What’s the sparse file attribute on NTFS partitions and how can one remove it? Using Windows 7, Windows 8 and Windows 8.1. Solution: Nicole Hamilton provided the description of what sparse files are.Let’s learn it with an experiment. Creating a Sparse File Start a Command Prompt (cmd.exe) as Administrator. Creating large file: fsutil file createnew…
We first look at the following two pictures. Picture 1 is the “BIOS CHIP” of the circuit board. When we replace the PCB, we need to swap the “BIOS CHIP” with your original PCB. Picture 2 shows the “Board Number” of the board, and the “Board Number” must be the same! FAQs of 100387575 PCB…
How do I run as a different user on a shortcut in Windows 7? On Windows XP, I had the ability to mark a shortcut as being run by a different user, so that every time I ran it it would prompt me for a username/password. This let me have two shortcuts for things like…
I’m working on my systems without admin rights, but I’d like to start sysinternals process explorer as full admin to have some debug access on my machine. Right now I run procexp.exe with parameter /e, which prompts me for admin credentials. Of course I could use runas, but for this I would need to put…
We first look at the following two pictures. Picture 1 is the “BIOS CHIP” of the circuit board. When we replace the PCB, we need to swap the “BIOS CHIP” with your original PCB. Picture 2 shows the “Board Number” of the board, and the “Board Number” must be the same! FAQs of 100368182 PCB…
I use Powerpoint 2010 on Windows 7. My keyboard layout is German, but I write my presentations in English. Now I created a presentation with Default Language set to English, and I want it to use English for proofing. When I create a new slide/textbox/… the language is indeed English. However as soon as I…
Possible Duplicate: How do I troubleshoot hardware issues related to a computer freeze/crash? I built a gaming computer last summer and it has been working just great until now.It has started hanging for about half a second at a time every few seconds, like a video that won’t buffer fast enough. Needless to…
I have been feeling this way for a while, looking at task manager mentally ballparking how much physical memory should be in use, and noticing a large disparity. I finally got around to measuring it. Taking the results of tasklist and adding, gave about 3.87 GB. Task manager told me I was using 4.6 GB…
We first look at the following two pictures. Picture 1 is the “BIOS CHIP” of the circuit board. When we replace the PCB, we need to swap the “BIOS CHIP” with your original PCB. Picture 2 shows the “Board Number” of the board, and the “Board Number” must be the same! FAQs of 100354297 PCB…
Looking for a tool to change a file’s modified date which works from inside File Explorer context menu. I am aware of external tools like BulkFileChanger but I want to right click on a file and make the change. Solution: This one is freeware, and will change what you need plus various attributes that users…
