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Questions tagged [windows-10-v20h2]
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Windows 10 - how to prevent Microsoft Text Input Application from starting?
I Am trying to prevent Microsoft Text Input Application from starting. Process name: "TextInputHost.exe". I know it is behind an on-screen keyboard. But I don't use this! It starts nevertheless, after a Windows startup. I am on Windows 10 Pro x64…
empleat
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Windows Sandbox can not launch with error 0xffffffff
I can not launch Windows Sandbox after upgrade to 21H1, it shows a Windows Sandbox failed to start. (0xffffffff) error. I find someone also asked about this issue in the Microsoft Community, but it did not get solved. So is there a chance anyone…
TRX
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Is it possible to uninstall Edge on Windows 10 v20H2?
I searched Google and did setup --uninstall --force-uninstall --system-level, but that only uninstalled the Chromium-based Edge, restoring the old HTML Edge; when trying to uninstall that, I receive error:
Remove-AppxPackage…
Damn Vegetables
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Trying to figure out Windows 10 login delay; xperf shows explorer.exe hanging up on "Windows.Devices.Lights.dll"
Situation:
I boot up my laptop, log in to Windows, and everything loads up quickly as it should.
After the system has been up for "a while", a second user logs in with fast user switching.
For the second user, the system "hangs" at a mostly blank…
Truisms Hounds
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How to enable the new optional features using PowerShell?
In Windows 10 version 20H2 it seems that MSPaint.exe has become an "Optional Feature" but it's not found in the legacy optional features. It's only visible in the new Settings app.
Likewise, when you run Get-WindowsOptionalFeature -Online |…
HackSlash
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How do I stop windows from "refreshing" connected monitors when plugging in a new one?
So here's how things work;
say you have 2 monitors in one system. Then you put 1 VMs on each monitor on fullscreen then "dedicate" peripherals to each VM.
and boom! you got two computers that your kids can play roblox in.
after they're done playing,…
Zuko Arson
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Windows 10 v20H2 Synaptics Touchpad/TrackPoint Click Delay
I have a Lenovo ThinkPad P15 with both a Synaptics Touchpad and a Synaptics TrackPoint, running Windows 10 v20H2. https://www.lenovo.com/us/en/laptops/thinkpad/thinkpad-p/ThinkPad-P15-Mobile-Workstation/p/22WSP15P5N1
My goal is to have:
Touchpad…
allquixotic
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Windows 2010 20H2 Update fails with a rollback
Windows 10 update 20H2 update fails everytime with a rollback.
Some of the error codes I receive:
0xc1900101
*FAILED* [8024000C] Method failed [CAgentUpdateManager::ManufactureHistoryEventForOSUpgrade:14710]
NET HELPMSG 2182
I have used the…
Gerhard Powell
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Win+Shift+Down stopped working for undoing vertical maximization
Win+Shift+Up maximizes the active window vertically while maintaining its width.
Win+Shift+Down used to do the reverse, that is, restore the previous vertical dimensions.
The latter stopped working in Windows 10 20H2 (maybe already in 2004).…
nmatt
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Windows 10 Startup Fails After SysPrep
I've been battling with this issue for a week now. I'm hoping someone can help.
Here is the backstory: Starting with a base Windows 10 image at build 1703, I updated to Windows 10 20H2. Everything went fine. In fact we have updated 200 of these…
jwitt98
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Java control panel not displaying 32 bit Java
Forgive me if this has been asked before.
I am running Windows 10 Enterprise Edition and I have Java 8 update 25 64 bit installed and Java 8 update 25 32 bit installed but in the Java Control Panel it only shows 64 bit:
But when I the 32 bit Java I…
user579473
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How to diagnose Windows 10 latency despite hardware capacity
How can I hunt down a bottleneck in Windows 10 when no hardware resources are overtaxed? I have a Windows 10 Pro workstation with pretty extreme hardware (24 physical cores, half terabyte of RAM), yet it often exhibits abysmal UI latency. Even at…
Paul Smith
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Windows 10 no internet access with 4G dongle & LAN
I have the following setup on a remote computer:
Ethernet connection: only for local network - no internet access
4G dongle: internet access
When combining the two, I don't have internet access.
Upon investigating the route table I've found this…
wouter205
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Why is Windows 10 Sysprep removing some programs?
I’ve made a Sysprepped Windows 10 (20H2) but there is a problem with some installed software being removed.
I’ve installed KMPlayer (video and audio player) and Movavi Photo Editor (light weight photo editor) for our PCs in our company to edit…
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Windows 10 20H2 Powershell job not executing during deployment task sequence
My SOE builds have included a script to get rid of all but a few of the user based apps.
The script has worked perfectly in all my builds up until Windows10 20H2.
If I log into the workstation once the deployment has completed on a 20H2 build, all…
paul.sanders
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