For questions about the Windows 10 October 2019 Update (Version 1909). Use [windows-10] for questions not specific to a particular release of Windows 10.
Questions tagged [windows-10-v1909]
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Can I safely update Windows 10?
I remember reading in the news that some Windows 10 update destroys your installation a couple of weeks ago.
Currently, I am on Version 1909 (Nov 17 2019) Build 18363.592. Is it safe to run the update program?
User9123
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Why is there no network connectivity in Ubuntu using WSL 2 behind VPN?
Premise: I'm trying to run Ubuntu as a Windows 10 app using WSL.
TL;DR problem: When Ubuntu uses WSL 2, network connectivity "disappears" when using company VPN.
Trying to get Ubuntu 18.04 (downloaded from the Microsoft Store) running on a Windows…
StoneThrow
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'Performance' tab of the task manager is frozen
The 'Performance' tab of the task manager is frozen in Windows 10 (V1909). I can select options to change the views of the graph but this screen is particularly frozen. It happened all of a sudden and the other tabs are working just fine. Surely…
Alvee
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How can I disable the “News and Interests” Widget on the Windows 10 Taskbar?
On Windows 10 version 1909 and newer releases, Microsoft has added a "News and Interests" widget on the Taskbar (see blogpost):
How can I remove this Widget from the Taskbar?
MendelG
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Snip & Sketch tool always flickers when using any annotation tools
tl;dr: Drawing any annotation in Windows 10's Snip & Sketch tool causes a screen flicker. Is there any workaround to this?
Snip & Sketch is a gem in Windows 10 and it makes my life really easier. But the painless usage of it is only when I am using…
trejder
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VirtualBox VMs cannot start after enabling "Virtual Machine Platform" feature
I'm not able to Start any VMs in VirtualBox and getting this error:
Cannot enable nested VT-x/AMD-V without nested-paging and unrestricted
guest execution! (VERR_CPUM_INVALID_HWVIRT_CONFIG).
I reinstalled latest VirtualBox and was same issue still…
αғsнιη
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Windows 10 App Aliases not working
I have a number of different apps installed on my Windows 10 computer that use the App Execution Aliases feature (Settings -> Apps and Features -> App Execution Aliases). However, with the exclusion of Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL), none of…
BarrowWight
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How to fix failing cumulative update on Windows 10 Pro (1909) upgraded from Windows 7 SP1
I am seeing error 0x80070003 in CBS.log after consistently failing to install the cumulative update for February 2020 (KB4532693).
The logged error is always:
2020-03-06 21:29:44, Error CBS Shtd: Failed while processing…
0xC0000022L
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How to upgrade my installed Windows 10 Home N to a version WTHOUT N?
I live in Europe. Probably because of EU Regulations, Parallels Pro has installed Windows 10 Home (64-bit) N in my new VM on my new Mac, without asking me which version I want (!). Because Windows asked me to activate it, I bought a Windows Home…
user1580348
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Launch a batch script as shell instead of explorer in Windows 10
In Windows 10, the default shell is explorer.exe, giving you the taskbar, desktop icons and start menu.
Since Windows 10 v1909, and possibly v1903, Microsoft has decided to use the hyper key (CTRL-ALT-SHIFT-WIN) plus a few keys, the default key for…
LPChip
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Windows Spotlight: Lockscreen image does not change
Can't reproduce but since last few weeks, Windows Spotlight has been stuck on the same image. It used to work, but it's gone for a while now, not sure what I've done to break it.
Here's what I've tried:
Resetting and re-registering Windows…
Shimmy Weitzhandler
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Windows 10 update assistant stuck at 99 percent when updating 1909 to 2004
after releasing 2004 version of windows 10 i have waited a long time for it to roll out for my device but it did not yet, i checked for update with windows 10 update assistant and it showed me that i can update to 2004 but during the updating…
Kaveh
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Windows 10 build 1909 - Corrupt Store - DISM version from 1903
Anyone shed any light on this. I've been looking at an issue with a windows 10 machine 1909 build 10.0.18363.720, where after windows updates are installed including KB4560960 (2020-06 Cumulative Update) and KB4497165 (2020-01 Update for Windows 10…
Andy Pelton
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Unsupported Processor BSOD in Safe Mode
My computer works perfectly in Normal Mode.
When I try to boot into Safe Mode, I am greeted with BSOD and the stop code "UNSUPPORTED_PROCESSOR". The computer then reboots itself into Normal Mode again.
The processor is an Intel i7-8700K. How do I…
Tag
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Which one is best Radeon Software Crimson Edition Beta or Catalyst Software Suite?
I brought a computer with Radeon HD 7470 graphics card. But My computer graphics card stuck with crimson edition. which one is the best crimson or catalyst.
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