Inadvertently hitting Up-Arrow just before striking the Enter key causes the search to select last drop down menu search option, i.e. “Change Search Settings” instead of searching the web. This could be intentional but more often than not it’s an annoyance. It also wipes the original search query forcing it to be retyped. In addition the “Change Search Settings” option doesn’t get highlighted to give you a clue that it is going to Change Search Settings.
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Ensure Thumbnails Are Enabled
- Open File Explorer.
- Click on three horizontal dots at the right end of the ribbon tabs and then choose Options from the menu.
- In the Folder Options window, uncheck the box beside Always show icons, never thumbnails (if it’s checked).
- Click Apply and hit OK
Mount Microsoft Windows 7 System Image VHD in Linux
Install libguestfs tools for accessing and modifying virtual machine (VM) disk images
sudo yum install libguestfs-tools # Fedora/RHEL/CentOS sudo apt-get install libguestfs-tools # Debian/Ubuntu
Mount Microsoft Windows 7 System Image Backup Virtual Hard Disk – VHD files using guestmount
Example to open a Windows System Image Backup VHD file stored on a backup drive (D:)
sudo mkdir /mnt/vhdmp sudo guestmount --add /media/mike/New\ Volume/WindowsImageBackup/DESKTOP-86333F0/Backup\ 2023-11-28\ 145005/3300c520-45e9-48f0-aaca-5b5a0b380b77.vhdx --inspector --ro /mnt/vhdmp
Once mounted use Krusader (Admin mode) or Nautilus to open the mount point directory (\mnt\vhdmp) to browse the contents
Above example mounts in Read-Only mode.
Mount Microsoft System Image Backup in Linux
Mount Microsoft Windows 7 System Image Backup Virtual Hard Disk – VHD file(s) in Linux using Guestmount
Example to open a System Image Backup VHD file stored on a USB backup drive (D:)
sudo mkdir /mnt/vhdmp sudo guestmount --add /media/mike/New\ Volume/WindowsImageBackup/DESKTOP-86333F0/Backup\ 2023-11-28\ 145005/3300c520-45e9-48f0-aaca-5b5a0b380b77.vhdx --inspector --ro /mnt/vhdmp
Once mounted use Krusader (Admin mode) or Nautilus to open the mount point directory (\mnt\vhdmp) to browse contents
Mounted in Read-Only mode
To mount in Read-Write mode replace -ro with –rw.
Exclude Loop devices from fdisk -l
sudo fdisk -l
Use SED script in command line to strip lines containing “Disk /dev/loop” pattern and delete following 5 lines including stripped line
sudo fdisk -l | sed -e '/Disk \/dev\/loop/,+5d'
~/.bashrc: alias shorthand to make it easier to remember
alias fdsk="sudo fdisk -l | sed -e '/Disk \/dev\/loop/,+5d'"
Then simply type fdsk in the command line and enter your password when prompted.
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Remove Bing and Chat Icons from Windows 11 Start Menu Search Results
Using Regedit navigate to
Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\
Click on Windows and add new key called Explorer
Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Explorer
Click on Explorer and add 32-bit DWORD DisableSearchBoxSuggestions = 1
Restart
Find Windows Version from File System using Linux
Example using bootable Live Mint 10.2 USB
Boot Mint USB
Install hivexget – contained within libhivex which is a self-contained library for reading and writing Windows Registry “hive” binary files
$ sudo apt install libhivex-bin $ hivexget /media/mint/WINDOWS/Windows/System32/config/software 'Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion' \ | egrep 'BuildLab|ProductName|Version"|"ProductId'
Filtered output
"BuildLab"="19041.vb_release.191206-1406" "BuildLabEx"="19041.1.amd64fre.vb_release.191206-1406" "CurrentVersion"="6.3" "EditionSubVersion"="" "ProductName"="Windows 10 Pro" "ProductId"="00330-80000-00000-AA669" "DisplayVersion"="21H1"
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If not installed already install the Intel HD Graphics 5500 drivers either through Settings > Update & Security > Optional Updates > Drivers or download directly from Intel Support Download web page.
Malware and Adult content Blocking DNS Servers
Router centralised malware and adult content blocking
Choose Cloudflare 1.1.1.2/1.0.0.2 and 1.1.1.3/1.0.0.3 DNS servers to entrust them to block malware and adult content sites.
Choose Cloudflare 1.1.1.1 and 1.0.0.1 primary and secondary DNS servers for Open unrestricted access.
Alternative public Open DNS servers:
- Google: 8.8.8.8/8.8.4.4
- OpenDNS: 208.67.222.222/208.67.220.220
- Quad9: 9.9.9.9/149.112.112.112
- Comodo: 8.26.56.26/8.20.247.20
For public DNS Servers by country see https://public-dns.info/
Notes:
Cloudflare promises that it won’t use your browsing data to serve ads and commits to never writing the your querying IP address to disk.
Can’t run Virtualbox VM
Windows 10
Virtualbox v6.1
When trying to run newly created VM the following Virtualbox error is generated:
WHvCapabilityCodeHypervisorPresent is FALSE! Make sure you have enabled the 'Windows Hypervisor Platform' feature. (VERR_NEM_NOT_AVAILABLE).
VT-x is not available (VERR_VMX_NO_VMX).
Result Code:
E_FAIL (0x80004005)
Component:
ConsoleWrap
Interface:
IConsole {872da645-4a9b-1727-bee2-5585105b9eed}
To fix ensure the following Window Features are disabled and VT-x is enabled in the BIOS:
- Hyper-V
- Virtual Machine Platform
- Windows Hypervisor platform
- Containers
Finally run the following Command Prompt command:
bcdedit /set hypervisorlaunchtype off
Restart the computer
Note: When VT-x is first enabled the PC should be powered off and on again