Windows Tips n Tricks

· 1min · coleaderme

Change to AHCI (without windows reinstall)

  1. Run cmd as Admin
  • bcdedit /set {current} safeboot minimal
  • shutdown /r /t 0
  1. Computer will restart now. Goto BIOS/UEFI and change to AHCI.
  2. Now you'll be in safeboot mode. Run cmd as Admin.
  • bcdedit /deletevalue {current} safeboot
  • shutdown /r /t 0 DONE! Windows will start with AHCI enabled.

Win8.1 Remove Modern Apps

  1. Open Powershell as Admin.
  • Get-AppxPackage -AllUsers | Remove-AppxPackage
  • Get-AppXProvisionedPackage -online | Remove-AppxProvisionedPackage –online

DNScrypt-proxy setup

Github Instructions: https://github.com/DNSCrypt/dnscrypt-proxy/wiki/Installation-Windows Simple Instructions:

  1. Download for x64 https://github.com/DNSCrypt/dnscrypt-proxy/releases/download/2.1.5/dnscrypt-proxy-win64-2.1.5.zip (Recommended)
  2. Download for x32 https://github.com/DNSCrypt/dnscrypt-proxy/releases/download/2.1.5/dnscrypt-proxy-win32-2.1.5.zip
  3. extract zip file
  4. open folder, to open cmd in current folder, press {ctrl+L} and type cmd {Enter}.
  5. Copy configuration file via cmd
  • copy example-dnscrypt-proxy.toml dnscrypt-proxy.toml
  1. start dnscrypt-proxy program
  • .\dnscrypt-proxy.exe
  1. change dns to 127.0.0.1

from now onwards everytime windows start, just run .\dnscrypt-proxy in cmd