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How can I create a user-specific HOSTS File?

I know that by editing my HOSTS file (C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts), I can block any site, but I would like to take this a step further. Is it possible (in Windows XP or newer) to have ...
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Win 10: Disable "Restoring Network Connections" popup when connection to network drives drop

Whenever I get disconnected from my network drives and I happen to have like 10 folders of the network drive folders opened, 10 of these pop-ups will show up and I cannot close any of the windows ...
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How to force a specific software to use proxy?

I want to use a Tor SOCKS proxy on some programs (e.g. Android Studio) but not all. I'm a Windows 10 user. How can I do that?
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Block Windows 10 P2P updates with a corporate firewall

I work for a small IT company that fix mostly Windows computers, and lately we have an huge issue with Windows 10 updates. When a new computer enters our network and starts downloading updates, it ...
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Performing network connection "diagnose" / "troubleshoot" via command line in Windows

Is there a way in command line to do the steps that Windows 10 does when you right click a network connection and choose "diagnose" or when you tell it to troubleshoot a connection? I'm ...
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vethernet doesn't show up in get-netconnectionprofile anymore

Last night my windows rebooted to install updates and is running 1903 18362.1016 I need to set my hyper-v vEthernet adapter to a private network. However when I do PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> get-...
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Can't join LAN game in Civilization 6

Few days ago I was able to play Civilization VI through LAN (Offline on Steam) without any problems, but after Windows Update (installed 9/14/2019) I don't see any games in LAN. On 9/14/2019 I also ...
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Watching a YouTube video disconnects my Internet connection

Using Windows 10 (v1709) and Chrome (64.0.3282.167), when I watch a YouTube video, my Internet connection works for approximately the first minute, then drops out. In more detail: I can watch a video ...
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Issues connecting to an IKEv2 VPN "The parameter is incorrect"

I've set up a VPN using StrongSwan software on a DigitalOcean server. I used this guide here :https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-set-up-an-ikev2-vpn-server-with-strongswan-on-...
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How to enable Mobile hotspot (from Anniversary Update) in command line

I want to enable new Mobile hotspot from Aniversary Update in command line same way as from the Window's Settings. I know that there is NETSH WLAN start hostednetwork but this command doesn't enable ...
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MSG Command on CMD result Error 5 getting session names

I have 2 computer connected over LAN. Both has windows 10 pro version 1607. I open cmd from 1 computer and try to use message command like this : msg * /server:lenovo-pc "Hello" Lenovo-pc is other ...
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Can't connect to socket listening on 127.0.0.1 but works for 'localhost' in Windows 10

I have a clean install of Windows 10 Pro x64 and I’m trying to run PostgreSQL server on it. It used to work perfectly on Windows 7, but Windows 10 is behaving really weird: If I configure PostgreSQL ...
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Windows 10 - Wi-Fi limited on reboot

So I've just upgraded to Windows 10 from Windows 7. So far I'm not impressed. I could talk about other problems I've been having, however there's one main issue that has been bothering me. When I ...
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Missing rasgreeng.dll on VPN server when client attempts to connect

I am running into problems setting up a VPN server on Windows 10 Home Anniversary Edition, which 'ver' reports as: Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.14393] I am following the guide at: http://...
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Windows renamed my network interfaces

I have a laptop with an ethernet and a Wifi connection. The names of these interfaces were "ethernet connection" and "Wifi connection". Suddenly i realized that these names have ...
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WSL on Windows 10 - localhost works, 127.0.0.1 doesn't (and is not my local IP)

I'm in the middle of setting up WSL on Windows to work on PHP stuff with my PHPStorm. Started the config, and installed Apache and PHP. To check, I'm opening my browser on localhost, it works, but on ...
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System tray shows standard WiFi icon while VPN connected

Normally, when I connect to my VPN the WiFi icon in the system tray changes to what I believe is the wired network icon. See images below for example images. Wifi: Wired: Recently the icon is no ...
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How can I delete a Windows Filtering Platform rule or restore WFP to default settings?

I am using Mullvad VPN client on Windows 10 1909 which under normal circumstances sets up Windows Filtering Platform rules that block all connections outside the VPN tunnel when the application is ...
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set up Windows 10 PC as internet gateway for a Linux PC on local LAN to access internet

I have a Windows 10 PC with two NICs that I want to use as a gateway between a small LAN which is using 192.168.0.x IPv4 addressing and the internet. What I have set up is the Windows 10 PC with two ...
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How to access Kubernetes runnning in Docker for Windows from another PC

I have a desktop PC, ALPHA, where I have installed Docker for Windows with included Kubernetes. I have a notebook, BETA, where I have installed kubectl. Both are connected to the same WiFi network. I ...
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Why is Task Manager's Network Usage off by about 50%?

This is an interesting thing I've noticed since my internet upgrade (up to 100MBit/s downstream) and I'm not really sure what exactly is happening here – which boggles me. :) This discrepancy seems to ...
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Map network drive - The network path could not be found

I am trying map a network drive from Windows 10 to my Android phone by following these instructions: map Android to Windows drive. I'm running WebDAV server on the phone, but when I try to map the ...
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Working around the Network Loopback Isolation of UWP Apps

I've been hitting a blockage trying to get my UWP App to receive data from a local UDP port in the following scenario: Windows 10 | Version 10.0.16299 Build 16299 UWP target and minimum Version 10.0....
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Bypass website that falls under wildcard proxy exception

I need a way to exclude a specific web address from the Win 10 list of proxy exceptions. For example, if I am using a proxy, but I don't want the proxy used for a specific domain (google.com) I can ...
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Slow bandwidth with iperf3 when using Windows but Linux runs at full speed

I have a DigitalOcean Droplet that shares a gigabit connection and my college dorm fortunately also has gigabit connection. I noticed data transfers between the two were quite slow so I ran iperf3 ...
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How do I prevent Windows 10's File History Service from gobbling up all my networking bandwidth?

I set up file history service to sync certain files to my local NAS which works great. The two are connected using a suboptimal "DLAN"/Powerline connection which reaches about 90 Megabits per second. ...
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ipconfig /release (AUTO RENEW???)

I have a (very very) remote machine running over teamviewer, I (mistakenly) ran ipconfig /release The machine is set never to sleep or restart and no items are set to power saving mode. The only ...
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Cannot restart dnscache (DNS Client) service

I have cached DNS records which Windows just won't to let go of. I, of course have tried ipconfig /flushdns many times which tells me it was successful, but isn't. I am unable to run net stop dnscache ...
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How do I prevent Docker from listening on my public / all IPs in Windows 10?

I'm using the latest version of Docker for Windows, on Windows 10 Enterprise 64-bit. When I run the following docker-compose.yml, Docker listens on my public IP, 127.0.0.1, and my router assigned ...
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Windows 10 update with P2P (peer-to-peer) enabled (Delivery Optimization) kills the whole Internet connectivity

Since Windows 10 we are challenging huge difficulties in Internet connection quality. Whenever there pops up a computer in the network which is just updating itself via Windows update (with P2P ...
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