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WINDOWS 10 BOOT TROUBLESHOOTING 😥

NO-HOPE WARNING: There is a HUGE probability that none of these things or the recovery options will bring back your Windows 10 to life. Also become aware that you CAN'T "reinstall preserving your data" from the installation DVD if your PC doesn't boot already. Great for you Microsoft...

Tips

Windows 10 has its small boot partition (which must be the "active" one -see diskpart or diskmgmt.msc- with a \boot\bcd file where the boot options of bcdedit are stored
Booting from installation DVD / recover usually c: and d: are swapped from normal boots (being c: the boot partition and d: where windows\system is, so don't freak out

Fixing Boot Error 0xc0000098 on Windows 10 (8 & 7)

Method 1: Run Automatic/Startup Repair

Insert the Windows 10 bootable installation DVD and restart your PC.
When prompted to Press any key to boot from CD or DVD, press any key to continue.
Select your language preferences, and click Next. Click Repair your computer in the bottom-left.

OBS Twitch Hype Train Overlay

With these settings, you can show the status of your Hype Train in your livestream. Just add a browser source in OBS with the following settings:

URL: https://www.twitch.tv/popout/<channelname>/chat?darkpopout

With: min. 500

Height: min. 150

Exporting your 2FA tokens from Authy to transfer them into another 2FA application

IMPORTANT - Update regarding deprecation of Authy desktop apps

Past August 2024, Authy stopped supported the desktop version of their apps:
See Authy is shutting down its desktop app | The 2FA app Authy will only be available on Android and iOS starting in August for details.

And indeed, after a while, Authy changed something in their backend which now prevents the old desktop app from logging in. If you are already logged in, then you are in luck, and you can follow the instructions below to export your tokens.

If you are not logged in anymore, but can find a backup of the necessary files, then restore those files, and re-install Authy 2.2.3 following the instructions below, and it should work as expected.

	import sqlite3

	def get_chrome_cookies(db=None):
	import json
	from base64 import b64decode
	from win32.win32crypt import CryptUnprotectData # pip install pywin32
	# should use Cryptodome in windows instead of Crypto
	# otherwise will raise an import error
	from Cryptodome.Cipher.AES import new, MODE_GCM # pip install pycryptodomex

	# Run the last command as root
	sudo !!
	# Serve current directory tree at http://$HOSTNAME:8000/
	python -m SimpleHTTPServer
	# Save a file you edited in vim without the needed permissions
	:w !sudo tee %
	# change to the previous working directory
	cd -
	# Runs previous command but replacing
	^foo^bar

	#define WIN32_LEAN_AND_MEAN
	#include <windows.h>
	#include <Shlobj.h>

	#include <string.h>
	#include <stdio.h>
	#include <stdlib.h>
	#include <errno.h>

	bool replaceAllInFile(const TCHAR* filePath)

	import os
	import time
	import urllib.parse

	import requests
	import json
	from slugify import slugify
	import logging

	from nltk.tokenize import sent_tokenize

	// ActiveTable - a bookmarklet to make tables sortable and editable

	function init() {
	var aHrows = getHrows();
	var numHrows = aHrows.length;

	var aHidden = getHiddenColumns();
	ATpopup = document.createElement("div");
	ATpopup.style.cssText = "position: absolute; visibility: hidden; padding: 0; font-family: Arial; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.9); border-radius: .5em; text-align: center; box-shadow: .05em .05em .5em #00C;";
	ATpopup.innerHTML = "<a href='sort' title='sort' onclick='sortColumn(); return false'><img border=0 src='http://stevesouders.com/images/sort_up_down.png' style='padding-top: 0.2em;'></a><br><a href='hide' style='color: #C00; font-family: monospace; font-size: 1.5em; text-decoration: none;' title='hide' onclick='hideColumn(); return false'>x</a>"; // TODO - use protocol-less URL for img

	simple .bat application that will copy your userchrome profile from its main location to a backup location.

	this cuts out the need for downloading another application
	or having to dig through file explorer to copy paste and sort your info

	simply download this bat or make it paste the text below in notepad
	change the name in the file to your Windows Name and backup location
	save it as a .bat file