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Windows Update Lingering Failed Installs
I have 2 lingering installations that fail over and over after they were initially installed just fine. Is there any way to "clear" these out? I've tried a myriad of "fixes" from research but none have succeeded from clearing Windows Update database to uninstalling/reinstalling, etc. Anyone have any ideas as Microsoft is not responding after submitting this issue via Feedback Hub months ago. Any help to resolve this is much appreciated.
Windows update (KB5068164) throws an error WINDOWS 10!
Hello everyone! Around October this year I tried updating my PC which resulted in an error I haven't encountered before (screenshots will be uploaded), so I tried google-ing the error and try to understand more about it. Information on the internet suggested that I have a problem with my WinRE (windows recovery environment), so as someone might guess I tried fixing it. I quickly discovered that my WinRE is not even turned on which lead to an ever bigger discovery - my windows recovery partition was either too small or corrupted. It turned out to be the first one (too small). Internet pages like https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/topic/kb5068164-windows-recovery-environment-update-for-windows-10-version-21h2-and-22h2-october-14-2025-8fdc399d-0ac1-4022-81bd-7127e91933ec recommended rebuilding it while making it even bigger than before so you have space for the update which is exactly what I did. There was a link with instructions of course, so https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/topic/kb5028997-instructions-to-manually-resize-your-partition-to-install-the-winre-update-400faa27-9343-461c-ada9-24c8229763bf it is. Well, it did not work. After that I tried solutions from other articles which only made me lose my time on this. My last hope was to install this specific update from the Windows update catalog, however when returning to the first mentioned page (https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/topic/kb5068164-windows-recovery-environment-update-for-windows-10-version-21h2-and-22h2-october-14-2025-8fdc399d-0ac1-4022-81bd-7127e91933ec) I saw that the update is registered only in Windows Update service and specifically there. Which means there is no other way to install it other than to just click update in settings. If anyone has had this problem and fixed it somehow, please don't mind sharing your way of dealing with it. People who have not experienced it, but think they might help, everything is greatly appreciated!How to get rid of taskbar border?
With the upgrade to WIndow 11 there came a new taskbar which has a most annoying "feature": Right above the taskbar there is a semitransparent "border-area" (same color as the taskbar, about half the height of the taskbar itself, see my screenshot below where I marked this area with a red frame) which covers the lower end of the desktop. What does that border signal or what is it meant for? It sits "on top", i.e. Windows disappear behind that border (visible e.g. the right end of my screenshot). Odd enough that "border-area" only appears on my laptop display. On the attached external monitor (on which I also display the taskbar) there is no such border. Why is that so and how can I get rid of this? IMHO its just a waste of screen real-estate and it again and again gets into my way when I want to click or touch anything that is close to the bottom edge of a window (e.g. horizontal scroll bars).
Additional input method every time I start my laptop
Hey everyone, I’m having a weird issue with my input methods on my laptop. I normally use two: English (US) and Chinese (Simplified). But every time I start my laptop, an extra one — English (Singapore) — randomly appears in the taskbar. What’s strange is that English (Singapore) doesn’t show up under Settings → Time & Language → Language & Region. My usual workaround is to manually add English (Singapore) there, then remove it right away. That makes it disappear from the taskbar and everything works fine… until I restart the laptop, and the whole thing repeats. Just to clarify, my Windows region is not set to Singapore, and as far as I know there’s nothing “Singapore” configured on this laptop at all. Does anyone happen to any idea how to get rid of this permanently? Thanks a lot!
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