Microsoft Windows Operating Systems
https://remotedesktop.google.com
In Chrome and New Edge install Custom Style Script add-on to override Google’s home page background colour
In Custom Style Script select Open options Page and add the following URL and CSS
URL: https://www.google.com/ or country of choice, e.g. google.co.uk, google.de
CSS: body { background-color: lightgray !important; } or colour of choice
In Firefox Install the Stylus extension
Go to the Google home page, click the toolbar icon and choose Manage >
| Keyboard shortcut | Action |
|---|---|
| Ctrl + A | Select all content. |
| Ctrl + C (or Ctrl + Insert) | Copy selected items to clipboard. |
| Ctrl + X | Cut selected items to clipboard. |
| Ctrl + V (or Shift + Insert) | Paste content from clipboard. |
| Ctrl + Z | Undo an action, including undelete files (limited). |
Try running DISM and SFC commands to repair Windows system files. Once complete reboot and try running the update again.
DISM /Online /Cleanup-image /RestoreHealth
The above DISM command typically completes without issues, but if there are problems replacing the damaged files, you will need to provide another image using the Source option to complete the task. You can use an “install.wim” or “install.esd” file from another computer, bootable install media, or Windows 10 iso file. Make sure that the files match the version,
Do the following (with Admin account) to associate .wps (Works document) and .xlr (Works spreadsheet) file types to Word and Excel.
Follow steps below to enable F8 safe mode boot (applies to Windows 10 and 8.1):
Type the following command to enable F8 Safe Mode boot key:
bcdedit /set {default} bootmenupolicy legacy
Type Exit and press Enter to quit the Command Prompt.
Some less well known Windows 7, 8.1, 10 Terminal (Command prompt) commands
| Command | Description |
| powercfg /batteryreport | Detailed battery diagnostics > html |
| netsh wlan show wlanreport | WLAN data last 3 days > html |
| Alt+Enter | Full screen mode |
| F7 | List previous commands |
| doskey /history > |
A slip-up of adding an extra ” to a string definition highlights an anomaly in Sass which causes it to flag every line of scss code (including comments) with double quotes as an error including the real error lost in the jungle of errors. See example below with ” added to the end of $fontfamily (not easy to spot) and an excerpt of the Sass compiler error message pointing to valid line of code amongst many more misleading messages.
$fontfamily: "Comic Sans MS",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif!important"←;
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