Category: Windows

Step-by-step guides and tips for Windows setup, installation, customization, and troubleshooting to optimize your PC performance and user experience

SizeTrend: A Fast Windows Disk Space Analyzer for Storage Analysis

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SizeTrend: A Fast Windows Disk Space Analyzer for Storage Analysis

When a Windows server or workstation suddenly consumes system storage, system administrators immediately face the challenge of isolating the cause. Standard built-in Windows diagnostic utilities show high-level storage categories, but they often fail to pinpoint the exact directories, application logs, or recent file system changes responsible for rapid disk growth. In this guide we shall…

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Windows, Windows Server

Fix INACCESSIBLE_BOOT_DEVICE in Windows and Windows Server

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Fix INACCESSIBLE_BOOT_DEVICE in Windows and Windows Server

In this blogpost, we will discuss “Fix INACCESSIBLE_BOOT_DEVICE in Windows and Windows Server”. Please see Active Directory Vulnerability Assessment with Purple Knight: Domain Controller Owner Is Not an Administrator, AGMP extended support ends April 2026: Find alternative solution, and Steps to customize Windows PE boot images. The INACCESSIBLE_BOOT_DEVICE stop error 0x0000007B occurs when Windows loses access…

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Windows, Windows Server

How to fix Windows Boot Error 0xc0000098 (winload.efi)

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How to fix Windows Boot Error 0xc0000098 (winload.efi)

Have you ever started your PC, and suddenly found yourself staring at a Windows Recovery screen instead of your desktop? Please see Fix Veeam Proxmox VE Backup Error: Failed to prepare disk for backup, Google Drive Broken on Windows: Fix and Prevent it from happening again, and How to fix Error 202: AMD Software Installer…

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Google Drive Broken on Windows: Fix and Prevent it from happening again

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Google Drive Broken on Windows: Fix and Prevent it from happening again

In this guide, we will discuss “Google Drive Broken on Windows: Fix and Prevent it from happening again”. Google Drive for desktop can occasionally stop working correctly due to numerous reasons in Windows 11. In some cases, Google Drive may not appear in File Explorer, and the Google Drive icon may also not be visible…

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How to fix Error 202: AMD Software Installer Fails to install Update

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How to fix Error 202: AMD Software Installer Fails to install Update

In this article, we shall discuss how to fix Error 202: AMD Software Installer Fails to install Update. With this error message, AMD Software Installer Cannot Proceed as a Windows Update is Currently in Progress. Please see Upgrading Azure AD Connect to Microsoft Entra Connect Sync, PCI Driver Error: Connection to Deployment Share could not…

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How to fix Update Error 0x800f0831 in Windows or Windows Server

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How to fix Update Error 0x800f0831 in Windows or Windows Server

In this article, we shall discuss how to fix Update Error 0x800f0831 in Windows. Windows Update errors 0x800f0831 often times indicates a missing manifest file or servicing component corruption in the Component Store (WinSxS). Please see Backing Up OpenShift Is Not the Same as Recovering It, Veeam Agent for Windows deployment failing with Access Denied,…

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Windows, Windows Server

Action required: Update Devolutions Remote Desktop Manager Before July 21

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Action required: Update Devolutions Remote Desktop Manager Before July 21

This blogpost will discuss the required action on why you should update the Devolutions Remote Desktop Manager before July 21. If you use Remote Desktop Manager (RDM) with Devolutions Cloud, kindly take a few minutes to update your installation. Please see How to Back Up and Restore Microsoft Entra ID with Veeam Backup & Replication…

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Linux, Mac, Password Manager, Virtualization, Windows, Windows Server

PCI Driver Error: Connection to Deployment Share could not be made

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PCI Driver Error: Connection to Deployment Share could not be made

There is nothing more frustrating than booting a client PC into your Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT) environment, preparing to roll out a fresh operating system, and being stopped dead in your tracks by the infamous error: “PCI Driver Error: Connection to Deployment Share could not be made”. Please see Steps to Fix the “Invalid OS…

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Windows, Windows Server

Steps to Fix the “Invalid OS GUID” Error in MDT

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Steps to Fix the “Invalid OS GUID” Error in MDT

Deploying operating systems using Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT) is straightforward until unexpected errors interrupt the process. One common issue you can encounter is the “Invalid OS GUID” error during task sequence execution. Therefore in this guide we will discuss the steps to Fix the “Invalid OS GUID” Error in MDT. Please see Faulting SecHealthUI: Resolve…

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Faulting SecHealthUI: Resolve Windows Defender Notification

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Faulting SecHealthUI: Resolve Windows Defender Notification

Windows Security (formerly Windows/Microsoft Defender) is a critical component of modern Windows systems. However, you may occasionally encounter issues where SecHealthUI.exe crashes or generates event viewer errors, leading to malfunctioning security notifications. Therefore, we will discuss “Faulting SecHealthUI: Resolve Windows Defender Notification”. Please see how to Update Your AMD Radeon Display Adapter Driver, and how…

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Windows, Windows Server

How to Update Your AMD Radeon Display Adapter Driver

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How to Update Your AMD Radeon Display Adapter Driver

If Windows Update or Device Manager fails to find the latest drivers for your graphics card as shown below. You can easily update them with this guide. Here, we will be discussing how to Update Your AMD Radeon Display Adapter Drive. Please see How to update Proxmox VE from to the latest version 9.2.3 today,…

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Secure Boot 2023 Compliance Across WinPE, MDT, WDS, and ADK: Boot Chain Alignment and PXE Validation [Final Part]

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Secure Boot 2023 Compliance Across WinPE, MDT, WDS, and ADK: Boot Chain Alignment and PXE Validation [Final Part]

Since my devices had secure boot update applied (SafeOS), the firmware and Secure Boot policy enforced stricter validation from the PC. While the deployment environment still served older ( mismatched boot files). This mismatch led to PXE failures, as the firmware refuses to execute the boot loaders that did not meet the minimum required version…

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Windows, Windows Server

Prevent Automatic Driver Updates in Windows and Xen-Orchestra

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Prevent Automatic Driver Updates in Windows and Xen-Orchestra

In this guide, we shall discuss how to “Prevent Automatic Driver Updates in Windows and Xen-Orchestra”. Keeping systems patched and secure is critical in every virtualized environment. However, blindly allowing automatic driver updates on production workloads can introduce instability, and sometimes could cause outages as we have seen severally. This becomes especially important in environments…

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Virtualization, Windows