When I fire off the program to scan my whole PC, I learn that certain legit tools generate Windows Defender false positives. In this case, the collection of password recovery utilities in Nir Sofer’s NirLauncher collection included 8 items flagged as threats. Easily handled: here’s how to fix this.
Continue readingYou know, there are more benefits to keeping software up-to-date than just avoiding security vulnerabilities. They even go beyond the pleasures of good housekeeping. When I couldn’t run Albacore’s excellent Disk Cleanup reaplacement (mdiskclean.exe) on my Lenovo X220 Tablet this … Continue reading
I’ve still got a Surface Pro 3 kicking around. It includes an i7-4650U CPU, which the Intel Ark tells me was introduced in Q3’2013. When I bought that machine, I also bought the Surface Pro Dock, which granted me a … Continue reading
As I look over my systems I see little gotchas from tales of two RelMons. Mostly, my systems are stable. Hiccups happen but seldom require intervention. When they do, though, Reliability Monitor often points me toward solutions. That makes it a worthwhile tool.
Continue readingBecause KB4554364 illustrates MS Catalog Update Install actions and behavior, I document that process to show readers how it’s done. That said, most people won’t need this particular update. But it does make a nice case in point…
Continue readingI can’t help it. I *LOVE* this kind of stuff. I just learned that with the right syntax, you can watch SSD TRIM work using Optimize-Volume PowerShell cmdlet. The TRIM operation on an SSD erases data blocks that are no … Continue reading
In the wake of the latest Fast Ring Insider Preview release — namely 19592.1001 — I noticed the return of some interesting language. If you click Settings → System → About, you can see it for yourself. In fact, it … Continue reading
MS has released a new news app through the Microsoft Store. Those interested in a new look for the MS newsfeed will want to check out MS News Bar Beta release. It strikes me as an improvement over the default … Continue reading
I’m a big fan of the long-deprecated Windows Gadgets, which date back to the Vista era. Thanks to excellent work from Helmut Buhler (@8GadgetPack on Twitter) you can download his 8GadgetPack quickly and easily. This morning, however, I noticed that … Continue reading
Here’s another factoid that falls under the heading of “I didn’t know Windows 10 could do that.” In this case, the particular widget in question is Power Options (Control Panel). The right PowerShell command or its equivalent Registry tweak makes … Continue reading