Outdoor Technologist

Random thoughts spewed in the digital realm

ftdibus.sys driver preventing Windows 11 Memory Integrity

Due to a program I’ve installed for a project my Windows 11 machine was no longer to protect the memory, and I finally did some work to remove the issue. The issue was a ftdibus.sys driver installed by one of the tools for device I use in projects. I’ve never removed a .sys file before,…

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Teams constantly crashing on Win11 Pro

I’ve recently had my Microsoft Teams crash over 15 times in 30 minutes while attempting to be on a call to debug a problem with an FAE – this was less than ideal. I was on my HP Pavilion Laptop PC 15-eg3000, Win11 Pro machine that was docked to my Anker 575 Dock, and had…

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Quick way to open new Outlook to transfer PCs!

Yes – I’m using outlook – it is for a contract… If you’re on a new computer, that has never run outlook, just follow these directions from Microsoft Here is all y’all have to do: (the “JxA” is the profile name – choose your own so we don’t get confused) That’s it – it opens…

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Uninstalling Microsoft ‘PowerToys’

I installed MS PowerTools on my new Windows 11 Computer so I could remap my print screen for SnagIt Screen Capture SW. Once I installed it, I realized it required a MS keyboard, and I’m trying to use it on my laptop. I didn’t want to look for workarounds, so I immediately & unsuccessfully tried…

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