x's in the reliability history was for svchost.exe "stopped responding" and most of the time, there was an update for the days with the red x's. I never remembered any error messages...
They are the paf exes from portableapps. You can install to any directory you like.
I downloaded the latest version below and it still doesn't work. Installing it from the portableapps menu also...
Some of my portable apps (Opera, Potplayer) are crashing at start with the error "This application was unable to start correct 0xc000007b). I'm on Win10 x64 1803 17134.285.
Reinstalling those apps...
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I use crystaldiskinfo to lookup the SMART info. The useful SMART attributes are things like reallocated sector count, reallocation event count. Ideally they should be 0.
Are you only experiencing...
I wish this update issue could be solved for good. Its been a recurring issue for lots of people since Win8.
There isn't much info to go on. It could be overheating - whats going on when it locks up. Or it could be a bad drive - check the SMART data. A good thing would be to check the windows log files.
I have a problem with NTFS formatted USB thumbdrives which often gets the "cannot be safely removed" error when I try to eject the drive. The thumbdrive in device manager is set to quick removal...
There were reports that the anniversary update broke or uninstalled Classic Shell. I didn't notice this problem but had other update issues - hanging, repeated update for the anniversary version.
...
You have to be careful during the installation process to make sure that the right options are ticked/or unticked to avoid installing crapware/pups like Chrome or toolbars. The slim version desc says...
I should have been clearer in my initial post. Win10 (pre-ann. update) used to be able to set default programs to any portable installed app once its been recognized, instead of having to slowly link...
Did the anniversary update change the way the default programs used to work?
I can't seem to set the default programs to use portable applications now. And its alot harder to set file associations...
I'm looking into this since I need a win7/10 VM for testing and I found out that since Oct for Win7 there will be one cummulative update per month that addresses security/reliability issues and...
AFAIK your laptop shouldn't do any stealth updates to 10 or popup messages to upgrade anymore since the free upgrade offer has expired. But if you use MS assistive technology you might still get the...
Is that WSUS offline update tool smart enough to grab cumulative/rollup update patches instead of downloading the whole lot of individual updates? From the description it looks primary like an...
Thanks.
Is the link above supposed to be browsable? I didn't see anything on that page.
How can I find out how up to date a Win10 image downloaded using the MediaCreationTool is before downloading it- whether it includes the update KB3200970 (Nov8) for instance? I would like to avoid...
Does showkeyplus need internet access? I had the firewall warning when it ran.
And does showkeyplus tell whether an installation of Win10 is retail or OEM?
My output:
Product Name: Windows 10...
My pc was clean installed with win10 after upgrading to Win10 earlier from Win7 OEM.
slmgr /dlv (elevated prompt) only shows Product Key Channel: Retail
So I can't tell if its an OEM vs retail...
An oem (or win8 system builder) windows license is tied to 1 motherboard so you cannot transfer it to a new pc. A retail license can be transferred to another pc if the old pc no longer uses that...