Category: Windows
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Hyper-V GPU partitioning for Windows guests
Hyper-V allows partitioning the GPU to pass through as a renderer engine to a Windows guest machine. This post outlines the steps to enable accelerated rendering in a Hyper-V guest.
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KVM: Intel iGPU passthrough to Windows Guest
Getting intel iGPU passed through to VM can be challenging. This post provides an step by step guide for full iGPU passthrough to Windows guest.
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RDP: Allow multiple simultaneous connections
Consumer versions of windows only allow a single RDP session at the same time. It’s possible to circumvent this limitation.
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Creating symlinks in Windows
Creating symlinks is useful when you want different paths point to the same common file or folder.
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Force run exe without administrator privileges
Sometimes you may want to override UAC forcing privilege escalation when running programs that indicate admin rights in their manifests. Here’s how.
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Mark Windows components as hidpi-aware
The compatibility tab is hidden for Microsoft Windows’ system files. To work around this issue, you can mark the executable as hidpi aware directly in registry.
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Make samba fast
Samba’s default settings are defined with security and compatibility in mind. In the modern world, we can trade off compatibility and some security for faster speed.
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AutoHotKey: Allow UI access to administrative programs
Normally, AHK scripts can’t interact with programs that were launched with Administrator access. So there is a need for a workaround