How to Run Windows 10 From a USB Drive
Loading and running Windows 10 from a USB drive is a handy option when you’re using a computer saddled with an older version of Windows.
https://uk.pcmag.com/operating-systems/88253/how-to-run-windows-10-from-a-usb-drive
Windows 10 network commands
https://www.techrepublic.com/article/ten-windows-10-network-commands-everyone-one-should-know/
Windows Package Manager 1.0
https://devblogs.microsoft.com/commandline/?p=6715
Kone jumissa? Näin palautat Windows 10:n menettämättä tiedostojasi
Menikö kone solmuun? Näin palautat Windows 10:n toimintakuntoon ilman, että menetät tiedostoja tai asetuksia.
https://www.mikrobitti.fi/uutiset/kone-jumissa-nain-palautat-windows-10n-menettamatta-tiedostojasi/e82bd2db-2ba6-47e6-9e9d-9fd41213f6f8
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Tomi Engdahl says:
https://www.pcmag.com/news/7-cool-programming-tricks-inside-microsoft-notepad
Tomi Engdahl says:
https://tekniikanmaailma.fi/karsiiko-windows-10-tietokoneesi-selittamattomista-ja-erikoisista-ongelmista-microsoftin-heinakuinen-paivitys-voi-tuoda-niihin-korjauksen/
Tomi Engdahl says:
https://www.windowslatest.com/2021/08/17/windows-10-kb5005033-is-causing-new-issues-for-some-users/
Tomi Engdahl says:
How to Clean Your Windows PC Using Command Prompt
BY TASHREEF SHAREEF
PUBLISHED 4 HOURS AGO
If your Windows PC is running low on storage space, clean out the junk using these fast Command Prompt utilities.
https://www.makeuseof.com/windows-clean-files-command-prompt/
Tomi Engdahl says:
7 ways you can take screenshots in Windows 10 and Windows 11
It’s easy to capture all or part of your Windows 10 or 11 screen with a few keystrokes. Here’s how.
https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/7-ways-you-can-take-screenshots-in-windows-10-and-windows-11/
Tomi Engdahl says:
Remove the Fluff From Windows 10 With Windows Decrapifier & Debloater
BY ODYSSEAS KOURAFALOS
PUBLISHED SEP 11, 2021
Make Windows 10 feel like brand new by removing the bloat with two smart PowerShell scripts.
https://www.makeuseof.com/windows-10-decrapifier-debloater/
Tomi Engdahl says:
https://www.techrepublic.com/article/microsoft-powershell-learn-how-to-automate-your-workday/
Tomi Engdahl says:
https://www.techrepublic.com/article/microsoft-powershell-learn-how-to-automate-your-workday/
Tomi Engdahl says:
Brand New Version (2.00) of the Evergreen Script !
Over 4000 lines of new code.
- Add Microsoft Edge WebView2, KeePass & IrfanView Language
- Extend the GUI with a 2 page to individually set settings for each available software (Architecture & Language)
- Add WhatIf, CleanUp & Own Microsoft 365 Apps XML Function (To 2 Page)
and many more minor changes….
https://bit.ly/3kViXVl
#EvergreenScript #powershell #windows
Tomi Engdahl says:
Screenshots in Windows 10 and Windows 11: 7 easy tricks
https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/screenshots-in-windows-10-and-windows-11-7-easy-tricks/
You only need a few keystrokes to take screen captures in Windows 10 or 11. Here are several ways to do it.
Tomi Engdahl says:
Excel Ray Tracing With Help From C
https://hackaday.com/2021/09/28/excel-ray-tracing-with-help-from-c/
It isn’t news that [s0lly] likes to do ray tracing using Microsoft Excel. However, he recently updated his set up to use functions in a C XLL — a DLL, really — to accelerate the Excel rendering. Even if ray tracing isn’t your thing, the technique of creating custom high-performance Excel functions might do you some good somewhere else.
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/office/client-developer/excel/welcome-to-the-excel-software-development-kit
Tomi Engdahl says:
Learn How To Create Your Own Drag & Drop Kanban Board In Excel [Masterclass + Free Download]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3qbU5S8ZaEA
Tomi Engdahl says:
https://adrianotiger.github.io/desktopPet//desktopPet/Pets/esheep64/
Tomi Engdahl says:
Windows-asetukset, jotka hidastavat konettasi ja tuhlaavat akkua
3.11.202112:29|päivitetty3.11.202112:29
Windowsia säätämällä voi nopeuttaa koneen toimintaa sekä parantaa akkukestoa ja yksityisyyttä.
https://www.mikrobitti.fi/uutiset/windows-asetukset-jotka-hidastavat-konettasi-ja-tuhlaavat-akkua/b74e3e25-2f71-46da-a148-95eea601751c
Tomi Engdahl says:
Fix sound problems in Windows 10
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/fix-sound-problems-in-windows-10-73025246-b61c-40fb-671a-2535c7cd56c8
If you’re having audio problems, the following suggestions might help. The tips are listed in order, so start with the first one, see if that helps, and then continue to the next one if it doesn’t.
Tomi Engdahl says:
No Sounds on Windows 10? Here’s How to Fix It
Sound is important, so get yours working again
https://www.lifewire.com/fix-no-sound-windows-10-4587022
Tomi Engdahl says:
Why is the Windows Progress Dialog always WRONG?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9gTLDuxmQek
Tomi Engdahl says:
Go to Device Manager -> Details Tab -> Select “Hardware IDs” from the drop-down. This will give a VID (vendor ID) and a PID (parts ID). Take both and type them into a lookup such as PCI Lookup, might help you to find a driver, had to do this a few times myself (not specifically for WANN). Hope that may help you, good luck.
Tomi Engdahl says:
Windows 10 21H2 adds ransomware protection to security baseline
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/windows-10-21h2-adds-ransomware-protection-to-security-baseline/
Microsoft has released the final version of security configuration baseline settings for Windows 10, version 21H2, available today from the Microsoft Security Compliance Toolkit.
“This Windows 10 feature update brings very few new policy settings,” Microsoft security consultant Rick Munck said.
“One setting has been added for this release for printer driver installation restrictions (which was also added to the Windows 11 release). Additionally, all Microsoft Edge Legacy settings have been removed,”
Tomi Engdahl says:
https://www.cocosenor.com/articles/windows-10/solved-hp-pavilion-running-slow-on-windows-10.html
https://www.easeus.com/amp/computer-instruction/hp-slow-startup.html
Tomi Engdahl says:
Windows Drivers Reverse Engineering Methodology
https://voidsec.com/windows-drivers-reverse-engineering-methodology/
Tomi Engdahl says:
Microsoft lists the Windows 10 group policies to avoid
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-lists-the-windows-10-group-policies-to-avoid/
Tomi Engdahl says:
https://visualtraceroute.net/
Tomi Engdahl says:
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/windows-terminal-now-can-automatically-launch-profiles-as-administrator/
Tomi Engdahl says:
Windows explorer has an option to remove properties from media files:
Remove Properties and Personal Information. For example, removing Exif data from JPEG files https://blog.didierstevens.com/2022/02/08/windows-explorer-improper-exif-data-removal/
There is an issue with this feature: it does not properly remove Exif data.
Tomi Engdahl says:
https://www.intowindows.com/how-to-restart-the-audio-driver-in-windows-10/
Tomi Engdahl says:
Use This Hidden Keyboard Combo to Fix Your Frozen Computer
BY
BEN STEGNER
UPDATED JAN 08, 2022
When your computer display freezes, this little-known shortcut can get you going again in seconds and is much faster than restarting.
https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/hidden-key-combo-frozen-computer/#Echobox=1653628874
Tomi Engdahl says:
FREE Tool to Automate Your Repetitive and Boring Tasks | AutoHotkey
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wOq1ay2hcEY
I’m sure you’re familiar with keyboard shortcuts. But how about creating shortcuts that work in any Windows application. AutoHotkey (AHK) is the answer to your customization needs. With AutoHotkey you can create your own shortcuts that apply to all your applications on your computer. If you’ve never used AutoHotkey, don’t worry. In this tutorial I show you how you can install AutoHotkey and take you through a beginner tutorial to help you get started fast.
Not only can you create custom shortcuts but you can even automate repetitive tasks. Like if there is a specific text, address or insert special characters. In this video I’ll show you how you can create your hotkeys and how to make HotStrings for autocorrection and text expansion. This is great for canned email responses or other text templates.
AutoHotkey gives you the freedom to automate any desktop task for major productivity improvement. It could be as complex as automatically creating multiple folder structures or as simple as creating a shortcut for your email address so you don’t have to type it in every time.
The most common use of AutHotKey is for text expansion.
00:00 Custom Shortcuts and Text Expansion
01:37 Download and Install
02:41 Create a AutoHotkey Script
07:09 Run Your Script and use Shortcuts
08:21 Sponsor Skillshare
10:10 How to Create Hotstrings
14:16 How to Use Hotstrings
15:33 Wrap Up
DOWNLOAD AutoHotkey here: https://www.autohotkey.com/
Tomi Engdahl says:
https://www.techspot.com/news/94939-bios-update-amd-pcs-fixes-ftpm-related-performance.html
Tomi Engdahl says:
PowerToys 0.59 adds improved Keyboard Manager and redesigned Power Rename
https://www.neowin.net/news/powertoys-059-adds-improved-keyboard-manager-and-redesigned-power-rename/
Microsoft today released PowerToys 0.59 for all users. The project remains in public preview, but the latest version adds several notable changes and improvements. Microsoft says release 0.59 focuses on wrapping up building for native ARM64.
Tomi Engdahl says:
https://www.mousejiggle.org/
Tomi Engdahl says:
Mapping Injection- Another Windows Process Injection [Tutorial]
https://hackersonlineclub.com/mapping-injection-another-windows-process-injection/
Mapping injection is a process injection technique that avoids the usage of common monitored syscall VirtualAllocEx and WriteProcessMemory.
Tomi Engdahl says:
Sinisen virhenäytön vianmääritys
https://support.microsoft.com/fi-fi/sbs/windows/sinisen-virhen%C3%A4yt%C3%B6n-vianm%C3%A4%C3%A4ritys-5c62726c-6489-52da-a372-3f73142c14ad
Tomi Engdahl says:
The Quickest Way to Install Windows Software? The Command Prompt
BY
RAHUL SAIGAL
UPDATED OCT 14, 2021
Installing apps on Windows takes up a lot of time. Install and update your apps through the command prompt with this method.
https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/quickest-way-install-windows-software-command-prompt/#Echobox=1656134474
Tomi Engdahl says:
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/windows-10-22h2-accidentally-confirmed-by-latest-preview-update/
Tomi Engdahl says:
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/offer/deals/upgrade-your-laptop-with-this-microsoft-office-lifetime-license-deal/
Tomi Engdahl says:
https://wethegeek.com/fix-service-host-sysmain-high-disk-usage-in-windows-10/
Solution 2 – Disable SysMain via Command Prompt
1. In the Windows search bar, type Command Prompt
2. Select the search result > right-click > Run as administrator
3. Here type the following command: sc stop “SysMain” & sc config “SysMain” start=disabled
4. After it is successfully processed, you will get Change Service Config Success, message.
5. Exit Command Prompt and open Task Manager to check disk usage
You should no longer see 100% CPU usage caused due to Service Host SysMain.
Tomi Engdahl says:
https://www.softwaretestinghelp.com/service-host-sysmain-disable/
https://www.itexperience.net/3-fixes-for-high-disk-usage-caused-by-sysmain/
Tomi Engdahl says:
https://www.techosaurusrex.com/windows-10-sysmain-causing-high-disk-or-high-cpu-usage-heres-how-to-disable-it/
Tomi Engdahl says:
https://www.drivereasy.com/knowledge/how-to-fix-sound-not-working-on-hp-laptop/
Tomi Engdahl says:
https://recoverit.wondershare.com/computer-problems/hp-audio-not-working.html
Tomi Engdahl says:
https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/all/100-disk-usage-on-a-windows-10-hp-laptop/0d928ce6-9c0e-4dfa-86a1-130cf5600001
https://www.kapilarya.com/fix-windows-10-100-percent-disk-usage-problem
https://www.isumsoft.com/windows-10/fix-100-disk-usage-in-windows-10.html
https://www.avg.com/en/signal/fix-100-disk-usage-windows
https://h30434.www3.hp.com/t5/Notebook-Hardware-and-Upgrade-Questions/100-disk-usage/td-p/6693373
Tomi Engdahl says:
https://elinawzy.medium.com/hp-windows-10-pc-running-extremely-slow-what-to-do-59aa9062fc77
Tomi Engdahl says:
New Windows PowerToys OCR tool will let you copy text from images
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/new-windows-powertoys-ocr-tool-will-let-you-copy-text-from-images/
Microsoft PowerToys is getting a new utility called PowerOCR that lets you select text in an image and copy it directly to the Windows clipboard.
The new PowerToy is being developed by Windows app/utility developer Joseph Finney who opened a ‘pull request’ on July 4th announcing the new PowerOCR program he was creating.
As the tool is based on the already published Text Grab app, PowerOCR has seen rapid development with the help of other volunteer developers and Microsoft employees.
Tomi Engdahl says:
Find what you need with Microsoft Search in Office
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/find-what-you-need-with-microsoft-search-in-office-2457d4d8-48a8-4ad4-ab89-5a0657aa8446?ns=winword&version=90&syslcid=1033&uilcid=1033&appver=zwd900&helpid=85101&ui=en-us&rs=en-us&ad=us
Tomi Engdahl says:
How to Extend Your Windows Laptop’s Battery Lifespan With a Battery Charge Threshold
BY
TASHREEF SHAREEF
PUBLISHED MAR 13, 2022
Setting a battery charge threshold can be as easy as downloading an app and setting the right options, and doing so can extend your battery’s life.
https://www.makeuseof.com/windows-extend-battery-lifespan-battery-charge-threshold/
Tomi Engdahl says:
https://www.maketecheasier.com/set-print-screen-open-snipping-tool-windows/
Tomi Engdahl says:
Microsoft: Windows 10 22H2 is the final version of Windows 10
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-windows-10-22h2-is-the-final-version-of-windows-10/
Microsoft says Windows 10, version 22H2 will be the last feature update to be released for the Windows 10 operating system.
Windows 10 22H2 reached general availability in October 2022 and entered broad deployment on November 18, 2022.
All editions of Windows 10 22H2 (Home, Pro, Enterprise, Education, Pro Education, Pro for Workstations, and IoT Enterprise editions) will reach their end of servicing in October 2025.
“The current version, 22H2, will be the final version of Windows 10, and all editions will remain in support with monthly security update releases though that date,” said Jason Leznek, Principal Product Manager for Windows Servicing and Delivery.
Tomi Engdahl says:
More about Windows LTSC releases
As Microsoft shared in a separate advisory published on Thursday, LTSC releases will continue to receive updates beyond October 2025 according to their specific lifecycles.
For instance, Windows 10 LTSC editions will reach the end of mainstream support in January 2027, with the only exception being the IoT Enterprise edition which will be supported until January 2032.
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-windows-10-22h2-is-the-final-version-of-windows-10/
Tomi Engdahl says:
Windows 10 is officially done getting new features
BY
JOÃO CARRASQUEIRA
PUBLISHED 3 DAYS AGO
Windows 11 will be available for LTSC customers in the second half of 2024, three years after its debut.
https://www.xda-developers.com/windows-10-feature-updates-end-windows-11-ltsc-2024/