The “Safely Remove Hardware and Eject Media” menu in the system tray might contain devices the user never intends to remove. These include USB network adapters, Type-C-connected monitors, SATA/SSD drives…
Windows 10
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Check the Software Installation/Removal History in Windows
October 8, 2024A complete history of software installations, updates, and removals on a computer can be found in Windows Event logs. These logs can also be used to identify the specific user…
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How to Add or Reinstall the Microsoft PDF Printer on Windows
October 1, 2024Windows 10 and 11 have a pre-installed virtual printer called Microsoft Print to PDF. A document or web page sent to this printer will be converted to a PDF file.…
This guide explains how to use built-in Windows tools to cast (mirror) the screen of an Android smartphone to a PC over a Wi-Fi network. To project (cast) the screen…
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Get Started with Docker on Windows (WSL2) without Docker Desktop
September 4, 2024There are two ways to install the Docker containerization platform on Windows 10 and 11. It can be installed as a Docker Desktop for Windows app (uses the built-in Hyper-V…
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How to Hide or Show the ‘Safely Remove Hardware’ Icon on Windows
October 1, 2024One of our regular readers complained that on his new physical Windows Server 2019 host, some internal devices (including NICs, RAID controller, CPU, and others) were showing up in the…
In addition to the Windows Server platform, the Hyper-V virtualization platform is also available in the desktop Windows editions. Users can create and run virtual machines using the built-in Hyper-V…
The main GUI tool for configuring and customizing the operating system in Windows 10 and 11 is the Settings app, which replaces the classic Control Panel. An administrator can hide…
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Mount Physical and Network Drives in WSL2 (Windows Subsystem for Linux)
August 6, 2024There are several ways to mount and access physical, virtual, or network drives in Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL2). By default, the WSL environment mounts all Windows logical drives to…
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Change Network Connection (Adapter) Priorities in Windows
August 5, 2024Sometimes, you may need to manually configure network connection priorities to route traffic correctly on a Windows computer with multiple network adapters (Ethernet, Wi-Fi, VPN).