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How to 100% wipe a pc before selling for windows 10 and windows 11
Got dozens of old office PCs (mostly Windows 10 and Windows 11) that are going to be sold soon. These machines were used daily, so they likely contain sensitive data, including documents, login info, and cached files. A simple reset doesn’t feel safe enough, especially when data recovery tools are so advanced now. I heard a factory reset is not safe. The goal is to make sure no one can recover anything after the sale. Also not sure if different methods are needed for HDD vs SSD. What is the safest and most reliable way to 100% wipe a pc before selling for windows 10 and windows 11? I am a newbie and need some help here. ThanksHow to disable windows defender on Windows 11?
Windows Defender can't let me run some of the old apps and automatically deleted them from my external USB drive. I am pretty sure the files are apps are 100% safe as I have using them for more than 10 years on my old Windows 7 PC. How to disable windows defender on Windows 11? I check all the options in settings and did not find a way to do that. Did I do something wrong or need additional steps to turn off Windows defender on my Windows 11 laptop?
Reliability monitor is blank for weeks
My reliability monitor is not showing any results whatsoever. While all the similar services such as event viewer and error reporting etc are active and automatically running. Reliability monitor is not showing any errors. I know that even if you don't have a critical issue it should at least show some things like failed services or install/uninstall reports. The system has no big issues and easy solutions like doing a sfc scan is not going to help my issue. All I remember is just using 'clean this log' command from event viewer once but I didn't make a significant change. I love this tool to troubleshoot problems every once in a while. So if you have any idea, feel free to share so I will try to enable it again properly.
Microsoft disabled local account login and forced password change with ZERO notice!
I use strong passwords, and I also use different passwords for all accounts. None of my accounts have been hacked due to my diligence managing my password. I disable Windows Hello, because frankly, it sucks. I do not want it nor do I want my evil twin to login into my computer because AI thinks my dog looks like me. I rebooted my computer to see many times my password for my Microsoft account is incorrect. I triple checked that I entered it correctly to no avail. I could not login. Note that I do not reboot, and my computer remains powered on forever. I rebooted hours ago after some forced Microsoft updates (Microsoft, you still suck at doing this; say what you want about Apple, but Apple does not force updates on me. I choose when to update). Okay -- I change my password. I try to change it to what it currently is to see a refusal-- this is an previously used password. This is odd. Microsoft, if you are going to force this, it would be nice to share notice before hand. You certainly have all my contact details to warn me before expiring my password, making me change it, and preventing password re-use. My account has never been hacked. Ever. Why? Because I intentionally guard my data and know what I am doing.Windows 11 Registry Still reports Windows 10 as OS Name
Hi All, Just to bring something to up just a minor bug but might confuse a few users as I know Some Applications use the Registry to report the OS Version but, the registry still reports as Windows 10 under: Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Virtual Machine\Auto\OSName Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\ProductName I know minor fix but some application that query these registry location will report the Wrong OS Back. Minor Issue but found in the release build of Windows 11. Maybe a patch can be released 🙂
How to fix Taskbar Search not responding or application not opening
To fix Taskbar search not loading or application not opening note: This works either on Windows 11/Windows 11 Pro 1. Open run by pressing Windows key + R key on your keyboard 2. Type explorer.exe note: You can either type Explorer.exe/explorer.exe/EXPLORER.EXE 3. Click ok and now Windows will refresh the Taskbar search or the application
How to disable event: OAlert with id 300 from log?
Since this isn't a real error, is there a way to hide it from the event log, since it's the only error I'm currently experiencing? I've tried everything I've found online, but nothing has worked. My system is Windows 11 25H2 and Office 365. Thank you.Windows 11 DCOM service process CPU usage soars to 90% immediately upon startup.
After system startup, the DCOM Server Process Launcher service immediately consumes approximately 90% CPU usage, causing system lag. This anomaly is suspected to be related to recent Windows updates. It is necessary to confirm whether this is a known bug caused by the update and to seek solutions to reduce resource consumption.
How to fix 'Windows 11 installation has failed' issue?
I am trying to install Windows 11 over my old Windows 10 OS. The USB was made by Windows 11 Media Creation Tool. Everything went fine when booting my PC from the USB. I selected the Windows 11 version, the target disk and Windows 11 started installation. All of sudden, en error comes up, saying: Windows 11 installation has failed Is there a way to fix 'Windows 11 installation has failed' issue currently? I am using the latest Windows 11 24H2 ISO.
Problems with printing
Hello, I am adding a new printer to Universal Print using a Ezeep-adapter. I print on a Win10 22H2 machine and everything is fine, then I print on a 24H2 or 25H2 Windows 11 pro it does not work. We get this error opening printer settings in the eventlog GetIntegerPairValue (pdf-k-octets-supported) - not an integer pair type: 0x12 Any ideas?
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