Applies to: Windows 10, Gamers One of my routines when installing Windows 10 fresh (or updating builds when it wipes my preferences) is to change Task Manager’s view to report on additional columns of value. Let me show you what I’m doing: My machine has an uptime of 1 day, 15 hours. I game… Continue reading What’s using your video RAM? Xbox Game Services naturally…
Author: jeffstokes2014
Microsft Edge – “This site is trying to open” dialog box hell – Fix
Applies to: Edge I was downloading mods to start up a game of Witcher 3 and every time I tried to download a mod to Vortex, this dialog box appeared, which no “ffs stop asking this” option. This gets tedious quite quickly. So, this article walks you through getting around the warning: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/deployedge/microsoft-edge-policies#externalprotocoldialogshowalwaysopencheckbox But, this… Continue reading Microsft Edge – “This site is trying to open” dialog box hell – Fix
Why does HyperX NGenuity need 1.16 GB for my headset?!
I was looking at space used on my C drive in Windows 10 (just upgraded to 2004 build, yay!) and found something that seemed off to me.Now, it’s not unusual to …
How to get a user dump and immediate kernel dump in Windows on application crash.
Scenario – Application crashes randomly. Dump attempts have been spotty and point to a potential kernel issue. You want a dump of the process + a dump of the Windows kernel to examine.
[Guest blog] What I Learnt While Not Remembering: Technology and its use in Traumatic Brain Injury
I wrote a post for Microsoft’s Humans of IT tech community on my experiences with traumatic brain injury and working in technology. https://web.archive.org/web/20200509160740/https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/humans-of-it-blog/guest-blog-what-i-learnt-while-not-remembering-technology-and/ba-p/1343228 Hope you enjoy it. Jeff
Solution: Origin keeps ‘alt-tab’ing in front of my game!
Problem: You are gaming/typing/using your computer and your foreground window in Windows loses focus. Origin game client may appear briefly in front of your window, then disappear. TL/DR – in my instance, it was Star Wars Battlefront 2 (I even caught it once running Battlefront 2 (update maybe?) and it seized control of foreground 3-4… Continue reading Solution: Origin keeps ‘alt-tab’ing in front of my game!
Let me tell you about John
John needs your thoughts as he fights cancer.
Disk has been surprise removed – What is xvd in device manager anyway?
Disk surprise removal is usually a cause for alarm, but not in the case of Windows gaming disks it seems. I have noticed stuttering when they occur, so it’s annoying, hopefully Microsoft is looking into it.
Starlink: “Sorry this application cannot run in a Virtual Machine” while running with Windows Defender Application Guard enabled.
What: Starlink is a game on Uplay. I don’t get it: This could also be phrased “What is the negative impact of Windows Defender Application Guard?”. Caveat Emptor or something: Disabling Windows Defender Application Guard isn’t a good solution. A ticket is open with the developers to resolve this weird detection of virtualization. This post… Continue reading Starlink: “Sorry this application cannot run in a Virtual Machine” while running with Windows Defender Application Guard enabled.
You see “Enter the user for this data collector set.” when you attempt to modify a Performance Monitor data collector set. (confirmed bug in Perfmon – Resolved in April 2020 rollup)
Impacts: Windows 10 1903, probably older versions too. Cause: somehow SYSTEM doesn’t have rights to performance profile the machine Fix: Resolved March 2020 Seriously. I messed with User Rights Assignments, which I shouldn’t even have to do for SYSTEM in the first place, no dice. Google had 3 hits on this, all are just listing… Continue reading You see “Enter the user for this data collector set.” when you attempt to modify a Performance Monitor data collector set. (confirmed bug in Perfmon – Resolved in April 2020 rollup)