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How to Find Windows Installation Date and Time

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You may sometimes think of reinstalling Windows, especially when its performance goes down after a few years due to several different factors. And, you may like to know the date and time of your current Windows installation.

This post shows you the different methods using which you can determine the original installation date and time of your Windows installation. The information applies to all versions of Windows, including Windows 10.

Note that in Windows 10, the following methods show the installation date of the most recent feature update you installed, and not the install date and time of your 1st Windows 10 build.

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External Drives Listed Twice (Duplicate) in File Explorer Navigation Pane

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Disk drives (both fixed as well as removable drives) appear under the “This PC” category in File Explorer navigation pane. In addition, each removable drive will be pinned as a separate category, appearing after “This PC” and “Libraries” section — that is, the drives appear twice in the navigation pane. This double-listing can sometimes cause confusion to the users. To remove the duplicate or redundant disk drives from navigation pane, here is a quick registry fix.Read more

Fix: No Video Thumbnails and No Preview Available for Video Files

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When you open a folder containing video files, no thumbnails may be displayed for your videos. Also, when you click a video file in File Explorer, the Preview pane may neither show the image preview nor the mini-player control for the chosen file. In some cases, No preview available message is shown in the Preview pane for selected or all media file types.Read more

How to Restore Default System Font Settings (to Segoe UI) in Windows

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Did you change the system font inadvertently on your Windows computer, and now the user interface looks ugly?

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Fig 1: The default system font set to Times New Roman

 

incorrect font in Windows 11 Settings
Font not rendered on Windows 11 Settings page.

 

Weird symbol appears in Task Manager
Wrong font/symbol appears in Windows 11 Task Manager.

Weird symbol appears in Task Manager

 

incorrect font in taskbar - notifications icon
Weird symbol appears in place of the Notifications icon.
Weird symbol appears in place of the Notifications icon.
Weird symbol appears in place of the “Do not disturb” icon.

Cause

The above issues occur if one or more system fonts (e.g., Segoe UI, Segoe Fluent Icons, etc.) have been replaced by a third-party font installed on your computer.

This article provides the registry fixes to reset the default system font settings for computers running Windows 7, 8, 10, or 11.

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