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today windows 10 update 1903 was installed with a vocalized Cortana which I will never use and do not want. I uninstalled it easily in previous 1809 but find only very complicated methods to do so in 1903. How can I uninstall, delete, or otherwise close Cortana

Now that ms stopped providing metadata support for Windows media player does anyone have any registry hacks to divert to another music database (MusicBrainz)? https://www.ghacks.net/2019/01/27/changes-to-windows-media-center-and-player-metadata-service/

I can only find info on how to recover data from windows.old. This does not help. I need to restore old programs from an old windows 10 install to a new windows 10 install. I realize I could download them again but would rather know how to do it with windows.old. I think it might be usefull just...

Hello Users, how can i format my windows to install a fresh Windows 7 and use the product key of the bottom of my notebook?

Assume I setup a task in Task Scheduler. It appears in Task Scheduler as active task with the status "Ready". Now I want to edit this task e.g. the name of the task. How can I achive this? If I mark e.g. the task in task list or double click on it then I still can not edit the entry...

When i try to install Windows 10 Pro on a 8GB hard-drive , i get the following message .It says; Compatibility report: The computer started using the windows installation media. Remove the installation media and restart your computer so that windows starts normally. Then, insert the installation...

So i got new laptop wich came with a pre installed ubuntu. It had many issues and i wasn't able to fix them with ubuntu's latest update so i decided to stick with windows. It's been a while since i last used a computer to format an os, so i got lost with the steps. What do i need exactly to put...

this is for people that want to play against their mates but are having crossplay issues Steam players: need to right click Stellaris from the steam ui, pick properites then Betas and the cross_play server... if you now see Stellaris [Stellaris_Test] in the game title you got it right...

After a bout with some malware, I found that I have two entries for Firefox in my list of default programs in Win 10 settings. One won't let me pick Firefox as the default browser when I choose that one. I want to remove it from the list. Is there a way? See the screenshot. Thanks!

Hello All, Ever wonder what they mean. There are up to 15,841 error codes. This website has them all. Explanations for All 2500 System Error Codes in Windows

How can i disable windows updates forever?

Need to restore Edge Manage backup for the first time. Should be simple and obvious - it isn't. You finish with a file with .edb suffix and no clue what to do next to actually restore the backup favourites. Baffling. Screengrab attached.

I never had a problem with Windows Seven and Eight, but don't know about Windows Ten. I have Firefox.

Today, we released security updates to provide additional protections against malicious attackers. As a best practice, we encourage customers to turn on automatic updates. More information about this month’s security updates can be found on the Link Removed. MSRC team Continue reading...

Attention: windowsForum members: This morning I finally figured out how to transfer files from Microsoft Windows 10 ( Home ) edition hard drive ( c: ) to my new Oracle VirtualBox Debian version 9.5 virtual machine ( VM ) operating system. If you receive the "Error message from server...

I have a Lenovo G40-45 PC . It had a preloaded windows 10 . I had only 2 GB RAM and The device was lagging . So , i decided to Reset PC and backed up all the data in my external hard disk as .dsi , .wsi or files with numbers as extension . Later i ended up loading a new windows 7 , hoping that...

Assume I have multiple windows open (browser, WinExplorer, Word,...). Is there a way to hide all these windows at once to show only desktop, then double click on one of the icons on desktop to start another prgm and finally re-show the previously hidden windows again? Peter

Link Removed is a built-in creative application that comes free with Windows 10*. You don’t need any design experience – Paint 3D makes it easy to customize models from the built-in 3D library or create 3D designs from scratch. Here’s a couple of tips for how you can get started quickly in...

Hi Windows always had a start folder, that you could just place a link to a program in, and when you booted it would start the program when Windows started. I just noticed (obviously I haven't use this function for a long time) that there isn't a start folder anymore. Is there a way to create...

Hi I'm having a problem with emailing photos to friends when I right click on a photo in my pictures folder I open the option of sending an email. It appears to send then it I get an error saying there is no email program associated to perform this requested action. I have set google chrome as...