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Stop "will install updates on restart" or "will restart later and install updates" on Windows
I am using Windows 8 (not 8.1) right now. I think I have disabled most auto-updates (do not try to tell me that this unwise), but sometimes some updates sneak through. I have been in a cycle where the ...
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Any way to get modern UI apps for windows 8.1 after the windows store shutdown?
So, as you can see in the title, I really wanna have modern ui apps in windows 8.1 because I'm a windows 8 fan and im still running that version on my tablet.
So for example like idk, maybe a modern ...
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Restore points disappear after dual booting
The restore points, at the new windows OS, disappeared after dual booting to the older Windows OS on the other disk driver.
I reached (while working in the old operation system) to the MountedDevices ...
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Windows8 drops network connection shortly after boot (but works if I wait)
I have a test lab which runs tests against Windows8 machine, more specifically a Pytest project which generates TCP traffic from my Ubuntu machine to Windows8 machine, and from the Windows8 machine ...
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Cannot boot after failed Fedora Dual Boot installation with existing Windows 8
I have a laptop that came with Windows 8 installed on one HDD with two partitions:
C: (where Windows 8 is installed)
D: (where my personal data is)
The OS was installed with a BIOS boot (MBR).
I ...
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Shortcuts in Start menu
I have a Start folder in my user's folder, and there I put shortcuts to software I want to appear in the Start menu if I type the shortcut's name; I have it indexed, but while some icons appears, ...
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How to get separate keyboard layout for each application in Windows
I would like to have separate keyboard layout for each application in Windows.
I want it to behave the same as it did on earlier versions of Windows.
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Is there any way to edit 'refresh' entry from desktop context menu?
I have searched through all context menu entries in windows registry editor (in places like HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\Background\shell) but was not able to find anything linking to the 'refresh' ...
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How to re-enable startup applicaiton to a standard account user from administrator account
I disabled almost all startup applications in a standard account from task manager including one named "program" and the account is unable to login(it auto logs out). Is there a way to re-...
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When the laptop lid closes and I lift it back up, keyboard won't work
When the laptop lid closes and I lift it back up, keyboard won't work.
Due to being on the road traveling, I'm using an old Asus from 2013, and I am using Win 8. I just updated to 8.1, but I don't ...
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How to remove "Google Docs", "Google Sheets" and "Google Slides" from windows explorer "New" menu?
I recently installed Google Drive on my Windows 8 laptop. After installing this disk, 3 items appeared in the "New" menu item in the explorer. Each of the new items leads to a browser with ...
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CAN'T UPGRADE FROM WINDOWS 8 TO WINDOWS 10
I have a Lenovo laptop that is currently running Windows 8, and it is not a bad laptop:
When I try to run the Windows 10 setup I get this error when it's almost done:
I am using the 21H1 update ...
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What windows OS version do you get when you do a full factory reset?
I got my laptop with windows 8 I believe. Since then, I've upgraded to windows 10 and now recently windows 11. If I do a full recovery (factory reset) and choose to not keep any personal files, I am ...
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Batch rename files w/ leading zeros and variations in filename [closed]
I have a set of files:
foo_1_somestring.txt
foo_2_adifferentstring.txt
....
foo_124_anotherstring.txt
I want to batch rename them to:
foo_001_somestring.txt
foo_002_adifferentstring.txt
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Force all programs to use the full OpenFileDialog and SaveFileDialog interfaces instead of FolderBrowserDialog when opening/saving files?
Here's a question I don't think has been asked before.
Background: I hate the FolderBrowserDialog GUI component with a fiery passion. You know, the useless little folder tree view dialog which some ...
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Windows 8.1 100% Disk Usage after reboot
I recently refreshed my PC and newly installed Windows 8.1. After that I noticed the 100% Disk- and Memory-Usage. Then with the following commands I fixed the problem:
SFC /scannow
DISM /Online /...
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Is there a way to remap the Logitech iTouch buttons on modern versions of Windows?
I am using a Logitech Internet Navigator Keyboard (circa 2001 I believe, and have no intention of replacing it) and Windows 8.1. It has 8 'iTouch' keys, E-Mail, Messenger, Webcam on the left, and ...
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Folder has gone missing from AppData, why?
I have an old SSD with a Windows 8.1 installation on it. I am trying to track down a cryptocoin wallet that I had been using back in 2014 and is typically stored in AppData\Roaming. The thing is, the ...
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how can i rename php files by incrementing the last number?
i want to rename files like this
one-piece-espanol-latino - copia (1).php
one-piece-espanol-latino - copia (2).php
one-piece-espanol-latino - copia (3).php
and 274 more...
to this in a batch
one-piece-...
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Hard drive reduced space after Window 8.1 installation
I have just done a clean Windows 8.1 (64 bit) install on a Dell XPs 12. So far so good in the sense the machine works. However checking Disk Management I see that of the 237 GB hard drive only 35% (83....
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Is there a way to make my Windows account password unresettable using non-official Windows methods?
I found this thread that discusses different ways of resetting the admin password without actually knowing the password Reset windows 8.1 administrator password. I tried it myself and after no less ...
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force windows 8 to properly shut down instead of quick shutdown/hibernate (login issue as well)
So I'm working on some laptops for an uncle of mine and he's got two, few year old laptops that have passwords that were forgotten. This SHOULD be a fairly straight forward process with just loading ...
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Can't connect this network , but USB 2.0 Wifi adapter connects
I have problem with my Notebook's wifi. First of when i power on my notebook it starts without wifi connected. So despite It shows all wifi around modem when i type password to connect my home network ...
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Add file mime type in HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT with script
I have a few Win8 VMs that don't include .xlsx in HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT, so it's not recognized by the OS, and to add it manually for each VM would be inconvenient.
Is it possible to add such type via a ...
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Windows 8, pendrive - directory changed name to some strange one and removed all files
I am using windows 8 and I have weird problem with directory on my pendrive.
I had USB pendrive connected to my laptop and I did something in one of directories inside. Structure of this directory ...
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Does Microsoft implement "Windows Defender"-like security for WSL 2 instances?
I'm not certain whether WSL 2 instances, running in Hyper-V, are actually scanned by Windows Defender.
I have found some articles on Google describing Window Defender's performance impact on WSL, but ...
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Where is the Microsoft HTML (CHM) Help Viewer stored? [duplicate]
Sometime ago I messed with opening chm files. I set a pdf viewer as the default app for viewing chm files and now I want the Microsoft HTML help Viewer to be set as default chm viewer. The problem is ...
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DISM is taking over 24 hours
I'm having problems installing Windows Updates so I thought that if I use DISM and then SFC, that it might fix the problem.
When I run
DISM.exe /Online /Cleanup-image /Restorehealth
It takes over 24 ...
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When downloading windows updates on Windows 8.1 the progress is stuck on 0% downloading
When downloading windows updates on Windows 8.1 the progress stays on 0%.
I have ran the Windows Update troubleshooter and restarted the Windows Update service. However TiWorker.exe is running.
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What is the purpose of the DISM /RestoreHealth parameter and SFC?
What is the purpose of the DISM /RestoreHealth parameter and the SFC /ScanNow parameter?
How do they correlate to one another?
In what order should they be run?
Why does the order sequence matter ...
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Will Windows 8 take up less space than Windows 10?
I need to run a Windows virtual machine on my Mac, it doesn't really make much difference to me if I use 8 or 10, so would just like to use whichever will take up less space on my hard drive.
I found ...
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Where are windows's repair tools located?
I am talking about the repair tools that show up at startup if your PC runs into a problem on a windows installation.
I've always been wondering where these programs are located in the file system.
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How to force custom default Sort By options for all folder types in Windows Explorer
Quick note to eager mods: this is not a duplicate :)
My question has 3 parts, but to make it easy, of course I will mark as answered any answer that only addresses the 3rd part:
I wish to understand ...
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Running Windows on a SATA drive via a USB bridge
I had a Windows 8 installation on my laptop in its 2.5" SATA HDD, as well as a Linux install with Grub as the main boot loader.
I now bought an SSD, and decided to go for a clean install. So, I ...
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How to install TP-LINK TL-WN951N Driver to Windows 7 & 8.1
How to install TP-LINK TL-WN951N Driver to Windows 7 & 8.1? The default driver is unstable
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How to reformat Windows 10 and delete partitions
I have a Dell Latitude laptop which I purchased many years ago with Windows 8 Pro.
I have upgraded to Windows 10 few years ago by a regular method that was given at the time and have reformatted it a ...
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How to block any type of video from loading/playing online (YouTube, Netflix, Vimeo etc) in all browsers
I am currently trying to beat my addiction to spending countless hours online watching YouTube videos etc. The issue I am currently facing is that I need YouTube for my daily work(Reading and replying ...
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PC does not boot after upgrade to Windows 10, BIOS inaccessible
I upgraded a Windows 8 PC to Windows 10. After the upgrade, I was notified that the update has failed, so I let the system restore the old state.
However, when I came back to check the PC, it was ...
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Detailed grouping by date windows explorer
Now, Windows 10 (and maybe Winodws 8) is showing "A long time ago" instead of "Last Year"... like it was in Windows XP.
I also think there was also "Two Years ago", and only then if there is old ...
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Installing ubuntu dualboot - windows wont start
I was installing Ubuntu on one old notebook on the same HDD as windows. There was no EFI partition so I create one during the ubuntu installation process. There were some errors and in the end, I ...
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Can't get back my downloads after moving it D:\ drive
I am having the exact same problem as this person here:
Win10 - Accidentally moved my downloads folder to D:\, can't seem to revert or change
I accidentally made my downloads and my D:\ drive a ...
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How to Stop windows stop code with blue screen?
I have problem in my laptop every time i start laptop it shows me blue screen with windows stop code.
also every time i see different windows stop code error.
in starting i have windows 8 os in my ...
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Windows: how a logged remote user can disconnect its own connection of a remote sharing folder
Consider there are some machines connected in the same LAN, for simplicity assume thus the following:
Beta PC //referred later how server side
localUserBeta
RemoteUserTypeA
RemoteUserTypeB
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Force clear standby memory and cache [ Windows 8 ]
I love faster app loading , i really love it when i click an application and it is opened 3 seconds later , i do love it.
But for the love of god , i hate it when i run a heavy program in my potato ...
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Unclickable area in Windows 8 - Invisible 'always on-top' window?
In the last time I often struggle with an odd issue. As of a sudden, part of the screen (usually the left 1/7th) is not clickable. You can easily see the difference when doing a right click on the ...
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Can't delete folder : 'The path is too long' error [duplicate]
I'm trying to delete an entire folder in an external drive with the rd command, but i'm receiving the error below :
The path
E:\2017_11_10\WWW201~1\myproject\NODE_M~1\GRUNT-~4\NODE_M~1\imagemin\...
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Why do Windows computers slow down if they aren't regularly updated?
I have a family member who hasn't updated her Windows machine via Windows update in years. She barely uses the computer. It is a low end model but not a terrible one; it's a Samsung from 2013 that ...
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windows 8 can't see "Replace or Skip Files"
I have a Windows 8 machine, and I'm trying to copy a folder from c:\ drive to a network mapped folder.
On the taskbar, I see that there's a “Replace or Skip Files” confirmation popup.
BUT I can't ...
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Is there a way to put a status text into the Windows taskbar notification area?
I'd like to show a short status text in the Windows notification area, so not an icon, but a text of a few characters the content of which changes regularly and comes from a text file.
Is there a ...
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Treat line in as audio input in Windows 8.1
I am trying to connect my guitar amp to my line-in jack, so that I can record to my computer. I have an Acer Aspire V5-573, running Windows 8.1. I have installed the Realtek Audio Drivers / Audio ...
