third-party tools

Dear all, Before you can help me here you must understand fundamentally what Bitlocker is about. Bitlocker: ------------------------------------------------------------------- The idea with Bitlocker is that you do not enter a bitlocker password when you boot up. Your TPM does this for you. As...

As well known by default Win10 allows only to defer Feature Updates but not to block them (forever). However there are some 3rd party tools which allow to block them anyway e.g. - StopWinUpdates - Wu10Man - StopUpdates10 - Sordum Update Blocker - Windows Update MiniTools - ..... However it...

hallo, i used to use voice recorder on win 7 and it recorded both my and the other party's voice while using skype --- win 10 voice recorder records only my voice, the other party is so faint on playback its impossible to hear it its useless. Question1: what settings do i need to maniulate to...

Hi, Can anyone please help me on this :- I had mistakenly added a encryption to my one of the folder in D drive in Windows 7 and then had my Windows formatted and installed fresh again. The user from whom the encryption was initiated, is no deleted (as windows is formatted). Now when I access...

Hi, I am running Windows 7 Professional 64 bit. Is there some way I can use Windows Firewall to only allow access to the internet for email (I use outlook 2013) and also say Chrome Browser? Occasionally I use my iPhone to tether my windows 7 laptop, but I have a very limited data plan. I...

Hi, Today when I did wake up I did hear my HPe Microserver gen8 reboot by it self, the machine have never done this before. It currently running Windows Server 2016 Standard but as it's "almoste" the same as Windows 10 I do post here. I have looked in %SystemRoot%\ after some dump file but I...

Hi All, Good Day. I would like to check does anyone know how to backup and transfer windows live mail 2012 email and contact to another PC with outlook 2016? Microsoft didn't provide the Windows Live Mail download, from 3rd party all have an issue and don't know why can't be install on both my...

Hi This is a strange phenomenon that I never have come across during my many years of fiddling. I saw on my media server b(running on Windows 7), a series that was misplaced, upon opening the correct directory, I found.. nothing, the directory and the files didn't exist in the series...

After having used for some years another firewall I considered now to switch to MS built in Windows Firewall (in Win 7 Pro). So I deinstalled the old FW and enabled the MS WF. When I go now to wf.msc e.g into "Inbound rules" section then there are much to my surprise many "Allow" rules for...

LS, In a pre ReFS era, is it possible to somehow run a process(can be 3rd party software) that scans all disks (minimum of 3) in a mirror setup. If all but 1 disk have the same data then repair that 1 bad data to be similar to the others. If more than 1 disk report some different data then...

Hey all - Hoping someone can help me with the following: I had 8.1 installed when my hard drive crashed. I installed a new hard drive. My Dell all-in-1 XPS has a Windows Pro sticker but no activation code. I wasn't sure if I had 32 or 64 bit but installed 64. I was never asked for an activation...

When I right click in certain areas on my computer, I get a Not Responding error. This happens with my mouse and trackpad when I right click, so it's my computer and not mouse. For example: Applies to: - Desktop folders/icons/files. When my desktop stops responding, it flashes white, refreshes...

I have been running windows10 for almost a year. Im an old retired coder with 45 years under my belt. Until windows 10 came along ( this latest build) I had little love for windows. That has changed. Windows 10 is awesome, Microsoft finally got it right. Uninstall all your tuneup software and...

Hi, I'm new here. My Backup efforts have been spasmodic and I want to improve, as follows: 1. Occasionally, do a full "Mirror Image Backup" of my whole system on external hard drive. This seems to be a standard, simple thing via Windows Help. 2. Do a separate "selected" backup on external...

Hi, I'm doing a migration from a 2008 R2 domain called "company,com" to a 2012 domain called "ad,company,com". My question is, which would be the easiest way to migrate all user accounts from one to the other? Is there a built-in tool or do I go third party? I already have the new servers set...

Hi all. I know how I can force all folders to a specific view, but I wonder if there is a way to force a specific network folder to always display in a certain view for all Win users accessing the said folder? The folder in question is on a file server, accessible via mapped drive, contains a...

I don't know where else to ask this so I am posting this here: A few days ago I installed a third party program which installed a hijacking search engine called snap.do, I then proceeded to uninstall it but now I can't connect to the internet altogether, so I run a virus scan and a few things...

On the very first boot after completing a successful, error-free Repair Install, and after entering my username and password but before the desktop appeared, I received the following BSOD message: I saved the kernel dump (no mini-dump was created, even though I have that enabled) and the boot...

Hello there, what is the best solution to perform a simultaneous remote control access to the same Server seession, from a PC and from a Mac, at the same time? Server is Windows Server 2012. I am looking for the most stable and quality solution, including "not free" 3rd part softwares... If...

Does anyone here know of a program or method by which to automatically force-close all threads of a running process when a "quit" or "close" action is utilized? Example: At various times, the Firefox process will continue to run in the background after the browser window has closed. I am...