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Tag Archives: Windows 10
Windows 10 Shell Commands you can run from the ‘Run’ line
e following shell commands can be ran from the ‘run’ line in Windows 10 shell:AccountPictures %AppData%\Microsoft\Windows\AccountPictures shell:AddNewProgramsFolder Control Panel\All Control Panel Items\Get Programs shell:Administrative Tools %AppData%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Administrative Tools shell:AppData %AppData% shell:Application Shortcuts %LocalAppData%\Microsoft\Windows\Application Shortcuts shell:AppsFolder Applications shell:AppUpdatesFolder Installed Updates shell:Cache … Continue reading
Posted in Microsoft Windows, Technology, Windows 10 Quick Tips
Tagged Windows, Windows 10, windows shell
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Windows 10 Cleanup
Looking for cleanup in Windows 10. Look under Settings, System, Storage and click on Free up space now.
Posted in Microsoft, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows 10, Technology, Windows 10, Windows 10 Quick Tips
Tagged Free HDD, Free SSD, Windows 10
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Multi-session remote access to Windows 10 Enterprise?
Multi-session remote access to Windows 10 Enterprise? Probably – Up to 10 simultaneous connections according to Computerworld. Read more
View your GPU performance in the Task Manager
With Windows, you can now view the GPU and how it performs on your computer. With computers that have integrated cards (video), you may not see graphs in the performance monitor or on the Process Tab even after following these … Continue reading
Distracted by the web? Snooze your Wi-Fi
Is the internet and all of the alerts you are getting from social media and email distracting you? Hit the snooze on your Wi-Fi – How? Click your wi-fi/internet icon by the sound and time Next Click the Wi-Fi button … Continue reading
Posted in Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows 10, Technology, Windows, Windows 10, Windows 10 Quick Tips, Wireless
Tagged computer hardware, Wi-Fi, Windows, Windows 10
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Windows 10 Version 1709 – Settings Pictorial
Most people don’t know the number of settings you have over Windows 10. With Version 1709, you have complete control and a ton of settings that makes Windows 10 a premiere operating system. The settings area alone when used with … Continue reading
Create a system image in Windows 10 on your network
Now that you have Windows 10 exactly how you want it, you need to preserve an image of your computer. You can do this across your network which will take some time. You can also save the image locally on … Continue reading
Keep DNS services running well on your computer
If you enter ipconfig /displaydns at a command prompt you’ll see that Windows stores successful and unsuccessful name resolutions in cache. By default, Windows will store this cache for 24 hours. You can adjust this by doing the following: Open … Continue reading
Posted in network, Networking, Technology, Windows 10, Windows 10 Quick Tips, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Windows Server
Tagged DNS Cache, Windows 10, windows 7, windows server, Windows Tweaks
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What’s On My PC has two excellent articles on utilities
WSCC finds updates to utilities (portable version) that are an excellent resource for your flash drive and repairing Windows – Go over to Rick’s to see the full review. Use WSCC to install, update, execute and organize the utilities … Continue reading
Posted in freeware, Microsoft, Technology
Tagged Whats On My PC, Windows, Windows 10, windows utilities
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Microsoft Edge Not Working?
Is Edge closing out as soon as you open it? Is it opening and crashes often? Here’s how to re-install Edge. Open folder options and go to View Check show hidden files Make sure Edge is closed Navigate to c:\users\yourusername\appdata\local\packages … Continue reading
Windows error code (0xc1900200) – Creators Edition
Recently I was updating our home laptops and experienced Windows error code 0xc1900200. Apparently the System Reserve partition is not large enough or is ‘too full’ to install the update. Over at What’s On My PC, Rick experienced the same … Continue reading
Change network adapter priorities in Windows 10 – PowerShell
First thing – disable network adapters you don’t use If you use Ethernet, disable everything but flow control Disable LLMNR Adjust NTLM Perform test with Totusoft’s network speed test Next, avoid latency of your network card by adjusting the network … Continue reading
Posted in Computer hardware, computer troubleshooting, Computers, help desk, Home Networking, Information Technology, Microsoft, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows 10, network, Networking, Technology, Windows 10, Windows 10 Quick Tips, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Windows Server, Wireless
Tagged computer hardware, microsoft network, Microsoft Networking, microsoft windows, network, networking, PowerShell, Windows 10, wireless networking
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Internet or network application slow? You may need to temporarily disable Nagle’s Algorithm
With the Nagle-Algorithm, Windows takes small packets and packages them in to more manageable and efficient sizes. If you have poor latency, you might try to disable the Nagle-Algorithm. Nagle’s algorithm helps to control congestion when small packets are … Continue reading
Posted in Computer Software, computer troubleshooting, help desk, Information Technology, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows 10, Technology, Windows, Windows 10, Windows 10 Quick Tips, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 8.1
Tagged Internet, internet troubleshooting, Nagle's Algorithm, networking, Windows 10, windows networking
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Is your AHCI Link Power Management viewable from the Power Options Console?
If you can’t see your AHCI Link Power Management from the Power Options, there is a way to add it. Always backup your computer before modifying the registry. You can add the GUID to the registry by going opening the … Continue reading
Posted in Computer hardware, Computers, Hardware, help desk, Information Technology, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows 10, storage, Technology, Windows, Windows 10, Windows 10 Quick Tips, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 8.1
Tagged Windows, Windows 10, Windows 10 Quick Tips, Windows power management
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Windows Cleanup shows 3.99TB? Is my math wrong?
Apparently there is a bug that shows 3.99TB of Windows Update Cleanup when you run the disk cleanup application in Windows 10. With the plethora of updates that Microsoft has thrown at everyone, this would seem about right, however, you … Continue reading
OWASP Zed Attack Proxy (ZAP)- Using on your home network
OWASP -The Open Web Application Security Project is an online community which creates freely-available articles, methodologies, documentation, tools, and technologies in the field of web application security. (Wikipedia) If you have wanted to learn how to test your network and … Continue reading
Posted in Computer Security, computer troubleshooting, Computers, Education, Free Software, Hacking, higher ed, higher education, Information Technology, internet security;, IoT, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows 10, Networking, Technology, Windows 10 Quick Tips, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Windows Security, Windows Server, Wireless
Tagged computer security, Hacking, IoT Security, Network Security, OWASP, OWASP ZAP, Windows 10, Windows Security
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DHCP fix with KB3206632 ?
KB3206632 was released December 13th. Here’s a list of fixes from Microsoft’s site– This security update includes these additional improvements and fixes. No new operating system features are being introduced in this update. Key changes include: Improved reliability of … Continue reading
DHCP issues with KB3201845
If you have issues after applying KB3201845, Rick over at Whats On My PC may have first found it. Apparently Microsoft is displaying a banner on their Windows 10 History page that says to restart NOT shutdown. We experienced … Continue reading
Posted in Computer Software, computer troubleshooting, Computers, help desk, higher ed, higher education, Home Networking, Information Technology, Microsoft, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows 10, Technology, Windows 10, Windows 10 Quick Tips, Windows Server
Tagged Microsoft, Microsoft Windows 10, Windows 10, Windows 10 Troubleshooting, Windows 10 Updates
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Goodbye CMD prompt – and update your PowerShell help
Powershell is becoming the new default command line. It’s more powerfull and computers and operating systems always change. Before you get started, you may want to update it. Right click your menu icon. Select Windows PowerShell (Admin) Next type – Get-Help dir … Continue reading
Cut down God Mode to individual areas
Remember God Mode? You can cut this overwhelming shortcut down by using some of your most useful tools. Here’s an example on how to put Troubleshooting on your desktop. First, make a new folder on your desktop and rename it … Continue reading
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