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Does Windows folder in all CAPS cause problems such as failing Major Windows Updates?

After a series of failed updates from Windows 10 1909 to 2004 or even 21H1 with update assistant, I was figuring out what caused the updates to fail. Besides it's pretty old installation of Windows 10 ...
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How can I disable the “News and Interests” Widget on the Windows 10 Taskbar?

On Windows 10 version 1909 and newer releases, Microsoft has added a "News and Interests" widget on the Taskbar (see blogpost): How can I remove this Widget from the Taskbar?
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Windows 10 v1909 Memory Leak

Windows 10 Pro v1909 Intel i5-8250U 8GB RAM I updated to v1909 from v1809 back in December, and since then, I've noticed that my Memory used at idle and my paged/non-paged pool is significantly more ...
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How to Know if Windows Defender is currently scanning

So my work laptop has been running hot all day with the Windows Defender service consuming a CPU core the whole time. A few restarts and a full shutdown haven't stopped it. Only thing I can think of ...
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Why is Microsoft globally blocking all Windows 1909 machines with latest build 18363.1110 from upgrading to 20H1? [closed]

After KB4577062 is installed on Windows 10 Version 1909 any attempt to upgrade to 20H1 - either via setup.exe from the 20H1 iso or via Upgrade Assistant - will fail. Also the 20H1 Feature Update won't ...
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Windows 10 build 1909 - Corrupt Store - DISM version from 1903

Anyone shed any light on this. I've been looking at an issue with a windows 10 machine 1909 build 10.0.18363.720, where after windows updates are installed including KB4560960 (2020-06 Cumulative ...
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Can I install windows 10 on my desktop using recovery drive I created on laptop?

I would like to do this because I don't have enough data to download windows 10 using create windows 10 installation media directly on my desktop. So I was thinking that I create a recovery drive of ...
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Why Windows 10 Settings appllication show in French even after changing everything to English?

I'm trying to change my Windows to English but I can't get it to work. Here are the steps that I did so far. 1) Installed the English Language Pack and define it as default: 2) Copy settings: 3) ...
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Snip & Sketch tool always flickers when using any annotation tools

tl;dr: Drawing any annotation in Windows 10's Snip & Sketch tool causes a screen flicker. Is there any workaround to this? Snip & Sketch is a gem in Windows 10 and it makes my life really ...
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How to uninstall TeamViewer, if there is no option for doing so?

tl;dr "Something" installed a TeamViewer on my brand new computer. How to get rid of it? There's no corresponding option in "Add/Remove Programs" list and there is neither "TeamViewer" group nor "...
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Strange UAC crash, can't shut down pc without signing out first

When I try to power off my pc (Running Windows 10 Pro 1909) it just does nothing, but it also seems that it's somehow messing up UAC. How I found this out was by trying to launch something, the UAC ...
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Can't select and type in Search (Windows 10, 1909)

After recent update to Windows 10 (v 1909), I can no longer type in windows explorer Search. When I mouseover and click in, and try to type in anything, it just doesn't do anything, still like this: ...
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Missing Change password option on Windows 10 Pro Ctrl+Alt+Del screen [duplicate]

I have a Windows 10 Pro system (version 1909 Build 18363.535), not joined to a domain. When I press Ctrl+Alt+Del there is no Change password option. I've tried using gpedit.msc and set: User ...
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Windows update 1909 can't be installed. Goes through the process, reboots and nothing happened. No error

I tried to install the 1909 update since there are messages that my current version 1803 will be out of support. It doesn't work with Windows Update nor with the Windows 10 Update-Assistent. I've ...
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Windows 10, 1909 build, causes overlay in game on language change (shift + alt)

When I'm in the game and press shift + alt (I use alt for voice chant, and shift fir sprint) it shows language change overlay on top of a game. I'm perfectly ok for language change, but overlay makes ...
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