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I have connected my computer through USB 3.0 cable with an external (backup) hard disk (Hitachi HDS724040ALE640, SATA III, 7200rpm, 4TB, NTFS formatted, empty). The USB controller in external case box and the USB port on mainboard are USB 3.0 compatible. When I benchmark now the transfer rate...

The folder icons that were yellow are now white on in File Explorer of hard drive. They are yellow when viewing the File Explorer of a USB drive. How do I get the yellow ones back??

The folder icons that were yellow are now white on my hard drive. They are yellow when viewing the contents of a USB drive. How do I get the yellow ones back??

Help I'm encountering 100 percent disk problem as you can see in this picture I have tried everything to fix it like disabling sys main windows search and background and start-up apps I also did an antivirus scan but there were no threats detected then I try to run a dism command then I checked...

Hey, Does anyone know how to increase the pinned items to the left in file explorer under quick access since i would like to have more but it wont let me since 48 pinned shortcuts seems to be the limit? When i search around i only find how to increases the pinned count when u right click icons...

When I open a second Explorer window, it's positioned virtually on top of the currently open window. Usually, when I do this it's so I can drag and drop objects from one to the other. The Explorer window placement means I have to move it aside in order to expose both Explorer window contents. Is...

Hello, I don't know how to check the font and font size that is installed with Windows 10. I think it's the font "Segoe UI Regular"... This font is very small and not dark enough to be seen without any effort in Windows applications such as Microsoft Edge, Internet Explorer, Microsoft Money...

Can someone please tell me why the text under my desktop icons has turned black,it used to be white.i can hardly see it since it turned black.Thanks greyhound

Hello Windows Insiders, today we’re releasing Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 19619.1000 to Windows Insiders in the Fast ring. You can check out our Windows Insider Program documentation here, including a list of all the new features and updates released in builds so far. Not seeing any of the...

Hello Windows Insiders, today we’re releasing Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 19592.1001 to Windows Insiders in the Fast ring. You can check out our Windows Insider Program documentation here, including a list of all the new features and updates released in builds so far. Not seeing any of the...

I bought a used Surface Pro 3 with Windows 10 Pro English version installed. I have installed the Chinese language package. I am planning to change my English Surface Pro 3 to Chinese Surface Pro 3. I have the following questions: Q1: I am wondering what are the differences between these two...

Hi! Few days ago I tried to use Hyper-V instead of VMware and many things I'm learning yet. After first virtual machine start I could see dialog enhanced session mode settings with resolution and others - at that moment I didn't knew that it is important and I checked for use it always. Later...

Whenever I plugin an USB flash drive or USB hard disk then these devices are recognized by Win10 successfully. But they appear always two times in File Explorer: - As an entry on root level - as an entry below "This PC" The drive label is the same e.g. "USB Dive (F: )" How can I disable this...

There is no text box in the notification area when a USB device is attached. There is sound. There is sound and text when the disconnect is used from the up-pointing carat. Everything works except no text notification when a device is plugged in. I have focus assist turned off. I have an HP...

I have run into an interesting situation. I have a directory that I cannot do anything with always receiving an "access denied" response. Going into the security tab of properties gives me the message "You must have read permissions to view the properties of this object". Then "click advanced...

Hello Windows Insiders, today we’re releasing Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 19002 (20H1) to Windows Insiders in the Fast ring. IMPORTANT: As is normal with pre-release builds, these builds may contain bugs that might be painful for some. If you take this flight, you won’t be able to switch...

I wonder if is it possible to create a tool where when usb drive is inserted in the port, user need to login first. If not, they cannot open the usb folder (for example the usb drive folder in Computer is Drive ( E: ) ). Like the usb folder will not appear in Computer until user can login

Is it possible to change what the F1 key does when pressed. I have many screensavers that I prefer to change often. I would like to have one key that will bring up my screensaver change menu to save time, is this possible? Please advise this old man.

when I boot my laptop it always goes black or no theme so I have to change it whenever I boot it up and battery also drains in like 1 hour. I want to know the cause of it pls help.

This is what I'm seeing: How can I trace down who 4&232151f9&0 is? Under Device manager I can see (5) ROOT_HUBs so that doesn't help. All of them removed allow under power management. Any ideas how to precisely find out which one is responsible? Thank you in advance.