windows10 Archives - Blog Encounters https://blogencounters.com/tag/windows10/ More Useful, Everyday! Mon, 13 Feb 2023 03:08:28 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://blogencounters.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/belogo-48x48.jpg windows10 Archives - Blog Encounters https://blogencounters.com/tag/windows10/ 32 32 Reset Your GPU In Windows 10 (Without A Reboot) https://blogencounters.com/202001/reset-your-gpu-in-windows-10-without-a-reboot/ https://blogencounters.com/202001/reset-your-gpu-in-windows-10-without-a-reboot/#respond Tue, 21 Jan 2020 04:43:05 +0000 https://blogencounters.com/?p=3951 Estimated Reading Time: < 1 Minute

Reset Your GPU In Windows 10 (Without A Reboot) Issue: Ever had your displays get out of whack, maybe random artifacts on the screen, abnormal font/icon sizes, etc?  There is a quick hotkey combination you [Read More...]

The post Reset Your GPU In Windows 10 (Without A Reboot) appeared first on Blog Encounters.

]]> https://blogencounters.com/202001/reset-your-gpu-in-windows-10-without-a-reboot/feed/ 0 Excel 2016 – General Mail Failure Error https://blogencounters.com/201806/excel-2016-general-mail-failure-error/ https://blogencounters.com/201806/excel-2016-general-mail-failure-error/#respond Mon, 18 Jun 2018 19:21:19 +0000 https://blogencounters.com/?p=3512 Estimated Reading Time: < 1 Minute

Excel 2016 – General Mail Failure Error Issue With the 1709 Creator Update or later update for Windows 10 applied, Excel 2016 starts throwing a ‘General Mail Failure.  Quit Microsoft Excel, Restart The Mail System [Read More...]

The post Excel 2016 – General Mail Failure Error appeared first on Blog Encounters.

]]> https://blogencounters.com/201806/excel-2016-general-mail-failure-error/feed/ 0 Remote Desktop Connection Fails With CredSSP Encryption Error https://blogencounters.com/201805/remote-desktop-connection-fails-with-credssp-encryption-error/ https://blogencounters.com/201805/remote-desktop-connection-fails-with-credssp-encryption-error/#respond Thu, 24 May 2018 23:22:10 +0000 https://blogencounters.com/?p=3495 Estimated Reading Time: 2 Minutes

Remote Desktop Connection Fails With CredSSP Encryption Error Updated: 06-25-2018 to include Windows 7 information. After applying the 2018-05 security update for Windows 7, Windows 10/Server 2016, you may notice remote desktop to some servers [Read More...]

The post Remote Desktop Connection Fails With CredSSP Encryption Error appeared first on Blog Encounters.

]]> https://blogencounters.com/201805/remote-desktop-connection-fails-with-credssp-encryption-error/feed/ 0 Windows 10 Creators Update (1709) Hangs At 82% https://blogencounters.com/201804/windows-10-creators-update-1709-hangs-at-82/ https://blogencounters.com/201804/windows-10-creators-update-1709-hangs-at-82/#respond Fri, 13 Apr 2018 02:21:07 +0000 https://blogencounters.com/?p=3469 Estimated Reading Time: 3 Minutes

Windows 10 Creators Update (1709) Hangs At 82% Yesterday, I took in a customer computer that hung on Windows Updates.  The Windows 10 1607 release was installed and working fine (an UPGRADE from the previous [Read More...]

The post Windows 10 Creators Update (1709) Hangs At 82% appeared first on Blog Encounters.

]]> https://blogencounters.com/201804/windows-10-creators-update-1709-hangs-at-82/feed/ 0 Windows 10 Settings Will Not Open From Start Menu https://blogencounters.com/201803/windows-10-settings-will-not-open-start-menu/ https://blogencounters.com/201803/windows-10-settings-will-not-open-start-menu/#respond Tue, 06 Mar 2018 14:58:58 +0000 https://blogencounters.com/?p=3459 Estimated Reading Time: 2 Minutes

Windows 10 Settings Will Not Open From Start Menu Symptom Windows 10 “Settings Gear” in the start menu does nothing when clicked.  Using a right-click to create a start menu shortcut for settings does work.  [Read More...]

The post Windows 10 Settings Will Not Open From Start Menu appeared first on Blog Encounters.

]]> https://blogencounters.com/201803/windows-10-settings-will-not-open-start-menu/feed/ 0 Mapped Network Drives Not Showing Up In Windows Explorer https://blogencounters.com/201708/mapped-network-drives-not-showing-windows-explorer/ https://blogencounters.com/201708/mapped-network-drives-not-showing-windows-explorer/#respond Tue, 01 Aug 2017 19:09:14 +0000 https://blogencounters.com/?p=2874 Estimated Reading Time: 2 Minutes

Mapped Network Drives Not Showing Up In Windows Explorer When you map a drive in Windows from the command prompt, using the “net use” command, you may notice that it will not show up in [Read More...]

The post Mapped Network Drives Not Showing Up In Windows Explorer appeared first on Blog Encounters.

]]> https://blogencounters.com/201708/mapped-network-drives-not-showing-windows-explorer/feed/ 0 Make Windows 10 Stop Asking For A Password When Resuming From Sleep https://blogencounters.com/201702/make-windows-10-stop-asking-password-resuming-sleep/ https://blogencounters.com/201702/make-windows-10-stop-asking-password-resuming-sleep/#respond Tue, 14 Feb 2017 17:48:15 +0000 http://blogencounters.com/?p=2610 Estimated Reading Time: 2 Minutes

Make Windows 10 Stop Asking For A Password When Resuming From Sleep Windows 10 handles resuming from sleep a bit differently than former versions of Windows.  For example, our Windows 7 power policies that are [Read More...]

The post Make Windows 10 Stop Asking For A Password When Resuming From Sleep appeared first on Blog Encounters.

]]> https://blogencounters.com/201702/make-windows-10-stop-asking-password-resuming-sleep/feed/ 0 Installing .NET 3.5 On Windows 10 Workstations https://blogencounters.com/201701/installing-net-3-5-windows-10-workstations/ https://blogencounters.com/201701/installing-net-3-5-windows-10-workstations/#respond Mon, 23 Jan 2017 21:01:43 +0000 http://blogencounters.com/?p=2526 Estimated Reading Time: 3 Minutes

Installing .NET 3.5 On Windows 10 Workstations Windows 10 has .NET 4.5 pre-installed by default, however many applications still in use require the .NET 3.5 framework to be installed.  Both 3.5 and 4.5 can run [Read More...]

The post Installing .NET 3.5 On Windows 10 Workstations appeared first on Blog Encounters.

]]> https://blogencounters.com/201701/installing-net-3-5-windows-10-workstations/feed/ 0 Windows 10 Version Numbers https://blogencounters.com/201701/windows-10-version-numbers/ https://blogencounters.com/201701/windows-10-version-numbers/#respond Tue, 03 Jan 2017 06:00:05 +0000 http://blogencounters.com/?p=2432 Estimated Reading Time: 13 Minutes

Windows 10 Version Numbers Updated Builds Added : February 2023 There are a few ways you can check your current version of Windows 10 – here are two quick and easy ways: METHOD #1 : [Read More...]

The post Windows 10 Version Numbers appeared first on Blog Encounters.

]]> https://blogencounters.com/201701/windows-10-version-numbers/feed/ 0 Windows 10 Default Printer Feature https://blogencounters.com/201612/windows-10-default-printer-feature/ https://blogencounters.com/201612/windows-10-default-printer-feature/#respond Fri, 16 Dec 2016 22:38:03 +0000 https://blogencounters.com/?p=2196 Estimated Reading Time: 2 Minutes

Windows 10 Default Printer Feature Starting with Windows 10, release 1511, there is a new feature called “Let Windows Manage My Default Printer“.  This setting allows Windows to make the last printer you printed to [Read More...]

The post Windows 10 Default Printer Feature appeared first on Blog Encounters.

]]> https://blogencounters.com/201612/windows-10-default-printer-feature/feed/ 0 How Can I Play DVDs In Windows 10 For Free? https://blogencounters.com/201612/can-play-dvds-windows-10-free/ https://blogencounters.com/201612/can-play-dvds-windows-10-free/#respond Fri, 16 Dec 2016 01:11:27 +0000 https://blogencounters.com/?p=2141 Estimated Reading Time: 4 Minutes

How Can I Play DVDs In Windows 10 For Free? Microsoft Windows has never really been able to play DVDs natively because of the lack of necessary playback codecs.  DVD based codecs are licensed and [Read More...]

The post How Can I Play DVDs In Windows 10 For Free? appeared first on Blog Encounters.

]]> https://blogencounters.com/201612/can-play-dvds-windows-10-free/feed/ 0 Fingerprint And PIN Options Unavailable In Windows 10 Update 1607 https://blogencounters.com/201611/fingerprint-pin-options-unavailable-windows-10-update-1607/ https://blogencounters.com/201611/fingerprint-pin-options-unavailable-windows-10-update-1607/#respond Wed, 30 Nov 2016 19:38:53 +0000 https://blogencounters.com/?p=1494 Estimated Reading Time: 2 Minutes

Fingerprint And PIN Options Unavailable In Windows 10 Update 1607 After installing Windows 10 Professional (Pro) or Enterprise (Ent) the PIN and fingerprint sign-in options are unavailable (greyed out) and the buttons are disabled.  This [Read More...]

The post Fingerprint And PIN Options Unavailable In Windows 10 Update 1607 appeared first on Blog Encounters.

]]> https://blogencounters.com/201611/fingerprint-pin-options-unavailable-windows-10-update-1607/feed/ 0 Windows 10 Computers Showing As Windows Vista On Server 2012R2 WSUS https://blogencounters.com/201611/windows-10-computers-showing-windows-vista-server-2012r2-wsus/ https://blogencounters.com/201611/windows-10-computers-showing-windows-vista-server-2012r2-wsus/#respond Sat, 12 Nov 2016 23:56:25 +0000 https://blogencounters.com/?p=339 Estimated Reading Time: < 1 Minute

Windows 10 Computers Showing As Windows Vista On Server 2012R2 WSUS In the Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) management panel, you might notice your Windows 10 computers are showing up as Windows Vista computers.  This [Read More...]

The post Windows 10 Computers Showing As Windows Vista On Server 2012R2 WSUS appeared first on Blog Encounters.

]]> https://blogencounters.com/201611/windows-10-computers-showing-windows-vista-server-2012r2-wsus/feed/ 0