Bo Elam
Ed Tittel
Kari Finn
Toni Fasth
New 1909 Disk Layout
December 2, 2019, 9 Comments
On newer hardware, you may find the new Win10 disk layout (puts the Windows Recovery partition in last place, after the Windows OS partition) showing up after installing CU KB4524570.
Admin Tools
New Mystery Win10 Folder $WinREAgent
November 22, 2019, 1 Comment
Checking over my Insider Preview Fast Ring system/boot drive (C:\) this morning, I found something new and interesting. It’s a hidden, read-only folder named $WinREAgent. Folders that start with a dollar sign are usually hidden, created during installation for temporary use. I’ve seen plenty of such things come and go over the years, but this
MS Denies Support for MS Store Removal
November 18, 2019, 0 Comments
MS says that uninstalling and reinstalling Windows Store in Window 10 is not supported. They recommend reset or reinstall for serious repairs. I suggest two other (faster, easier) things to try first.
Digging into POWERCFG
November 8, 2019, 0 Comments
Everybody knows the POWERCFG command can handle hibernation or sleep/wake states. It can also do a whole lot more, including controlling Power Options settings.
Ed’s 2020 Windows Insider Wishlist
October 30, 2019, 0 Comments
In the spirit of the upcoming end of year holidays, Ed shares his wishlist for the Windows Insider program. Here’s hoping!
Toolkit item: FileZilla
October 25, 2019, 0 Comments
Once upon a time, it was nearly impossible to work on websites without using FTP. This is no longer true, but when you need Internet file transfer capability, the free, Open Source program FileZilla is the way to go.
Answer file – Autounattend.xml or Unattend.xml?
October 24, 2019, 0 Comments
Last weekend, I saw a post on Ten Forums that really got my attention. A fellow member had been preparing a deployment image, and was wondering why his answer file simply did not work. Here’s an extract from the original post: I’ve followed tutorials on Ten Forums, Win10Guru, docs.microsoft.com, and many others. I’ve made my
Clean Out Stale RDP Connections
October 14, 2019, 0 Comments
Poking around on the Remote Desktop Connection app on my production PC, I notice some stale entries. I show how to clean them up with some careful registry edits.
Investigating 1903 PortableBaseLayer Partition
October 4, 2019, 0 Comments
When a strange new storage device with a single 8 GB partition named PortableBaseLayer shows up on my Yoga X380, I start investigating. I’m not 100%, but there may be a Sandbox in there somewhere.
Windows 10 Decrapifier
October 3, 2019, 4 Comments
What it is? Windows 10 Decrapifier is a PowerShell script by csand, a fellow member at TenForums.com. It is used to clean a Windows image prior to its deployment by removing unwanted or unnecessary apps and tasks, and modifying privacy settings. Because it runs in script forms, users can modify it according to their own