Windows Enterprise Desktop
July 2018
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Clean Install Fixes Long-Standing Win10 Restart Issue
30 Jul 2018 -
PS Cmdlet Turns Win10 Networks Private
27 Jul 2018 -
DISM Export-Image Grabs Selected Image Installer
25 Jul 2018
A clean install fixes long-standing Win10 Restart issue and thereby vindicates conventional wisdom that occasional or periodic clean Windows installs serve as a kind of OS maintenance technique or ...
Because GUI access to the control can sometimes be problematic (or MIA), it's a good thing that PS Cmdlet turns Win10 networks Private. That cmdlet is named Set-NetConnectionProfile.
When I observe that a multi-image ISO file results in an installer for Windows 10 Home, I learn that DISM Export-Image grabs selected image installer for Pro instead. This lets me update my ...
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Surface Pro Boot Requires Minimum Charge
23 Jul 2018 -
Win10 Migration Survey Reveals 2018 Challenges
20 Jul 2018 -
Dell Venue Pro 11 7130 Strange Upgrade Issues
19 Jul 2018 -
Productivity Hurdles Emphasize Office PC Setup Benefits
13 Jul 2018 -
MS Smartens Update Downloads
11 Jul 2018 -
The Occasional Resurgence of Windows.old
09 Jul 2018 -
MS Win7 Cert Exams Expire July 31
06 Jul 2018
When a tablet connected to A/C power absolutely, positively refuses to boot, I learn that Surface Pro boot requires minimum charge levels to succeed.
Jeremy Moskowitz's recent Win10 migration survey reveals 2018 challenges facing organizations of all kinds, based on 500-plus responses from 30 countries (80% US-based).
When Dell Venue Pro 11 7130 strange upgrade issues manifest for recent Insider Preview builds, my usual troubleshooting ritual sets things right. No clean install this time, as I'd feared might be ...
Working on the road for just over a week, I realize that productivity hurdles emphasize office PC setup benefits. With a little thought, ingenuity and money, though, most of these hurdles can be ...
By downloading updates from smallest to largest in size in that order, and downloading updates in pairs, MS smartens Update downloads. Now, if I could only figure out what determines update ...
When it comes to post-upgrade cleanup in Windows 10, an occasional resurgence of Windows.old seems to pop up from time to time. Here's another one found and fixed!
When S Win7 Cert Exams expire July 31 they signal that today's reigning Windows version is nearing the end of its lifecycle. With 900-plus million devices still running Win7, lots of change is at hand.
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DISM Cleans Up After Windows Update
04 Jul 2018 -
Strange Display Behavior Gets Workarounds
02 Jul 2018
Because DISM cleans up after Windows Update adds new items to Win10, it's a good idea to use its AnalyzeComponentStore and CleanupComponentStore directives from time to time. Here's how!
Strange display behavior gets workarounds in Windows 10: right-click the taskbar entry, Alt+Space to restore the original window, or force-change then restore screen resolution. Very interesting!