Boot Keys
| Manufacturer | Boot key |
|---|---|
| Acer | F2 |
| Apple | Hold Option (next to the ⌘ key) |
| Asus | Del |
| Dell | F12 |
| Gateway | F1 |
| HP | F9 |
| Intel | F2 |
| Lenovo | F12 |
| Toshiba | F2 or F12 |
| Other | Try pressing Esc, |
Enter Safe Mode using Windows 10 Install USB and Command Prompt
- Boot USB and set language
- Select Repair your computer
- Select Troubleshoot > Command Prompt
- Use Bcdedit to set Safe Mode on boot as follows
- Close Command prompt
- Select Turn off PC
- Power up PC to enter Safe Mode
bcdedit /set {default} safeboot minimal
To stop PC entering Safe Mode on every boot run System Configuration tool (msconfig) and under Boot options untick Safe boot, click OK and close
Firefox Home Search Page moves Focus to Address Bar
To stop Firefox moving Home Search Page text focus to the Address Bar enter about:config in the Address Bar to bring up the advanced configuration page.
Type awesomebar in the search filter box to bring up the following variable
browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.improvesearch.handoffToAwesomebar
Toggle the boolean value from True (default) to False
ref: https://www.askvg.com/fix-restore-real-working-search-box-on-new-tab-page-in-firefox-89-and-later/
Firefox not using default File Manager
Problem: When using Firefox or Chrome and File Open or File “Save As” the desktop (KDE) default file manager (Dolphin) is not used
Operating System: Kubuntu 18.04
Browsers: Firefox 94.0, Chrome 96.0.4664.45
Solution:
- In Firefox go to about:config and set “widget.use-xdg-desktop-portal” to true. This provides support for the XDG Desktop interface. This is disabled in Firefox by default
- Install xdg-desktop-portal-kde Qt backend and xdg-desktop-portal frontend portal as follows
sudo apt install xdg-desktop-portal-kde sudo apt install xdg-desktop-portal
Notes:
- xdg-desktop-portal-kde provides back end implementation for xdg-desktop-portal using Qt
- xdg-desktop-portal is the front end xdg-desktop-portal for desktop frameworks,
Windows 11 Registry Hack for Unsupported CPU and TPM
This patch will allow the Windows 11 to install and run on machines without the required CPU,e.g. Intel 7th generation and lower and with TPM chips less than version 2.0
Type the following address into the address bar in the Registry Editor window (or navigate to it in the left pane):
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\Setup\MoSetup
Right-click in the right pane, select New > DWORD (32-bit) Value, and enter the following text as the name:
AllowUpgradesWithUnsupportedTPMOrCPU
Double-click the “AllowUpgradesWithUnsupportedTPMOrCPU” value here,
Wake Sleeping Computer Remotely
“WakeMeOnLan.exe” tool from NirSoft wakes a sleeping Windows PC remotely by sending a Magic Packet to the host’s Magic Packet enabled LAN interface
See NirSoft’s download page for details or click link below to directly download required version:
Download WakeMeOnLan (32-bit)
Download WakeMeOnLan (64-bit)
See Windowscentral for details of how to set up the LAN interfaces and use the tool
Enable USB Quick Removal
In order to safely remove USB in Windows you can enable the Quick Removal feature in Device Manager
- For example in Windows 10 right-click the Start button (Windows Logo) and select Device Manager.
- Double-click Disk drives to expand it to see list of disk drives including your currently usb drive
- Right-click the usb drive and select Properties
- Click Policies tab and select “Quick removal (default)” radio button to enable it and click OK to save changes
This disables write caching to allow it to be remove without having to use “Safely Remove Hardware”
HP Printers – Printing with Samsung Print Service Plugin
Follow this link for instructions
Windows 10 Quick Assist
Run Windows 10 ‘Quick Assist’ to remotely assist someone with their PC.
‘Quick Assist’ , available from version 20H2 onwards, requires a Microsoft account.
- Right-click the Start button
- Click Search
- Type Quick Assist and hit Enter on your keyboard
- Ask remote user to do the same
- On your PC, click Assist another person
- Select your Microsoft account and login
- Give the six-digit code (see screenshot above) to the remote user to enter into the ‘Code from assistant’ box
- Remote user then clicks Share screen
- Assistant then chooses either Take full control of their PC or View only their desktop
- Remote user then clicks Allow
Once connected,
Windows 10 Edge New Tab Redirect
Google “Edge New Tab Redirect” to find Microsoft page to install extension
Edge New Tab Redirect Overview
Allows a user to provide the URL of the page that loads in a new tab.
Allows you to change the new tab page to the New Tab Redirect app page, or a custom URL of your choice!
Choose from chrome’s about pages, *NewTab, Extensions, Downloads, History*, a few popular URLs, or provide your own. Your custom tab can also be a local file,