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Hello everyone, I am new to networking and spent the last few days setting up a Windows Server 2016 environment with a domain controller, dhcp server and file server using VirtualBox following tutorials and doing research. All is working well and now I am now trying to wrap my head around Group...

We would like to set a different system local for each user, on windows 2016. I was expecting to find it (like in server 2012) using the Group Policy -> user configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Control Panel -> Regional and Languages Options. But seems I do not see the Regional...

Hello, i recently noticed that my customise folder options are not working anymore and i have to manually change the columns of each folder instead of applying the settings to the folders i want via the customise tab. For example instead of size, date modified etc i want to make folders for...

Hi, I've recently moved a specialist PC which is used in our college radio studio from Windows 7 to Windows 10. Everything has gone well, but for the exception of dual display. This PC has two mirrored displays; a 22-inch and a 40-inch. The 22-inch display is the main PC monitor and the 40-inch...

My users desk-hop and so every time I get a new user I have to log into Windows 10 and create an account on each machine. I understand that Windows Users can be created using their Microsoft accounts, but I still have to set them up first. So, is there a way that a user can login with their...

Why is that most of the time the text prediction doesn't show in On Screen Keyboard even though it's activated in options? I'm running Windows 10 64 bit version 1903

in microsoft mail there are two separate folders 1/ people 2/ contacts. when sending emails it's the people list that's available with only a limited number of email addresses on it. i need to be able to use the other list, but unable to do so. is it possible to alter both of the lists or...

I always customize my folder's uniquely with different views like the size of the icon, group by, sort by name, etc. And they ALWAYS reset to (Details) view and the way how i sort and group them, they all get cleared also, i have to redo everything. It happens to random folders at random...

Hello, How can i change the location of One Drive Default Folder from C: to another Drive? In Properties of One Drive I can´t see the "Location" option that I see in other Folders like "Documents" and so on. Thanks and best regards Curious

I am using remote access to Server 2016 on a Virtual Private Server and wish to configure a user account Test to terminate after 1 hour of being disconnected. From the server Admin account I have accessed Computer Management -> Local Users and Groups-> Users -> Test and in the Sessions tab of...

Why does %AppData% refer to the roaming folder?

Everything was wider and bigger on the screen. I thought the resolution somehow changed but I changed that back to what I thought was the original 1366 x 738 and everything is not wide any more but everything is still large. The setting for "Change the size of text, apps..." is at 100% but...

I have activated the History backup facility in Settings, but all get is a folder FileHistory and various sub-folders, all empty. It is a facility I would like to use to cover new files etc. made since my last regular image backup - is there any other way of setting it up properly. If I cannot...

Is it possible to change the default view of the Windows 10 Recycle Bin when it opens? I figure there’s settings in the Registry somewhere. I would like the default to be view by details, sorted by date, descending.

Hi, We have an existing GPO that sets the desktop wallpaper of Windows 10 clients. It uses the following GPO path: User Config >Polices > Administrative Templates >Desktop >Desktop >Desktop Wallpaper It uses a network file share to read the *.jpg file and display it as the desktop wallpaper...

I'm running Win7 Pro 64-bit. Icons on my taskbar to the left of the notification area no longer show up. (The icons in the notification area are displayed.) I recreated iconcache.db and replaced iconcache.db with a backup made before the problem began but neither fixed the problem. All the...

Assume I have a bootable USB flash drive with Win10 and additiional other tools on it.. Booting it works fine. Now immediately after booting from this USB flash drive I want to AUTOMATICALLY patch/enter some customized keys resp. values into the Registry. As an example think of switching to...

After having disabled the option "protect my system folders) I had a look on my folders and found 4 (!) different RECYCLE BINs on my second, non-system partition D: Have a look at the attached snapshot of my WinExplorer view and the corresponding listing with "dir /a". Why are there so many...

I.E. v11 in Win7 Pro keeps downloading to the desktop, even though I have set the default download location to \Downloads\. How can I make it behave correctly ?