Unanswered Questions
24,609 questions with no upvoted or accepted answers
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„Windows Background.wav“ played by taskhostw.exe when certain programs are opened
OS: Windows 10 Home 1909 x64, OS build 18363.752
Whenever I open the Control Panel, Windows Background.wav plays once the window has appeared.
It also occurs1 for E1 mod:
upon opening Firefox
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What does this bizarre message mean which popped up in Windows 10 days after I installed it?
Let's finish setting up
Now that you're connected to the network you aren't able to finish
setting up your device.
[OK]
No, I did not make any typos in the above quote. See for yourself:
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Windows 10 and precision touchpad in remote desktop session
On my personal notebook I have set "Three fingers gestures/taps" action to "Middle mouse button". Works as expected.
When I use remote desktop session to my workmachine, the gesture propagates and ...
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ssh randomly can connect, and sometimes "kex_exchange_identification: Connection closed by remote host"
Connecting to my server has never been a problem. But now I've added a mesh router in bridge mode to my regular router, and when I try to ssh to my server, sometimes it works fine, and other times ...
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Stop volume change noise when Sennheiser Bluetooth headphones connected on Windows 10
When my Sennheiser HD 4.50 BTNC Bluetooth headphones are connected to my Windows 10 PC - changing the volume makes a beeping noise.
This is the case whether I press the volume button on the ...
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What does "catastrophic failure" mean?
I was just copying some files from a camera to the computer using File Explorer, when all of a sudden, I received a "Catastrophic failure" message.
I was shaken, not just by the content of the ...
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Edge - new tab focus behavior
Is there a way to let Edge focus on the address bar once I open a new tab?
I experience the following behavior:
Open Edge
Ctrl + t (new tab)
Type e.g. www.myfavouriteaddress.com
Issue: The typing ...
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Set default volume for new apps in Windows 10 mixer
My headphones (HyperX Cloud 2) are normally way too loud for most apps with any volume above 10%. However, I want certain apps such as Teamspeak to be 50%. The problem is new apps default to the max/...
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Can I use my pc as a bluetooth headset with windows 10
This Article worked for me on windows 7 but now That I am using Windows 10 I can't seem to figure out how to make it work. All Hardware is the same only Windows has changed.
Can I use my PC as a ...
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How to disable Windows 10 Pro automatic reboots programatically?
I wish to somehow disable automatic reboots of Windows 10, as this disrupts long-running commands and I wish to do this 'programatically'; e.g. via a script. For me, it will be too cumbersome to set ...
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Audit failure 5061 after logging in to Windows 10
Logging in to Windows 10 Build 10547 I see for a split second a message box pop up.
There's no time to read it as the login succeeds.
In the event log I see:
Audit failure 5061 with a task ...
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Windows 10 - Have to run calc/Calculator twice from the Run menu
I use Calculator in Windows 10 every once in a while. However, I'm facing an odd issue when launching it.
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I often have to execute calc twice from the Run menu before Calculator shows up....
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Windows 10 windows all return to main monitor on sleep
Running Windows 10 Enterprise RTM. With two monitors, after the computer goes to sleep all windows return to main monitor. When only locking the computer and waking it up again windows stay where they ...
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Windows 10 Multiple Desktop Affinity for processes
I've never really used multiple desktops before on different operating systems, so maybe this is just how they work.
But if I kick off a process on one desktop, and then switch to another desktop ...
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Activation of application xxx!App failed with error: Unknown HResult Error code: 0xc0eb0003
I have installed the newly released Windows 10 and now get the following error message in the Event Viewer when starting a modern app:
Activation of application Microsoft.WindowsStore_8wekyb3d8bbwe!...
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