software installation

In the ever-evolving landscape of web development, setting up a local environment can feel as daunting as assembling IKEA furniture without the instructions. Luckily, XAMPP comes to the rescue, allowing developers to run a LAMP server—comprising Apache, MariaDB, PHP, and Perl—on their Windows 11...

I'm helping my elderly dad restore a Macrium Reflect image from about 4 years ago to a brand new Dell Laptop. I just downloaded the Macrium software to the laptop and started a Restore over whatever was on the laptop. The MR image is located on a separate USB hard drive. Seemed to install OK...

I've been working for a company for about five months from home and things are well. I installed their web based and other programs on my Dell. Today I was notified they want to install a 3rd party app for support that will need admin access. In my Dell I have a number of drives so I plan to...

As many users grow frustrated with Windows, the allure of exploring alternative operating systems is becoming increasingly popular. One of the top choices among these is Linux Mint 22, a user-friendly Linux distribution that aims to provide a smoother and more efficient user experience compared...

Hello, I have some mini-PC problems, it started when Windows 10 kept pushing updates to flood my 32gb hard drives to a mere 100 mb's in my Asus VivoSticks TS10 making them inoperable. I had to keep deleting updates everyday and could not shut down the automatic updates in the policies no matter...

Greetings and happy belated Christmas. I need experts on Hyper-V technology. Here is the problem I am having. I have a customer that works connecting his laptops to cars so they can be enhanced in the way the owner wants. Someone tried to install a software in his laptop and for some reason...

Can anyone advise a program for monitoring installed software that tries to access the internet? Firewall in interactive mode can do this too of course, or Task Manager too, I'm looking for something specialised, with logging or statistics etc. Thanks for the tips Peter

Hello, I work as the sole member of the IT department of a small business. I spend much time replacing dead storage drives or setting up new workstations. I was wondering if there was a way I could write a script that I could put on a USB drive that I could plug into a PC with a fresh...

Hey everyone, I really need help from an expert. I have made mistakes with my account, and I have several questions. The situation is a bit messy now, so I'll try to be chronological... 1. When I attempt to loggin to my Windows 10 profile, now it always logs me to a temporary account. I have no...

Hi everybody! I need to have a domain admin who can just install software on few domain pcs, nothing else, I understood I should create a GPO but... I'd like to understand how can I restrict permissions and where could I start... Regards. GabrieleMax

Dear all, I am looking to clone programs etc from Windows "regular user account" to "administrator account". Basically i want to log with administrator account and have everything exactly the way i have with the user account i use now. The reason for moving to administrator account is because...

Product Model: ASUS Vivobook 15 – K515EA BIOS/FW Version/Build Number: X513EAN.201 Windows 11 Pro Insider Preview Build 22533 Custom – Did fresh Windows 11 install from ISO Installed ASUS System Control Interface Driver v3.0.22.0 and ATK tools 1.0.0061 Unable to see on screen display icon...

Starting today, Windows 11 users around the world have access to a brand-new Microsoft Store. Let’s explore what’s in store for you! 1 – The best apps and entertainment for your Windows device Whether you use a desktop PC, a tablet or one of our new Surface devices, the Microsoft Store connects...

I have Windows 10 Pro (just shy of licensed) installed on a 970 Plus M.2 drive (see all specs in signature). The PC is not running at the speed I would have expected (for instance my Random Read/Write values are pitiful (see attachment). I either have my BIOS incorrectly set up, too much junk...

Never saw this happen before. I downloaded an app from iolo (PC cleaner free) and following the installation a shortcut appeared on my desktop, which seemed normal. Clicking on the shortcut ran the app OK, but I noticed the app doesn't show up in the program files, or anywhere else on my...

So once again, as throughout the history of windows, I need a fresh install. This time I actually care that all my applications / windows settings and user data are migrated as well after the fresh install of windows 10 pro on a new SSD. My current install is on a traditional laptop 2.5 disk but...

Hi, So last night I waste two of my life trying to install Ubuntu Groovy Gorilla which was Ubuntu 20.10. Anyway, the first of install nothing booted properly, the second round it did but had issues and I could not boot up windows, the third round it finally installed and I then had to install a...

hello again... [just wanted to start by saying that...even tho discontinued; & probably inappropriate topic material, S&T is STILL the best mapping program on earth (or at least for me)...& I REALLY need it for my work] Did a reinstall of Win 7 Pro (got corrupted somehow); & did not back up my...

Dear Anyone. OK, so this is one of those questions where I'm going to feel a total plonker for not spotting the answer myself, so there's no need to point that fact out to me! Hard drive with 2 versions of XP on it. One version won't install my software - a VST synth - it comes up with...

Hello! I want to use active Windows installation to test its behavior after installing any new software to avoid problems. I know that's possible by virtual machine with the same OS and test them there. But problem is when I'm working in time on real Windows it changes and virtual machine is...