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Microsoft tests new Windows 11 tool to remotely fix boot crashes
Microsoft has begun testing a new Windows 11 tool called Quick Machine Recovery, which is designed to remotely deploy fixes for buggy drivers and configurations that prevent the operating system from starting. The tool is part of Microsoft’s Windows Resiliency Initiative, an effort to enhance system stability and reduce downtime by introducing automated tools and features to detect, diagnose, and fix…
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The Microsoft Windows App Lets You Access PCs Remotely and in the Cloud
The Windows app, on Windows. Credit: Microsoft There’s more than one way to use Windows now. As well as sitting down in front of a locally installed copy of Windows, running on a hard drive inside your desktop or laptop, you can also fire up the Microsoft Windows app—a one-stop central hub for managing connections to remote PCs and Windows…
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New Windows 11 tool can fix devices that won’t boot remotely – Computerworld
Microsoft is working on a new Windows feature, “Quick Machine Recovery,” that will allow IT administrators to use Windows Update with “targeted fixes” to remotely fix systems that can’t boot, according to Bleeping Computer. The new feature is part of the Windows Resiliency Initiative — Microsoft’s efforts to prevent a repeat of the outage that occurred in July 2024, when a…
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New Windows 11 recovery tool to let admins remotely fix unbootable devices
Microsoft is working on a new Windows “Quick Machine Recovery” feature that will allow IT administrators to use Windows Update “targeted fixes” to remotely fix systems rendered unbootable. This new feature is part of a new Windows Resiliency Initiative launched in response to a widespread July 2024 outage caused by a buggy CrowdStrike Falcon update that rendered hundreds of thousands…
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Video game preservationists have lost a legal fight to study games remotely
Video games in the form of computer programs embodied in physical or downloaded formats that have been lawfully acquired as complete games, that do not require access to an external computer server for gameplay, and that are no longer reasonably available in the commercial marketplace, solely for the purpose of preservation of the game in a playable form by an…
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These Three Apps Can Help You Remotely Access Your Computer
It wasn’t too many years ago that accessing a computer remotely—over the web, from another device—was a hugely complicated exercise that was challenging even for IT professionals. These days, however, there are a range of intuitive apps to make the job much simpler, and they’re often free to use. This extends to scenarios where you need to access your computer…
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How to troubleshoot someone else’s computer remotely
If you read The Verge, then you probably know your tech, and so it’s likely that you’re sometimes asked to help troubleshoot computer issues by friends, family, and / or neighbors. It can be something as simple as just turning on the Wi-Fi or as complicated as having to update a BIOS. Whatever’s wrong, it’s much harder to sort out…
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How to Power On a Synology NAS Remotely from the Linux Command-Line using WOL (Wake-on-LAN)
WOL – Wake-on-LAN is a feature of the Synology NAS that allows you to turn on your Synology NAS from any computer on the same network as your Synology NAS without needing to press the power button of your Synology NAS. If you want to keep your Synology NAS locked in a cabinet, or on top of a shelf that…
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