fishingfool, for info... I had a similar issue inasmuch my daughter's 2007 Nissan Note wouldn't recognise an NTFS-formatted USB2 stick but happily plays MP3's on the same USB2 stick re-formatted as...

Thank you, fishingfool, for the URL.

However, I note the advice is to use ESC first to pop up the 'startup menu' then use F2 to open the 'Component Tests' menu:

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As a result, my advice...

Where did you see to use the F2 key?

For HP Pavilion notebooks, keep tapping the F10 key at boot.
For HP Envy DV6/DV7 notebooks and other HP laptops/notebooks, keep pressing the ESC key at boot....

Relax... it wasn't a criticism. It was just a mere observation.

Just a shame that this website doesn't have a 'Rant' forum for you and others to indulge yourselves.. :-)

And you come here to this forum to avoid "Unacceptable authoritarian arrogance"?

Hmm... OK. Let the comments begin... :-)

Perhaps mods could close this thread? It's devolved from a simple 'howto' to a protracted argument that, IMO, serves no purpose.

The question was asked and answered by OP in post #1 then began its...

Yay... automated lying. Just what the world has all been asking for.

Shame about the longstanding problems with Windows 10 networking though... obviously far less important.

Process Monitor (ProcMon) will show a much deeper level than Task Manager - registry, filesystem, network and process activity - but has a learning curve because of the huge amount of activity...

Sorry but that just isn't accurate. Using Windows (or even a live Windows build using re-direction), you can also use reg.exe.

You can also use PowerShell cmdlets to amend the registry.

It's...

:ditto:

I'm old... and apparently now blind.

Senility sucks. :-)

Now you've updated the firmware, perhaps consider marking the thread as 'Closed'?

I would check that your 'virtual music app' doesn't need online access. Perhaps use Nir Sofer's CurrPorts?

Download the correct bitness version (usually 64-bit) of CurrPorts, unblock, expand and...

IMO it's not that simple.

Microsoft is actively releasing an update to Secure Boot keys at this moment... and there are increasing reports of issues. Whilst many are just event log errors, there...

Were you aware that you're replying to a post that's very nearly 4-yrs-old?

Calibre:
Q. Latest version?
Q. 64-bit or 32-bit?
Q. Installed or portable?

SumatraPDF:
Q. Latest version?
Q. 64-bit or 32-bit?
Q. Installed or portable?

That looks exactly like how my Dell Latitude E7450 looked before I changed the boot options. Try this:

1. Keep pressing F12 as your laptop boots... you should see a message Preparing one-time boot...

Not in my experience. However, it has a long-standing USB enumeration bug that manifests itself after repeated insertions of USB devices. The symptoms are Windows failing to recognise a USB device...

It's a 2TB SSD in an iDSONIX enclosure connected via USB:
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It can be seen in both File Manager and Disk Management, complete with drive letter:
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The laptop I took the screenshot...

My understanding is that when Windows enumerates the device it assigns an Instance ID and stores a record of it in the registry. I believe drive letter assignment is secondary to the initial...

Whilst I haven't had any issues myself with changing drive letters I know several people who recommend Uwe Seiber's USB Drive Letter Manager.

(I have used other Uwe Seiber utilities.)

Hope this...

I’ve been using Windows 10 Decrapifier for clean installs for more than 5 years now and it’s never caused any problems, even though I’ve made several additions to the script.

What I like most...

I reboot infrequently... usually only when I detect something's wrong - slow responses especially screen refreshes, the icon overlays on my desktop shortcuts turning black, etc. which indicates...

I'm beginning to see a lot of reports emerging about this. From what I read, I'm guessing that Microsoft's algorithm to determine which devices are OK to implement the Secure Boot update is possibly...

First off, C:\$Extend\$RmMetadata is a folder, not a file. For example:
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Second, the folder is used by the OS, not by applications.

Third, that same comment went on to state:


IMO...