Time taken for store submission
HI Team, How much time taken to certify a product in windows store, I thought it takes some hours, but its been pending for my app from last 2 days. Could you please help me on this.
I am confused about genuine activation.
I previously pirated Windows. But then couldn't remove the key(I guess, its a long time, it would reactivate automatically after sometime). I then in installation repair options, cleaned all drives to unallocated using diskpart, and made new outlook…
event veiwer
What do these mean? "A timeout (30000 milliseconds) was reached while waiting for a transaction response from the GamingServices service." "The application-specific permission settings do not grant Local Activation permission for the COM…
LAN manager authentication level (NTLM) version and GPO problem
Hello My company running 1 AD forest and a few number of DCs.100 User PC. Domain functional level 2016, DCs are 2016 or 2019. Clients are at least Win10. Our audit found some NTLM v1 traffic (event id 4624) and suggest to disable it. I check our DC GPO…
Something is eating up my USB Device!
To clarify: I am using WinToUSB tool to install Windows on a USB Drive, Here, I have installed Windows 10 1511 on a 32GB USB Drive using WinToUSB. After a few days of this, it ran just fine, but after install 4 GB of my needed programs, it used more than…
Transferring a digital retail version of Windows 10
I currently have Windows 10 on this machine, It is a retail version and was digitally activated. I want to use this hardrive in a new build computer and re-use this windows 10 on the same hardrive. (So move current hardrive to new build). I know I need…
Compiling in WSL2 is 6x Faster than on native Windows- Why?
I have 2 IDEs - vscode and Eclipse that both compile 6x slower on the native host than they do running in WSL. I;ve tried different compiler and different code bases, and they are all about the same. This is a mid end machine with 2TB NVME SSD and a…
Winload.efi missing
My windows 10 laptop wont load as it says winload.efi is missing. I dont have a recovery section on that drive but have made a recovery usb device but dont want to reinstall everything as i have lots of files i need to keep on the main ssd
According to Microsoft, "i7-6500U Processor" *IS* Supported Under Windows 10, Version 21H1 ???
Here's something I wish someone can explain for us. So far, this makes no sense, & I'm puzzled. Here are real screen captures (provided that this format allows inline photos), as well as Microsoft's own documentation. Seeing should be believing?…
How do WIndows Shadow Copies store much more information than the size of the Shadow Copy itself?
Using WizTree, I have been indexing the contents of my external hard drives and noticed that a few of these drive have what look like GUID-tagged Shadow Copies stored in the System Volume Information folder around 30-50 GB. When using Shadow Explorer…
No Application Kiosk List on Windows 10
Hello, I have a brand new Windows 10 Enterprise computer. I am trying to use it as a kiosk for one single application. I downloaded Microsoft Edge and when I try to go to Settings>Accounts>Set up a kiosk>Get Started>Create an…
What does 'the exception unknown software exception (0xc0020001) occurred in the application at location "0x000000007596D6C2"' mean?
Recently, the error the exception unknown software exception (0xc0020001) occurred in the application at location "0x000000007596D6C2" has popped up once at random after every time I turn on my laptop. It's not immediate, and takes about 10-15,…
Maui MediaPicker.Default.CapturePhotoAsync windows doesn't display camera
When I run the app is the VS 2022 on Windows 10 the MediaPicker.Default.CapturePhotoAsync method displays the camera and allows me to capture a photo. When the app is published and installed on Windows 10 the MediaPicker.Default.CapturePhotoAsync method…
Files and folder suddenly disappeared
I've seen some similar threads but the solutions proposed doesn't work with my problem, so I'll have to create a specific question. Windows 10 user. Yesterday I lost some files. I created a new folder, I put the files in it, and... well, they…
Installer Package
I need a step-by-step procedure (or a walkthrough) on how to put together an installer package (or deployment package) My computer: Application developed on (written in VB.NET) 1. Visual Studio 2008 Professional Edition (32-bit installed on Windows…
How can I make it so that a standard user can install graphic drivers/open pre-specified apps with administrative permissions?
I have intentions of making it possible for a standard user on my computer to be able to install drivers without the constant need for UAC prompting for admin password. I'm 90% sure this is possible with the right solution, I just haven't been able to…
All USB Devices Write Protected
Hi, One of the user laptops is showing "The device is write protected" message for any USB disk we connect to it. The same devices are working on other pcs. The antivirus is not blocking the access. Any Suggestions? Thanks.
Submitted an update of my app but the older version is the one still available on the store
I submitted an update of my application to the Microsoft store, and the app passed the certification process 5 days ago, and the status is "In the Microsoft Store" but surprisingly, my clients are still only seeing the older version of the app.…
High CPU usage for vmmem
Hi, I have experienced high CPU usage for Vmmem frequently (~every 2days) and the only solution at the moment is simply restart my machine. It is understood that is related to WSL and I do have a Docker image running on Ubuntu on Windows. However it is…
Can't install app from company portal
A few users report that they can't install our apps from the company portal. Get below error message: "Your company hasn't made any apps available to you on this device" How to troubleshoot this issue?