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Hi, After receiving the final release of build 17134.1 I have noticed that the size of folders on both of my drives are less than the actual size inside. I had this issue before when I tried the insider build of this version, but reverted back to the previous version as this is a fairly big bug for me, and assumed it would be fixed/ noticed by the time of public release. When reverting back to the previous version, the folder size returned to normal. I'm thinking it's a bug with the calculation of the size as when deleting a folder, the true size is noticed (e.g. removing 100GBs of data), yet when navigating to the folder's properties the size is calculated wrongly (e.g. only 60GBs) Sorry for the lack of technical information, aTOM19 More...

I logged in this morning to find Windows 10 had ran updates last night, I found my link to Active Directory Users and Computers (dsa.msc) was broken and the file removed. I went into Control Panel to add it back in through "Turn Windows features on or off" but found RSAT was completely removed. I contacted Microsoft Tier 1 Chat support (Roland G) and was told "Roland G: Okay and I would like to inform you that remote desktop services is no longer available in Windows 10. Roland G: It will not work in windows 10 Me: remote server manager services? Roland G: Yes" In disbelief I continued searching online, going back to the RSAT download page (https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=45520) I found it lists windows 10 as being supported (**Remote Server Administration Tools for Windows 10 can be installed ONLY on computers that are running the full release of Windows 10 Professional, Windows 10 Enterprise, or Windows 10 Education.** ) so I downloaded and installed it again. Now everything is back to normal. I hope this saves someone some time! More...

Hope to be fine here with this question. It is about Windows 10 2018 March operating on physical machine. It hosts Oracle Virtualbox Hypervisor with two Debian virtual machines on top of stack. Virtual machines want to get quite periodic updates (patches, fixes, security updates and so on). Quite every day except for weekends there are new updates. Currently they go through V.B. NAT network to Internet to fetch updates. Regarding generated traffic it is of double amount as each of two v.machines fetches same updates for itself separately. So to reduce the load of internet connection the idea is to setup on WSL cache-proxy for Debian package management used on virtual machines for package management. The choice is apt-cacher-ng, it acts as proxy dpkg system clients however shows extended cache capabilities regarding downloaded packages. Two Debian virtual machines should connect to Debian servers through apt-cacher-ng, latter one operating within WSL. What level of feasibility might be this goal? Can anyone immediately see any technical points doing this goal unreachable? In some WSL document, side myself found one time short notice WSL was not good for server application. Actually a proxy is no server so from this point of view no conflict. I am not sure if generally there are cons to be considered in current planning phase. Apt-Cacher-NG User Manual More...

Hello professionals, lately l have been using visual studio Enterprise 2015, it was alright , but all of a sudden the program has shown me the tow following messages: 1- The code execution cannot proceed because DESKTOPCRT 140.dll was not found. Reinstalling the program may fix this problem 2- the code execution cannot proceed because APPCRT 140.dll was not found. Reinstalling the program may fix this problem I was using visual Studio right but suddenly i got these messages... CAN YOU PLEASE TELL ME WHY AND HOW TO FIX it ...???! More...

Dear MS Empire Team A friend of mine asking about his Surface Bitlocker recovery key all information I have is ... The key ID is :- E04FFB7C Drive Label:- PETERSMOBILESP3 Windows 9/3/2015 Recovery Key ID :- E04FFB7C-DDF8-4000-8227-173E32AB3236 Its Possibole to get the Surface Bitlocker recovery key Thank you.... More...

Hello, I use Windows 8 on my laptop, and my external HDD got encrypted with BitLocker out of the blue. I have never used BitLocker, I do not even have it on my laptop (Control Panel does not show any icon for BitLocker & forums say it is only available with Windows 8 Pro). Therefore, I have no idea why Windows has locked my HDD, and I have no means of recovering this as I do not have any recovery key or password (since I have never used BitLocker in the first place). Please help. Thanks, Jignasha More...

Hi, I have just upgraded from windows 8 to win 8.1 everything is fine except the context menu I don't know why it is so delaying. Every time I do right click on desktop to refresh it takes almost 15 seconds to appear. Help me guys. Many thanks. Umair. More...

Hello! First I'm happy to found a way, if Search don't react. If I stop the service 'Windows Search' I have the items in File Explorer. (Restart of the service often brings no result, it works, only if I stop the service .) Is there a easier way to get find results? This with 8.1 Prof 64 bit More...

I want ti share many files in a folder structure , under One drive . please help. More...

Hi, when i make new shortcut for download folder with *explorer* and *space* in front of the path name, right click on folder and pin to taskbar, when the download folder open, at the same time open another folder (separate) "this pc" and i don't know why. This happens on W8.1 not on W7. On W7 it's very simple (with the same method but on w7 it work well). I have try many methods, but none of them work. Have any idea of how? Image example: https://image.prntscr.com/image/aNHdMlXSQO_jRwhhDT1-aQ.png Image: left folder is the pinned folder, and the right folder icon opens when i click on the left folder (W8.1). Thank you. More...

Ok, I'm probably not the first person to ask about this. Why on earth, can I not see any of my connected network printers under 'Devices and Printers' of Windows 8? The devices are without question, 100% connected and registered with the OS, as evidenced from their presence within the 'Print Queues' section of Device Manager, and various software packages, when accessing the 'Print' dialog. I can't even find any evidence of the printers within Print Management! What is going on? More...

I want to activate my windows pro 8.1 with the product id 00261-50000-00000-AA 562, could you please provide me the steps how to activate windows 8.1 More...

Hello everyone, I would like to receive help, my wsus server presents an error, after it has been formatted it does not display the management console. making it difficult to update the networked computers. More...

when I connect my usb cable from my phone to my computer I get an error message that says Unknown USB (Device Desciptor Request Failed) Driver Error. What does this mean and how do I fix it. More...

Hi, What is maximum Size of Notepad, More...

I want to schedule a windows task to run when a secondary output device (e.g., VGA monitor or HDMI A/V receiver is turned on or off) but I'm not sure which event should be used for this. I found something related to network cable plug/unplug here How to launch a command on network connection/disconnection? basically, the event is Log: Microsoft-Windows-NetworkProfile/Operational Source: NetworkProfile Event ID: 10000 for connect and 10001 for disconnect but couldn't find anything for external audio/video devices. Any such event or events exist? If not, any other way to do this? Thanks More...

This message pops up when I try to open internet explorer or google chrome. I have Norton antivirus. I have tried changing my settings on IE and Norton and all other settings I could think of. I have tried various different wireless networks and get the same error message. What can I do to get on the internet? More...

I accidentally deleted some important photos and want them back. Is it possible to restore deleted photos for Windows 8 machine? More...

Hi all, I recently deleted a bunch of photos of a previous partner from a folder in windows 8, however the folder "preview" picture still shows a file - is this stored in a cache somewhere not obvious because ideally i'd like to not have it there!! Thanks. More...

Hi I have a Windows 8 laptop and all of a sudden Internet Explorer has started opening the window really tiny. Not aware of any changes I've made and all other applications are fine. This is very annoying. Wish I'd stayed with Windows 7. http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/getfile/449241 Viv Haig More...

It seems that the packages of .Net Framework - Update KB4340558 - are damaged (wrong or missing hashes). Install fails with error 0x80092004 on Windows 8.1 clients and Windows Server 2012 R2. Also KB 4054566 (Microsoft .NET Framework 4.7.2) seems affected. I've now round about 10-20 confirmations around the world. One user found a log entry: ?Couldn?t find the hash of component: NetFx4-PenIMC? So I guess, the package is damaged/botched internally. I summed it up with the blog post .Net Framework: Update KB4340558 drops error 0x80092004?. Guess MS need to have a look into the package. Gruß/greetings G. Born - Blogs: http://www.borncity.com/blog (Ger) - http://www.borncity.com/win (EN) More...

I AM USING WINDOWS 8.1 WITH AMD PROCESSOR....I CANT ADJUST MY BRIGHTNESS LEVEL More...

I have been on a public computer for several minutes now....trying to close my account for good. I am having no luck doing this and need help. I don't plan on using this account and need to close it permanently. You have my permission to close this account asap More...

My computer is a hand-me-down from my father. In tryinf to install I need to turn on the configuration management console.I need access to network yet to do that I need a computer name. Would that be the administrator? and if so how do I change that. Apparently I am being hacked and am trying to get the extra proctection. Which was found out while trying to connect the wireless printer. More...

Unable to run and install the hp multimedia keyboard Driver for windows Vista, I think that the app doesn't recognize Windows 7 as OS, but if I choose the drivers for Windows XP, the install goes fine without any problem, but the the display on screen doesn't work. I try to run the windows vista drivers in compatibilty mode for windows vista, and windows 7 does not let go the installation. Any help will be appreciated. Thanks, Don More...