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After the first login following an in-place upgrade to Windows 11 (24H2 in this instance), an error dialogue from the...
A driver cannot load on this device after Windows 11 upgrade
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BSoD INACCESSIBLE_BOOT_DEVICE after Windows 11 in-place upgrade
The Windows 11 in-place upgrade appeared to install perfectly happily, but on first reboot the machine produced a BSoD...
Windows in-place upgrade won’t keep apps due to different language
Attempting to do an in-place upgrade to Windows 11 presented an option step during the setup phase where you can...
Black screen with cursor when RDP to Windows 11
A few users have encountered an issue when they login - for the second time - to their Windows 11 PC remotely (using...
Clean Windows install – recover original product key
A clean re-installation of Windows 11 failed to detect the original (OEM) digital licence on the machine. The...
Windows 10 feature update breaks Essentials connector
After every Win10 feature update you may find that your PC(s) are no longer shown as online on the server dashboard...
Enable access to admin shares from non-domain (workgroup) computers
There is a comprehensive article on the Windows OS Hub that discusses administrative shares and how they can be tricky...
MMC.exe blocked for your protection…
Seen a few Windows 10 PCs display an alert dialogue when attempting to run any MMC snap-in (e.g. Services, Local Group...
Kill service stuck in “Stopping” state
Trying to restart (or stop) a service occasionally ends up with it in a state of "Stopping" that never ends until you...
Migrate Sticky Notes to Windows 10
Sticky Notes are handled differently in Windows 10 (to Win7 for example) so you cannot simply copy the file into the...
Change network location type
For certain apps, and firewall exceptions, you may need to change the network type that your server OS thinks you are...
Enable Remote Desktop (RDP) remotely…
Remote desktop connections are not enabled by default in Windows 7 and later, and although I normally enable it when...