Issue Cannot copy some files from Netgear ReadyNAS Pro Business NAS device to Windows 10 PC. Files were originally created by Macs running various versions of Mac OS X 10. Windows Explorer displays following error:   1 Interrupted ActionAn unexpected error is keeping you from copying the file, If you continue to receive this error, you can use…

Here is a little trick that allows to delete those pesky folders with files exceeding maximum file path limit: Download and install free 7-ZIP utility. Open 7-ZIP and navigate to the problematic folder. Select the folder and press SHIFT + DELETE keys on your keyboard. Confirm deletion.SHIFT is required in order to delete files without…

When clicking on a row in Microsoft Excel, instead of selecting a single row, it for no apparent reason it selects multiple rows. First of all make sure you don’t have Extended Selection enabled. Look into left bottom corner, if Extended Selection is enabled, press F8 to disable it. Click on View tab and in Workbook Views…

Issue After an in-place upgrade from Windows 7 Pro to Windows 10 Pro, computer started crashing multiple times per day with “Blue Screen of Death” (BSOD) and seemingly random error messages. Here are some of the BSOD messages I recorded: KMODE_EXCEPTION_NOT_HANDLED (NTFS.sys) DPC_WATCHDOG_VIOLATION RDR_FILE_SYSTEM (rdbss.sys) MEMORY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM_SERVICE_EXCEPTION BAD_POOL_HEADER SYSTEM_THREAD_EXCEPTION_NOT_HANDLED(NTFS.sys) RDR_FILE_SYSTEM (rdbss.sys)

Issue After instilling Kaspersky Internet Security 2016, Application Registration windows keeps regularly popping up. If you click “Remind me later“, it only dismissed the dialog and it re-appears some time later.

Here is a little Windows 10 bug I recently discovered on my home PC. Occasionally, pinning an application to start menu does not work. Windows “thinks” that everything went fine and application has been pinned to the start menu (because if you right click on the same shortcut second time, instead of Pin to Start…

Issue Cannot install VMware vSphere Client 5.0 on Windows 10 PC. The installer (VMware-viclient-all-5.0.0-455964.exe) was downloaded via a link provided on VMware ESXi 5 Host’s default http page. Installation fails with following error: VMware vSphere Client 5.0This product can only be installed on Windows XP SP2 and above.

Issue Cannot install .NET Framework 3.5 using “Turn Windows features on or off” wizard in Windows 10. Installation fails with following error: Windows couldn’t complete the requested changes.Windows couldn’t find required files to complete the requested changes. Make sure you’re connected to the Internet and try again.Error code: 0x800F081F

Issue Mail (32-bit) icon in control panel lost its bitmap and is not active (clicking on the icon doesn’t do anything).

Issue Group Policy fails to install Adobe Flash on a brand new Windows 10 Pro PC. Windows 7 computers are unaffected. Following error is logged on a client PC: Event ID: 102Level: ErrorUser: SystemThe install of application Adobe Flash Player – ActiveX from policy Adobe Flash failed. The error was: %%1603 Trying to run Flash Player installer…

In normal circumstances, if you add a new language to Windows 10, it will tell whether a Language Pack is available, and if so, it will give you an option to install it. If you don’t see this option, you can install the Language Pack manually. First of all you need to obtain a language .cab…

Issue RSAT (Remote Server Administration Tools) for Windows 10 64bit (WindowsTH-KB2693643-x64.msu) installs without any errors but is nowhere to be found on a system. The only indication that something went wrong is the fact that installation completes in couple of seconds. Normally RSAT takes much longer to install.  Windows Update Standalone InstallerUpdate for Windows (KB2693643)