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Czech translation issue in Windows 11 setup – misleading Disk/Partition labels
Description: There is a translation issue in the Czech version of Windows 11 setup, still present in the latest 25H2 build. In the installation screen where the user selects the target disk/partition, the terms Disk and Partition are swapped in Czech. English: Disk 0 Partition 1 Current Czech: Oddíl 0 disku 1 Correct Czech: Disk 0, oddíl 1 In Czech, "Oddíl" means "Partition" and "Disk" means the same as in English ("Disk"). The incorrect word order is confusing and could easily lead to a mistake, especially on systems with multiple physical drives. In the worst case, a user might delete or format the wrong partition. I attached screenshots comparing English and Czech versions for clarity. Expected translation: Disk 0, oddíl 1 Disk 0, oddíl 2 (MSR vyhrazené) Disk 0, oddíl 3 (Primární) This issue has been present since 24H2 and is still not corrected in 25H2. Correcting this would significantly improve clarity and prevent possible data loss during installation.Completely get rid of "Group By" anywhere in File Explorer
As my title says I wish to Completely get rid of "Group By" anywhere in File Explorer. I've tried many things but to no avail. At the moment I am noticing one folder inparticular that constantly resets to a group by date, even though it displays (None) as selected. This folder is my download folder whose path was changed to a folder on an alternate drive. Is there a way to DISABLE Group by for any file/folder on the computer? I have Windows 11 Pro (24H2) updated to present.File Explorer ignoring UNBLOCKED file status with 24H2
FILE EXPLORER IGNORING UNBLOCKED FILE STATUS AFTER DOWNLOAD AND UNBLOCK I updated to Win 11 23H2 --> 24H2 some days ago. Yesterday I used Mark Russinovich tool "Streams" to manually remove from CMD prompt the "file comes from another computer..." warning, e.g.: Today I noticed I have a problem with Zone.Identifier ADS files: File Explorer is extremely slow to update file status "unblocked" after I unblock it, and still reports the file is coming from another PC. When I try to unblock it again, I get this error ("can't find file". I suppose it is correct since Zone.Identifier ADS files should have been removed: The problem remains: File Explorer is ignoring the unblocked file status. Even after 5 mins the file is still "coming from another PC..." (???) when I choose Properties. Sometimes randomly, after a while, when I check again the unblocked status it is finally acknowledged by File Explorer. dir /r on the previously unblocked files from File Explorer shows the SmartScreen:$DATA is still there... Zone.Identifier:$DATA is gone instead. Which is OK I guess. Quick test: download a file from Edge with SmartScreen enabled, then with right-mouse-button select Properties and unblock the file. Now re-open Properties for that file... Reproducible also from Safe Mode (!). Is it a new File Explorer bug in 24H2? C:\Windows\Explorer.exe 6.2.26100.2454 Edge Browser 131.0.2903.99 Windows 11 24H2 26100.2605 Can't see other reports about this bug on the net...Windows not accepting my network credentials
I try to connect my Windows11 laptop to my Windows11 desktop. All advanced network and sharing settings are set to the same values on both computers (network discovery ON, password protection OFF, file sharing set, etc...) . The connection works fine in 1 direction: on my desktop I can see the shared folders on my laptop. But the other way around is not working: the desktop computer name is visible in File Explorer/This PC/network, but when I click on it and fill in the network credentials an error message 'user name or password is incorrect' is displayed. I use the email address and password from my Microsoft account to enter the network credentials, these are identical on both computers. I already spent days experimenting, without success. Please can anyone advise me further?Does Surface Diagnostic Toolkit fail to recognize my Surface because of its Insider OS version?
My Surface Pro 9 Surface "SMF Core Driver" does not load. In troubleshooting it, I discovered Surface Diagnostic Toolkit does not recognize my hardware as a Surface device, and the downloadable driver package will not install for the same reason. Is any of this a consequence of my having the current Insider Release Preview OS?How to fix:Windows corrupt user profile(I suspect)
I am pretty sure I have corrupt local user on my main PC. There are programs that when I search for from start menu, and click on them, they don’t launch. If I scroll the start menu to find those programs and launch that way, they work. I also have couple of programs that refuse either to authenticate through their servers to let me log into them or launch all together. Those issues are solved as soon as I log into another local user. What I’ve tried: SFC/DISM Windows updates Driver updates Disk cleanup as well as cache Deleting everything, as well as registry entries to said programs that refuse to cooperate. Restarting explorer.exe for the start menu search anomaly My question right now is more so, if anyone can confirm my suspicions as well as, what’s the easiest way to migrate all the data from one account to another. My main concern are any saved configurations in all the programs I’ve used for 6 years on this build and also anything in appdata/documents that those programs might’ve stored there. I have written down everything I can think of backing up for past couple of months, and yet I’m still afraid I’ve missed something.Free and or FOSS Photo Manager for Windows computer
I have traditionally used photoprism as a photomanager. The issue is I either have to use Windows computer or have access to my nas to bulk upload photos. Android and iPhone have an app that upload camera pics. I cannot find a program that uploads photos to photoprism. The way it works is you have to transfer to a import fold on desktop. But if I have a remote user that want to upload, they do not have access to my import directory. As I said there is a mobile app that can connect directly to photoprism. But there is no windows app as far as I can tell.Getting Outlook contacts from savefiles
I am currently working as a private support technician and today someone walked in with a Windows 10 PC that would not boot. After trying to repair Windows we decided to make a Backup from the whole hard drive and reinstall Windows. We reinstalled all his programs. Also Office. We set up the IMAP and SMTP Servers correctly but we are not sure if he was using Pop3 or IMAP we decided on setting up IMAP now. Everything fine. Now he has called us to complain that all his contacts are missing. So I went through the backup but can’t find any contacts. Where does Outlook safe contacts? I tried C:\Users\User\AppData\Roaming C:\Users\User\Contacts (Some contacts but not all, the customer says he saved the contacts once manually there to back-up.) Is are there any other location they could be? Thanks for reading
Using Gadget Pack on Windows computer
Hello to all. I have used "Gadget Pack" since back in the days of Windows 7. I had it installed on Windows 10 successfully and when I updated to Windows 11 I was able to reinstall it, no problems whatsoever. About two weeks ago I noticed that the gadgets stopped automatically starting with Windows. To get the gadgets to work I would have to right click on the desktop, click "gadgets" and they gadgets (and the gadget pick window) would start. I wondered if it was a Windows update which removed the autostart so I did a system restore to the a time when I knew the gadgets did start automatically. Not much difference so I uninstalled the pack (using the official uninstaller) and reinstalled it. Same problem. It's frustrating the heck out of me! I have tried contacting the developer and I cannot find a forum dedicated to the GadgetPack program (previously called "8GadgetPack."). Do any of you wizards know a way of fixing this? I have tried putting the "sidebar.exe" into the startup folder...nope, no luck. I have enabled autostart in Task Manager...no luck. Any ideas?Where to obtain Windows Insider Program in 2024/25?
I am putting together a retro PC from the XP era and haven't used XP in at least 10 years. I have since tossed all my OS discs, but also know XP is insecure to use now. I heard you can install an unofficial SP4 to get it much safer though. Anyway, where is a legit/"safe" place to get an XP installer or ISO that is "secure" that isn't going to be full of malware? I am just trying to run old benchmarks and a handful of games, but would like to be online. Any advice from those running XP on retro PCs welcome, this is my first one!
