Starting from Windows Vista, Microsoft stopped using the old Windows boot loader NTLDR, having replaced it with BOOTMGR. The code of the new boot manager is stored in a special file bootmgr in the root of the active partition. The boot manager is loading the system according to the existing.. read more
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User Account Control Slider and Group Policy Settings
In Windows Vista, Microsoft introduced a new mechanism, providing an additional level of protection against unauthorized modifications called UAC (User Account Control). In Windows 7 (or higher), UAC has got a setting slider (called from the Control Panel or UserAccountControlSettings.exe), which allows to select one of four UAC protection levels.
AutoRedial for VPN Connections in Windows 8/10/2012
I was surprised, not much, however, when I found that in Windows 8 and Windows Server 2008 or higher Microsoft had slightly “refined” the VPN connection settings. To be more precise, removed a number of settings in the Options tab. Here is what it looked like in Windows 7:
Auto-Mount VHD at Startup
In Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 it became possible to create and mount virtual hard disk files (VHD) directly from Disk Management console. These virtual disks look like separate physical disks in the system and can be used to store any data. An essential disadvantage of these disks.. read more
How to hide Installed Programs from Programs and Features
In this article we’ll show how to hide any program from the list of installed programs in the Control Panel. These instructions are applicable to all Windows versions, from Windows XP to Windows 10.
Show Drive Letters First in Windows Explorer
By default, in Windows Explorer a drive letter is displayed after its name. In the folder settings there is an option to completely hide the drive letters, but no option to display a drive letter before its name. Let’s consider how to do it with a little registry tweak.
How to Download APPX Installation File for any Windows Store App
Modern Windows 8 apps (APPX Metro apps) are mostly designed to be installed online from Windows Store. Despite Windows allows to install Metro apps from APPX files offline, you can’t download a Metro app distribution from Windows Store. In this article, we’ll show how to download an APPX file of.. read more
How to Access Mapped Network Drives from the Elevated Apps
One of the significant improvements of Windows OSs (since Vista) is User Account Control (UAC) feature. User Account Control prompts the user for approval each time when the app tries to make any changes to the system settings. One of the side effects of UAC is the inability to access.. read more
Fix: Windows Modern Apps Don’t Work Over VPN Connection
You might have come across some modern Windows 8 apps (Metro apps) don’t see the Internet (failed to connect to the server, etc.) when using certain types of VPN connections to ISPs. However, as a rule, this issue doesn’t occur to all Metro apps. I. e., some apps work (usually.. read more
Windows 8: winload.efi is Missing or Damaged
Let’s consider another Windows 8 loading issue that occurred due to the damaged or missing winload.efi file. The problem manifests itself as follows: Windows 8 (Windows 8.1) won’t boot with BSOD this the following error message in the recovery console:
