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How to Copy files from Dropbox to Onedrive
I am searching for a way to copy files from Dropbox to Onedrive directly and then copy any modified data. I found some tools available on the Dropbox community site like MultCloud and Gs Richcopy360 and I found the tools are paid software, so I need something free please, or steps to followSolved51Views0likes1Comment
Accessing wordpad ole objects in windows 11 2H24
Upgrading to a Windows 11 PC resulted in losing the ability to access embedded Wordpad objects (OLE) in documents I have- And I have quite a few. I understand the Microsoft removed Wordpad starting with the 2H24 Windows 11 release, so It cannot just be "activated" as an optional component. I have reviewed means of restoring Wordpad in Windows 11, and have copied the necessary files (Wordpad.exe, WordpadFilter.dll and wordpad.exe.mui) to my Windows 11 PC. I can now run Wordpad on my new PC, but cannot access the Wordpad objects embedded in my documents. I get an error "cannot start the source application for this object" I seem to recall that OLE requires an application to register for OLE support, but I have found nothing detailing how to do that for Wordpad. I thought there might be a command line option, but Wordpad /? and Wordpad /help did not return anything. Does anyone know how to do this?Solved57Views0likes1Comment
No option to Download and install Windows 11 in Windows Update
I'm still on Windows 10 Home. Ready to go to Windows 11. When I run the PC Health Check, it says "This PC meets Windows 11 requirements". WINDOWS UPDATE in SETTINGS doesn't have the "Upgrade to Windows 11 is ready - and it's free!" download and install screen. Does that mean anything? Should I wait for that or just upgrade to Windows 11 from somewhere else? - I now have Windows 10 Home version 22H2. Will the Windows 11 update be Windows 11 Home? - Do I really need to use Windows 11 Installation Assistant?Solved115Views0likes3CommentsRandom Crashes to a Black Screen. No Errors.
I'm a little stumped on this one and I'm not even sure its a Windows issue, but for a couple months now when I run some software my screen will go black and the sound will stop randomly. There's no way out of this black screen, there's no errors given, no BSOD, no warning, no feed back that pressing keys is doing anything, and it happens with multiple programs. Because of how random it is I can't even recreate it. A couple months ago it was happening in just one game I play where at least once a session my screen would go black and then a second or two later the sound of the game would stop. And it was only that game until this past weekend where it happened again playing a different game, and happened yet again with a 3rd game today. It doesn't happen with any non-game software. I've tried unplugging the monitor and plugging it back in to no luck. The only way out of this is to completely reboot my computer. I've also thought it might have to do with video drivers, but its happened across multiple driver versions.Solved111Views0likes1CommentCommand line idle system shutdown?
I yesterday for the first time ran a command from the command line after having booted off Windows 11 installation media. It was erasing every single block of the internal SSD, so that the laptop could be passed along to a new owner. It started around 5 PM yesterday and ran into the night. In the morning the laptop had shut down. Is this normal, or should expect to have seen a blinking cursor at the DISKPART prompt? This would answer the question as to whether the command completed successfully, or whether this is an indication of a failure.Solved35Views0likes1CommentWindows Start Menu Search UI flashing white briefly when opening
Been having this issue on Windows 11 Pro 24H2 26100.4946. It was clean installed from USB on 8/12/2025. Whenever I use the start menu and type in the search bar the search ui will sometimes briefly flash white before showing dark mode and the rest of the ui. I'm not sure how to fix this or if it can be fixed. I've also noticed it if I click on the search bar on the taskbar Things I've Tried: Updating graphics driver SFC/DISM Restarting DWM and Explorer from Task Manager Reset Web Experience and CBS with powershell Inplace Upgrade It's not a huge issue as the search still works but it is driving me crazy. I'm not sure if it's the bug with Windows 11 Dark theme when it renders the light theme first then renders over it or what. File Explorer and Task Manager don't have this issue. I looked around online and I didn't see anyone else having this issue with the search menu.Solved50Views0likes1CommentDual Windows Boot winload.efi error on every restart
Hi. I have dual boot windows 11. One of them always fails to boot after sucessfully booting and then i restart the pc. I get winload.efi error. So i rebuild bcd and all that fixmbr and so on and it works to boot into it, but then i restart my pc and i have winload.efi error again. How do i make it stick?Solved26Views0likes1Comment
PC stuck on Preparing Automatic Repair
Hey. I have a problem my pc doesn't turn on after I gave it a clean it is stuck on preparing automatic repair and nothing is happening. I cleaned my pc many times ssme way before and it never had any problems turning on. All lights are on, rgbs are flashing and all fans are working loosing my mindSolved199Views0likes4Comments
Unable to Print
I have a new Windows Surface 7 Intel Core Ultra 236V on version 24H2, and I am unable to print from this device. We use a print server and connect the printer to the computer via network. I am unable to print to the connected network printer. I even tried printing a document to PDF and this also did not work. Other computers are able to print to this network printer without issue. We have tried uninstalling and reinstalling the printer on the server, updating the printer driver, stopped and restarted the print spooler service, and nothing seems to work. The issue seems to be with the new device.Solved77Views1like5CommentsWhat is one must-have intune policy you always deploy to windows 365 Cloud PCs ?
I'm getting deeper into managing Windows 365 Cloud PCs with intune and I'm trying to build out a solid baseline for policy deployment. I know there's a lot that can be configured via intune, from security baselines to user experience tweaks. Do you use for hardening security, streamlining login times, restricting certains apps, enabling Bitlocker or enforcing windows updates ? Have you had any conflict with other policies ? Does it differ from what you push to physical endpionts ?Solved119Views7likes2Comments
Windows Insider Update KB5062673 is not installing
Hey guys, hope this message finds you well. I've tried for a bunch of days to install Cumulative Update for Windows 11 Insider Preview (KB5062673) (26120.5733) on my Windows 11 Pro. But I received an error (0x800f0831), and this update was not installed, nor was it hidden. I've tried uupdump.net ISO file 26120.4452_amd64_pt-br_professional_356d2697_convert according to my Windows 11 Pro Version, but it doesn't work. I received (0x800f0915) error when I tried to mount the ISO in letter E, and run the following command: `DISM /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth /Source:E:\Sources\install.wim /LimitAccess` I used my laptop for work, which means I can't format and install everything from 0. Can you provide me with any tips to solve this issue? Thanks for your time in advance.Solved210Views0likes6CommentsSMB file share not accessible unless I disable password protected sharing?
I have two Windows 11 PCs on the same network. I shared a folder and enabled network discovery and file sharing. However, when I try to access the shared folder from the other PC, I get a login prompt, and no credentials work—not even the host PC’s username/password. Only after disabling Password Protected Sharing in advanced sharing settings can I access it. But I don’t want open access. Is there a way to keep password protection ON and still make it work properly?Solved65Views0likes1CommentWhere to download Windows 11 23H2 ISO for making an offline installer
My laptop's CPU is too old to run Windows 11 as it does not support SSE4.2. So Windows 11 23H2 should be a better choice. The problem is that the ISO I downloaded from Microsoft product page is Windows 11 24H2 v64. Does anyone know a safe place to download Windows 11 23H2 ISO in order to make an offline installer for my unsupported laptop?Solved5.3KViews0likes7CommentsHow to download youtube video on mac with 4k or 1080p
Hi all, Currently, I have a new programming course this semester and to get me more prepared, I want to learn the basic by myself. Actually, I found a couple of very interesting videos on youtube and already approved by the author to do that. I have a Mac computer at home and a Windows 11 PC at school. Is there any way to help me download youtube video on mac that supports 1080P or 4K video? Before making a new discussing, i already tried a few online youtube downloader tools but the video quality is awful. I want something fast and high quality. ThanksSolved6.3KViews0likes9Comments
Windows 11 robocopy message after PS command completation?
Windows 11 Hi I was using robocopy to copy the contents of a USB WD My Pasport magnetic spinning drive on to a new external Sandisk Extreme SSD. The Powershell command string that I used (Powershell was opened as administrator) was: robocopy "H:\" "G:\" /e /w:5 /r:2 /COPY:DATSOU /DCOPY:DAT /MT:12 The transfer, around 620 GB, took around 2 hours and once completed powershell gave the below message and I wonder if this is something that I should be concerned about? My aim was to simply copy the files that I had saved from one external drive to another. The WD My Pasport (USB 2) and the SanDisk Extreme (USB 3) were plugged in to the correct ports on my laptop. I am not able to work out what this message means and if the files copied across are okay as there are far too many for me to check manually? Many thanks 100% Waiting 5 seconds... New File 76 H:\System Volume Information\IndexerVolumeGuid 2025/07/08 19:30:44 ERROR 2 (0x00000002) Copying NTFS Security to Destination File H:\System Volume Information\IndexerVolumeGuid The system cannot find the file specified. New File 1.0 m H:\System Volume Information\smartdb_Volume{c2c5c291-1f01-44ab-8d0b-f5195fb159e8}.sdb 2025/07/08 19:30:44 ERROR 2 (0x00000002) Copying NTFS Security to Destination File H:\System Volume Information\smartdb_Volume{c2c5c291-1f01-44ab-8d0b-f5195fb159e8}.sdb The system cannot find the file specified. Waiting 5 seconds... New File 76 H:\System Volume Information\IndexerVolumeGuid 2025/07/08 19:30:49 ERROR 2 (0x00000002) Copying NTFS Security to Destination File H:\System Volume Information\IndexerVolumeGuid The system cannot find the file specified. ERROR: RETRY LIMIT EXCEEDED. New File 1.0 m H:\System Volume Information\smartdb_Volume{c2c5c291-1f01-44ab-8d0b-f5195fb159e8}.sdb 2025/07/08 19:30:49 ERROR 2 (0x00000002) Copying NTFS Security to Destination File H:\System Volume Information\smartdb_Volume{c2c5c291-1f01-44ab-8d0b-f5195fb159e8}.sdb The system cannot find the file specified. ERROR: RETRY LIMIT EXCEEDED. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Total Copied Skipped Mismatch FAILED Extras Dirs : 361 361 4 0 0 6 Files : 10664 10662 0 0 2 6 Bytes : 620.695 g 620.694 g 0 0 1.00 m 538 Times : 48:08:37 3:26:26 0:00:00 0:17:20 Speed : 53,807,591 Bytes/sec. Speed : 3,078.895 MegaBytes/min. Ended : Tuesday 8 July 2025 19:30:49 PS C:\Windows\system32>Solved71Views0likes2CommentsWindows security prompts me to sign in to Microsoft account, but I get an errorr
Windows security prompts me to sign in to my Microsoft account. When I try, I get an authenticator prompt that I am able to approve. After I click Next, I get the following error: Oops, something went wrong Whatever happened, it was probably our fault. Note that I do not get prompted to enter my password. I tried going through the signin helper and it recommended resetting my password, so I did that, but still got the same error. I went back to signin helper and it said it couldn't find any issues.Solved118Views0likes3CommentsWhere to download Windows 11 25H2 iso I can test on my pc
I heard a few news report about Windows 11 25H2. My PC is currently Windows 11 24H2. When I go to the Windows 11 download page, the ISO file is still Windows 11 24H2. Anyone know where to download Windows 11 25H2 ISO I can upgrade my computer and make a bootable USB from it? By the way, is it now the good time to run Windows 11 25H2? ThanksSolved32KViews1like11Comments
Memory Integrity protection is off
The memory protection is off on my laptop, and I can't seem to find a way to fix this. I've updated all drivers. When I review incompatible drivers 3 are listed. usb2ser.sys MediaTek Inc usbser2ser.sys MediaTek Ink usb2ser.sys MBB Clicking on more info, for the first two it seems to a specific file. oem162.inf driver date is 1/22/2016 for both Driver version 3.0.1504.0 Though for the second one the driver date is. 1/22/2015 The Third one just says File version 3.0.1.1504 no date version Just says Product Name USB Modem/Serial Device Driver. Any thoughts.Solved175Views0likes2Comments
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