Winver command.reg query HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control /v PortableOperatingSystem
That Key also contains several other important entries.
I ran this command prompt, and the response ended with 0x1
reg add HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control /v PortableOperatingSystem /t REG_DWORD /d 0And I'll admit I don't quite know what to do now. I have a long-standing aversion to messing around with the Registry, as if it is some almighty God of the computer and one tiny deletion or change can cause it to explode! I'm kinda nerdy but not so much as to be comfortable with Registry editing.
The "reg add" command which I suggested will resolve the issue for you. You'll need to reboot the system for the change to take effect. I've also found the original Microsoft support article which describes the issue as well for you.
Help me understand what this command prompt does: I think it says ... go to that particular line of my mini's Registry that says PortableOperatingSystem, then go to the end of the line and delete the number "0". Is that right?
Thanks much, BlueRobot. I did the command prompt gambit, rebooted, and lo and behold the Registry entry with PortableOperatingSysterm shows 0x00000000 (0). Also thanks to others who responded to me earlier. I appreciate it all.
Sort of, it changes the value data of the registry value PortableOperatingSystem which is located at HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control to 0. It was originally set to 0x1.
Steve,
I can't recreate it now, since the registry setting was successfully changed. But here's what I recall: after the mini would go to sleep (or I would turn it off) and then later restart or reboot, sometimes there would be a rectangular popup box that said I shouldn't take a USB drive out of the computer while asleep as it confused the WIndows To Go. (I have two USB cables plugged into the back of the mini: one to a box with two external HDDs --usually turned off -- and one to a USB hub with keyboard, printer, webcam, etc. plugged in. No USB cables or drives were removed after shutdowns, so I was confused.) I would routinely close that popup box and nothing bad happened. But the WTG reference sent naive me down the rabbit hole in trying to find out what it was talking about. For a while, I thought the external HDDs had something to do with it, as it may have been that the box was live when the computer shut down, and then the box itself later went to sleep, thus tricking the mini into thinking a USB drive had been removed. I was about to try just unplugging the HDD box for a while to see if that revealed what the problem was. But I'm guessing the problem is now fixed through the registry edit.
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