Jan 7, 2025 Post comments count5 Post likes count4 Emergency power resets on Lenovo, HP, Dell, and Acer laptops Raymond Chen Looking for the magic button.
Dec 3, 2024 Post comments count2 Post likes count2 Tricks from product support: We’re not smart enough to debug the problem, can you help us? Raymond Chen It's not you, it's me.
Oct 1, 2024 Post comments count5 Post likes count4 Misunderstanding the “Prevent access to registry editing tools” policy Raymond Chen It prevents access to the tools, but not to the registry itself.
Jul 2, 2024 Post comments count22 Post likes count4 The history of Alt+number sequences, and why Alt+9731 sometimes gives you a heart and sometimes a snowman Raymond Chen Code pages and custom keyboard handling.
Jun 10, 2024 Post comments count15 Post likes count0 How do I get the name of a SID, and what does it mean when the conversion fails? Raymond Chen Most places will do it for you, or at least try.
May 28, 2024 Post comments count6 Post likes count3 How can I force a DLL to register itself if it won’t respond to regsvr32? Raymond Chen You can't force something that isn't there.
Mar 5, 2024 Post comments count4 Post likes count1 In domain\user syntax, you can often use the period as an abbreviation for “this computer” Raymond Chen A bit of a typing saver, particularly with complex machine names.
Feb 27, 2024 Post comments count15 Post likes count1 Mitigating attacks based on knowing the length of a Windows Hello PIN Raymond Chen Balancing convenience against security, and how you can tune the knobs toward more security.
Jan 9, 2024 Post comments count10 Post likes count1 After I accidentally denied access to everyone, how do I get access back? Raymond Chen Congratulations, you locked your keys in the car.
Dec 12, 2023 Post comments count4 Post likes count3 What happens if I define one environment variable in terms of the value of another environment variable? Raymond Chen Only certain types of dependencies are supported.