AMD issues with Windows 10

Some machine with AMD video shipsets will seem very slow to turn on the screen on startup and after wake from sleep. This seems to fix it!

AMD power saver If you have an AMD graphics card, there is one more step you can try. Go to the Start Menu and type "regedit". Open regedit and click the Edit button at the top of the screen, then click on Find. Type "EnableULPS" and click "Find Next". EnableULPS will be highlighted in the list of registry options.

[Windows 10 - disable ULPS in Regedit]http://cdn1.expertreviews.co.uk/sites/expertreviews/files/2015/08/7_windows_10_regedit_disable_ulps_0.png?itok=iklKQW5O Double click it, and change the value from 1 to 0. This will disable a power saving feature that switches off your dedicated graphics card when it's not needed and this will mean your laptop consumes more battery power, so only do this if your laptop spends most of its time plugged in.

Microsoft Autoupdate for Mac OSX

The Auto Update can get stuck in a loop on some versions, this should be a direct link to a recent version directly to get things going:

herehttp://officecdn.microsoft.com/pr/1ac37578-5a24-40fb-892e-b89d85b6dfaa/OfficeMac/Microsoft_AutoUpdate_3.4.0_160315_Updater.pkg

Excel spreadsheets opening blank (DropBox)

Just had this problem today and found a relatively simple fix for it – run Office 365 Quick Repair!

If you search this problem you will also find this suggestion for changing a setting in Excel, I did NOT have to do this:

1) Open Excel > click on File > Options > section Advanced.

2) Under General section > select the checkbox for Ignore other applications that use Dynamic Data Exchange (DDE) > OK.

3) Now try opening the Excel file from Dropbox and verify the result.

Test email posting

Is this working?

OneDrive for Mac OSX

I case anyone else is silly enough to want to get this working, there are currently a couple of tweaks needed to get this working on a Mac, documented here:

https://support.office.com/en-us/article/Get-started-with-the-OneDrive-for-Business-Next-Generation-Sync-Client-on-Mac-OS-X-d11b9f29-00bb-4172-be39-997da46f913f?ui=en-US&rs=en-US&ad=US

Lets keep this blog going!

Windows Update error 8020000E after cloning drive

I have just working on a system with a cloned drive and Windows Updates failed consistently with this error.

I found this article and applied the fix and now seems OK.

Also a good way to know to clear out Windows Updates when things get stuck!

Windows Update Error 0x8020000E

The definition of error code 0x8020000E is as follows:

BGEVOLUME_CHANGED - The destination volume has changed. If the disk is removable, it might have been replaced with a different disk. Reinsert the original disk and resume the job.

This can happen if partitioning has been changed, resized, cloned, or otherwise modified. To resolve this problem attempt clearing the Windows Update cache, and then Check for updates again.

How to clear the Windows Update cache… 1. Click Start, click All Programs, click Accessories, right-click Command Prompt, and select Run as Administrator. 2. Click Continue or provide Administrator credentials as needed. 3. In the Command Prompt window type the following and press Enter after each line: net stop wuauserv ren %windir%\SoftwareDistribution SoftwareDistribution.OLD net start wuauserv exit 4. Now click Start, click All Programs, and then Windows Update. 5. Then click Check for updates, and attempt reinstalling the failed update.