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* Change to ACHI in UEFI
* Change to ACHI in UEFI
* Run <code>bcdedit /deletevalue {current} safeboot</code>
* Run <code>bcdedit /deletevalue {current} safeboot</code>
==Application Management==
===Chocolatey===
[https://chocolatey.org/ Chocolatey] is an open source package manager for windows.<br>
Install by following the directions on [https://chocolatey.org/install https://chocolatey.org/install].<br>
It is particulary useful for managing CLI applications such as ffmpeg and youtube-dl.
<pre>
# Installs ffmpeg
choco install ffmpeg
</pre>

Revision as of 02:34, 29 March 2020


Bash

Download Git for Windows to get a copy of Git Bash.

Blue Screen

How to troubleshoot BSOD (Blue Screen of Death).

  • When windows encounters a BSOD, it will create a minidump (.dmp) file in

C:\Windows\Minidump.

  • Copy out this dump file to somewhere like your desktop.
  • There are various software to open the minidump files such as WinDbg Preview and BlueScreenView,

WinDbg Preview

How to use WinDbg preview

  • Open your minidump
  • Type !analyze -v

Hosts file

Wikipedia: hosts (file)
%SystemRoot%\System32\drivers\etc\hosts

Changing IDE/RAID to AHCI

Reference
You should be using ACHI instead of IDE or RAID.
Note that Intel's Rapid Storage Technology software raid won't be recognized by linux systems.

  • Run bcdedit /set {current} safeboot minimal in a cmd prompt with admin
  • Change to ACHI in UEFI
  • Run bcdedit /deletevalue {current} safeboot

Application Management

Chocolatey

Chocolatey is an open source package manager for windows.
Install by following the directions on https://chocolatey.org/install.
It is particulary useful for managing CLI applications such as ffmpeg and youtube-dl.

# Installs ffmpeg
choco install ffmpeg