Technology: July 2018 Archives

Why is hybrid sleep off by default on laptops? (and how do I turn it on?) - The Old New Thing

Informative article on the new-ish hybrid sleep option in Windows 10 for suspending work on your computer, and why traditional sleep might be a better choice for your laptop. Good explanation of the powercfg command -- what it can tell you about your system and the fine control it can give you over your power options. For example "powercfg -a" tells you which sleep states are available, and which are not, and, most helpfully, which component is preventing that sleep state's availability. That command revealed to me that I needed a graphics driver update in order to regain traditional sleep -- stopping the hard drive and using just enough power to keep RAM alive, allowing a quick resumption on demand.

How to Disable Cortana in Windows 10

Microsoft briefly had a usable, reliable operating system called Windows 7. Then they decided to use their market dominance to turn our PCs into data collection devices for their benefit. For those of us who want Microsoft to simply sell us an OS then leave us alone, who have operating environments where apps that "phone home" are not an option, here's one step you may want to take.

windows - How to take ownership of files from the command line? - Server Fault

What to do when, for example, you have your old Windows profile on a hard drive you've taken out of an old computer, but the owner's SID is different from the SID on your new computer.

[FIX] An App Default Was Reset In Windows 10

When annoying Windows 10 annoyingly tries to reset defaults for video, photos, audio, and other files to Microsoft's annoying applications, here's how to stop it.

Chrome Has an Option to Export Passwords, Here's How to Enable It

For when you want to move passwords between computers without putting them in the cloud.