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How-to: Grab Latest Win10 Insider ISO
June 17, 2019, 0 Comments
You can always find ISO files at Microsoft’s Windows Insider Preview downloads page, but you must follow the news to determine when MS offers new Win10 editions there.
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Win10 Event Viewer Fails After KB4503293 Or KB4503327
June 15, 2019, 0 Comments
Lots of users — including yours truly — are reporting Event Viewer failures after installing the latest 1809 and 1903 Cumulative Updates from June’s Patch Tuesday earlier this week. Some users who’ve defined custom views already in Event Viewer may experience this failure immediately. Others may experience the failure when they try to open custom
Check Out PowerShell V7.0.0-preview.1
June 12, 2019, 0 Comments
Earlier this year — April 7, 2019 to be specific — MS announced PowerShell 7. Earlier editions of this development fork had been called “PowerShell Core” to distinguish it from the built-in version included with Windows 10 and Windows Server 2016. But with the introduction of PowerShell 7, MS wants to foster what it calls
Toolkit Item: Chocolatey Package Manager
June 3, 2019, 0 Comments
Chocolatey is a third-party package manager for Windows that can automate installation of most such programs through the Command Prompt or PowerShell. Great stuff!
MS Plans to Skip Over 1809 to May 2019 Update
May 28, 2019, 1 Comment
For the first time ever, MS will upgrade PCs running 1803 (or older versions) directly to the May 2019 Update, bypassing a more typical 1809 upgrade completely. This is good news (I explain why).
Cancelling CHKDSK: Not Advised, But Bypasses LONG Wait
May 24, 2019, 0 Comments
Because CHKDSK scans and repairs can take a long time to complete — 24 hours or longer in some cases — the question arises: “Is it OK to cancel or interrupt CHKDSK?” The short answer is yes, but it’s not a good move except in case of emergency.
UEFI Secure Boot Ins and Outs
May 20, 2019, 0 Comments
Because Secure Boot blocks unrecognized software elements from loading during the boot process (before Windows starts running), it may interfere when you’re installing or updating boot-related software, firmware or drivers.
Lenovo NVMe Firmware Update Finally Fixed
May 14, 2019, 0 Comments
When an attempt to update the Samsung OEM NVMe drive firmware on a Lenovo laptop fails with an “Access denied” message, I have to put on my thinking cap. After realizing that disabling secure boot should fix things up, I see that this approach works.
Relocating Users folder – Yes, it is 100% safe!
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Always when installing or deploying Windows, I prefer separating the Windows operating system and its user profile files into separate partitions, preferably on separate disks. I’ve done this hundreds of times, since the days of Windows 7, on each and every physical Windows installation I’ve got, and often also on virtual installations. I’ve never had
Weekly Windows Newsbytes — Week 19/2019
May 11, 2019, 0 Comments
New Insider Builds 18894 and 18895 This week, we saw an unexpected flurry of Insider Preview releases, including Fast Ring + Skipahead Build 18894 on Wednesday, May 8, followed in short order by Build 18895 on Friday, May 10. But where 18894 brought lots of changes, 18895 brought only a few. Looks like the pace