Unanswered Questions
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Disable Modern Standby or get back S3 standby mode in a HP laptop (Windows 10)
Like many other users I'm trying to disable this new feature that goes by different names (Modern Standby / Connected Standby / Always on always connected / S0ix / InstantGo / ...) as it has lots of ...
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Is it possible to record only a part of screen using Game Bar screen recording of Windows 10?
I have been trying to record a part of screen in my windows 10 machine. I found that Windows 10 offers a built in tool called Game bar (shortcut: Win + G), which can be used to capture screen or ...
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Thumbnail preview for custom file extension with known format
I have a file named test.png. Windows 10 shows a thumbnail preview in file explorer just fine.
I'd like to rename it to test.abc and have the thumbnail preview still work.
Following forcing ...
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How to create Boot Menu Entry in UEFI Settings using bcdedit w/o copying existing {bootmgr}
Note – This thread How to add UEFI image boot option in BCDedit? is similar but the answer there is irrelevant as it does not describe my case.
This thread How remedy situation with two EFI ...
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How to get the true textual verbose "No GUI boot + OS boot information" working again in Windows 10?
I find myself frequently needing much more information at Windows 10 startup than what we can seem to coax out of it now. It used to be possible to go into msconfig and select some options to get the ...
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Starting recent remote desktop entry does not put focus in the password field
When I start a remote desktop session through the "recent items" list in the Windows 10 task bar:
I get the credentials window as expected:
However, when I start typing my password, ...
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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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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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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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Robocopy loops/nests "Application Data" 29 times when copying "Application Data" folder on Windows 10
My goal here is to be able to back up my entire computer by using robocopy. My robocopy script keeps getting stuck here as you can see with the Application Data.
C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\...
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Is it possible to adjust Windows 10 notification click area
For a long time, I have been frustrated with Windows 10 notification popups.
It seems that when the popup is showing, the area that it consumes is in fact larger than the notification itself. This ...
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Can I make "Always trust software from" unchecked by default?
While installing an application, I received a prompt to install a driver which had a checked checkbox next to the text "Always trust software from [company]":
Since there have been instances of ...
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