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Windows 10 Technical Preview File Explorer by default opens in Quick Access view. You can easily change this and make it open in This PC (Previously known as My Computer) view.
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Windows 10 Preview Cortana – I’m afraid I’m not available to help in your region
If you live outside the US and installed Windows 10 Technical Preview, you may be disappointed when Microsoft’s new virtual assistant Cortana greets you with following message: I’m afraid I’m not available to help in your region. Hopefully Cortana will be…
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Allow to view and run scheduled tasks without admin rights
Note: This method doesn’t work on Windows 10 / Server 2016 and higher. Issue Non-admin users cannot run (or even see) scheduled tasks created by users with admin rights. Resolution Scheduled tasks are saved in C:\Windows\System32\Tasks folder as xml files (with…
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Use Samsung Galaxy Note 3 with gloves
A while ago while introducing new Lumia handsets Nokia touted about its “Super Sensitive Touch” feature that allows to use a touch screen phone while wearing gloves (basically without directly touching the screen with your fingers). Many people don’t know this, but…
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Can’t deploy apk via Android Studio – stale dexed jars / INSTALL_FAILED_UID_CHANGED
Issue Can’t re-deploy application apk that was already installed on a device via Android Studio. Application build would complete fine, but apk install stops with following warning: Installation failed since the device possibly has stale dexed jars that don’t match the…
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Add or remove watched folder manually in Google Picasa
Not sure if this was a Google Picasa bug or by design but when I recently tried to add folders on an SD card to the Google Picasa Folder Manager it didn’t work. The SD card (drive D:) would simply not appear…
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Find Windows product / serial key
To find product / serial keys for Windows or MS Office I normally use NirSoft ProduKey. You can download v1.70 from here: 32bit / 64bit. Or look for the latest version on developers’ website. Recently I also found a simple .vbs script…
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Importing pst file via EMS or Outlook fails due to email size limit
I recently had to import couple of large .pst email archives into MS Exchange 2010 mailbox. First of all I tried using Exchange Management Shell (EMS) cmdlet: New-MailboxImportRequest -FilePath “\\server\share\FileName.pst” -Mailbox <user.name> -TargetRootFolder “Import” One .pst file was successfully imported,…
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Save emails from Outlook as .msg with dates
To save individual emails from Microsoft Outlook to .msg format you can simply select required emails and drag them to any folder or to your desktop. The only issue I have with this approach is that each .msg file name…
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Fuel Consumption Log
Fuel Consumption Log allows to monitor your vehicle’s fuel efficiency in a clean and easy to use app. The app is designed to work in different regions and supports various distance / fuel / consumption units: Distance:• miles• kilometres Fuel:•…
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The version of this file is not compatible with the version of Windows…
If you get the error bellow while trying to run an application on a 64bit Windows computer in most cases it means that your application is 16bit. The version of this file is not compatible with the version of Windows…
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Windows Update error 800B0001 on Windows Server 2012 (WSUS)
Issue Windows Server 2012 machine fails to find and install any updates. Windows Update displays following error: Windows could not search for new updatesThere was a problem checking for updates.Error(s) found: Code800B0001 Windows Update ran into a problem.