Microsoft Windows Operating Systems
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
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/
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,
“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
In order to safely remove USB in Windows you can enable the Quick Removal feature in Device Manager
This disables write caching to allow it to be remove without having to use “Safely Remove Hardware”
Run Windows 10 ‘Quick Assist’ to remotely assist someone with their PC.
‘Quick Assist’ , available from version 20H2 onwards, requires a Microsoft account.
Once connected,
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,
Windows terminal commands to Blacklist WiFi names (SSID’s) from view or Whitelist your own name (SSID) and block all others from view
Blacklist method
Block WiFi name:
netsh wlan add filter permission=block ssid="name" networktype=infrastructure
Unblock WiFi name:
netsh wlan delete filter permission=block ssid="name" networktype=infrastructure
Show all the Filters:
netsh wlan show filters
Whitelist method
Allow your own WiFi:
netsh wlan add filter permission=allow ssid="name" networktype=infrastructure
Deny all other WiFi:
netsh wlan add filter permission=denyall networktype=infrastructure
Delete deny all other WiFi filter:
netsh wlan delete filter permission=denyall networktype=infrastructure
https://remotedesktop.google.com
In Chrome and New Edge install Custom Style Script add-on to override Google’s home page background colour
In Custom Style Script select Open options Page and add the following URL and CSS
URL: https://www.google.com/ or country of choice, e.g. google.co.uk, google.de
CSS: body { background-color: lightgray !important; } or colour of choice
In Firefox Install the Stylus extension
Go to the Google home page, click the toolbar icon and choose Manage >