Tag: Windows

How to check Bluetooth version in Windows

Posted by Alex On February 19, 2022

To determine the Bluetooth version on a Windows computer, you need to open Device Manager. This can be done in several ways at once: 1) Click on the start menu and start typing ‘Device Manager’, click on the suggested match. 2) OR open the ‘Power User Menu’ using the Win+x keyboard shortcuts and select ‘Device Manager’ there 3) OR press...

How to install Windows 11 without a Microsoft account

Posted by Alex On January 31, 2022

The Windows 11 and Windows 10 installer prompts you to create an online user account with Microsoft. Some functions of the operating system are tied to an online account, but many users prefer only an offline account. This guide will show you how to install Windows 11 without signing up for a Microsoft account. How to install Windows 11 with...

UEFI does not see installed Linux (SOLVED)

Posted by Alex On January 31, 2022

How to add a new boot option to UEFI UEFI usually automatically detects operating system loaders on media connected to a computer. But sometimes UEFI does not show all available options. Let's see how to add a new option to the UEFI boot menu. For example, I plugged a flash drive with two operating systems – Windows 11 and Kali...

Error “The code execution cannot proceed because VCRUNTIME140.dll was not found. Reinstalling the program may fix this problem” (SOLVED)

Posted by Alex On January 25, 2022

When you try to run the program, you may encounter the following errors: The code execution cannot proceed because VCRUNTIME140.dll was not found. Reinstalling the program may fix this problem The code execution cannot proceed because VCRUNTIME140_1.dll was not found. Reinstalling the program may fix this problem The code execution cannot proceed because MSVCP140.dll was not found. Reinstalling the program...

How to clean up Windows 11 without additional programs

Posted by Alex On January 25, 2022

Do I need to clean and optimize Windows 11 after installation Operating systems, be it Windows, Android or even Linux, can be used to promote products and services. Therefore, at present, one of the main questions after reinstalling the OS is not how to install new programs, but how to remove pre-installed ones. For unnecessary, useless software that is installed...

Script to connect and disconnect from OpenVPN depending on server availability

Posted by Alex On January 25, 2022

Task: Branch subnets are connected via OpenVPN. All clients connect to the server and routes to the Internet are set through the OpenVPN server. Everything works, but there is a problem. If the OpenVPN server for some reason loses Internet connection, then all other branches also lose Internet access, because the traffic does not go through its gateway, but through...

How to boot into VirtualBox from USB

Posted by Alex On November 11, 2021

In this post I will tell you how to connect a USB disk (or USB flash drive) to a virtual machine so that the guest system treats it like a regular hard disk. This trick will allow you not only to boot from the installation USB – which is rather pointless. If you connect a USB disk or flash drive...

Full-text search in office files (Word) and archives – now it’s easy!

Posted by Alex On October 19, 2021

In the article “Full-text search for documents in a folder” we examined a way to search the contents of many office documents, including the exact match of the phrase. The considered method allows you to find the required file containing the required string without installing additional programs. But the method proposed in that note has disadvantages: search is slow, especially...

Full-text search for documents in a folder

Posted by Alex On October 19, 2021

What if you need to find a specific document among tens or hundreds? If you know the name of the document, then searching is quite simple – many programs, including the standard Windows Explorer, can search by file name. To find a file by name, open Windows Explorer (file manager), navigate to the folder where you want to search, and...

What is Windows Admin Center and do regular users need it?

Posted by Alex On August 18, 2021

What is Windows Admin Center Windows Admin Center is an interface for managing Windows servers and Windows workstations. Microsoft is currently actively promoting this tool as an assistant to system administrators for configuring Windows servers and workstations. Through Windows Admin Center, you can manage and configure both a local computer and a remote one. In Windows Admin Center computers are...
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