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Category: Windows 10

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Access Windows drive C: from another Windows PC

10/11/2025

Connect to the shared root C:\ drive using the credentials of the source owner user who is a member of the Administrators group.

Circumvent Remote User Account Control (UAC) filtering, default in Windows for workgroups. This feature strips administrator privileges when you connect to a share from a different computer using a local account.

Two-Part Solution

Part 1: Disable Remote UAC Filtering (On Windows 10 Source PC)

This Registry change is required to allow a local administrator account (like yours) connecting from the network to retain its full administrative permissions,

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Reset and Wipe your PC using Windows Reset

26/05/2025

The simplest way to wipe your PC to donate, recycle, or sell your PC, is to use the Windows 10 | 11 Reset option

Windows 10
Settings > Update & Security > Recovery
Click ‘Get started’ under ‘Reset this PC’

Windows 11
Settings > Windows Update > Advanced options > Recovery
Click ‘Reset PC’

When ‘Reset this PC’ dialog opens, click ‘Remove everything’
Click reinstall Windows from ‘Cloud download’ or ‘Local reinstall’ (faster)
In ‘Additional settings”

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Windows Clean Install

26/02/2025

Steps to install a clean copy of Windows 10|11

  1. Audit system set-up by taking screen-shots (Windows Key + Print Screen), e.g. desktop, installed programs, …
  2. If not replacing drive create a System Image Backup to a USB drive and go to step 4
  3. Replace drive
  4. Boot latest Windows 10|11 iso version from USB
  5. Clear drive partitions
  6. Add Microsoft login account
  7. Restore Windows settings, data and apps from Onedrive
  8. Install Windows updates,

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Can’t re-enable windows defender interface after uninstalling Norton

27/01/2025

To ensure that another “Policy” has not been set, you should check this key in the Registry

“As an Administrator”

Hkey_Local_Machine\Software\Policies\Microsoft\ and select Windows Defender.

Any key in this folder other than Default is a policy that will affect the function of WD.

Expect to find DisableAntiVirus or DisableAntiSpyware. You can disable either of

these by modifying there Dword from 1 to 0. Do that by right-clicking the key name,

and select “Modify”.

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Pictures not showing in Windows 10 | 11File Explorer

25/03/2024

Ensure Thumbnails Are Enabled

  1. Open File Explorer.
  2. Click on three horizontal dots at the right end of the ribbon tabs and then choose Options from the menu.
  3. In the Folder Options window, uncheck the box beside Always show icons, never thumbnails (if it’s checked).
  4. Click Apply and hit OK

Remove Bing and Chat Icons from Windows 11 Start Menu Search Results

25/05/2023

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

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Enter Safe Mode using Windows 10 Install USB and Command Prompt

13/01/2022
  1. Boot USB and set  language
  2. Select Repair your computer
  3. Select Troubleshoot > Command Prompt
  4. Use Bcdedit to set Safe Mode on boot as follows
    5. bcdedit /set {default} safeboot minimal
  5. Close Command prompt
  6. Select Turn off PC
  7. Power up PC to enter Safe Mode

To stop PC entering Safe Mode on every boot run System Configuration tool (msconfig) and under Boot options untick Safe boot, click OK and close

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Windows 11 Registry Hack for Unsupported CPU and TPM

21/10/2021

This patch will allow the Windows 11 to install and run on machines without the required CPU,e.g. Intel 7th generation and lower and with TPM chips less than version 2.0

Type the following address into the address bar in the Registry Editor window (or navigate to it in the left pane):

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\Setup\MoSetup

Right-click in the right pane, select New > DWORD (32-bit) Value, and enter the following text as the name:

AllowUpgradesWithUnsupportedTPMOrCPU

Double-click the “AllowUpgradesWithUnsupportedTPMOrCPU” value here,

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Enable USB Quick Removal

09/10/2021

In order to safely remove USB in Windows you can enable the Quick Removal feature in Device Manager

  1. For example in Windows 10 right-click the Start button (Windows Logo) and select Device Manager.
  2. Double-click Disk drives to expand it to see list of disk drives including your currently usb drive
  3. Right-click the usb drive and select Properties
  4. Click Policies tab and select “Quick removal (default)” radio button to enable it and click OK to save changes

This disables write caching to allow it to be remove without having to use “Safely Remove Hardware”

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Windows 10 Quick Assist

27/05/2021

Run Windows 10 ‘Quick Assist’ to remotely assist someone with their PC.

‘Quick Assist’ , available from version 20H2 onwards, requires a Microsoft account.

  1. Right-click the Start button
  2. Click Search
  3. Type Quick Assist and hit Enter on your keyboard
  4. Ask remote user to do the same
  5. On your PC, click Assist another person
  6. Select your Microsoft account and login
  7. Give the six-digit code (see screenshot above) to the remote user to enter into the ‘Code from assistant’ box
  8. Remote user then clicks Share screen
  9. Assistant then chooses either Take full control of their PC or View only their desktop
  10. Remote user then clicks  Allow

Once connected,

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