Following are some of the things we must do when we are running a Solid State Drive or SSD on a Windows 11/10 computer: Let’s start to talk about them in detail. 1] Keep Defrag ON In the beginning, SSD defragmentation was not only unnecessary but also harmful to SSDs. But now Windows does defragment your SSDs automatically and periodically. Windows is smart enough to recognize an SSD and does this task appropriately and intelligently....
Inspect Element of Google Chrome 1] Find hidden JavaScript/Media files Many websites show popups if the visitor stays on the web page for more than 15 or 20 seconds. Or, many times an image, ad or icon, opens after clicking somewhere randomly. To find these hidden files on a web page, you can make use of the Sources tab of Inspect Element. It shows a tree-view list on the left-hand side that can be explored....
Free migration and data transfer software The transferring of data and application takes place in real-time, so you should not forget to install Todo PCTrans Free on both the system if you are migrating data and applications between them. Some of the features of Todo PCTrans Free software are listed below: Easily transfer data and applications like music, document, pictures, etc from an old PC to a new one without involving much effort....
To some users, it looks cool; but for an expert or technical user, this looks like an extra consumption of resources. So in order to optimize Windows and improve its processing performance, disabling the content show-off while dragging may be a nice idea. This article deals out the ways, using which you can configure Windows to disable dragging contents to show: Show window contents while dragging in Windows 11/10 Press Windows Key + R combination on the keyboard and type sysdm....
Turn On or Off Drive file suggestions for Chrome Browser When using Chrome, make sure the Chrome Profile is a GSuite account and not a Google account. While you can always switch account since it will work on the Chrome address bar, make sure to sign-in to Chrome by adding a profile. If you have a GSuite account that was free during its early stages (before December 6, 2012), then your account is “Legacy free edition of Google Apps....
Turn on or off Sleeping Tabs in Edge using Registry Editor To turn on or off Sleeping Tabs in Edge using Registry Editor, follow these steps- Press Win+R, type regedit and hit the Enter button. If you find the UAC prompt, click the Yes button to open the Registry Editor on your computer. After that, navigate to the following path- Right-click on Microsoft > New > Key and name it as Edge....
Surf Internet Anonymously We had posted a few reviews of tools that help you bypass any kind of censorship while protecting your privacy on the Internet. Different methods exist to protect your privacy and identity when you are online. Some are simple browsers while others are dedicated channels that encrypt data during transmission. For example, SpotFlux is a free VPN service that creates a secure channel between your computer and Spotflux servers after masking your IP address so that anyone snooping on your Internet usage is misguided....
Without the driver installed, you’ll be missing out on advanced gestures. For example, when you try to install the Synaptics Pointing Device driver, you may get the following error message. This happens with laptops of many models, in particular, Asus Zenbook. The Asus Smart Gesture driver is prone to this issue. Users have noticed that the installation of this touchpad driver fails. Unable to install Touchpad drivers on Windows PC If you notice that your touchpad drivers aren’t installing, this should be your course of action: Read this post to the end and then decide the order you want to try the suggestions....
This error occurs whenever the user tries to search for contacts. Since most conversations are picked up from saved contacts on Skype, this error could cause work stoppage. Skype Unable to load directory results The primary causes for the issue in the discussion are as follows: To troubleshoot this problem, proceed with the following troubleshooting sequentially: 1] Delete the shared.xml folder If the shared.xml folder goes corrupt, it could cause the problem....
All popular web browsers have a keyboard shortcut. That is Ctrl+Shift+T, which lets you re-open recently closed tabs and browser windows. That means, if you have closed any browser tab by mistake, you can easily get that back with that keyboard shortcut and without entering the web page URL. The most beautiful thing is you can open a recently closed browser window even after hibernating. To solve this problem, there is a software called UndoClose, which will let you do this easily....
This is not a recommended scenario, as one’s security software should be updated as soon as new definitions are available for download. Update Windows Defender when Automatic Windows Updates is disabled But you can set it so that Windows Defender will check for, download and install updates as soon as they are available, even if you have disabled Automatic Windows Updates. To do so, open the Task Scheduler. You will find it under Administrative Tools in your Control Panel....
What is an overcurrent error? In a nutshell, if there’s an overcurrent or “E” code, the electrical current on one or more wires connected to your Nest thermostat has spiked multiple times. Nest thermostats have an internal breaker to help prevent damage, and there will appear an overcurrent code if the breaker has been tripped 10 times or more. USB Device Over Current Status Detected 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 USB Device Over Current Status Detected error on your Windows 11/10 computer....
USB tethering not working on Windows 11/10 To fix the USB tethering problem on Windows 11/10, follow these suggestions: 1] Install/update USB RNDIS Adapter The Remote Network Driver Interface Specification or RNDIS driver can be helpful to fix your issue. If the pre-installed driver is not helping you to provide internet, you can install the USB RNDIS driver. For that, do follow these steps. )pen the Device Manager. You can press Win + X, and select Device Manager from the list....
Use PowerShell to change Registry values In this article, we’ll see how to modify the registry using two well-known PowerShell cmdlets. The first cmdlet is New-Item while the second is Set-ItemProperty. You can use either of these cmdlets to modify an existing registry key or add a new registry value. 1] Modify registry using New-Item PowerShell cmdlet In this example, I’ll be creating AllowIndexingEncryptedStoresOrItems registry DWORD at Usually, this registry DWORD is created to allow Windows 10 to index encrypted files....
Twitter Search tips and tricks The Twitter Search Box is one of the best search boxes for a social network. It provides so many options to find a particular thing quickly. Therefore, here are a few Twitter search tips and tricks so that you can find something quickly and without wasting time. Let’s learn how to use each of them. 1] Until Command This is a popular search term, which will let you search for tweets that were tweeted before a specific time....
There could be times when you want to provide support to a remote computer related to Microsoft 365 apps. If using downloading the Microsoft Support and Recovery Assistant is not possible due to some reasons, you can use the command-line version to get the job done. How to use command-line version of Microsoft Support and Recovery Assistant To use command-line version of Microsoft Support and Recovery Assistant, follow these steps: To learn more about these steps, continue reading....
Now, if you are one of the users experiencing the same problem, this guide is curated for you. In this post, we will discuss all the solutions that will help you get rid of the screen tearing issue in Valorant on your PC. What causes screen tearing in Valorant? One of the most common causes of the screen tearing problem is that your graphics settings are configured too high than your monitor can handle....
Unexpected failure, Error code [email protected]0004 You might see this error message in the Event Viewer. There is a KB979391 that ONLY explains why this happens, but no actual fix is mentioned in that article. It’s been reported in a few forums, that issue can be resolved by reinstalling your Virtual drive software like Alcohol 120%, DAEMON Tools Lite, etc. One thing you have to remember is after you remove the software, there is a good chance that it may leave the SPTD....
How to view Event Viewer Saved Error Logs If you are a regular of Event Viewer and you frequently view many .evt or .evtx files in Event Viewer, you may have noticed that a large number of files end up accumulating under Saved Logs. These entries remain even if you delete the original .evt and .evtx files. These Saved Logs are stored .xml format, in the ExternalLogs folder, which is hidden....
You might encounter the issue due to one or more (but not limited to) of the following known causes; The option ‘back up system files to the recovery drive’ requires at least 16GB USB flash drive.USB flash drive is with corruption problems that Windows can’t format everything on the drive to create a recovery drive.Windows file system has been corrupted.Some Microsoft Office services are interfering with the recovery processRecovery drive wizard glitch...
