I figured out how to find and delete bad or incompatible drivers that may stop you from enabling Memory Integrity in Windows 11. It’s very easy to find and delete incompatible drivers, once you know where to look. Watch the video to learn how!
Winget UI is an Easy Way to Keep Your Windows Programs and Apps Up to Date!
WingetUI is a very easy-to-use tool for installing and updating Windows software. Winget is a great package manager included with Windows, but it requires use of the Command Line, which many people find very intimidating. WingetUI provides a Graphical User Interface that allows user to point and click to accomplish the same things without typing a bunch of cryptic commands. WingetUI can be downloaded for free at https://github.com/marticliment/WingetUI
Possible Fix for Starfield Not Launching With an Intel Arc A770 Graphics Card
According to Bethesda, Starfield does not actually support the Intel Arc A770 graphics card. By updating manually updating the drivers, it is possible to at least get Starfield to launch. (According to some other A770 owners, the driver updater built into the Arc software doesn’t do a good job of actually finding the most updated driver, so you MUST go find the driver manually.) In my experience, the game doesn’t run great and isn’t THAT stable, but it will at least run, unlike when it first first launched.
Below is a YouTube showing how to download and install the first version of the driver (31.0.101.4672) that allowed Starfield to launch (for me anyway). The latest version support release of the driver (31.0.101.4900 as of the time of writing) that works even better can be downloaded from Intel here. This driver has NOT went through the full WHQL process (yet), but I’ve never had any issues with Intel’s beta drivers and often the beta releases have allowed things to run several weeks before they are released as fully supported WHQL drivers.
Using an Erying Motherboard with ONLY Integrated Intel Iris Graphics!
Using some drivers from an Intel NUC and the Group Policy Editor, it is definitely possible to use your Erying mATX motherboard with just the integrated graphics.
What to do if an Erying motherboard blue screen’s with a KMODE_EXCEPTION_NOT_HANDLED error
I really like this Erying M-ATX motherboard with an Intel i9 mobile CPU soldered to it. The problem is, after initial installation it would always reset or throw a blue screen once the Out of Box Experience has started. In this video, I figured out how to fix it.
8 Things I Hate About Windows 11
In this video, I detail the eight things I wish Microsoft would fix about Windows 11.
Add a TPM 2.0 Module So You Can Install or Upgrade to Windows 11
Even though many UEFI BIOSs have a virtual TPM, not all do. If your motherboard has a TPM 2.0 header, this video will show you how to install a TPM 2.0 module so you can install or upgrade Windows 11.
Can’t Upgrade from Windows 10 to Windows 11 22H2? This fix was super simple.
After several hours of trying and failing to upgrade from Windows 10 to Windows 11 22H2, the fix was super easy!
Is Windows 11 The Fastest Version of Windows? Even After the 22H2 Update, It Is Not.
After doing some testing using a Lenovo T14 with a 12th Gen p-core and e-core CPU, Windows 11 is still slower than Windows 10 with a few minuscule exceptions even after the 22H2 update.
Windows 10 Lockscreen Picture Saver
TLDR Version: Download the program below to make it easy to save Windows 10 Lockscreen Images. Extract the file and run the .exe with the blue icon. Double-click on any lockscreen wallpaper you wish to save. Point to the folder where you want to save it and give it a filename. Click “Save.” Enjoy your saved lockscreen wallpapers!
Please Note: I have tested this program on my own computer and it seems to work well. I don’t expect it will cause you any problems. HOWEVER, I am not responsible for any damage it may cause! Use this program at your own risk.
Detailed Description: If you have a Windows 10 computer, you may notice that Microsoft puts some absolutely beautiful pictures on your lockscreen (the thing you see before you get logged into your machine). Unfortunately, Microsoft doesn’t make it very easy to save these images so you can use them later on your desktop, put them back on the lock screen, or whatever else you want to do with them.
I sat down this evening and wrote a little program in C# that lets you see all the lockscreen images that have been downloaded to your computer. If you see one you want to keep, you simply double click on its thumbnail and you get the option to save it wherever you like. The files come from Microsoft as a jpg, so my program saves them that way as well.
You can download this zip file and extract it. Run the .exe in the resulting folder (it’s the file with the little blue icon) and you’ll see all the images in the folder that contains the downloaded lockscreen wallpapers.
Please Note: I have tested this program on my own computer and it seems to work well. I don’t expect it will cause you any problems. HOWEVER, I am not responsible for any damage it may cause! Use this program at your own risk.