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I recently noticed a few times when clicking on either This PC or Quick access in Windows Explorer that the folders are not being populated with icons. The file system seems to be intact, as I can navigate to the drives that usually are displayed in This PC. What happens […]

The circumstances are rather simple, but researching a resolution has been an exercise in search engine v2023 uselessness. Semi-rural ADSL2+ buried line service. Slow but stable. The buried service line is Cat6, broadband 18/1 service, from my NID to the ancient telco pedestal. ATT has abandoned all copper infrastructure in […]

Thinkpad T520 T530 have an integrated Bluetooth device, but I don’t manage to see Bluetooth “LE” (Low Energy) beacon devices. For example I tried with Nirsoft BluetoothViewer but I don’t see the BT LE devices. (Note: I’m not looking for a software, but just to know if these Thinkpads support […]

On Friday I had to change my domain password and my employer upgraded my machine to Win11 over the weekend. There also seems to have been an upgrade to our security software. Not sure which parts of this might be relevant. I’ve been running SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) using […]

Hi all so I have a question with regards to booting my os’. I use Linux (Ubuntu22.04) and Windows11 – ON TWO HARDRIVES/SSD’s. I have the boot setup such that msbootloader takes me into w11 by default and the 2nd drive for Linux. I have a shortcut in W11 to […]

I accidently over wrote the title of my own MS Outlook calendar meeting. Which I use to manage my task/schedule and hit enter (on the weekly view) Is there anyway to restore the previous version of the meeting invite? That has only myself as an attendee

I have an HP EliteBook 830 G6 notebook with an Intel Core i5-8265U CPU @ 1.60GHz processor and Intel UHD Graphics 620, which, according to the manufacturer, has the capability to support 4k resolution at 60hz. I tested it on a 4k resolution television using the HDMI inputs (along with […]

In case of a blue screen I would like to get a memory dump (specifically a mini dump). But for that I would need to enable page file which I don’t want to do. However, I’ve read somewhere that there is an option to create a page file dedicated to […]

I have a large drive (4TB) that I’ve only written a few gigabytes to. I’m giving it to a friend, so I’d like to zero it out. I know I can zero out the whole drive with dd, but I’d like to know if: zeroing only the non-zero bits will […]