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This is a interesting and describing forum post about Lenovo putting some Lenovo CrapWare in the UEFI BIOS which Windows will execute upon login (right before actually): http://arstechnica.com/civis/viewtopic.php?p=29497693&sid=ddf3e32512932172454de515091db014 Lenovo has issued a fix: https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/product_security/lse_bios_notebook and an article: http://news.lenovo.com/article_display.cfm?article_id=2013

This post was originally stored as a draft I never finished on how to update Windows 8 to Windows 8.1 Update 1 with the least amount of downloads (and time). Before I got around to publish it, Windows 10 was released. So now it will take you all the way from Windows 8 through Windows 8.1 to Windows 10. As many of you know, Microsoft has released Windows 10 as a free upgrade if you have a legal Windows 7 or 8.x installation, as long as you upgrade during the first year (so by 29th of July 2016). To upgrade Windows 8 to Windows 10 you have to first upgrade to Windows 8.1. So lets get cracking. I assume you have a clean new Windows 8 ("Home" or Pro) installed. Shortest path to upgrade from Windows 8 to Windows 8.1 First, activate Windows 8. Then configure Windows Update to "Let me decide which updates to download and install" Check for Windows 8 updates. Windows will want to update the Windows Update Component itself. Update it. Install the only update you n...

This might work in previous versions of Windows, but I've only tried it in Windows 8.1 and Windows 10. I've got a MFP (multi-function printer) from Dell that I use to scan directly to a shared folder on my computer. For this I use a seperate user that has share/write permissions on a shared folder. I don't want to show this user in the Windows 10 list, so here is how to hide it: Start regedit and navigate here: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon Create a new sub-KEY under Winlogon named ' SpecialAccounts ' Create a new sub-KEY under SpecialAccounts named ' UserList ' In UserList, create a DWORD (32-bit) and give it the name of the user account. Leave the value at 0. Log out or Reboot Update: Verified to work in Windows 10.

Ever since I experienced many of the problems of enabling (installing) .NET Framework 3.5 feature via Windows Update on Windows 8.x days or even weeks or month after my initial Windows installation I'v I've been quick to make that the first thing I install on a new clean Windows 8.x installation. In my experience you will still "always" need .NET 2.0 or 3.5 (.NET Framework 3.5 feature set in Windows 8.x includes 3.0 and 2.0 also), so now I always install it righ away. Most of the solutions on the internet tells you to grab the DVD/Mount ISO and point the ' dism.exe ' to the SXS folder and enable it with the source files there. For a lot of us, those files aren't available when you need it, or not at all. I just had this problem hit me again, as I just started a new consultancy assignment and got a new laptop from the work place I had to use. It came already installed with Windows 8.1 (over the network) and with all software and updates. Hence, enabli...

RAM drive utility: ImDisk -  http://www.ltr-data.se/opencode.html/#ImDisk Create for instance a 2GB RAM drive, mounting it as R: Browsers: Chrome - Add  --disk-cache-dir="R:\ChromeCache" --media-cache-dir= R:\ChromeCache to the Chrome icon's Target to change temp internet files Internet Explore - Internet Options, Browsing History, Settings, Move Folder - Select the root of R:\ SWAP - Disable swap on a normal disk and set a 1GB swap file on R: Verified on Windows 8, and should support all Windows NT based systems, including x64 :) Updated: A forum post on how to do this with scheduled tasks when booting. Also it is not recommended to use RAM for pagefile. Get more RAM instead, it's cheap these days. Updated 2: Added info about 'media-cache-dir' option for Chrome.

If you just found a gigantic c:\hiberfil.sys, it's your hibernation save file. If you don't use hibernation, turn it off and reclaim the space. On my new rig, I have a sweet 32GB of RAM, and my hibernation file at this point was 26GB. That's a lot of wasted space on an SSD drive when I don't use hibernation. To disable hibernation and remove this file in Windows Vista, Windows 7 and Windows 8, open a command prompt as administrator and type: powercfg -h off This should turn of hibernation and delete the big file automatically :) For Windows XP, just go to Control Panel > Power Options > Hibernate tab .

When I first installed Windows 8 x86-64 RTM, all the Metro apps (or is it Modern UI Apps it's called these days?) was displayed in Norwegian when I wanted my system to be all English. After fiddling around a few minutes I found out what to change to keep my keyboard language and date and time formats in Norwegian but everything else in English: Press WIN+F to search (at least in the English version) Search for 'Language' under settings Select language Add a language Select English (United States) or which one you like Move it to top Remove the old one, 'Norwegian' in my case Select Options Add an input method Norwegian (or your keyb layout) Add Remove US input and click save

How to create a Windows 8 To Go USB stick: http://tweaks.com/windows/52279/how-to-create-a-windows-to-go-usb-drive/

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Article about running Windows 8 Metro Apps on 1024x600 netbook screens: How To Run Metro Apps On Lower Screen Resolutions In Windows 8