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...

This started with NTFS, a journalling filesystem that creates metadata continuously to help maintain data integrity. It's more complex than that but that's the basic reason for why/when it started.
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Can you post another screenshot of the results after running Get-NetAdapter in a PowerShell console?

(It's 4 am here and I need some sleep so I won't visit this again for many hours.)

Good screenshots... thank you.

The first screenshot shows that your Wireless adapter is not disabled as you thought... Up means that it's active. Try this:

1. Right-click on Start and select...

It may be aggressive enery-saving.

1. Right-click on Start and choose Device Manager then right-click on your Ethernet network adapter and select Properties.

2. When the Properties dialog...

'Ethernet' and 'Wireless' are different hardware network adapters.

If you open Device Manager then you should see both. For example:
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It's not clear from your 'My Computer' specs but it...

That snapshot shows you are using a Public profile.

See this How to Set Network Location to Private, Public, or Domain in Windows 10 tutorial for how to change to a Private profile.

Hope this...

Background info why you're getting these events: Microsoft Updating Windows Secure Boot Keys in 2024

Download, unblock, unzip and run the appropriate bitness version (almost always 64-bit) of Nir Sofer's RegScanner.

Carry out a scan for Spotlight:
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The results will show a list of...

If you are curious, you should be able to list what was successfully installed by the application installer engine.

You can either open Event Viewer (as administrator) and search Event Viewer >...

For info, changing the text colour to light yellow against a white background makes it almost impossible to read.... so I gave up. :)

It's the front-end GUI to msiexec.exe, the built-in application installer engine.

If you didn't invoke it yourself then use something like the small, free, portable Autoruns to see where/when it's...

Why do you want to 'generalise'? Are you creating a bare-bones OS installer for different hardware?

Once you've taken a disk image, perhaps start off with the latest chipset driver. It's old... much like your device... bit I cannot see anything more recent.

Win 10 does its best but occasionally cannot install proprietary drivers best sourced from OEM.

As dalchina suggests, post a screenshot so we have a better idea and/or post expanded Device...

"Microsoft values the security of its software and services but made the decision to allow users and administrators to evaluate the performance impact and risk exposure before deciding to enable the...

I agree with the point made by Try3 about not using a .REG file. I moved away from using registry edits several years ago when I began using a PowerShell 'cleanup' script (Windows 10 Decrapifier) to...

I agree with Malneb.

My 'system' drive is now an SSD - fairly small - so I place portable apps on a different 'always on' drive to reduce the effect of read-write operations.

I think what we need are far more versions of PowerShell to muddy the waters even further. :-)