Fix .msc file type association | No App Associated Error

From an elevated (Run as Administrator) cmd.exe session

If you
assoc .msc
it should return with
.msc=MSCFile

If not you can
assoc .msc=MSCFile

then if you
ftype mscfile
it should return with
mscfile=%SystemRoot%\system32\mmc.exe "%1" %*

If not you can;
ftype mscfile=%SystemRoot%\system32\mmc.exe "%1" %*

or just try logging on as a new user.

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Disable Hypervisor (Hyper-V launcher) | Error Result Code: E_FAIL (0x80004005) Component: ConsoleWrap Interface: I Console {872da645-4a9b-1727-bee2-5585105b9eed}

Problem:

Result Code: E_FAIL (0x80004005)
Component: ConsoleWrap
Interface: IConsole {872da645-4a9b-1727-bee2-5585105b9eed}

Solution:

To Disable Hypervisor to check new applications that use VT-x before the virtual machine launch.

So, follow the next steps:

1) Open command prompt as Administrator

2) Run bcdedit to check hypervisor status:

4) if is set to auto then disable it: bcdedit /set hypervisorlaunchtype off 

5) reboot host machine and launch VirtualBox again

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Remove Recent Pictures from "Your Info" Microsoft Windows 10

Remove Uploaded Picture History from "Your Info"  | Windows 10

Sometimes we don't want to keep the history of our previously uploaded picture. As there is no option to clear it so it's annoying. 

Well, on the other side it can be done easily. 

Go to File Explorer or Run and paste this:

%appdata%\Microsoft\Windows\AccountPictures

We can see both the current and previous pictures. 

Just delete the old. That's it.

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Enable Hibernate Option on Windows 10

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What is Hibernate?

Hibernate option that allows us to save our system state immediately to our hard-disk, so that when we switch on back then all the programs can be restored from the hard-disk and we can start working again with the same system state as we had before switching off, without losing any data.

Hibernate saves all of our RAM data to hard-disk and restores back into RAM after we turn on the computer.

So.. How to Enable Hibernate?

Well, this can be done in two ways:

a) Window's Power Option Settings. Just follow the Screenshots.

• Type "Power" on Start Menu Search Bar.

• Click Additional Power Settings

• Click "Choose what the power buttons do"

• Now click on "Change settings that are currently unavailable"

• Finally, check the "Hibernate" and save changes. That's all!

b) Using CMD

• Type "powercfg  /hibernate on" then, hit Enter

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Disable Windows 10 Updates in Group Policy Editor

Disable Windows 10 Updates in Group Policy Editor

We will be using Group Policy Editor to disable Windows 10 updates. To access it; press the Windows + R keys to access the Run dialog. In the Run dialog type gpedit.msc and press Enter.

On the Local Group Policy Editor windows, navigate to Computer Configuration > Administrative Templates > Windows Components > Windows Updates. Click on Edit policy setting to open the Configure Automatic Updates dialog.

On the Configure Automatic Updates dialog, select Enabled in the left pane, in the Options section click on the Configure Automatic Updating Combo Box and in the dropdown list select Notify for download and notify for install.

No, Let’s disable Windows 10 updates: If the status for this policy is set to Disabled, any updates that are available on Windows Update must be downloaded and installed manually. To do this, search for Windows Update using Start. If the status is set to Not Configured, use of Automatic Updates is not specified at the Group Policy level. However, an administrator can still configure Automatic Updates through Control Panel.

Make sure Windows 10 updates is Disabled

If this policy is set to Disabled; when you open Settings > Update & Security > Windows Update > Advanced Options, you will find a grayed out Notify to download button and a notification reading Some settings are managed by your organization.

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Disable OneDrive Everywhere in Windows 8 or 10 and Apps Completely

Disable OneDrive Everywhere in Windows and Apps Completely

Press Win + R keyboard accelerator to open Run dialog box.

Type GPedit.msc and hit Enter or OK to open Local Group Policy Editor.

Navigate to Local Computer Policy -> Computer Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Windows Components -> OneDrive.

In the right pane, double click on policy named Prevent the usage of OneDrive for file storage.

Select the Enabled radio button.

Click or tap OK when done.

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How to Change the Limit Reservable Bandwidth in Windows Using Group Policy Editor

How to Change the Limit Reservable Bandwidth in Windows Using Group Policy Editor

Microsoft by default reserves 80% of your bandwidth for QOS or Quality of Service usage like Windows update.

To remove this limit, open up the Run interface then enter “gpedit.msc”

Under the Local Computer Policy choose

Computer Configuration > Administrative Templates > Network > QOS Packet Scheduler > Limit Reservable Bandwidth.

This will open the Limit reservable bandwidth window and you will see that by default it is not configured.

Choose enabled > then put a zero or 1 value on the limit then click OK

AND

BITS Background Intelligent Transfer Service

The updates happen through 2 main windows components: WUDO and BITS.

WUDO is the Windows Update Delivery Optimization is part of the Windows Update for Business and is used for the P2P installation that we disabled already.

The Background Intelligent Transfer Service (BITS) is commonly used by Windows to download updates, can we do something about this little guy?

When something misbehave, it’s time to put some rules up and as an hereditary tribute of his Windows Server brother, Windows 7 and up have a Group Policy editor that we can use to put some rules.

To open the Local Group Policy Editor from the command line:

1.   Click Start , type gpedit.msc in the Start Search box, and then press ENTER.

2.   To set a bandwidth rule on the BITS: Navigate to Administrative Templates -> Network -> Background Intelligent Transfer Service (BITS)

3.   Open Limit the maximum network bandwidth for BITS background transfers

4.   Set it to Enabled

5.   Set the time range and maximum transfer rate

6.   OK

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How To Relock Bitlocker Encrypted Drive In Windows 7

HOW TO RELOCK BITLOCKER ENCRYPTED DRIVE IN WINDOWS 7

How to Relock the Bitlocker encrypted drive without restarting system?   Adding a Direct option to the right click menu.

Here is a small and easy method for adding  "Lock Drive..." to the Explorer right-click context menu.

1) Open  Notepad and copy and paste following code, and save it as "Lock.reg"

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Drive\shell\Lock Drive...\command]
@=hex(2):77,00,73,00,63,00,72,00,69,00,70,00,74,00,2e,00,65,00,78,00,65,00,20,\
00,6d,00,61,00,6e,00,61,00,67,00,65,00,2d,00,62,00,64,00,65,00,2e,00,76,00,\
62,00,73,00,20,00,2d,00,6c,00,6f,00,63,00,6b,00,20,00,2d,00,66,00,6f,00,72,\
00,63,00,65,00,64,00,69,00,73,00,6d,00,6f,00,75,00,6e,00,74,00,20,00,25,00,\
31,00,00,00

2) Open Notepad , and paste following code, Save the following script as "manage-bde.vbs"
and copy to the folder "C:\Windows\System32"


Set oWSH = CreateObject("Wscript.Shell")
Args = ""
Last = Wscript.Arguments.Count - 1
For i = 0 To Last
Args = Args & " " & Wscript.Arguments.Item(i)
Next
Args = Replace(Args,"\","")
RetVal = oWSH.Run("manage-bde.exe" & Args,0,True)
Wscript.Quit RetVal

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How to Recover Files that are Infected by the Shortcut Virus in USB drive/ Hard Drive / Pen Drive / Unable to see files and folders

Follow the instructions below to retrieve data

Command:

attrib -h -r -s /s /d g:\*.*

Note: "g:\" drive is an example it can be another name.

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How to remove extra spaces in a document on Adobe Dreamweaver

How to remove extra spaces

While the document is open in Dreamweaver, press CTRL+F to load the Find & Replace dialog box. Do the search on the source code view.

Check the box “Use regular expression” and uncheck any other boxes.

Find: [\r\n]{2,}

Replace: \n

Hit “replace all”

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