While shutdown option brings powers off the system safely and the system does not consume any energy after shutdown. Sleep option turns off the display and sometimes the hard drives, if selected but it requires power for keeping the system is sleep state. The benefit of sleep state is that when the computer comes back from sleep, it has all the open and running applications which were open before sleeping....
The wheel or ratchet icon is fast becoming de-facto symbol of items like settings, options and preferences on Internet. Google was among the major Internet companies who early adopted this symbol. Lately, Google had redesigned its interface to make it uniform across the host of its services (but interestingly Google Chrome still does not use wheel as icon for button that pops up settings menu). Anyway, Facebook is yet another big Internet company to have fallen in line and placed the wheel icon in top-right corner....
If you use MS-Word a lot, sometimes you also must have wished if you could find a particular type of formatting in a long document and then replace it with some other sort of formatting. For example, you may wish to find all the portions of text with bold typeface and change these pieces to italic typeface. Let’s learn how to do it. People who are used to with find and replace facility in MS-Word know how to find text and replace it with some other text....
I tried my best to resolve the issue by restarting the server or running Google Drive as an administrator but the application will get stuck on one moment please. I thought it would be something related to the Firewall or Internet settings as the same Google Drive installation and Google account were working on Windows 10 machines. I allowed Google Drive both ways from Windows Firewall but of no use....
One such Outlook error is the error code “0x800CCC1A” followed by this error message: As you understand from the error message, there is something wrong with the specified encryption method and it suggests that you change it. However, even doing so sometimes doesn’t work. In this article, we discuss why the error occurs in Microsoft Outlook and all the methods that can potentially fix the issue and resume your incoming and outgoing emails....
Google Chrome 98 is also available for the Extended Stable channel. Since Microsoft shifted from a 6-week release cycle to a 4-week release cycle, they also introduced a new channel – the Extended Stable channel – which is an 8-week release cycle. This update also brings in new features like a built-in screenshot tool, stable web applications, updated look of the emojis, which you could also add to screenshots on Chrome 96 for Android....
Codecs are a necessary piece of software required to compress, transport, and then decompress any files comprising of video, audio, or both. You can check which codecs are installed on your Windows 10 device using the given guide. But before that, let’s discuss in detail what codecs are, and how they work. What is a codec As we mentioned, a codec is a part of the software that encodes (compresses) a file and then decodes (decompresses) it to make it playable again....
Creating a system image backup consists of copying your system partition (usually the C drive) into a remote storage location, which can be a USB flash drive or a network drive. You also have the option to create a system image on a local partition as well, but people do not usually opt for this in case the hard drive gets corrupted or the entire computer is destroyed during a natural disaster....
Although you can’t create the file, you can move a file named “CON” from the Internet or other media to Windows hard drive. You can also rename a file or folder to CON using ASCII characters. To rename a file/folder to CON, just follow the instructions below: This will rename the file or folder to CON without any problems. The problem is that you will not be able to delete the file or folder directly using the context menu or the delete key....
The “God Mode” folder is a hidden folder in the Windows operating system that provides quick and convenient access to Windows administrative tools, such as various Microsoft Management Consoles (MMCs), system configurations, hardware configurations, etc. After Windows 7, all future Windows versions have this hidden gem, which is especially useful for system administrators and people wanting to manage their computers with their own customizations and preferences. However, this feature needs to be enabled manually....
The Low Disk Space warning indicates to users that a specific drive on their Windows computer has run out of space. In order to avoid the warning message from appearing continually, the user must resolve this issue as soon as possible. You can either free up space on the respective drive to free up space or switch off the notification entirely. You may see any of the following notifications in the tray on Windows 11 or Windows 10:...
Using certain filters and keywords, you can now narrow down your search to a few results in Windows 10 through File Explorer. Let us show you some of the most widely used techniques to search for your desired file or folder. The search bar in File Explorer In the top-right corner of File Explorer, you will find a search bar with a magnifying glass as its symbol. This is where users may enter keywords to look for their files and folders within the directory they are in....
Before buying a new product, people rarely rely on the opinions of their friends and family alone, but often do a fair amount of research by searching for and reading reviews online or in print. With an overwhelming amount and variety of reviews on the Internet, in tech magazines, and on TV, it may be hard to know where to begin if you want to start penning reviews of your own....
Lately, I decided to finally make changes in my websites and implement short URLs. MediaWiki short URLs hide the index.php?title= part of the web address. Shorter URLs are easier to read and easier to remember. These web addresses are great especially for MW websites that use non-Latin character sets. A typical, long, ugly (and default) MediaWiki URL: www.kavitakosh.org/kk/index.php?title=Problem_in_Reading_Hindi_Font …and here is Short MediaWiki URL: clean and pretty: www.kavitakosh.org/kk/Problem_in_Reading_Hindi_Font Search engines love beautiful URLs which hide the technical details (like parameters and values attached with URL strings)....
Microsoft released the Out Of Box Experience updates for the Windows operating system. These are mandatory updates that install automatically, without a prompt or intimation, during the OOBE process when an active internet connection is available. Therefore, these are not available to install or download through Windows Update, or any standalone installers. An OOBE update is an unprecedented non-cumulative update released by Microsoft when an issue needs an urgent fix....
Microsoft has published the updates for two separate groups; where one group will receive the update 22622.290 while the other will receive the update 22621.290. Update 22622 will have new features introduced to the Beta channel, whereas update 22621 will have the new features disabled by default. Moreover, some fixes apply to both these updates, whilst some only apply to build 22622. The 2-update approach has been adopted by Microsoft for this flight as a means to test their enablement packages for Windows 11, as they do with Windows 10 already....
Photoshop shows dimensions of the canvas area and zoom level in status bar. But when we select marquee tool and select some area on canvas -information regarding width and height of the selected area is not displayed. To know the dimensions of your selection, you should do the following: Go to Window menu and select info pallet Info pallet window will appear on screen. Now make selection using marquee tool....
People generally write batches of DOS commands or shell commands. When you execute a DOS (Windows) batch file by double clicking the .bat file –the command prompt windows pops up, execute commands quickly and then disappears. If your batch file is short and commands don’t take much time to execute, you may not even properly see the cmd window on screen! It all happens so quickly. This, usually black colored, cmd window will not stay to show how your batch file executed....
Following list shows meanings of the words and phrases often used during a two way radio communication. You may also want to read about etiquette of radio communication. Mayday: I need help Roger: Message has been fully received and understood Wilco: “Will comply” (i.e. I/we will carry out the orders) Read: Often used as a question; as in “do you read me?”… the speaker is asking if the other party is able to listen to the radio clearly....
I am providing you solutions which will help you in preventing installation of any app which you do not want to install automatically or from outside of the Windows Store. Prevent Programs From Installing Through Windows Settings You can easily disable the feature that will prevent you from installing the third-party app even if it is a desktop app. You can only install the Store apps by applying below steps....
