Fixing Windows 10 bootloader with bcdboot

In this tutorial I will outline one way to fix an issue with the Windows 10 bootloader if you’ve run into an issue. This isn’t the only possible option, however I found this worked for me after performing a restore of the main NTFS OS partition but not any of the boot or system partitions at this same time. This may also help if your Windows 10 installation isn’t detected on boot after performing a disk clone, or if you’ve installed a fresh copy of Windows 10 to fix a boot issue, and then tried to restore the NTFS OS…

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PC stats monitoring on your phone with Logitech Arx & AIDA64

Ever since the original Logitech G15 keyboard came out I've really taken a liking to the idea of having a little LCD screen near the keyboard for stat monitoring. I much prefer this to an on-screen overlay. The G15 and G19 are pretty old now and I don't believe the LCD screen concept ever took off past those models. Logitech now has "Arx" which aims to replace this concept. Logitech have keyboards now with an "Arx dock", which is basically a phone dock. The idea is that you can use the Arx software on your PC along with the Arx…

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Fixing "Can't connect to Group Policy Client service" on Windows 10

This is the method I've used to fix the `Can't connect to Group Policy Client service` error on Windows 10. Symptoms - Log into Windows, no desktop icons, start bar not really working, and a little lock icon in the taskbar with that error message. A system restore will probably fix this problem, however it wasn't an option for me as I've disabled the system restore feature. In the start bar type cmd so that you see the command prompt shortcut. Right click it and run as Administrator. Type netsh and press enter. Type winsock reset and press enter. Reboot…

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Changing the NTP update interval on Windows 10 / 8 / 7

Open the registry editor and browse to: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet\Services \W32Time\TimeProviders\NtpClient Select - SpecialPollInterval The default decimal value will be 604800 seconds - 7 days. Change this to whatever value you wish. So for example, setting this to 3600 will force the NTP service to perform an update every hour.

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