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updated: 23/08/2018 The Problem From time to time, I noted that my ROG G752VT heated horribly in this point (above the right-bottom angle): After some investigations and tests, it seems something related to the quick charge capability of the nearest USB ports. I had switched it off, by removing the USB Charger Plus program, but after some weeks of calm, the problem pops up again. … Continue reading ROG G752 weird overheat
Introduction A couple of weeks, a 12-15 year old desktop PC of mine died. After a quick investigation, it appeared to have some sort of electrical problem around the mainboard and the power supplier. I took a full week, to evaluate what to do. From the hardware point of view, it didn’t deserve any replacement. What is annoying me, is the 180€ for the Windows … Continue reading Virtualizing an old broken PC
updated 15/05/2018 Introduction The project of today is: Can I use NTFS compression to system drivers repository? It seems the ideal target to be compressed since it’s rarely used and it can consume 1 or more Gb of your system partition. The first problem is that we can’t use Windows File Explorer to compress it because we don’t have the correct access rights. The second … Continue reading HOWTO compress Windows OEM Drivers Repository
With Windows 10 1803, I decided to switch on Memory Integrity Isolation into Core Isolation options of Windows Defender Security Center. The problem is that once activated, the switch is disabled, and it is not possible to switch it off. Naturally, I have found, that this feature has some problems about: some of the old drivers may not work properly Virtualbox doesn’t work These forced … Continue reading HOWTO Switch Core Isolation Memory Integrity
In our lab, we had a few machines with different Windows Update problems. Some PCs don’t accept anything from our WSUS server, some others seem to have other problems that prevent Windows Update from working. I ran the system and MS troubleshooters, but the problems weren’t solved. In all cases, the OSes seem to be healthy. Solution I had a long investigation phase, but I … Continue reading HOWTO reset Windows Update client
During a final checkup into one of our Windows 2008 R2 server, I noted groups of 3, 4 events 1111 into Event Log. All are TerminalServices warnings about several needed printer drivers not found, like the following: Driver Send to Microsoft OneNote 16 Driver required for printer Send To OneNote 2016 is unknown. Contact the administrator to install the driver before you log in again. … Continue reading Event 1111 – Printer drivers not found
A couple of hours ago, I was trying to enable my webcams with a VPN. For some webcam limitations, I have to use IE11. The problem is that it doesn’t load the login page returning the following error code: INET_E_RESOURCE_NOT_FOUND After some investigations, I have found that: I have no problem using Firefox, I have the very same problem with using Edge, I have no … Continue reading Error INET_E_RESOURCE_NOT_FOUND
Introduction Suddenly this Monday, the PC hosting the bug tracker site jumped from Win10 1611 to 1709. At the end of the upgrade process, the site was not available anymore. IIS seemed up and running, but something occurred and put the site offline. Looking at the event log, I saw swarms of the following errors: Error 2307 – IIS-W3SVC-WP The worker process for application pool … Continue reading IIS is not working anymore after a system upgrade
NTFS file system has the ability to compress files and folders to save disk space. The only drawback is that they will be read and written slower than the normal ones. Windows File Explorer displays them in blue instead of black, and it allows you to compress or expand by right-clicking them and selecting ‘Properties’ and then ‘Advanced’. Suppose that you have to compress a … Continue reading HOWTO compress a folder by command line
Sometimes, it may occur to discover a dead Control Panel item, after having uninstalled a program. It’s something annoying, but it can be fixed manually. Removing the dead item To remove it, open the following registry location and look for the proper item: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\ControlPanel\NameSpace If you don’t find anything, give a look at this other registry key: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\ControlPanel\NameSpace In these registry keys, you will find … Continue reading HOWTO remove dead items from Control Panel