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Back Up and Restore Device Drivers with DISM and pnputil in Windows 10/11 Difficulty: Intermediate | Time Required: 20 minutes When you reinstall Windows, replace a storage drive, recover from a failed driver update, or prepare for a clean Windows 10/11 deployment, having a local backup of your...

Gadgetbridge’s five Windows 10 fixes for a disappearing cursor are to reconnect the mouse, unhide the pointer while typing, re-enable the touchpad, restart the PC, and run the Hardware and Devices troubleshooter, with driver updates suggested as a fallback for stubborn cases. The advice is...

A second-hand iMac spotted at Japan’s HARD OFF resale chain recently went viral after its product tag reportedly advertised an old Apple all-in-one for 4,950 yen as a machine that “boots into Windows 10 smoothly,” despite the system’s antique-era 2GB memory configuration. The joke landed because...

I have lost access to my microsoft account, as it was hacked. Naturally, microsoft support was useless and told me that it was unrecoverable, and that if i wanted the games i'd have to rebuy everything etc etc... Anyway, long story short, now all i see is the attached image when i try to change...

Fix Missing File Explorer Thumbnails in Windows 10/11 Difficulty: Beginner | Time Required: 10 minutes Missing thumbnails in File Explorer can make it harder to identify photos, videos, PDFs, and other visual files at a glance. Instead of seeing a preview of the file, Windows may show only a...

Microsoft’s June 9, 2026 Windows 10 cumulative update KB5094127 can trigger a one-time BitLocker recovery-key prompt on some managed PCs when BitLocker, Secure Boot, PCR7 validation, and the 2023-signed Windows Boot Manager transition collide under a specific Group Policy configuration. That is...

Microsoft says Windows security updates released on or after June 9, 2026, may stop some custom folder icons and localized folder display names from appearing because Windows now ignores desktop.ini files whose source it cannot verify as trusted. That is not a cosmetic bug in the usual Patch...

Microsoft announced on October 5, 2017 that Microsoft Edge would come to iOS and Android as preview apps, with iPhone testing through Apple’s TestFlight program immediately and Android testing to follow, giving Windows 10 users a way to sync browsing across phones and PCs. The move was less...

Microsoft released Windows 10 KB5094127 on June 9, 2026, as the June Patch Tuesday cumulative update for Windows 10 22H2 systems covered by Extended Security Updates, raising eligible PCs to build 19045.7417 and adding File Explorer search fixes, Secure Boot certificate status reporting, and...

Microsoft released Windows 10 KB5094127 on June 9, 2026, as a Patch Tuesday cumulative security update for Extended Security Updates devices, moving Windows 10 22H2 to build 19045.7417 and Windows 10 21H2/LTSC 2021 to build 19044.7417. The headline fixes are modest on paper: better File Explorer...

Microsoft released Windows 10 KB5094127 on June 9, 2026, for Windows 10 ESU and supported LTSC 2021 systems, raising version 22H2 to build 19045.7417 and version 21H2/LTSC 2021 to build 19044.7417 with File Explorer search fixes, Secure Boot reporting changes, and a BitLocker recovery-key...

Schedule Optimize Drives to TRIM SSDs and Defrag HDDs in Windows 10/11 Difficulty: Beginner | Time Required: 10 minutes Windows 10 and Windows 11 include a built-in maintenance tool called Optimize Drives. It helps keep storage running efficiently by using the right optimization method for each...

Move Large Folders Without Breaking Apps Using Junction Links in Windows 10/11 Difficulty: Intermediate | Time Required: 15 minutes Running out of space on your system drive? Large application folders, game data, development caches, media libraries, and tool directories can quickly fill up C...

Auf einmal werden Bilder (jpg) in verschiedenen Unterordnern nicht mehr angezeigt. Windows Fotoanzeige: Dieses Dateiformat wird wahrscheinlich nicht unterstützt. Aber auch andere Programme können diese Bilddateien nicht öffnen. Unbegreiflch, die Dateien müssen definitiv in Ordnung sein. Ein paar...

Microsoft used the Windows 10 Creators Update, made available for manual installation on April 5, 2017 and scheduled for broader rollout on April 11, to introduce clearer privacy setup screens, simplified diagnostic-data choices, and fuller explanations of what its telemetry settings collect...

Microsoft ended standard support for Windows 10 on October 14, 2025, and while Extended Security Updates keep enrolled Windows 10 version 22H2 PCs receiving critical and important security fixes for now, the consumer ESU window closes on October 13, 2026. That makes the Cambridge Network warning...

Microsoft’s current support guidance says Windows 11 users enable the virtual touchpad from Settings > Personalization > Taskbar by turning on Virtual Touchpad under system tray icons, while Windows 10 users use the taskbar’s “Show touchpad button” option, with Windows 10 support now ended. That...

WMI Provider Host high CPU usage on Windows 10 and Windows 11 is usually not a broken Windows process but a symptom of another app, service, script, driver utility, or management tool repeatedly querying Windows Management Instrumentation. In 2026, the right fix is less “kill the process” than...

The INACCESSIBLE_BOOT_DEVICE blue screen in Windows 11 and Windows 10 is a startup failure, usually marked by bug check 0x0000007B, that means Windows lost access to the system partition it needs in order to boot. In plain English, the operating system reached for the drive that contains Windows...

HDMI “No Signal” errors on Windows 10 and Windows 11 are usually fixed by checking the cable, selecting the correct monitor input, bypassing docks or adapters, changing Windows projection mode, forcing display detection, resetting the graphics driver, or reinstalling display and USB drivers...