When you boot the computer using a USB setup disk on a system with an ARM64 processor, such as Samsung Galaxy Book Go (which comes with a Qualcomm Snapdragon CPU), the following error may appear on the screen:Read more
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How to Set a Custom Duration for Desktop Background Slideshow
The Settings app in Windows 10 and 11 doesn’t let you change the duration of the desktop background slideshow to less than one minute. You wonder if there is a way to set the slideshow duration to something other than the pre-defined timing, for example, 10 seconds.Read more
How to Find if KB5034441 has been installed on your PC
The WinRE security update KB5034441 fixes a BitLocker vulnerability in WinRE. After resizing the recovery partition, the KB5034441 update installs quickly. You wonder if the KB5034441 update has been installed or not. It may not appear in the Windows Update history on some systems, or the old entries may have been purged.Read more
Fix: Sign-in options is Grayed out in Accounts Settings
All the options in the “Sign-in options” page in Settings → Accounts may be grayed out in your Windows 10 or 11 System.
Also, you see the notification, “Some of these settings are managed by your organization.”Read more
Windows Search Error 1722: The RPC server is unavailable
When you attempt to start the Windows Search service on your Windows 10 or 11 system, the following error may occur:
Windows could not start the Windows Search service on Local Computer. Error 1722: The RPC server is unavailable.
Fix: “Windows created a temporary paging file” message at startup
Sometimes, you may need to turn off the paging file on the OS partition for testing or when shrinking the C drive. After turning off the paging file (“pagefile.sys”) on the OS partition and enabling it on another drive or partition, Windows keeps creating a temporary paging file on the OS partition.
The following notification appears at startup.Read more
Task Manager Startup tab has two strange entries (a GUID and a number)
After installing or uninstalling a game app, two strange startup entries may appear in the Startup tab of Task Manager. One entry may be a random Globally Unique Identifier (GUID) string, and the other may be a number.Read more
Fix: Error 2203 when installing Epic Games Launcher
When installing Epic Games Launcher, you may get the following error code:
The installer has encountered an unexpected error installing this package. This may indicate a problem with this package. The error code is 2203.
How to Remove Terabox from Devices and Drives in This PC
After installing and uninstalling TeraBox, the Terabox entry may remain under “Devices and drives” on This PC. It may look like a ghost storage entry, as in the following screenshot.Read more
What does Yellow Exclamation on Disk Drives Mean?
When you open This PC, one or more of your partitions may have a yellow exclamation point. You wonder if a problem with the hard drive causes this or how to remove the exclamation point icon.Read more