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Windows computer won’t boot after power outage If your Windows 11/10 computer won’t boot after a power outage, here are some solutions that might help you to fix the problem. 1] Repair BCD Starting Windows 10 in Safe Mode would come first to the mind, but it may take you to the blue screen displaying the message “Your PC needs to be repaired“. The sudden power failure sometimes may corrupt the system files and also sometimes damage the system reserved partitions like Boot Configuration Data (BCD)....

Windows does not support size reporting in Programs and Features A question that may arise in one’s mind is how do the Programs and Features get the size and other information. A program can add some properties to its registration to avoid a lot of this guessing. It can set an EstimatedSize property to avoid making Programs and Features guess how big the program is. But if a program omits all of these hints, Windows is forced to guess, and the guess that Programs and Features ends up making can often be ridiculously wide of the mark due to coincidental word matches....

Woah, you should see Digg, Twitter and most of the social networking sites… going ballistic about the Windows GodMode … talking as though it had just made a divine appearance! The “God Mode” worked in Windows Vista too. It was posted in Neowin in 2008 and the credit for it afaik goes to my MVP colleague & TWCF Mod Ramesh Kumar, who when he did not have a blog then, had posted about it, way back on WinVistaClub, (post now moved here) along with a FIX if things went wrong in Windows Vista x64....

Sometimes it’s hard to get all this information easily. After helping out a lot of people in online forums, I figured there had to be an easy way to collect the logs, so that both the person facing the problem and the person helping out, could save time and energy, by simply performing this chore of collecting the error log files. For this very reason, I created this application Windows 8 Log Collector....

Windows 11/10 Optional Features display functionality that you can decide to enable if you wish to. Although some features are designed only for business or administrator use where they need greater control over the computer network. Turning these features on an individual network will not have the greatest impact. Recently, a couple of Windows legacy tools were grouped into optional features. These include the Windows Media Player, WordPad, and Internet Explorer....

The issue seems to happen most often when saving images in browsers but doesn’t seem to be limited to them. The cause of the issue is an incorrect file association in the registry. Windows saving JPGs downloaded from the internet as JFIFs If you’re faced with this issue, you can correct the issue by editing the registry. Before you proceed with the registry operation, you can check for updates and make sure you’re running the latest version of Windows 10 and see if the issue is resolved....

Windows stuck in Dark Mode If Windows 11/10 is stuck in Dark mode, follow these suggestions to get out of Drak Mode: To know more about these steps, keep reading. 1] Restart Windows Explorer If you use Dev or Beta channel, restarting the Windows Explorer process could resolve the issue. If your system includes some bugs or glitches, it might be fixed by restarting Windows Explorer. For your information, you can restart Windows Explorer using Task Manager....

Some common questions which Windows users asked were – Is there a way to clean up the WinSxS folder so as to reduce its size? Can I delete the WinSxS folder? Or move WinSxS folder to another drive. The short answer, as we had seen in the earlier post was: No. WinSxS folder cleanup In Windows 11/10/8.1/8, however, things have become easier. Windows will automatically reduce the size of the WinSxS....

Fix Windows Subsystem for Linux Errors, Problems & Issues These are messages for which we are going to troubleshoot Windows Subsystem for Linux Error Messages and Codes. Let us talk about them in detail. Fix WSL2 not working or has stopped working 1] Do not see options for WSL 2 Many Windows users have complained that even though they are at built no 1903, they are unable to see options for WSL 2....

XM Play Audio Player for Windows PC XM Play is a very minimalistic player with some good features such as DSP Filters, Interpolation & volume/pan ramping, etc. Here is a full list of features according to XM Play developers: Balls-on accuratePlays the way nature intended32/24-bit & multi-channel outputTake advantage of supporting hardware for ultimate qualityGapless outputGapless playback of all supported formats, crossfadingInterpolation & volume/pan rampingFor output that’s smoother than a baby’s arse!...

You could also see an alternative message – Web Page Blocked! The page you have requested has been blocked, because the URL is banned as per the Government Rules. You are not authorized to access this web page as per the DoT compliance DoT or Department of Telecommunications of India is also responsible for keeping a tab on websites which serve rogue content. All the ISPs have to follow the rules and regulations drafted by DoT....

You don’t have permission to save in this location Many Windows 11/10 users have been facing this issue. If you too see this error message, create a system restore point and then do the following: Restart your Windows 11/10 computer and see if it has helped. Go here if you cannot save files in OneDrive folder after upgrading to Windows 11/10. These posts may also help you: How to take full Ownership of Files & Folders in WindowsHow to change File and Folder permissions in Windows....

How does one ensure, if a cloud storage provider is reliable and can manage the data of his enterprise with safety? Well, there appears no one-size-fits-all cloud storage solution. Every enterprise has different requirements, and such requirements should reflect when opting for the cloud provider of choice. Security nevertheless should remain a top criterion for consideration. The following guidelines may help you to a large extent. Security features for an Enterprise Cloud Storage Solution We will follow somewhat a different approach here....

Can’t set time zone automatically in Windows 11/10 Why Is Set time zone automatically greyed out? The Set time zone automatically is a feature that only the administrator can access. They can give permission to the users to access this feature. If not, the feature will be greyed out in the Settings app. So, the IT admin needs to enable the Set time zone automatically before deploying the device. However, this doesn’t mean that the user can not enable the feature....

Which Skylake systems will be supported on Windows Although there will be no requirement for users to upgrade to Windows 10 following the above-mentioned date, failing to upgrade will mean loss of support. That said, there will be still dozens of systems from Dell, HP, Lenovo, and NEC that can be setup with the older operating systems. In exchange of the above support, OEMs have committed to additional testing, regular validation of Windows Updates, and publishing drivers and firmware for Windows 10 on Windows Update, which will help unlock the security and power management benefits of Windows 10, once the systems are upgraded....

Says Microsoft, Skype Screen sharing Black screen If you face this issue, create a system restore point first and then see if any of these suggestions help you: 1] Update Skype Update your installed Skype software 2] Restart screen-sharing Click Stop Sharing. Then again Start Sharing again. If you have a secondary monitor, then use it and see. 3] Update or rollback Graphics drivers If you recently updated your graphics drives, roll them back; else update them and see if it helps....

These performance issues with the Slime Rancher 2 game are likely to occur if your computer doesn’t fulfill its minimum and recommended system requirements. Apart from that, a lack of administrator permissions to run the game, outdated Windows, faulty graphics drivers, in-game overlays, broken game files, and some other factors can also cause the issues at hand. In any case, you can fix crashing and freezing issues in Slime Rancher 2 by using this guide....

Slow OneDrive Upload or Download speed It is essential to understand that it won’t be wrong to blame that your internet is slow without taking other factors in place. Not only the speed matter, but the size of the upload and download also matters, how fast the computer can read and send the data to the upload server, and restrictions from ISPs on the upload also matters. 1] Check the configured network speed for OneDrive Right-click on the OneDrive icon in the system tray, and select settings from the menu....

Windows Start Menu always opening up By design whenever your Windows 11/10 PC comes out of Sleep or Hibernation, it is expected to restore the same state your PC was in before you exited. So if you used Power Options> Restart which is present in the Start Menu, your Start Menu would have been open before your computer went to Sleep and so it would remain open after you came back to your desktop after Sleep....

Startup tab missing from Task Manager in Windows 11/10 If the Startup tab is missing from the Task Manager in Windows 11/10, follow these steps: To learn more about these steps, continue reading. 1] Check in Safe Mode If you have recently installed hardware, driver, software, or anything else on your computer, and the problem started after that, you can boot Windows in Safe Mode and check if the Startup tab is there or not....