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There is no easy way to determine which program is making a sound. Apps can be recognized by their behavior. Using the Sound control panel in Windows (sndvol.exe) is the easiest method to check. Process Monitor can also be used to detect and identify sound-generating applications. Ideally, this is not a good solution, as you don’t know when to plug out the cables of your speakers. In this article, we will discuss identifying the programs that make sounds in real-time, and close or mute them safely, without muting the whole system....

If you’ve bought a surround sound system for your home theater or are planning on getting one, then you best ought to prepare your Windows 11 PC to have the best sound experience from the very beginning. In this article, we have discussed how to install Dolby Atmos on your Windows PC, or how to fix issues with it if you already have it installed. What is Dolby Atmos Dolby Atmos is a virtual technology developed by Dolby Laboratories that adds height and depth to the existing 7....

Allow us to introduce you to Windows Server Updates Services (WSUS) Offline Update tool, or WSUS Offline. This tool has been created by an individual third-party and is not officially supported by Microsoft. WSUSOffline can be used to download and package the updates available on a computer with an internet connection for Windows 10 (32 and 64 bit – up to version 1909 only), Windows 8.1, Server 2012, Server 2012 R2, Office 2010, Office 2013, and Office 2016, and then be installed on the respective product computer....

This article highlights how you can remap the mouse wheel clicking function to something useful that might make your experience on the computer more comfortable and increase productivity. Default mouse scroll wheel click function Back in the old days, mice did not come with a scrolling wheel at all. At the time, mice did not have many buttons on them, nor did they have a laser or optical sensors. As technology advanced, a scrolling wheel was introduced on top of mice, which did not only scroll up and down but also had a function to click (press inside the mouse)....

This article will walk you through the options available. iMovie to Rotate Video in iPhone/iPad iMovie app has a built-in ability to rotate videos and it is bundled free with all iPhones purchased post September 2013. You can rotate a video clip to 90 degrees, 180 degrees, and 270 degrees clockwise or counter-clockwise. To return to the default view you can rotate the video to 360 degrees. To rotate videos in iMovie: After saving, the video with the new orientation will be available in your Photo Library....

We all sometimes get Word documents that contain a large number of embedded images. If we need all these images saved as separate files, MS World does not provide any straightforward method to do this. Although MS Word itself can do a number of image editing operations within the document but if we want to edit the embedded images in something like Photoshop, we would require images to be saved as separate files....

Before you begin the process, you should put your wiki on read-only mode by making a setting in LocalSettings.php: Now, first make a backup of all the important files and mysql database. Take backup of the following items Database. This can be accomplished through phpMyAdmin. Using SSH access, backup of Mysql database can also be done by dumping extensions directory skins directory images directory: If you lots of images –it would consume a lot of time to download the entire directory via FTP....

Without having to install any third-party software, you can highlight specific parts of an image or a document using either the pre-installed Paint app or the Paint 3D app on a Windows computer. Continue reading to learn how to focus the viewers’ attention on specific parts of an image or highlight text so that they can read it immediately. Before we begin, confirm whether you have Paint 3D installed on your computer....

The one more amazing feature of Notepad++ is that it can find any text within all files of a folder. As I am an article writer and write many articles daily, sometimes I may forget about any important thing that can be in any article where I did save or where it exactly locates. Or some important text I need to review but i exactly don’t know which file it contains....

The level of sound you get from your computer depends on the installed sound card and speakers. Both of these are hardware pieces and it is unlikely that you’ll go to market to get better versions in the middle of the night while trying to watch a movie! So, can you boost sound using software? The answer is yes, but of course there is a limit to which you increase the sound using software....

Facebook reached 1 billion monthly active users on September 14 2012 at 12.45 PM Pacific time. Since Facebook launched: Over 1.13 trillion likes since launch in February 2009 140.3 billion friend connections 219 billion photos uploaded (Data was pulled on 9/10/2012, and represents the total # of photos currently on this site – in other words, it excludes deleted photos. If we wanted to include all photos ever uploaded, the estimate we have is 265 billion....

After receiving feedback from the users, where the users experienced issues with how .NET Framework runtime imports X.509 Certificates, Microsoft rolled out another version for the aforementioned .NET versions in the same month. Continue reading below to learn more about why Microsoft had to urgently roll out a non-security update for .NET. What’s new in .NET 6.0.19 and 7.0.8 The last updates (.NET 6.0.18 & 7.0.7) added constraints to PFX certificate loading to fix a DoS vulnerability (CVE-2023-29331)....

Today, I began my day by testing a new software. I have a Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 and a Nokia E72 mobile phone. I wanted to transfer some songs and photos from my tablet computer to my mobile phone. Also, I wanted to take a backup of my contact phone number (phone book) from my mobile to tablet. Although there are multiple ways to do this, but I came across a new software called Wondershare MobileTrans and I decided to give it a test drive....

Different types of blogs require a different style of writing. If you’re writing about news, your style would that be of reporting; if you’re writing tutorials and instructional posts (e.g. I do on TechWelkin) your style needs to be more interactive. If you write posts on fiction work, you would do better with more creative style. Therefore, it depends on the kind of blog. If you’re serious about blogging, language style is one of the most critical cog in your success....

Shortcuts are keys on your computer’s keyboard that can be used as replacement for mouse clicks. Using keyboard instead of mouse may take a bit of time and practice —but once learnt, you’ll be able to do several things much faster. Previously, I have written about Windows 8 and MS-Word shortcuts as well, in case you are interested. Unlike on Facebook, you are not required to use key combinations (with CTRL, ALT or SHIFT) on Twitter....

An environment variable is a dynamic value which points to different environments (folders) of the system. For example, if you install Java, you will need to manually set Java environment variable to make sure you can run Java commands without entering path of each command again and again. System Environment Variables User Environment variables Do User Variables Override System Variables? There are two types of environment variables: Some examples of environment variable that are used most often are:...

However, since the NTLM authentication technology is old and outdated, hackers tend to hijack the data packets in this protocol, making your usernames and passwords vulnerable. Whether you’re a sysadmin using Windows Server, or a regular person with a Windows client operating system, you can make your network secure by monitoring, and even blocking the NTLM authentication protocol. In this article, we cover in detail what the NTLM authentication protocol is, why it is used, why it is still supported, and how to monitor any apps or programs that still use it, so it can be blocked....

People often create their websites themes based on a image file (e.g. PSD). While all the website designs begin as an image, one should be very careful that their design conform to the principals of responsiveness and are mobile-friendly. Let’s take a dip into the subject and find out all about this issue. Well, the responsiveness of a website refers to its ability to adjust display according to the device it is being seen on....

Preview Build 21332 will reset the rollout of News and Interests in the taskbar, meaning many users will lose this feature temporarily. Microsoft is currently working on finalizing the layout and content of the News and Interests through feedback. This release also includes other fixes and improvements that have been discussed further in the article. If you are subscribed to the Dev Insider Channel, you will receive this update automatically through Windows Update....

Build 22543 brings in new natural voices for the Narrator which will improve your overall accessibility experience. You will now be able to browse through the internet and perform other tasks using on-screen text to speech more comfortably. 2 new voices have been added named “Aria” and “Jenny.” Microsoft has also made other changes to the OS, such as redesigning the media controls visible on the Lock screen, updating the app windows resizing experience, and many others....