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A while ago on my windows 7 laptop I wanted to upgrade to windows 8 to see how it was. I don't have the money to afford my own windows 8 copy so my friend sent me a download link of their own to install it. Windows 8 was running well for a long time, I had everything perfect for a month and...

Hello. When I create a simple .bat file (to run calculator for example), it will give me an error saying that "filename" is not recognized as an internal or external command. I am 100% sure this happens because there are some symbols before the command "calc". When I right click my .bat file and...

Hi everyone, Today we are releasing Build 11102 to Windows Insiders in the Fast ring. If you’re a PC gamer or use accessibility software, I highly recommend taking note of the known issues for this build (below) as there are issues that will impact your PC gaming experience. Here’s what’s new...

*NOTE* Please note this only works if you have at least one Windows computer that is able to connect to the wireless access point. *NOTE* This works on Windows 7, 8, 8.1, 10 Press the WinKey and type cmd Right click Command Prompt and select Run as Administrator Type netsh wlan show profiles...

Ran into this problem after the Windows 10 Build 10586 update. My USB mouse just quit working while the optical sensor light remained on. Looking in Device Manager I noticed I had a weird entry "Custom USB Device". Expanding that revealed "USB-C to Display Adapter". Sure enough this was my...

Assume I have a certain huge (> 2 GB) file and a second backup version of it on an external hard disk. Both have exactly the same size and dates. However when I compare them binary at the cmdprompt simplified with fc /b D:\myfile123.enc H:\myfile123.enc Then there are somewhere differences...

When I create a file (or a script creates a file) in the windows command shell, I am unable to edit it from notepad++, ultraedit etc. I am logged in as Don (which is an administrator account). And files and folders created in windows Explorer have owner 'Don'. When I launch the Windows...

Hi everybody New forum member today (Sept1st); been working with computers since early '60s. Have just upgraded from Windows 8.1 to 10 - although my question is not about Windows 10 (or should I say - not yet!). I would like to know where to post a query about the command prompt; is this the...

One of the major issues I and others have had is using Microsoft Edge on the internet. Yes its fast but noise on the net really get the best out of Edge. If you have not managed your host file, you seriously do not know Microsoft Edge. (Note, there will be an ad block for Edge eventually but...

For those of you who have SSDs, limited space, or just want to keep your user data on another drive or partition, I wanted to share the results of some experimentation as a followup to my own question on this subject. I know that there is another method of relocating the User Profiles to...

This error means the download is corrupted in some way. 1. Go into "C:\Windows\SoftwareDistribution\Download" and delete everything in that folder. 2. Now, run the command prompt as an administrator. Type in "wuauclt.exe /updatenow". 3. Go to your Control Panel > Windows Update and your Windows...

This all started several months ago. My laptop was stuck in processing updates for hours, even when I had got off work. I turned it off by holding down the power button, the I turned it back on. After booting up, it continued to process updates. I turned off again the same way I did the first...

I recently moved into a new place; it's a roommate situation, and our wifi is in my roommate's name. But my roommate has been threatening to change things so that only he has access to the wifi, and then I'll have to make some other arrangements if I want internet. This is because he's...

With Microsoft’s latest open source code contribution to the Cocos2d-x project [https://github.com/cocos2d/cocos2d-x/pull/12107], Microsoft has enabled Cocos2d-x to run on Windows 10 on the Universal Windows Platform. The Universal Windows Platform (UWP) makes it possible to target all Windows...

No Icon has appeared. I have a legit OS of W7 Pro, with all the latest updates including the one necessary to get the Icon. I have tried everything that has been posted including the command prompt route and nothing works. Is it that I will not be able to use W10? Is there a way to test this...

After a reset all is fine except I have lost sleep. I have followed all the Google advice but nothing. I went to power advanced and clicked 'features that are not visible''. I tried everything I could but still I only have restart and shut off. I found a cmd prompt that did not work which makes...

I was attempting edit something that required a .jar file earlier for a steam game, and I ended up with every single .exe on my system (including the important stuff that would help me fix this mess like, command prompt). Is there a way I can fix this without having to restore the system to...

I have an HP Compaq dc5000 sff. I clean fresh installed windows 7 professional. Whenever I reboot or shut down and turn back on; just before the os boots, it stops and prompts, "FATAL ERROR: Failed To Locate Necessary Table(s) To Make Adjustments. Press Any Key To Continue Booting". After I...

• I know, the command "shutdown / h" makes the computer hibernate, immediately. I want to do the same command, but with: + timer to run. • Like as the command "shutdown -s -t 5400" makes the computer off not immediately, but after 90 min. I want to hibernate computer. • Question: How to Write...