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Voice recording and recognition software for PC To run Speak-A-Message, you obviously need a Mic attached with your PC. It can be any headphone mic or a desk mic. This freeware lets you post your messages to Facebook or simply send them by Email. Moreover, you can even attach pictures, eCards, and screenshots to the recordings. To start recording your voice, simply click the red record button and the software is ready to record your voice....

Stop Excel from creating new Rows and Columns automatically To prevent Excel from creating new rows and columns automatically, follow these steps: To learn more about these steps, continue reading. First of all, open Microsoft Excel on your computer and click on the Options menu to open the Excel Options panel. Then, switch to the Proofing tab and click on the AutoCorrect Options button. Following that, switch to the AutoFormat As You Type tab and remove the tick from the Include new rows and columns in table Automatically as you work checkbox....

What is Tablet Mode in Windows 10? Tablet Mode is a native feature of Windows 10 that makes it more touch-friendly when you use your device as a tablet. You can easily activate and use tablet mode in Windows 10. After turning on the tablet mode, you will see changes in the Notification Center, taskbar, Start menu, etc. The Start menu is opened in full-screen mode (a bit similar to Windows 8 Start screen)....

The Surface BitLocker Protector Check Tool is only available in English, but it will run on all devices. The tool is designed to run exclusively on all Windows 11/10 powered Surface Pro, Book, Laptop devices. Surface BitLocker Protector Check Tool To run the Surface BitLocker Protector Check Tool, do the following, says Microsoft: Let us know in the comments section below if the tool helped you. Reboot is now required....

Microsoft Surface Laptop 3 review In this hands-on Surface Laptop 3 review, we will be covering the following topics: 1] Surface Laptop 3 specifications Surface Laptop 3 runs on Windows 10. It comes in two variants of 13.5 inches and 15 inches. Both of these displays are Pixel Sense Displays. The smaller one has a resolution of 2256 x 1504 with a pixel density of 201 PPI, whereas the larger one has a resolution of 2496 x 1664 with the same pixel density of 201 PPI....

A configuration change was requested to clear this computer’s TPM What you see as shown in the image above is a black screen with American Megatrends at the top. The screen contains configuration options for the Trusted Platform Module (TPM) settings. It’s worth noting that this screen may appear after a recovery or reset of your Surface – it tells you that a TPM configuration change was requested. Surface stuck on a black screen If you’re faced with this Surface black screen showing American Megatrends issue, you can follow the instructions below to resolve the issue....

Intel Processor Diagnostics Tool The tool comes with official support from Intel, and it supports all Intel processors. There is a separate download for 32-bit and 64-bit architecture so make sure you download the correct variant. The tool is completely free and does the job quite well. It is recommended to run this diagnostic test often to test performance and reliability of your Intel processor. Intel Processor Diagnostics Tool is quite easy to setup and use....

Net stop dnscache Not working If you are unable to stop the DNS Cache service, then this is because of a change made in the Windows operating system now. DNS Client Service in Windows OS is used to resolve DNS. It first queries locally or connects to a remote DNS server if the query was not made before. Restarting the service was one of the ways to troubleshoot any DNS issue....

The scratch directory size might be insufficient to perform this operation We need to specify a scratch directory that contains the Windows Folder. For that, you can either use the DIR command or the BCDEDIT command to find out the location of the Windows folder inside a particular drive. If the Windows folder is found to be inside the C:\ partition. Inside that, create a folder named scratch. To do that, run the following command in CMD- It will create a directory inside the root of C:\ partition named as Scratch....

When you encounter this error, you’ll get a pop up on your device and is displayed along with the following error message: 0x0000001D, ERROR_WRITE_FAULT, The system cannot write to the specified device. ERROR_WRITE_FAULT code 0x0000001D If you’re faced with this issue, you can try our recommended solutions below in no particular order and see if that helps to resolve the issue. Let’s take a look at the description of the process involved concerning each of the listed solutions....

Things you can do with Alexa on Windows PC While we have already covered a post on how to use Alexa on your Windows PC, today, in this post I will be sharing, things you should try with Alexa on your Windows 11/10 PC. With the increasing usage of technology in our daily lives, there are numerous Alexa-supported devices now available in the market which include speakers, smart lights, fans, power extensions, smart TVs, and much more....

Switching from Mac to Windows PC As a Mac user, you would be familiar with all the applications and tools available in a Mac. This post will also tell you in short, the comparable applications, services, features, and tools, which are present in Windows, which will allow you to carry out similar tasks, like its Mac counterparts. If you have installed Windows on a Mac, using Boot Camp, you will have a dual-boot system with your Mac OS on one partition and Windows on the other....

TORCS is a Car Racing Simulator Game for PC The gameplay allows different types of races from the simple practice session, up to the championship and features a simple damage model, collisions, wheel properties, aerodynamics, etc. You can steer using a steering wheel or a joystick if the device is supported by your computer. But you can also use the mouse or the keyboard, to drive the cars. The simulation features a simple damage model, collisions, tyre and wheel properties, aerodynamics and lets you race against up to 3 other friends of yours – in the split-screen mode too!...

With your own DLNA server on Windows 10, you will have the ability to stream content from the Xbox 360, Xbox One, and other devices that support DLNA or Digital Living Network Alliance. Set up Windows 11/10 PC as a DLNA streaming server At the moment, the Internet is filled with pieces of software that can quickly turn your computer into a DLNA streaming box, but we’re not going to dig into those because they are not needed....

Types of Cloud services We usually get three types of services: Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)Software as a Service (SaaS)Platform as a Service (PaaS) Infrastructure as a Service: It is clear from the name that it provides grids or clusters or virtualized servers, networks, storage, and systems software designed to augment or replace the functions of an entire data center. In simple words, it provides you with the IT infrastructure which you need as a service....

You might not have found the shortcut keys listed in the menu because they are not visible. By default, this feature is disabled. If you want to use the list of shortcut keys, you need to enable it. Don’t worry, the process of enabling the shortcut keys in the menu does not involve using some shortcut keys. Underline & Highlight Menu Shortcut Keys Both the processes listed below are for Windows 11/10....

Use original boot configuration greyed out Well, the solution for this is quite simple, and this is what I did to fix the problem. I downloaded and used Dual Boot Repair Tool. It is a freeware that allows you to repair Boot Configuration Data for Windows 10/8/7 in a click. The tool lets you Backup & Restore BCD, Repair BCD and more. If you are unsure about any of these options, it is best to use the Automatic Repair option which is much safer compared to the other commands....

ViPad desktop app launcher Searching for an oft-used software via the Start Menu can take time if you have several apps installed. Sure, you can quickly search for it using the taskbar search bar, but many prefer to place its icon on the desktop instead. Over a period of time, the icon clutter could increase, and we again spend time searching for its icon. This is where ViPad can help you....

When you get this error, you will see the following message: The error mostly thwarts you from reestablishing a connection to the VPN after it has been disconnected. The error is related to the RSA/VPN server, as the message specifies. Possible causes for VPN Error 812 Error 812 is a technical issue mainly caused by the server side. Let’s go through the possible reasons why this error occurs: This error code can pop up when the Client Connection Profile and the Server Network Policy do not match the Authentication Protocol....

Web apps HTTP Error 503 & WAS event 5189 If you have a computer that is running Windows 10 or Windows Server 2016 that has Internet Information Services (IIS) enabled, and you upgrade to a newer version of Windows 10 or Windows Server 2016, then some web applications may not start, but instead, they may throw up the following error message: HTTP Error 503. The service is unavailable. Cause of Web apps HTTP Error 503 and WAS event 5189 This error can occur because the Windows Activation Service (WAS) creates a temporary configuration file for each IIS application pool in the folder below during typical operation....