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Fix: Windows 10 Keeps Going to Sleep After 2 Minutes

October 12th, 2019 by Admin

Windows 10 keeps going to sleep after approximately 1-2 minutes idle? This problem may happen even if an affected user changes all the display and sleep settings to “Never”.

To fix such sleep mode problem, you have to tweak a hidden system setting in the Power Options called “System unattended sleep timeout”.

How to Fix: Windows 10 Keeps Going to Sleep After 2 Minutes

  1. Press the Windows + R keys together, type regedit in the Run box and hit Enter to open the Registry Editor.

  2. Copy the following registry location and paste it in the address bar of the Registry Editor, and pressing Enter will take you to that location. In the right pane, double-click on the DWORD Attributes.

    HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Power\PowerSettings\238C9FA8-0AAD-41ED-83F4-97BE242C8F20\7bc4a2f9-d8fc-4469-b07b-33eb785aaca0

  3. Change the value from 1 to 2 and click OK. This will make the “System unattended sleep timeout” setting appear in the Power Options control panel.

  4. Close Registry Editor. Open the advanced settings of your current power plan, the “System unattended sleep timeout” setting should appear under the Sleep option. By default, it’s set to 2 minutes. You can change this to a longer period of time or 0 (Never idle to sleep).

That’s it!

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The Easy Way to Disable or Enable Guest Browsing Mode in Chrome

October 8th, 2019 by Admin

Chrome’s guest mode is a nice feature that lets you surf the web without leaving any browsing history or cookies on the computer. You can download files as usual in guest mode, but you cannot add bookmarks or install extensions. In this tutorial we’ll show you how to disable or enable guest browsing mode in Chrome for Windows 10 / 8 / 7.

How to Disable or Enable Guest Browsing Mode in Chrome

  1. Press the Windows key + R keyboard combination to open the Run dialog box. Type in regedit and hit Enter to open Registry Editor.

  2. In the left-hand pane, navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Google\Chrome. By default, both the “Google” and “Chrome” keys don’t exist. You have to create them manually.
  3. While the “Chrome” key is selected, right-click on the blank area in the right-hand pane, and create a 32-bit DWORD BrowserGuestModeEnabled and leave its value data to 0.

  4. Now, you’ve successfully turned off guest mode in Chrome. Relaunch your Chrome browser and you’ll unable to open a Guest windows any longer.

  5. Whenever you need to force Chrome to always start in guest mode, just open the same registry key and change the value of BrowserGuestModeEnabled to 1.

If you don’t want to manage the guest mode settings later, just delete the DWORD BrowserGuestModeEnabled and you’re done.

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2 Ways to Open Chrome in Guest Browsing Mode on Windows 10

October 6th, 2019 by Admin

Chrome browser can be started in guest mode so you don’t leave any traces like cookies, cache or browsing activities on the computer. This is useful when you need to use a public computer for private browsing. In this tutorial we’ll show 2 different ways to launch Chrome in guest browsing mode on Windows 10.

Method 1: Open a Guest Window from within Chrome

Launch the Chrome browser. Click on the Profile icon in the top right corner and then select Open Guest window.

A new window will pop up in guest mode and you can browse privately.

Method 2: Create a Shortcut to Always Start Chrome in Guest Mode

The above method requires so many steps to open a guest window. If you need to use guest mode frequently, it’s a good idea to create a desktop shortcut for launching Chrome in guest mode by default. Follow these steps:

Right-click on the Chrome desktop shortcut and select Properties from the context menu.

Switch to the Shortcut tab. Add “ --guest” at the end of the string present in the Target text box, and then click Apply.

When Chrome asks for administrator permission, click on Continue.

Now, double-click on the Chrome desktop shortcut and it will open a guest window directly.

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Easy Ways to Enable Telnet Client in Windows 11 / 10 / 8 / 7

September 29th, 2019 by Admin

Telnet is not recognized as an internal or external command on Windows 10? Starting with Windows 7, telnet is not enabled by default and you have to install it manually. In this tutorial we’ll show you 2 simple ways to enable telnet client in Windows 11 / 10 / 8 / 7.

Method 1: Enable Telnet Client Using Control Panel

  1. Open the Control Panel with Large icons view, and click on Programs and Features.

  2. Click the “Turn Windows features on or off” option in the left pane.

  3. In the Windows Features window, check the checkbox for Telnet Client and click OK.

  4. When complete, you’ll see the “Windows completed the requested changes” message.

  5. Now, you can start using the telnet command from the Command Prompt or PowerShell.

Method 2: Enable Telnet Client Using PowerShell or Command Prompt

  1. Open Windows PowerShell (or Command Prompt) as administrator.
  2. Type the following command and hit Enter. It will take a while to install telnet on your computer.
    dism /online /Enable-Feature /FeatureName:TelnetClient

    Whenever you need to disable or uninstall telnet, run the below command:
    dism /online /Disable-Feature /FeatureName:TelnetClient

That’s it!

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How to Fix Secure Boot Violation on UEFI-Based Computer

September 27th, 2019 by Admin

When your computer boots from a Live CD or a installation disk, you may get a red square in the center of a black screen, with the following error message:

“Secure Boot Violation. Invalid signature detected. Check Secure Boot Policy in Setup”

Secure Boot is a feature included on UEFI-based computers, which ensure that only Microsoft-authorized software can be booted. If you try to boot from a trusted but “unauthorized” operating system, you’ll still receive the “Secure Boot Violation” error. To fix this issue, you have to temporarily disable Secure Boot in the UEFI BIOS firmware.

How to Fix Secure Boot Violation on UEFI-Based Computer

  1. When turning on your computer, quickly and repeatedly press a certain key (F2, DEL, F12, ESC, etc.) to enter into UEFI BIOS.
  2. Navigate to the Boot (or Security) tab, select the Secure Boot option and set it to disabled. If the Secure Boot option is greyed out, you may need to enable legacy / CSM support first.

    For ASUS computer’s UEFI BIOS, you have to press F7 to enter Advanced Mode. Go to Boot -> Secure Boot, change OS type from “Windows UEFI mode” to “Other OS”. Secure Boot is enabled when the OS type is set to “Windows UEFI mode” and disabled when it’s set to “Other OS”.

  3. Press F10 to Save the changes and reboot. Your computer should boot up as it is supposed to, without displaying the “Secure Boot Violation” error message.

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2 Ways to Uninstall or Install WordPad in Windows 10

September 25th, 2019 by Admin

WordPad has been part of Windows for over decades, but it hasn’t been updated in any real way at all. Starting with Windows 10 build 18963, WordPad has become an optional feature and you can uninstall it with ease. In this tutorial we’ll show you 2 ways to uninstall or install WordPad in Windows 10.

Method 1: Uninstall or Install WordPad Using Settings App

  1. Open the Settings app and click on the Apps category.

  2. On the Apps & features page, click on the Optional features link in the right pane.

  3. When the Optional features page appears, select the WordPad entry in the list and click on Uninstall.

    After restarting Windows 10, you’ll find WordPad has gone.

  4. Whenever you need to install WordPad, open the Optional features page again. Click on the Add a feature button.

  5. Type WordPad and check the WordPad app, click on Install.

    Once that is done, you can use WordPad again.

Method 2: Uninstall or Install WordPad Using Command Prompt

  1. Open the Command Prompt as administrator.

  2. At the Command Prompt, type the following command to uninstall WordPad:
    dism /Online /Remove-Capability /CapabilityName:Microsoft.Windows.WordPad~~~~0.0.1.0

    Or run this command to install WordPad:
    dism /Online /Add-Capability /CapabilityName:Microsoft.Windows.WordPad~~~~0.0.1.0

That’s all!

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Tutorial: Run PowerShell Commands on Remote Computer

September 23rd, 2019 by Admin

How can I run a PowerShell script from a remote computer? Are there any basic instructions for getting Powershell remoting to work through WinRM? In this tutorial we’ll walk you through the steps to run PowerShell commands on a remote computer.

Let’s say your local PC is called “PC01” and you’re going to use PowerShell remoting to manage a remote server called “Server01“. Before getting started, make sure the network profiles on both PCs are set to either Domain or Private. If your network profile is set to Public, you can change it to Private by following this article.

Part 1: Enable PowerShell Remoting

  1. On the remote server, open the PowerShell console as Administrator and run the following command which will start the WinRM service and create a firewall to allow incoming connections.

    Enable-PSRemoting -Force

  2. Next, you need to configure the TrustedHosts setting on the remote server so it will trust your local PC “PC01“. Type the following command and hit Enter.

    Set-Item WSMan:\localhost\Client\TrustedHosts -Value "PC01" -Force

  3. Restart the WinRM service to apply your new settings.

    Restart-Service WinRM

Part 2: Configure Your Local PC

  1. On the local PC, open the PowerShell with admin rights and start the WinRM service using this command:

    Start-Service WinRM

  2. Next, you can add the remote server “Server01” to the TrustedHosts list with the following command, so your local PC will also trust the remote server.

    Set-Item WSMan:\localhost\Client\TrustedHosts -Value "Server01" -Force

  3. Run the following command to restart the WinRM service:

    Restart-Service WinRM

Part 3: Test PowerShell Remoting

  1. Now when both computers have been configured, you can start a remote session by running the following PowerShell command on your local PC. Remember to replace “Tom” with the name of your remote server’s administrator account.

    Enter-PSSession -ComputerName Server01 -Credential Tom

  2. Enter the administrator password when prompted. Now, the session is established, all commands that are being entered in the PowerShell console are executed on the remote computer.

  3. To end the interactive session, type this command:
    Exit-PSSession

That’s all!

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How to Enable Remote Desktop with Registry, PowerShell or Command Prompt

September 19th, 2019 by Admin

Is there a script to remotely enable remote desktop on Windows Server 2016? Previously we’ve covered how to turn on remote desktop protocol (RDP) using the GUI interface, but those methods don’t work in some scenarios where you do not have physical access to the computer on which you want to enable RDP. In this tutorial we’ll show you how to enable remote desktop remotely using Registry, PowerShell or Command Prompt.

Method 1: Enable Remote Desktop Using Registry Tweak

Once you are connected to the remote machine’s registry, navigate to the location: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Terminal Server. In the right pane, double-click the DWORD fDenyTSConnections and change its value from 1 to 0.

Reboot your machine and remote desktop should now be accessible. If you need to disable remote desktop in future, just set the value of fDenyTSConnections to 1.

Method 2: Enable Remote Desktop Using PowerShell

Before getting started, you need to establish a session with the remote computer using PowerShell. Once connected, run the following PowerShell commands to enable remote desktop:

Set-ItemProperty -Path 'HKLM:\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Terminal Server'-name "fDenyTSConnections" -Value 0
Enable-NetFirewallRule -DisplayGroup "Remote Desktop"

The first command will turn on remote desktop, while the second command will activate the firewall rules that allow remote desktop connections.

When you need to disable remote desktop later, run the following commands instead:

Set-ItemProperty -Path 'HKLM:\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Terminal Server'-name "fDenyTSConnections" -Value 1
Disable-NetFirewallRule -DisplayGroup "Remote Desktop"

Method 3: Enable Remote Desktop Using Command Prompt

If you can open a remote Command Prompt window via SSH, PsExec or WinRS, run the following commands to enable remote desktop and configure Windows Firewall to allow remote desktop connections:

reg add "HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Terminal Server" /v fDenyTSConnections /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f
netsh advfirewall firewall set rule group="remote desktop" new enable=yes

To disable remote desktop, execute the below commands:

reg add "HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Terminal Server" /v fDenyTSConnections /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f
netsh advfirewall firewall set rule group="remote desktop" new enable=No

That’s all!

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How to Speed Up Windows 10 Menu Animations with Ease

September 16th, 2019 by Admin

When you hover over an item in a menu, there is a delay for the submenu to pop up with an animation effect. To reduce that delay, you can use a registry tweak to speed up menu animations and make your Windows 10 apps more responsive.

How to Speed Up Windows 10 Menu Animations

  1. Press Windows + R to open the Run dialog box. Type regedit and hit Enter to open the Registry Editor.

  2. Navigate to the location below. In the right pane, double-click on MenuShowDelay to modify it.
    HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop

  3. By default, the menu animations duration is set to 400 millisecond (1000 milliseconds = 1 second). In order to speed up the animation, you can change this value to a lower number such as 200. Setting the “MenuShowDelay” value to 0 will make the submenu pop up without any delay.

  4. When you are done editing, close Registry Editor and restart your computer. When you right-click any program or file on your desktop and hover over a context menu item with a right arrow, the submenu should pop up much faster than before.

Windows 10 also includes many other visual effects and animations that give you a smoother and a more modern interface. If you want to disable all animations to get a performance boost, please check out this article: 3 Ways to Turn off Visual Animations in Windows 10.

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