Quick fix: Per-app DPI overrides are stored in HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\AppCompatFlags\Layers. A display driver crash resets the active rendering session but the registry values persist — the apps just need to be relaunched. If relaunch doesn’t restore the override, the registry was corrupted; re-apply via Properties → Compatibility → Change high DPI settings. You set Notepad++ … Read more
Quick fix: Modern Standby keeps networking, push notifications, and some background activity on while “sleeping.” A misbehaving app or driver can prevent the system from entering DRIPS (low-power Modern Standby) at all. Run powercfg /sleepstudy, open the generated HTML, and check “Sessions ineligible for DRIPS” — the named process is your culprit. You close the … Read more
Quick fix: Set the speakers as Default Device and your headphones as Default Communication Device in the legacy Sound dialog. System sounds (notifications, errors) go to the Default; communications apps and many music/game apps go to the Default Communication. For finer control, use the per-app Volume mixer. You want notification chimes through the laptop speakers … Read more
Quick fix: After sleep, Windows’ route table partially rebuilds — sometimes losing the VPN split-tunnel routes added via route add. Re-establish the VPN connection, or set up a Task Scheduler task triggered by “On wake” that re-runs your routing script automatically. Your VPN client uses split tunneling: only specific subnets go through the VPN, everything … Read more
Quick fix: BitLocker To Go on Windows 11 reads FAT32 and exFAT volumes encrypted with the password protector, but if macOS formatted the drive with a partition layout Windows can’t parse (Apple Partition Map, or a HFS+ wrapper), Windows sees only the wrapper and fails to find the BitLocker container. Reformat the drive on Windows … Read more
Quick fix: Display resolution resetting to 1024×768 after sleep means: graphics driver failed to detect monitor properly. Update GPU driver from manufacturer (Nvidia, AMD, Intel). For Nvidia: install Studio driver (more stable than Game Ready). Disable adapter sleep: Device Manager → Display adapters → right-click GPU → Properties → Power Management → untick “Allow the … Read more
Quick fix: Windows 11 feature updates remove printer drivers that aren’t signed for the new build. Reinstall the OEM driver directly from the manufacturer’s website (not Windows Update’s generic version) and add the network printer fresh via Settings → Printers & scanners → Add device → Add manually → TCP/IP port with the printer’s IP. … Read more
Quick fix: Run wushowhide.diagcab after installing your preferred driver. Select Hide updates and pick the unwanted driver from the list. Windows Update will stop offering it. For chronic offenders across many machines, use the registry value ExcludeWUDriversInQualityUpdate to block all driver updates from Windows Update. You installed a specific NVIDIA, Intel, or Realtek driver because … Read more
Quick fix: Open Settings → Time & language → Language & region → 日本語 → Language options → Microsoft IME → Keyboard options → General, and set Default input method to Hiragana. The IME will now boot in hiragana mode instead of half-width English after every reboot. You set the Japanese IME to hiragana while … Read more
Quick fix: The classic context menu setting is stored in HKCU\Software\Classes\CLSID\{86ca1aa0-34aa-4e8b-a509-50c905bae2a2}\InprocServer32. Feature updates wipe this user-specific override. Re-apply via PowerShell: reg add “HKCU\Software\Classes\CLSID\{86ca1aa0-34aa-4e8b-a509-50c905bae2a2}\InprocServer32” /f /ve then restart Explorer. You set Windows 11 to use the classic full context menu (skipping the “Show more options” submenu) because the new compact menu was missing entries you needed. … Read more