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Over these years, at least since the Windows 7 era, we’ve seen several cases where the system logs you off when clicking on the Shutdown or Hibernate option in the Start menu. The problem may be seen in Windows 8, Windows 10, or 11 systems as well.
What causes Windows to log off the account instead when the shutdown or hibernate option is used?Read more
On patch Tuesdays, you’ll see a bunch of updates such as Adobe Flash Player Security Update, Servicing Stack update, and/or the Cumulative Update showing up in the queue when you open Windows Update settings page. For Asian countries, the updates arrive at night or late night.
Installing a Feature Update or Cumulative Update always requires a restart. Once done, you then have to shut down the device manually if you don’t prefer leaving the computer in sleep or hibernation mode overnight. This means your sleep schedule gets delayed as you’ll have to be awake until the Cumulative Update is fully downloaded and installed.
You may be wondering how to automatically shut down your Windows 10 computer after the updates are installed.Read more
When analyzing plain-text log files such as the Web server logs or the Sfc, or DISM log files, you may sometimes prefer the most recent items appearing at the top. However, most of the log files that Windows generates would have the oldest entries listed first — entries listed in chronological order. You may be … Read more
Windows 10 has the Import photos and videos option in the AutoPlay dialog which helps you import photos and videos from your phone, SD card, camera, etc. The option uses the built-in Photos app to import photos and media from the device into your Pictures folder.
However, many users would like to have the classic “Import pictures and videos” import wizard (powered by the Windows Photo Viewer) instead.Read more
The Command Prompt has a handy little feature that lets to change directory paths using autocomplete. To change to a directory or type a directory name, you can type the starting letters of the directory and press the TAB key to autocomplete the file or folder path.
(To learn how to use TAB autocomplete in Command Prompt, check out the examples provided at the end of this article.)
File and folder paths autocomplete feature is enabled by default in Windows 10. But if it stops working for some reason, this article tells you how to fix it.Read more
This post contains the most recent Windows 10 Latest Cumulative Update’s (LCU) direct download .msu/.cab links generated via the Microsoft Update Catalog.Read more
When you try to print a mail from the built-in Mail app or use the print function in any Store app, error 0x8007007e may occur. However, the classic desktop programs print correctly. The problem is restricted to modern or Universal Web Apps (UWP) like Mail, OneNote, etc. Here is the full error message verbatim: Your … Read more
After upgrading to Windows 10 v1903, two VSS error entries appear in the Application event log during every shutdown. The Event IDs are 8193 and 13 with the event source as VSS. Along with the two error logs, an informational event (ID: 8224) is also recorded during the user session instead of shutdown. Here are the sample events:
Log Name: Application
Source: VSS
Date: 5/22/2019 10:43:47 AM
Event ID: 13
Task Category: None
Level: Error
Keywords: Classic
User: N/A
Computer: DESKTOP-JKJ4G5Q
Description:
Volume Shadow Copy Service information: The COM Server with CLSID {4e14fba2-2e22-11d1-9964-00c04fbbb345} and name CEventSystem cannot be started. [0x8007045b, A system shutdown is in progress.
Log Name: Application
Source: VSS
Date: 5/22/2019 10:43:47 AM
Event ID: 8193
Task Category: None
Level: Error
Keywords: Classic
User: N/A
Computer: DESKTOP-JKJ4G5Q
Description:
Volume Shadow Copy Service error: Unexpected error calling routine CoCreateInstance. hr = 0x8007045b, A system shutdown is in progress.
Log Name: Application
Source: VSS
Date: 5/22/2019 11:14:56 AM
Event ID: 8224
Task Category: None
Level: Information
Keywords: Classic
User: N/A
Computer: DESKTOP-JKJ4G5Q
Description:
The VSS service is shutting down due to idle timeout.
PowerShell’s Install-Module cmdlet downloads one or more modules from a repository and installs them on the local computer. But, when you run Install-Module, you may get the following error: Install-Module : The ‘Install-Module’ command was found in the module ‘PowerShellGet’, but the module could not be loaded. For more information, run ‘Import-Module PowerShellGet’. At line:1 … Read more
