Fact: Windows OFTEN changes the boot order, in both BIOS and UEFI computers. It does so both as part of its automated "repair" functions and even "prophylactically", as part of its "keeping your...
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Fact: Windows OFTEN changes the boot order, in both BIOS and UEFI computers. It does so both as part of its automated "repair" functions and even "prophylactically", as part of its "keeping your...
I wanted to check my Microsoft Account (MSA) to see if BOTH my retail Windows licenses were in fact associated / linked to my account. And I was both amused and horrified to see this when I chose...
Heartfelt thanks to both of you. Some questions and some answers: :)
First, after literally years of not being able to upgrade, I tore out what little hair remained and got to the bottom of the...
[Context: I would like to do an in-place repair upgrade. I am running Version 1803 (OS Build 17134.1) because since that upgrade Windows Update has always failed. The Windows Update service is...
Yes, I know i can take ownership and delete the file. I'd like to record who the owner is in case I want to report that. Taking ownership will erase the information about who the previous owner was....
I am running Windows 10 Pro Version 1803 (OS Build 17134.1)
The actual questions here are in this blue color.
1. I have a suspicious .exe on my Dell 7577 laptop. My machine seems very...
Thank you to both of you. I can see that I haven been clear about what I think my problem is, and what I would like to do about it. Please let me try again:
My problem is that my System either...
Hmmmm. I'm sure it's that I'm exhausted from this stupid bdos which leaves no trace, but I do feel a bit as though i was getting advice from a used car salesman note that I've read the fine print...
I am in the middle of a horrible INACCESIBLE BOOT DEVICE BSOD, and the only good copies I seem to have of drivers I need are the ones from the windows usb installation flash drive. But the response...
I mentioned in my original post that
That is, i'll keep those folders in their original place. I'll add to that list the pagefile and swapfile.
I agree that most of my bloat is in %appdata%,...
I need to reduce the volume of my C:\ drive by about half; it is a 222GB partition of an SSD drive at the moment. My plan is just to move as many folders that are today in C:\ to the internal...
Three quick questions please:
1. I was so excited by the tutorial that I dove right in without reading all the comments. As a result, the version of imagex.exe that I happened to find in some...
Finally, some clarity!! Thank you very much. A few follow-on questions please:
1. Yes, I do log on with my domain account. Is it necessarily the case that the only way to find out my domain rights...
My specific question is if the "elevated prompt" (i.e. "C:\WINDOWS\system32\>") and the "elevated title" (i.e. "Administrator: Command Prompt") imply ANYTHING at all about the permissions and/or...
I am a standard user:
there is no "Administrator" next to my name when I look at "Your Info" for my account in user settings.
the output of "net localgroup administrators" does not...
You are quite right to call me out on it that way, and I sincerely want to apologize. I embarrass only myself by not knowing the difference between being cute and being snide. Put another way: It's...
I know this is an old thread, but unless I'm somehow missing something, Edwin's "answer" is simply unrelated to grandpavic's question.
Every idiot knows how to set the default MICROPHONE,...
The procedure is a bit arcane, but I have managed to convert an Enterprise Evaluation to Pro, doing it in two steps: EnterpriseEval to Enterprise (unactivated); then Enterprise (unactivated) to Pro....
Thank you Shawn, very much. I believe the following comments will save at least some readers a large amount of time:
1. If one is trying to change the System Default UI language (and not the...
The lack of even an allusion to the possibility of CHANGING the system default UI language fairly screams from this page :). Can it be done? Is it as simple as changing the two registry keys of...
I have succeeded to transform Windows 10 Enterprise Evaluation into Windows 10 Pro, *without* losing my settings, files, or installed applications. One part of the process is the procedure described...
[EDIT: SUCCESS!! This post is obsolete. See my post below for the procedure which successfully allowed me to transform an Installation of Windows 10 Enterprise Evaluation (Build 10.0.14393) into a...