When you open Power Options, only the Balanced plan will be shown. Other schemes, such as “High performance,” “Ultimate,” and “Power Saver,” may be missing. This is normal on systems that support Modern Standby (S0 Low Power Idle).Read more
Fix: Windows Backup Errors 0x81000019 and 0x8007085a
When you use the legacy backup tool, Backup and Restore (Windows 7), in Windows 10 or 11, the error code 0x81000019 may appear.
Windows Backup did not complete successfully.
Explorer.exe application error referenced memory at 0x0000000000000024
When you shut down the PC, the following error message may pop up:
explorer.exe application error The instruction at 0x00007FFDD63ACA referenced memory at 0x0000000000000024. The memory could not be written.
Memory Integrity “Incompatible drivers” is empty
The Core isolation page in Windows Security may show that the Memory integrity feature is off and your device may be vulnerable. It suggests that you resolve any driver incompatibilities and try again. If you try to enable Memory integrity or click “Scan again”, the “Incompatible drivers” page may be empty.Read more
USB boot error: Couldn’t find the EFI\boot\bootaa64.efi
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
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: Cannot Delete the Cygwin64 folder
If you installed “cygwin64” earlier and want to delete the folder after uninstalling the tool, you may be unable to do so.
It may say, “Folder Access Denied.” This can happen if the NTFS permissions for the folder are tight or the profile that owned the folder no longer exists on the computer.Read more