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ZoomIt LiveZoom black screen on Windows 11
After upgrading to Windows 11 on a modern laptop (Dell XPS 7590), the LiveZoom feature does not work. When I click the shortcut for LiveZoom a black screen appears. When I click the same shortcut, the black screen disappears. Hence, the shortcut still…
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Autoruns popup prompt says "autouns" instead of "Autoruns".
Hello, I downloaded autoruns.exe from https://learn.microsoft.com/it-it/sysinternals/downloads/autoruns and extracted the files. I checked the files and they were all signed by "Microsoft Corporation" so I didn't think much and I ran the…
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Incorrect motherboard info
I have recently just got this pc off facebook and on speccy and cpu-z + msinfo32 it displays the wrong motherboard i have a b360 aorus gaming 3 wifi and it shows i have a b550m i have downgraded bios full disk wiped and reset pc but the issue doesnt…
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ZoomIt v9.0 or v10.0 Livezoom has graphical glitches with taskbar and makes it unuseable
I downloaded the most recent version of ZoomIt a few minutes ago. I don't know if it is version 9.0 or 10.0 because on the download page it says it is 10.0 but when I open the program it says it is 9.0. I downloaded from here…
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High handles
Hello, im having an issue with high handles, my current cpu thread is 3197 and handles are above 3 million and increasing. How do i reduce it. i am currentyl using an amd ryzen 5600g
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How to remove "Failed to launch or locate Process Explorer" window?
Process Explorer runs from Autoruns, but I always get this window as well: How can I stop this happening? Thanks. Win11P, all current updates, autoruns and procexp in same folder.
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Process Explorer Dark Mode Broken Since v17.07
This issue has existed for quite some time (since v17.07), where dark mode simply does not work, and the application stays in light mode instead. Is there any workaround to this other than staying on 17.06?
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ZoomIt Quick Reference
Anyone make a good 1-2 page ZoomIt quick reference? I don't use ZoomIt enough to remember all the commands. I made a quick reference for myself, but more recently wondered if someone had made a better quick reference for ZoomIt. I am not very creative so…
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DebugView 5.0 broken on Windows 1022H2
The new DebugView 5.0 version does not function properly on Windows 1022H2 (10.0.19045). Upon starting it the following is displayed - And after dismissing the dialog the toolbar is broken - At this point I decided to revert to version 4.90!
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Process Monitor - does it catch all file accesses?
We have sporadic issues with some customers where an application fails to copy a file as part of its normal operation. Almost always this can be simply traced to on-access antivirus scanning by using Process Monitor and filtering to the file extension in…
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Disk2VHD not starting
Hello forum, I downloaded disk2vhd from the official site. When I start disk2vhd64.exe as admin, I get the dialog to allow making changes to the hard drive, but afterwards nothing happens. Starting disk2vhd.exe results in "Error…
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newest process explorer (22 april 2026) does not work in windows 8.1
trying to execute process explorer in windows 8.1 i get two errors in event viewer and the binary does not run: Activation context generation failed for "C:\Users\compit\Downloads\SysinternalsSuite\Autoruns.exe".Error in manifest or policy file…
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[Bug Report] GPU Engine checkboxes don't correspond to the graphs shown
In Process Explorer my GPU graph always shows 0% . I tracked it down to having specific engines selected, despite these engines being "busy" on the Engines screen. See: [System Information > GPU tab > Engines button] . The…
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Request to correct web page content - https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/downloads/rdcman
Hello, At https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/downloads/rdcman under the "Shortcut Keys" section, there is no URL embedded in the word "here" in the following statement for Terminal Services shortcut keys. "You can…
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Bug: Process Explorer 17 "System theme" does not use system theme
It appears that Process Explorer 17 added theme support, but when running Windows in High Contrast mode, the "Use System setting" theme doesn't actually use the system theme and instead paints part of the window (menu bar and process list…
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Does Sysinternals Portmon really work on Win 10/11 or Server 2022 ??
Does Sysinternals Portmon really work on Win 10/11 or Server 2022 ?? -- Ref: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/answers/questions/5858162/process-monitor-does-not-capture-irp-mj-create-for
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Process Monitor does not capture IRP_MJ_CREATE for serial port (character device) opens
Hi, I have been investigating why Process Monitor does not capture CreateFile (IRP_MJ_CREATE) calls against serial ports (character devices) and I would appreciate some clarification on the architecture. Setup: Windows Server 2022 A userspace program…
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My bluetooth completely disappear form everything
It has been a really big problem for me that my bluetooth disappear from everything starting from the device manager and the bottom right corner of my laptop. I've watched a lot of tutorials from youtube on how to fix it but i can't seem to fix it yet.…
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How do I make Process Explorer replace Task Manager permanently?
Hello, How do I make Process Explorer replace Task Manager permanently? Every time I reboot, it resets to the default Windows 11 Task Manager, and I would like to use Process Explorer exclusively. Thank you.
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Code signing
Hello. Could you please confirm whether SmartScreen accepts both ECC and RSA signing algorithms? Is an EV certificate with ECC algorithm valid for application (.exe, .msi) signing and works with SmartScreen and SmartAppControl? Thank you.
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