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MS Access ODBC 64 drivers
I discovered what may be the key to the solution here as I has the same problem.
Ensure that the following key exists: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\ODBC\ODBC.INI
If not you can add it. It may be that ...
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External HDD only shows on clean startup of Windows
I have a solution that worked for me. You have to turn on core isolation in windows 10. If there are incompatible drivers that doesn't let you turn on then you have to delete those drivers and turning ...
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Windows 10 Update keeps failing (0x80070002) when installing KB5034441
You may want to hide the update as it does not seem available anymore.
I would not recommend hiding the update if you have encrypted the data on your disk (i.e. you have bitlocker enabled), the ...
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Windows 10 Update keeps failing (0x80070002) when installing KB5034441
Tried to manually download via the Microsoft Update Catalog.
It is NOT listed:
https://www.catalog.update.microsoft.com/Search.aspx?q=KB5034441
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Windows 10 Update keeps failing (0x80070002) when installing KB5034441
Error code 0x80070002 commonly means that the file was previously downloaded but currently not found on disk:
ERROR_FILE_NOT_FOUND
Tried to install the update manually:
Start PowerShell as admin.
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Scan on SSD Hard drive says ok but
There's 4109166 GB it says. The SSD is 238 GB
That is an enormous value that exceeds what the drive was designed for, and possibly/likely wrong. We should assume RAW value 3EB3AC is not expressing GB....
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Windows 10 explorer not refreshing
Simply killing explorer.exe in Task Manager solved the issue for me.
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Does putting temp files to a ramdisk have any negative impact?
It depends on what OS you use, what ramdisk software you use, and what folder you send to RAM.
At Linux system, after putting temp files into /dev/shm, I have not met any negative impacts as long as ...
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Scan on SSD Hard drive says ok but
I somehow feel skeptical of your 'computer guy'
He said (this was translated) "change that they did not do the landing of the aesthetic energy well. One can damage a motherboard if it does not ...
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What is the correct way of debugging which installed app is causing Windows Explorer and Desktop to refresh frequently?
Have you installed any cloud storage, such as DropBox, OneDrive or Google Drive, that would periodically check folders? If so, test disabling the service, or at least turn off storing Desktop.
Look ...
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Set PSModulePath Environment Variable with PowerShell in Windows 10
The environment settings are available in control panel
click start
Type "environment"
Select either "Edit system environment variables" or "Edit environment variables for ...
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How To Seach file names contain any digit/number In windws explorer,? Or file name contain digits/numbers fall between given numbered range?
Use multiple explicit conditions involving the digits that you want to find. For example, for digits 1, 2, and 3:
System.FileName:~~1 OR System.FileName:~~2 OR System.FileName:~~3
This says, "...
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VMware Workstation 17 Pro wont's show guest applications on host
dnot use 17.5.2 version, rollback 17.5.1 with full reinstall.
https://www.reddit.com/r/vmware/comments/1ct72nn/1752_build23775571_wm_tools_issue/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=...
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Adjusting bookmark bar length of tab groups in Google Chrome, OS Windows 10
enable this chrome flags
and now you can pin any numbers tab group and the width will increase for that tab group automatically.
like this:
clicking on the 4 dots you can pin unmilited tabs.
clicking ...
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How to map custom Logitech keyboard keys on Windows?
The easiest way that involves no scripting, regEditing or copy/pasting is using Microsoft's free powertoys
It has a lot more useful tools, but the keyboard manager lets you easily remap a key to ...
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How can I get Windows 10 to stop asking me to update my file associations?
I had a very similar problem and needed to be able to associate a filetype with an association and then disable this nerve wrecking "feature" of Windows.
Creating the filetype and the ...
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Remove Music, Pictures and Videos from This PC in the Navigation Pane
This should help:
Goto this Git and copy text
Save file as .REG file
Edit the file: remove unwanted lines ( leave only object you wish to hide )
Run the script
Godspeed
Edit:
Futureproofing, while ...
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The Downloads folder is not updated
First thing to do is figure out if it is an issue with Windows or with Chrome.
Right click a test file, Save as..., and choose a location other than Downloads.
If it appears immediately, then the ...
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Adding ALL RESTRICTED APPLICATION PACKAGES to folder permissions
You can also use the built-in tool to grant the permission:
icacls.exe C:\AnyDir /grant *S-1-15-2-2:(OI)(CI)RX
where (OI)(CI) stands for inheritance (only for directories), and RX stands for Read and ...
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How can I start the GlobalProtect service?
The GlobalProtect service is called "PanGPS" (stands for "Palo Alto Networks GlobalProtect service"):
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Is there a way to install Microsoft Store-exclusive apps without Store?
Yes.
Methods
Multiple methods exist:
WinGet
WinGet is Windows 10 and 11's new Microsoft-official and default package manager for the OS. WinGet is a CLI tool, so the user can install packages like:
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Why are there multiple Console Window Host open in the background?
An easy way to tell is to right click on the NAME field at the top of the screen and choose to display the Command Line. This will show the arguments for the running application, similar to what ...
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Searching all XMLs in a folder that are missing a specific tag, Windows 10?
Using Saxon's Gizmo tool from the command line (disclaimer: I wrote it) you can do
/>show uri-collection('dir?select=*.xml;recurse=yes')[not(//tag)]
and of course the predicate in the square ...
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Searching all XMLs in a folder that are missing a specific tag, Windows 10?
You can do this with cmd. The command can be something like:
findstr /v /m \<string *.xml
where /v print lines not containing the string, but combined with /m print files which do not contain ...
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ICS on Windows 10 host with IPv6
There are a few ways to share IPv6, and AFAIK none of them are implemented by Windows:
Obtain a new global /64 prefix through DHCPv6-PD and do regular IPv6 routing. This is how your main router ...
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Require pin / fingerprint to execute program
From a security standpoint the correct way is to setup a new account for the second user and no access to the specific apps.
If the second user isn't technical savy, an easy way to reenforce an ...
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Require pin / fingerprint to execute program
If they have access to your account and the app doesn't provide it's own user authentication separate from the windows user account then it's unlikely windows will be able to offer any protection ...
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bios won't load on laptop (110-15acl)
If you cannot enter the BIOS on your Lenovo Ideapad 110-15ACL, you need to perform a BIOS recovery.
Format a FAT32 USB flash drive (not all get detected so test some out)
Place BIOS.cap in the root ...
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Startup file works when submitted manually but not when the system starts
The reason you're getting error 85 when the startup script runs is because it's being run under the user level privilege. If the mapping already exists, the command will error.
When you run it as an ...
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Windows 10 "Can't connect to this network" until I "Add a new network manually", then it works fine
Do a network reset:
Start Menu > type 'network reset' // Should be the first option. Looks like this:
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Windows 10 "Can't connect to this network" until I "Add a new network manually", then it works fine
Uninstall the device in Device Management then Scan for Hardware Changes to reinstall it. (If you're concerned about losing known wireless networks, you CAN backup and restore known wireless networks ...
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windows 10, reserve space for disconnected displays or otherwise disable automatic window repositioning
I've found that switching to another virtual desktop (ctrl+lwin+right) prior to turning off/disabling a monitor keeps the window arrangement on the primary desktop as long as I turn on/re-enable the ...
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Microsoft Family: why can't I unlimit Google Chrome (it's not even on the list) time limit?
Chrome being blocked from child account is still an issue that has not been fully fixed. In the settings panel, I did not see option to allow Chrome anywhere at all. What worked for me, was to NOT ...
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Windows 10 is stuck in safe mode and I'm unable to log in
What ended up solving my issue was:
Create installation media for Windows 10 on a USB drive.
Plug that USB drive in and boot the pc. Press the button to enter the boot menu.
In the boot menu, ...
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How do you create an ffmpeg lossless image without re-encoding?
PNG is a lossless format, it requires no additional parameters to ensure lossless encoding.
Assumed quality parameters for PNG output with other programs are simply compression settings. You can ...
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How can I edit the user registry for a child account on Windows 10?
I'm surprised that you are getting a "The file is in use" error. I load other account hives all the time using just the method that you mentioned. In fact, I recently wrote a script that ...
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How can I edit the user registry for a child account on Windows 10?
The answer was embarrassingly simple, but I'll leave this up in case someone else runs into the same mental block:
Temporary change the child account to an admin account, log into the child account to ...
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Turn off USB power on computer shutdown, windows 10
To prevent your USB mouse from waking up your PC when it's in sleep mode, you can follow these steps on Windows:
Open Device Manager: Right-click on the Start button and select "Device Manager.&...
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Windows 10 "Can't connect to this network" until I "Add a new network manually", then it works fine
You could possibly use the "Repair" (Which in my case just seems to disable and re-enable the network adapter) by going to Control Panel->Networks and Internet->Network and Sharing ...
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"Super" Hidden Folder?
Most likely you used robocopy to back up your old hard disk onto what is now your C:\ drive. For example
robocopy D:\ "E:\Old HDD" /e
The documentation linked above says:
If any data is ...
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Windows 10 Pro 64-bit Blue Screen while trying to install NVidia 555.85 WHQL (even clean install) through GeForce Experience
Similar BSOD issue during installation with 555.* and 556.* drivers on a Core 2 Quad Q9550 based system. However, going back to 554.22 works fine.
As the issue is not widespread enough for nVidia to ...
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Issues running wireguard on windows 10 as NON-administrator - "UI is only accessible from desktops of the Builtin Administrators"
Easy powershell oneliner that switch the tunnel state if configuration named "wireguard"
if (wg) {wireguard /uninstalltunnelservice wireguard} else {wireguard /installtunnelservice "C:\...
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format EFI, Recovery partitions windows 10 in clean install?
Removing all partitions and reinstalling using either manufacturer provided, or downloaded Microsoft media should work fine. The recovery partition won't be recreated by the Microsoft media, and ...
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Why all my windows refresh and stutter every half hour, at exactly 00 and 30 minutes?
A Reddit post gave me an idea that worked in my case: it was due to desktop's background (wallpaper) being a "Slideshow" instead of a static picture.
Right click on the desktop.
Choose &...
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Old ish motherboard not booting from nvme
Booting from NVMe devices is something your motherboard firmware needs to support properly. It seems yours doesn't. No way to teach it (unless you're Asus). And, for Windows 10 and 11 you want to be ...
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Windows 10 - launch and position applications upon startup
About @harrymc answer, the links now die because of changes to the web site, you can find the full document for AutoHotKey at https://www.autohotkey.com/docs/v2/
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Alias CMD command from WSL2 shell
On my system the alias below does what you want.
First, you should verify how your drive letters are mounted, and that you're able to execute the Windows CMD.EXE from a WSL bash session. I edited /...
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ntfsresize says NTFS partition inconsistent but chkdsk doesn't find anything
I too was having the identical problem. ntfsresize, ntfsfix, making sure ntfs3g is available to GParted, running chkdsk with all sorts of options on Windows (which is on the same drive I'm trying to ...
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How to increase Windows 10 clipboard history?
You can use Ditto and disable the built-in clipboard history feature.
Ditto history can be configured to purge or have any limit you like.
I have been using it since Windows 10 launched, maybe longer.
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Can't ping Windows 10 PC
I had Portmaster (an application firewall) running. As soon as I closed it, my Macbook pinged my PC instantly.
Other things I tried that are worthwhile:
Ensure your PC's subnet mask matches the one ...
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