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windows 11 health check doesn't recognize cpu
Hello, Recently I was trying to upgrade to W11 and I ran the PC Health Check. I get all green check marks except for CPU. The interesting part is that my cpu is I7-7700K AND is listed under the Supported CPU list for Windows 10 22h2. I don't get it. What am I missing? Anyone has some suggestion?
Why is Add-WindowsCapability so slow for RSAT?
We install RSAT for our technicians by using: Get-WindowsCapability -Name RSAT* -Online | Add-WindowsCapability -Online The download/install is incredibly slow, averaging about ~15 minutes per RSAT tool. There's a total of 21 RSAT tools to install so do the math. No network/traffic blocks. This works just as slow on an open home internet network. No difference between a one-liner approach or foreach logic WUServer is 0 in HKLM path of the registry CBS.log shows about ~10 minutes of Download Progress 49/100 (always at the 49/100 mark) DISM.log doesn't show anything useful Quick googling shows a lot of other people experience slowness. If we can't rely on Windows Update CDN, what's the alternative? Separately downloading, extracting, and storing the content on a network share is cumbersome for each time a new build/FU comes out.Problem installing update (KB5050009)
From windows update install the cumulative update (KB5050009), as soon as it finishes the pc restarts, and it gives me the error "something did not work as expected. No need to worry: canceling changes in progress. Is there any solution, I read various solutions around but I have not solved it. Thanks in advance.
Reinstalling the Microsoft Gaming Overlay
Hi! Some time ago, I uninstalled the Microsoft Gaming Overlay - I think it was the overlay used by the Xbox Game Bar (win+G to bring it up). I am trying to reinstall it, but I can't figure it out. Is there a powershell command I can use to reinstall it? Every time I launch a game, I get the following popup a few times: Any ideas? Thanks!What happened to my desktop icons?
I just got my first Windows 11 computer, and after spending a few days setting it up to the way I like it, I woke up one day and noticed that some of my desktop icons look puny now. Example: Unless I'm losing my marbles, I could've sworn that the Notepad2 icon was as big as the other two icons before -- why/how did it suddenly become so small? I've tried deleting all the icon caches and the issue remains. Since this is happening with older programs like Notepad2, I'm guess it's because they lack the larger icon sizes in their EXE file, but the question remains: how was Windows able to show the icons the same size as the others before? I'm 99.99% sure I have never seen these square borders around any of the desktop icons before because they are so off-putting I would've noticed itShould I Upgrade to Windows 11 24H2 from 23H2
Windows 11 24H2 has been publicly available for a couple of weeks and one of my PC received the update notifications. However, I heard a few negative feedback of 24H2 and not very sure if it is now the best time to upgrade Windows 11 24H2 from 23H2. In addition, I also have an unsupported laptop running Windows 11 23H2 and I need to make a bootable USB for clean install. So what's your own opinion on this?How do I remove watermarks from photos free in Windows 11?
Hi all, My computer was crashed and all the original images for my own websites are gone. Fortunately, I have most of them uploaded to the website, a blog powered by WordPress. The problem is that all the images are watermarked with my website name and it is done automatically by a WordPress plugin when the photo is uploaded. I'm curious about what method you would recommend to remove watermarks from photo on Windows 11 PC . Are there software programs that are particularly effective, or any online services you've had good experiences with? Thank you
