Unanswered Questions
23,029 questions with no upvoted or accepted answers
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Windows Update gives 0x80070643 error on fresh Windows 10 install
I just did a clean install of Windows 10 22H2 onto a freshly wiped hard disk. (If it matters, I installed from a USB drive that I prepared with the Windows 10 Media Creation Tool yesterday.) When it ...
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How to correct Hindi text rendering when using FFmpeg?
I have a FFmpeg script to add some Hindi text to the MP4 video file.
The FFmpeg command looks like this
ffmpeg -i template_video.mp4 -filter_complex "drawtext=text='नमस्कार जी मैं हूँ':fontfile=...
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Disable Windows Notification Suggestions
This thing is a relatively recent addition (less than a year), if my memory is correct:
This message shows up somewhat rarely, but is it possible to make that a never?
PS: Searching online gives me ...
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Win11: Task manager's cpu usage discrepancy
The discrepency is between the two views:
The 'Details' view shows a process as taking 11%.
System idle is 80%.
The 'Processes' view shows the same process as taking 70%.
Total cpu usage is 80%.
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How can I forbid the installation of WPS office on my company computers?
WPS office has some dark patterns now. When a client sends a file to one of our employees, if they have WPS office on their phone (default on Huawei and Xiaomi phones and nobody ever changes defaults) ...
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In Windows, what's the purpose of the crossed checkbox
I was looking at the images found in aero.msstyles when I found that the checkbox has a (supposedly unused) variant of the checkbox with a cross instead of a checkmark. I quickly confirmed that this ...
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Can I add Google Meet and Zoom to the "Add video call" dropdown in macOS Monterey's Calendar app?
The "New event" popup on macOS Monterey's Calendar app (see below) seems to suggest it is possible to add additional video calling services, to automatically create links for them when ...
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Docker Desktop 3.1.0 for Windows 10 Installation Failed
I have Windows 10 Pro version 1903 (build 18362.836). Hyper-V is enabled. Docker Desktop 3.1.0 failed to install with the following error. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Component ...
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Can I safely delete all inside the C:\Windows\WinSxS\Temp folder only?
I have reviewed the Similar questions suggested after creating my post Title and none are direct or helpful just for my needs.
In Windows 10 Pro, v1909, build 18363.1316 clean installed in Nov. 2019 I ...
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'IpICSHlpStopSharing' : '0x80070490' in event log
Suddenly I begin to see a lot of errors in my event log (Windows 10 Pro Build 19041):
'IpICSHlpStopSharing' : '0x80070490'.
Source: Host-Network service.
I am working with Hyper-V (and Docker) and ...
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How to download video with JW Player blob url?
I am looking for a solution for downloading videos embedded using JW Player Blobs in web pages.
I have seen some answers for twitter/vimeo/other blob situations but not seen an answer to JW Player ...
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Windows 10 audio fades out
I'm having an issue with Windows 10 audio: when listening to something/watching a movie the audio automatically fades out and drops to a lower volume. To be clear, the volume indication in Windows ...
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What’s the command line equivalent of strace on Windows?
I need to | findstr SomePATH in order to search if a program access and close immediately a specific path. On Linux, I would use myprogram | strace 2>&1 | grep SomPATH.
But what’s the ...
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How do these VPNs achieve per-app tunneling?
I want to redirect traffic to specific network interfaces by application on Windows. This is commonly known as "split-tunneling" and a lot of people often do this to selectively send traffic,...
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Group by date (or month or ...) instead of "A long time ago" in explorer on windows 10
There seems to be no recent, current and clear answer to the simple question:
How can I FIX* the group by feature in the explorer in windows 10 so that it is actually grouped by time units in usable ...