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* Copy out this dump file to somewhere like your desktop.

* There are various software to open the minidump files such as [https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/p/windbg-preview/9pgjgd53tn86 WinDbg Preview] and [https://www.nirsoft.net/utils/blue_screen_view.html BlueScreenView],

* Typically, blue screens are caused by driver crashes in my experience. Windbg preview will point out the driver which crashed from the minidump.

===WinDbg Preview===

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<code>%SystemRoot%\System32\drivers\etc\hosts</code>

==Changing IDE/RAID to AHCI==

==Changing IDE/RAID/VMD to AHCI==

[http://triplescomputers.com/blog/uncategorized/solution-switch-windows-10-from-raidide-to-ahci-operation/ Reference]

~~You~~ should be using ACHI instead of IDE or RAID.

If you are not using Intel RAID, you should be using ACHI instead of IDE or RAID.

* Run <code>bcdedit /set {current} safeboot minimal</code> in a cmd prompt with admin

* Change to ACHI in UEFI

* Change to ACHI in UEFI. On newer boards, it may be known as Intel VMD.

* Run <code>bcdedit /deletevalue {current} safeboot</code>

~~; Drawbacks of Intel RAID~~

==Application Management==

* It is ~~a proprietary software raid by the Intel driver which does not work with Linux~~.

===Winget===

* You may run into problems when changing motherboards, and sometimes even just after updating the bios.

[https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/package-manager/winget/ Docs]

Winget is included in [https://www.microsoft.com/p/app-installer/9nblggh4nns1#activetab=pivot:overviewtab App Installer]

~~==Application Management==~~

===Chocolatey===

[https://chocolatey.org/ Chocolatey] is an open source package manager for windows.

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==Windows Update==

===Prevent Auto-restarts===

~~Auto-restarts are easily the worst part about windows. They happen even if you're doing something such as training a model or other data processing.~~

https://superuser.com/questions/1843873/windows-11-seems-to-have-disabled-all-ways-to-get-around-auto-update-restarts-i

~~See the long complaint thread at [~~https://~~answers.microsoft~~.com/~~en-us/windows/forum~~/~~all~~/~~disable-~~windows-10-~~automatic~~-~~restart~~-~~after~~-~~updates/16f1826d~~-~~a796-4de8-ac99-1d625420d265?auth=1 https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/~~all~~/disable~~-~~windows~~-10-~~automatic~~-~~restart~~-~~after~~-~~updates/16f1826d~~-~~a796-4de8~~-~~ac99-1d625420d265?auth=1].~~

~~# Run <code>gpedit.msc</code>~~

~~# In the Local Group Policy Editor, go to~~

~~#:<pre>Computer Configuration -> Administrative Templates-> Windows Components-> Windows Update</pre>~~

~~# Double-click on “No auto-restart with automatic installations of scheduled updates”.~~

~~# Select "Enabled", and then click "OK".~~

~~;Notes~~

* I'm not 100% sure if this works.

* Group policies are only available on Windows 10 Pro.

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 * Copy out this dump file to somewhere like your desktop.<br>
 * There are various software to open the minidump files such as [https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/p/windbg-preview/9pgjgd53tn86 WinDbg Preview] and [https://www.nirsoft.net/utils/blue_screen_view.html BlueScreenView],
+* Typically, blue screens are caused by driver crashes in my experience. Windbg preview will point out the driver which crashed from the minidump.
 ===WinDbg Preview===
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 <code>%SystemRoot%\System32\drivers\etc\hosts</code>
-==Changing IDE/RAID to AHCI==
+==Changing IDE/RAID/VMD to AHCI==
 [http://triplescomputers.com/blog/uncategorized/solution-switch-windows-10-from-raidide-to-ahci-operation/ Reference]<br>
-You should be using ACHI instead of IDE or RAID.<br>
+If you are not using Intel RAID, you should be using ACHI instead of IDE or RAID.<br>
 * Run <code>bcdedit /set {current} safeboot minimal</code> in a cmd prompt with admin
-* Change to ACHI in UEFI
+* Change to ACHI in UEFI. On newer boards, it may be known as Intel VMD.
 * Run <code>bcdedit /deletevalue {current} safeboot</code>
-; Drawbacks of Intel RAID
+==Application Management==
-* It is a proprietary software raid by the Intel driver which does not work with Linux.
+===Winget===
-* You may run into problems when changing motherboards, and sometimes even just after updating the bios.
+[https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/package-manager/winget/ Docs]
+Winget is included in [https://www.microsoft.com/p/app-installer/9nblggh4nns1#activetab=pivot:overviewtab App Installer]
-==Application Management==
 ===Chocolatey===
 [https://chocolatey.org/ Chocolatey] is an open source package manager for windows.<br>
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 ==Windows Update==
 ===Prevent Auto-restarts===
-Auto-restarts are easily the worst part about windows. They happen even if you're doing something such as training a model or other data processing.
+https://superuser.com/questions/1843873/windows-11-seems-to-have-disabled-all-ways-to-get-around-auto-update-restarts-i
-See the long complaint thread at [https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/all/disable-windows-10-automatic-restart-after-updates/16f1826d-a796-4de8-ac99-1d625420d265?auth=1 https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/all/disable-windows-10-automatic-restart-after-updates/16f1826d-a796-4de8-ac99-1d625420d265?auth=1].
-# Run <code>gpedit.msc</code>
-# In the Local Group Policy Editor, go to
-#:<pre>Computer Configuration -> Administrative Templates-> Windows Components-> Windows Update</pre>
-# Double-click on “No auto-restart with automatic installations of scheduled updates”.
-# Select "Enabled", and then click "OK".
-;Notes
-* I'm not 100% sure if this works.
-* Group policies are only available on Windows 10 Pro.