Microsoft Windows Operating Systems
If you wish to hide the New Outlook toggle or prevent the automatic migration, you can set a registry key. The specific key is:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\16.0\Outlook\Options\General
Create a new DWORD type entry with the name “HideNewOutlookToggle” and a value of “1“.
This will hide the “Try the new Outlook” toggle. Conversely setting it to 0 or deleting the value will re-enable it.
The “bootrec /fixboot access denied” error in Windows occurs when the bootrec /fixboot command cannot access or modify the boot sector and similarly Windows Boot Manager missing in the BIOS Boot Order are often due to issues with the Boot Configuration Data (BCD) or partition structure.
To resolve this, try using bcdboot to rebuild the BCD store, or attempt to fix the issue using the Windows Recovery Environment
Here’s a breakdown of how to troubleshoot and resolve the issue:
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This fix works around the issue of Firefox randomly selecting “Change Search Settings” to search for the entered string in Firefox Settings when you want to search the web with the default search engine. When this happens you also lose the search string and have to retype it.
Place the following code in userContent.css or userChrome.css and place it in the chrome (lower case) folder within the Firefox default profile directory. If the chrome folder does not exist then create it.
* Update: best to have both userContent.css and userChrome.css in chrome folder as it is noticed that some pages,
The simplest way to wipe your PC to donate, recycle, or sell your PC, is to use the Windows 10 | 11 Reset option
Windows 10
Settings > Update & Security > Recovery
Click ‘Get started’ under ‘Reset this PC’
Windows 11
Settings > Windows Update > Advanced options > Recovery
Click ‘Reset PC’
When ‘Reset this PC’ dialog opens, click ‘Remove everything’
Click reinstall Windows from ‘Cloud download’ or ‘Local reinstall’ (faster)
In ‘Additional settings”
Steps to install a clean copy of Windows 10|11
BypassTPMCheck and set its value to 1
BypassSecureBootCheck and set its value to 1
Create BypassCPUCheck and set its value to 1
Close Registry Editor and the Command Prompt,
Windows Protection
if your computer is experiencing slowdowns, it’s possible that Windows System Protection background tasks are contributing to the issue, as they can consume system resources like CPU and Disk access while creating restore points, potentially impacting your computer’s overall performance, especially if the system is set to create restore points too frequently.
Why System Protection might slow down your computer:
Frequent restore point creation:
If your system is set to create restore points too often,
To ensure that another “Policy” has not been set, you should check this key in the Registry
“As an Administrator”
Hkey_Local_Machine\Software\Policies\Microsoft\ and select Windows Defender.
Any key in this folder other than Default is a policy that will affect the function of WD.
Expect to find DisableAntiVirus or DisableAntiSpyware. You can disable either of
these by modifying there Dword from 1 to 0. Do that by right-clicking the key name,
and select “Modify”.
Work-around to stop Windows PC Overheating
In Windows Run box (Windows Key + R) enter following command to lower the Control Panel ‘Maximum processor state’.
control powercfg.cpl,,1
Scroll down to ‘Processor power management’. Next, click to expand ‘Maximum processor state’, then set the ‘On battery’ and/or ‘Plugged in’ percentages to less than 100%, e.g. 80%.
This should prevent the CPU overheating, i.e. reaching the maximum die (Tjunction) temperature and shutting down the PC.
ref: Computer Active 696/p64