An engineer has turned a discarded disposable vape into a functioning web server — and the stunt is more than a neat hack: it’s a concise demonstration of how tiny, low-cost microcontrollers embedded in throwaway consumer goods can be repurposed to run real network stacks and serve pages, while...
Oracle’s VirtualBox 7.2.2 arrives as a focused maintenance release that patches several painful regressions introduced with the 7.2 series—most notably virtual machines failing to start on Windows‑on‑ARM hosts, Trusted Platform Module (TPM) emulation problems for some guests, multiple GUI...
If a Seagate external hard drive suddenly fails to appear in File Explorer or Disk Management, the immediate reaction is panic—especially when the drive holds irreplaceable photos, documents or a backup. The good news: this is a common, solvable class of problems. The bad news: rushing into...
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Flyoobe — the successor to the community-built Flyby11 tool — just took a decisive step away from a one‑trick “requirements bypass” utility toward a polished, Out‑of‑Box Experience (OOBE) toolkit with the release of version 1.6, adding a refreshed home view, Ventoy support for USB media, a...
A compact but consequential update to a popular unofficial Windows 11 installer-bypass tool has landed, and it tightens the project’s shift from a pure “requirements bypass” utility into a fuller Out‑Of‑Box Experience (OOBE) toolkit — complete with a renamed executable, a small search helper...
Hi, I am new to the forum. I would appreciate any help. I have Windows 11 Pro, did the latest update for the operating system. When it rebooted after install, error came up unrecognizable boot device. So I made a bootable usb, used diskpart. Drive c was now e and vice versa. Used assign letter...
In the ever-changing landscape of Windows updates, Microsoft recently addressed a significant problem that has affected users with the KB5043145 preview update. If you’ve experienced annoying reboot loops, system freezes, or disconnections with USB and Bluetooth devices, you're not alone...
After Windows quality update ruined my PC , I have done a new install from USB. The new install has no Wifi adapter installed and
device is listed as "unknown" in devicemanager. It is a newer model HP that shipped with Windows 10 pre installed. I dont know what model
it is precisely or what...
Since I started using Windows (about 14 years ago), I've always encountered numerous problems that prevented my computer from booting. I believe you may have experienced these issues too. To address this, many developers have created modified bootable Windows systems that allow users to recover...
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I want to use my USB Wlan Stick as Access Point? How can I do that? There is somthing like Mobile hotspot but it doen't work and I don't know if I really want that.
Internet <-Wlan1-> PC <-Wlan2-> Other devices.
So my PC is connected to Wlan1 where I can accses internet. Now I want...
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Over the past few weeks, I been having strange issues with all of my USBs on my desktop PC where only devices that were previously recognized by the PC are working and more or less (not all) any new USB device (SSD, camera, thumb drive etc. all work with other PCs) get a driver not...
Strange problem: I use micro SD cards to store music files I play through home audio systems. My PC has no SD card port so I use various USB adapters. These adapters - not the cards - are gradually stopping working in the PC although they all still work fine in the audio systems. I have one...
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Recently picked up a Rodecaster Duo for better audio streaming between two PCs. The Rodecaster Duo is meant for 24 bit/48K Hz audio format. The Duo has two USB inputs so you can connect to two PCs. When connected to USB 1 the PC locks Audio Default Format at 32 bit/48K Hz. USB 2 is locked at the...
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Salutations. I was wondering if anyone knew of a software that will bring up a "enter password" box on Windows 11 Home (Android optional) whenever it's plugged in as to prevent any kind of access like on Bitlocker (I'm assuming) or like on any Laptop. I don't care if it's paid or free, but a...
Hello, I am using Paragon Backup & Recovery Community / Free. When I create USB Recovery stick, it says cannot find ADK. I actually already have ADK and WinPE add-on already installed, so that a software from a different company can make WinPE USB. But, to be thorough, I installed it again...
I have an ASUS laptop with a crippled hard drive. I was planning on cloning the hard drive to a new hard drive and then removing and replacing the hard drives. The problem is that I cannot install any new applications to the hard drive and so my plan to install the software on the existing hard...
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As above, but little intro below.
Hey all, obviously a new member here and I have a few different Windows "annoyances" that I have never found an answer for on the internet (or struggled to word the query in such a way as to find an answer). I don't won't be be a leach so will contribute where...
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Hi
My Acer laptop requires Windows to update the BIOS. I have killed the Windows install on the laptop, so I am not using Windows, but I still want to update the BIOS. I think that what I want is a Windows BootCD / BootDVD / Boot USB but I don't kow what will work. Any pointers?