Quick fix: Edge’s sleeping tabs exclusion list applies to direct URL matches, but a tab can wake when a script runs (e.g., a service worker, a video buffering, a websocket reconnect). Add the domain in edge://settings/system → Never put these sites to sleep using [*.]example.com syntax, and disable the site’s service worker via Site Permissions. … 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: Open netplwiz, uncheck Users must enter a user name and password to use this computer, and enter the account password when prompted. Windows now auto-signs-in on boot, skipping the lock screen entirely. Disable on Wake under Settings → Accounts → Sign-in options → If you’ve been away. You’re using a standalone PC at … Read more
Quick fix: Sideloading requires Developer Mode enabled in Settings → Privacy & security → For developers, plus the publisher’s code-signing certificate trusted on the device. Import the .cer file into Local Computer → Trusted People, then run Add-AppxPackage -Path C:\app.appxbundle from elevated PowerShell. You want to install an .appxbundle file you downloaded from a developer’s … Read more
Quick fix: 0x800f081f means DISM can’t find a source for the missing payload. Default behavior is to pull from Windows Update, which fails when the WU service is broken or the file you need isn’t in WU’s catalog. Mount a matching Windows 11 ISO and run dism /online /cleanup-image /restorehealth /source:wim:D:\sources\install.wim:1 /limitaccess to use the … Read more
Quick fix: Notification settings are stored in HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Notifications\Settings. Export this key to a .reg file on the source PC, copy it to the target PC, and import. Per-app notification toggles, Focus settings, and Do Not Disturb hours all carry over. You spent an hour configuring notification settings on your main PC: turned off banners for … Read more
Quick fix: Windows Hello face recognition needs an IR camera with a specific driver-side capability flag. A recent driver update may have stripped that flag from the device’s INF. Roll back the camera driver via Device Manager → Properties → Driver tab → Roll Back Driver. Re-enroll Hello. Your laptop has Windows Hello face sign-in. … 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: Variable Refresh Rate (VRR / G-Sync / FreeSync) flicker on a specific game usually comes from frame rate dropping below the monitor’s VRR minimum (called the LFC threshold). Cap the in-game FPS just above the VRR minimum (typically 48 FPS), or disable VRR for that one game in NVIDIA Control Panel / AMD … Read more
Quick fix: Use (Get-Process -Name SomeApp).WorkingSet = 0 in PowerShell — this asks Windows to trim the working set of the named process, pushing unused pages to standby. The .NET wrapper calls the same EmptyWorkingSet API used by RAMMap. Memory pressure on Windows 11 24H2’s revised memory manager benefits more from working set trimming than … Read more