Yet another fun one:
You reboot your Windows PC, and try to log in.
Only trouble is, there isn’t a login screen!
There’s a background wallpaper image, you can see your mouse cursor and move it around, but there’s no account image, username, or password/PIN box to type in.
It appears your PC is hosed, but fear not!
“Windows 11 is okay – except when it comes time to do a big update or install it from scratch. In both cases, MS has decided to force you to log in to Windows using your Microsoft account. Wouldn’t it be nice if you could skip this step?”
Why yes, it would be. And you could do just that before – but Microsoft “fixed the glitch”.
Well, okay then: Let’s work around their “fix”!
Who doesn't love PDFs? Unfortunately, far too often you won't see a thumbnail of a PDF file's first page.
Instead, you'll see a generic PDF icon.
This has been a known issue for YEARS, and it boggles my mind that even Adobe can't manage to fix the problem.
But now, they don't have to; Microsoft has done it for them! (more…)
Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) is super-handy. It lets you run various flavors of linux semi-natively in Windows.
The problem comes when you started with WSL 1, and you do something wild like try to upgrade node/npm to version 24 or newer.
You get weird errors like:
It can happen during power flickers, after Windows updates, and a whole lot of other times: the dreaded Blue Screen of Death (BSOD) with an error message about BCD / 0xc0000098.
Now I know your Windows won't boot, and usually that's time for Panic Mode...
But it turns out that fixing this problem is not that difficult.
You just need a tiny amount of patience, some fingers to type, and these instructions! (more…)
Today's Windows hotkeys let you make as many mistakes as you want.
You can even make mistakes, undo them, then make them again - as many times as you want!
In this episode of my Keyboard Kommando Series, we find out how to Undo and Redo.
Save time, energy, and sanity by using hotkeys like a pro! (more…)
Most people know about Alt-Tab: It cycles between all open program windows, and/or let's you quickly flip back and forth between 2 open programs.
But Alt-Tab isn't the only trick you can do with your keyboard.
The Win-Up Arrow and Win-Down Arrow hotkeys like you take control of your windows even more!
Let's take a look... (more…)
Of all the problems in Windows 11, one of the most annoying to me is the cluttered Lock Screen.
From "ad links", to widgets, to "private" notifications, it's all a bit ridiculous.
Not to worry: In just a few clicks, you can make your lock screen great again! (more…)
Sometimes, you just need to kill an application in Windows.
It used to be that you could enter Task Manager, choose the program you want to kill, right-click, and then End task!
Simple, right? Yup.
But then after a recent Windows 11 update, the ability to end a task totally disappeared from Task Manager!
Well, that simply won't do... So how do you get back your End task superpowers??
(more…)
Recently, Microsoft started pushing out Windows 11 24H2 to darn near everyone. Ideally, this is because it's now stable...
Unfortunately, many users are having problems accessing shared folders on their local network after upgrading to 24H2.
Luckily, once we understand WHY this is happening, it's pretty easy to fix! (more…)
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