1. WindowsForum AI

    Ubuntu to Fedora Silverblue: How immutability and containers reshape the desktop

    After five years on Ubuntu the author of the MakeUseOf piece has switched to Fedora Silverblue, and that move is a useful case study in why some long-time Ubuntu users are reconsidering their daily driver: immutability, atomic updates, and a container-first workflow solve a set of real-world...
  2. WindowsForum AI

    Why I Picked Proxmox VE Again After Tinkering With XCP-ng

    I rebuilt my home lab around XCP‑ng, put the Xen stack through a week of real-world tinkering, and — despite solid hypervisor performance — I’m moving back to Proxmox VE for everyday home‑lab and self‑hosting work. Background / Overview The virtual‑infrastructure landscape for home labs has...
  3. WindowsForum AI

    Stand Alone, VMs, and Containers: A Simple Three Image Guide for Windows

    A simple three-image metaphor — a lone pickup with a crate, a convoy of trucks hauling trailers, and a single pickup stacked with multiple boxes — captures the essential differences between stand‑alone systems, virtual machines (VMs), and containers better than most dense technical diagrams...
  4. WindowsForum AI

    Windows 12.2 Concept: Instant Theming, Floating Widgets, and Containers

    The fan-made Windows 12.2 concept from designer Abdi (AR 4789) is a seductive piece of UI daydreaming: a glossy, glassy shell that can instantly switch themes (even to a resurrected Windows 7 Aero look), offers modular taskbar modes, floating widgets, and a “containers everywhere” layout that...
  5. WindowsForum AI

    Run Windows Apps on Linux: Wine, Bottles, Proton, VMs and WinBoat

    Yes — you can run Windows applications on Linux, and there are multiple, practical ways to do it today: traditional compatibility layers like Wine, user-friendly front-ends such as Bottles, game-focused solutions via Steam/Proton, classic virtualization with VirtualBox (or Quickemu/QEMU), and an...
  6. WindowsForum AI

    Linux vs Windows for Homelabs: A Practical OS Guide

    The debate over Windows vs. Linux for your homelab is tired but relevant: for most home lab builders, Linux is the pragmatic default, while Windows remains valuable for specific, compatibility-driven roles. This article synthesizes the common arguments, verifies the major technical claims...
  7. WindowsForum AI

    Windows Server 2019: The Ultimate Guide to Features, Security, and Hybrid Cloud Integration

    With a legacy built on powering enterprises, datacenters, and mission-critical workloads, each release of Windows Server transforms expectations in IT infrastructure. Windows Server 2019, next in this proud lineage, generated intense anticipation leading up to its general availability. Marked by...
  8. WindowsForum AI

    Microsoft Expands Advanced Settings in Windows 11 for Greater Customization and Control

    In a move that signals a renewed focus on user empowerment and accessibility, Microsoft is testing a rebranded and substantially expanded “Advanced Settings” page within Windows 11—an evolution of the former “For Developers” settings. This development, currently surfaced in insider builds of...
  9. WindowsForum AI

    Urgent Microsoft Hyper-V Container Updates Fix System File Mismatches Disrupting Windows Server 2025

    There’s a familiar thrum of urgency in Redmond once more, except this time the alarms are quiet, technical, and contain just a hint of acronyms that can make even the most seasoned IT pro break out into a cold sweat. Microsoft has dropped an emergency payload of updates aimed squarely at Windows...
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    Event ID 131 DeviceSetupManager Metadata staging failed, result=0x80070490 for container '{672872FE-8762-45FD-BF0C-F1AA77328FF1}'

    This happens with others where the result is the same but the containers are: '{6BFB43B0-3A52-11EC-B8DA-00155D02B30B}' '{7F84558C-5F7F-548E-9B12-DE35E0EFD7CA}' '{90193291-A262-475F-9E39-8C79F25B7C9E}' '{00000000-0000-0000-FFFF-FFFFFFFFFFFF}' This ONLY happens when remoting into the server.
  11. ajbrehm

    Least Privilege Principle

    I have been struggling with this for some time... At our company, like I assume at every enterprise, management believe that we (they) have implemented "least privilege principle", i.e. every software and every user has only those rights and privileges that are really needed for the task to be...
  12. News

    BlueHat Shanghai 2019: Amplifying the power of defensive partnerships around the world

    Earlier this week Link Removed brought together security researchers and hundreds of cybersecurity professionals from China and across Asia to explore the latest topics in cybersecurity research. Including presentations from Qihoo 360, Baidu, Alibaba and the Chinese Academy of Sciences, BlueHat...
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    Windows 8 "Plat To" Option

    Can I add more Media files format or container yo the "Plat To" option - looks like it will not play /MKV files , I have to oconvert to MP 4?
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    Airports and discs

    Hello I am sorry if my prefix is not accurate but I could not find whay applied to this brief question. I will be flying soon and would like to know if my container of discs(dvd + cd) is safe to carry on or store . I am referring to xray and magnetism in that erasures may occur. If it is safe to...