Tag: Windows 10
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[Fixed] Cannot delete Windows 10 temporary files
We have many HP Stream devices and these have only 32 GB of storage. Windows 10 is a compact operating system and this is enough, particularly if you are mainly using them with cloud services. However there is a known bug in Windows 10 where sometimes Disk Clean-up (from disk properties or Settings > Storage)…
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How to add a static IP to a Virtualbox on your laptop
I believe that all development should be done on virtual machines because of the ability to backup and restore them as simple files. I use my Microsoft Surface Pro 4 as the host and and have two guests; a Windows 10 development box with IntelliJ and PuTTY on it and a Bitnami WordPress appliance that…
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The definitive guide to backing up your home computer
Readers of this blog will know that backup, or more pertainately, restore has been a regular theme. I use my laptop everyday for work and when as is the case every few years the hard drive or motherboard fails then it usually costs me several days labour and stress to get up and working again.…
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FIXED: “One or more network protocols are missing on this computer”
–Updates — 2016-03-11 Updated to note requirement to remove non-Microsoft anti-virus and firewalls 2016-01-24 refactored to give clearer path 2016-04-05 updated to remove anti-malware and suggest replacing the network card. 2016-04-06 updated to include restoring to a system restore point — I have a lovely new Microsoft Surface Pro 4 but after the November 2015…
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How to add text to (SECURED) PDF documents
PDF forms are a technology that is always used really badly. Used correctly there are several options fill in online and submit your response electronically (just like an ordinary web form) download, fill-in on a computer and then print and send print, complete with a pen and send It is really annoying when banks etc…
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How to fix corrupt Windows 10
I have a Microsoft Surface 4 Pro and very nice it is too. Unfortunately it is shipped with the very first version of Windows 10 and after I updated it to the November 2015 edition version 10.0.10586.0 I had lots of networking problems. It kept claiming that I had no TCP/IP sockets. This could…
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Firefox does not play nice with Cortana
I hate using hunt and peck on the on-screen keyboard. I have started to use Cortana a lot when using my #surface Pro 4 in #tablet mode. For example, I can just say “Hey Cortana, goto bbc.com” and Cortana will open the bbc in Firefox 43.0.1 which is my default browser. After I started doing…
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Cortana is rather good
Windows 10 comes with Cortana, Microsoft’s voice input personal assistant. I am using it on my new Surface Pro 4 and it the voice recognition is very accurate. Since this device can be used in tablet mode without a keyboard having voice entry is very useful. Here is a list of things Cortana can do…
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Why you should use a Windows 10 PIN
Windows 10 suggests that you use a PIN to login to your computer and says that this is more secure than a password. These seems odd because obviously there are fewer possible values. This article explains the reasoning about PINs. In short, your Microsoft Account credentials are the crown jewels that you want to protect.…
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Fix for slow or hanging right click button
My daughter upgraded her Lenovo laptop to Windows 10 (hint – don’t do this until Christmas) and I spend several hours finding and installing drivers so it would work smoothly again. Having done so I found that the right-click button was very slow on the desktop. The problem was cased by the right-click button having…
Dr James Bayley 