“Microsoft Windows is a group of OSs manufactured by Microsoft. Windows is available in 32 and 64-bit versions and offers a graphical user interface (GUI), multitasking functionalities, virtual memory management capabilities, and support for several peripheral devices. Windows OSs constitute client as well as server versions.” (Definition from https://www.techopedia.com/definition/3390/microsoft-windows)
“Windows? I thought this was a reputable cloud developer stuff blog!”
Okay, maybe so – but Microsoft Windows is still a big part of my daily life, and to keep on developing other stuff, I sometimes need to tweak something on my PC – and hence I encounter the solutions I post here.
All this means, that all the problems, solutions and hacks related strictly to Microsoft Windows operating system go here.
This article explains how to uninstall Skype for Business when it’s not visible in your Control Panel, Settings, Installed apps or Programs and features. This article also (accidentally) underlines the futility of using a separate uninstaller application. They’ll typically introduce more trouble than they’re worth. But let’s get to it.…Continue reading How to remove Skype for Business, if it sneaks back onto your machine?
This article shows a few benchmarks I have run on the performance improvement that Dev Drive offers, using a real-life project I am (well, was) working on some time ago. The simple examples in this article should give you some guidance on what kind of performance you should be able…Continue reading Dev Drive performance increase in real life scenarios?
This article explains a quick fix to a very topical issue: Copilot app suddenly becoming hostile to you due to your work credentials, and incredibly, carrying that grudge on and on, even after you’ve signed out of your work account (as per the bots demands) and signed in with your…Continue reading Copilot app on Windows refusing to use your Personal account? Easy fix!
… because of course it is! Ah well, winget is a great idea with a decent implementation, suffering from an unstable platform it’s built on. I’ve now seen it break down seemingly randomly 3 times – once it was one of the many reasons I had to reinstall Windows completely.…Continue reading winget is broken again.
This article explains how to fix sudden and surprising synchronization problem(s) in OneNote, that first surfaces as search (the one you open with CTRL+E, not the unified/M365-wide top bar search) not finding any results from the page content, even if it might find some from the page or section titles.…Continue reading Search (and secretly, sync) broken in OneNote? A quick fix!
This article explains where NetSpot Wifi Heatmap software stores its project files. These files contain all of your measurements, pictures, and other files associated with your heatmaps. They’re pretty important, but you don’t get to choose where to store them. And that might be a problem, unless you’re prepared. This…Continue reading Where does NetSpot (wifi heatmapping tool) store its project files?
This article explains why having a local (non-AD) user account with administrator user rights on Windows is a must. I know, I know – this is horrible design from security perspective. You shouldn’t use local accounts in the first place, let alone ones with unlimited admin powers! Microsoft has been…Continue reading Why You (unfortunately) need a Local Administrator account on Windows 🙃
Well this one was a doozy. My Start Menu stopped working. And that wasn’t nice as I kind of need that. Anyway. Found a couple of ways to try and fix this. One even worked. Wrote them down for your reference (and mine, to be honest). Find them below. (I…Continue reading “Critical Error – Your Start menu isn’t working”
