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Assume I have a running portable program on my Windows 10 system. Its works. Now I want to run it from USB flash drive on various computers without leaving traces. At first the USB flash drive should boot a Windows 10 system from it. Then afterwards automatically start the target program (in...

Hello I have 2 hp 380dl servers 1 has 8 hard drives and the other has 16 drives, I have windows server running on the 1st server but I want to use the 2nd server for file storage only, do I need an operating system on the 2nd one or is there a way I can just link the 2nd to the 1st and the...

This issue dates back for at least a year if not more. I did not realize the exact issue until recently. I need to pin point the exact problem so that I can solve it. At the moment the only solution seems to be is to reinstall windows and not install the software at all. The program that is...

windows 20 h2 update this is the craziest way to get updates for new versions. I tried a month agao to update to the 20H2 update and all I accomplished is a messed up computer i had to have a complete reinstall because after the ypdat i had multiple errors had Clsid errors on task...

I have two HP laptops, both running 20H2 with the latest updates. A problem that existed before the upgrade did not go away after the upgrade like I thought it would. Both machines are networked through an Ethernet switch to the router and to a printer. I have shared folders on both laptops...

My windows 10 Home edition krasched, so now i shall buy win 10 pro. Can i use the home edition backup to restore my files and programs in the win 10 pro version?

Hi Everyone. My computer was running fine yesterday and this morning when I booted it up, I got the dreaded message "No Operating System Found Disconnect your hard drives." I shut down and the same thing happened again, three times in total. The really weird thing was the "Disconnect the hard...

Describes an issue in which you receive a "BlInitializeLibrary failed XXX" error message when you install or start an operating system on a 64-bit UEFI-based computer. Provides a workaround. Continue reading...

So I'll give intro of what I did in windows 10 before moving onto Linux as this is a Linux forum section. I wanted to run a program in windows, I don't know why but I suspected it might have had a virus or malware in it. I had no intention of running it in windows but may or may not have...

I have a VAIO core i5 laptop that died, seemingly of some sort of hard disk issues (or possibly a virus? ... However, McAfee didn't alert me to any virus problems). I tried lots of fixes (including using a bootable recovery USB that I had created in the past. For some reason, however, that...

I have a VAIO core i5 laptop that died, seemingly of hard disk trouble. After trying lots of fixes (including using my bootable USB, which just wouldn't work), I finally managed to get the computer to initiate recovery via 'VAIO Assist' and to do some hard disk repair, and then it seemed to work...

I have a Dell Vostro 200 it was preinstalled with XP Pro and family member updated to Windows 10 when she was done she took all my Software that came with the Computer now we're not talking ,well I had to travel for work, and had to put things in a storage, well after 8yrs I finnally took it...

I recently bought a new Lenovo Thinkpad E15 with the cheapest HDD available. I swapped it for a SATA SSD that I already had, formatted, and did a clean install of Windows 10 onto it. Then, I decided that I wanted to add an NVMe SSD and put Windows on that drive instead to take advantage of the...

Hi all, Is there anyway to have a diskless server boot a Windows server image/VM from a NAS? Or is it possible to have an operating system like Windows Server 2012 not installed each individual machine? Instead running from a centralized disk storage.

Hello, I'd like to do a Windows 10 reinstall ( a complete OS reinstall) on my current PC, as it's old and getting very slow. Would anyone know can I reuse my Windows key, which I originally bought on Ebay the first time I installed it about 4 years ago? According to my system page it's a...

Once it freezes, I can't move my mouse pointer or keyboard. Only to hard shutdown my PC. I did not update my drivers. Nothing is shown to windows update settings window. My PC is Dell Inspiron 15 3552. Driver name: Qualcomm QCA9565 802.11b/g/n Driver date: April 21, 2017 This just happens...

I'm shopping around for an SSD to replace my aging magnetic HDD in an old laptop. I see that they make SSDs as small as 8GB. How does that work? I'm guessing that you load your OS onto the small SSD and insert a separate HDD for files or just connect an external. But is 8 or even 16GB adequate...

I Have Windows 7.... I DON'T Want Windows 10..... Is Windows 8 a Good Choice?

Does anyone still use Windows 8? I have been using it for the Asus P450L since 2014

How is susclientid generated? If you sysprep it seems to gen a new Id when you check windows update If you clone a machine without sysprep that has a Susclientid it keeps it when checking windows update. If you delete susclientid it regens a new one Does sysprep clear the susclientid and is...