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Command Prompt and PowerShell help: fixes when they won't open or keep popping up, plus how to find your IP address and use common commands.
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UEFI does not always require FAT32, but FAT32 is the safest choice for an EFI System Partition. This article explains when NTFS or exFAT can work and how to make a UEFI bootable USB.
If the GPU is missing from BIOS after CMOS reset, treat it as detection or hardware trouble; if it appears, focus on Windows, drivers, and display routing.
If Windows Search in Windows 11 hangs, stays blank, won’t type, or returns nothing, check Explorer, the Search service, then the index.
Windows Reset usually removes files and apps from the Windows partition, but it does not delete other partitions unless you wipe the drive.
Command Prompt can reset a Windows local account password only with administrator access. It cannot legitimately reset a Microsoft account password.
Fix Windows Hello when it resets after every restart by re-enrolling the sign-in credential, checking TPM binding, and clearing PIN or policy conflicts.
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