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This post will use the powercfg tool that helps Windows users control all configurable power system settings, including hardware-specific configurations. Devices capable of waking your PC from sleep mode It’s important to understand that not all devices linked to your PC can wake Windows out of sleep mode. To find out which of your devices supports waking the PC, use Command Prompt or Windows PowerShell to check. Type Windows Powershell into the Windows search bar, right-click on the result and click Run as administrator to open it....

How do I manually update Chrome on Windows 11? Before going to the troubleshooting guide, let us once again try to manually update Chrome. To do the same, follow the prescribed steps. If Chrome is not updating, move to the troubleshooting guide. Fix Chrome browser won’t update on Windows 11/10 If the Chrome browser won’t update on your computer, try the following solutions. Let us talk about them in detail....

Before you begin, you may want to read this post on how to use the Cloud Clipboard History feature. Cloud Clipboard History not working We will use the Registry method here. So, be careful and proceed further with caution. Press Win + R in combination to open the ‘Run’ dialog box. Type ‘regedit.exe’ in the empty field and press ‘Enter’. Now, navigate to the following and expand the following key: Select the System folder....

Context Menu Editor Context Menu Editor Editor works with both x86 and x64 versions of Windows 7 & Vista. To start the application just Run as Administrator, the executable from the directory. For Context Menu Editor to work properly, you must be the administrator of the computer. Simply browse to the application exe files or type the command or the website URL in the appropriate box, select an icon if required, and click on set....

Convert Blu-Ray to BD5/BD9/BD25/MKV We like the idea behind AVCHD because it’s a format designed to incorporate all content on a Blu-Ray disc for playback on regular DVD. This is where the compression tool comes into play, and from what we’ve seen, it does a decent enough job. Bear in mind that compression is not perfect, so if you have a 4K movie on a Blu-Ray disc, it will get transformed down to 1080p....

Convert image to high-contrast black-and-white in Photoshop Black and white images do not have to be dull and lifeless. There are no colors but they can still look sharp and smooth. Black and white can be just that, black and white. There is also the high contrast black and white, which is crisp and attractive. A good color photo that is turned black and white can still have that sharp crisp look....

Convert NSF to PST free There are two ways of doing it. We will suggest trying both and then figuring out which works best for you. Make sure to create a separate profile on Outlook to verify if everything works as expected, and then move to actual profile. 1] Using CSV or Tab Separated Values Method The process is straightforward. You need to export the Lotus Notes Mail files, and then import the exported mail file in Outlook....

CPU Fan runs at full speed always We’ve already talked about the first reason. A CPU fan runs at full speed whenever the temperature of CPU increases. The processor generally uses a sensor that controls the fan speed. If the CPU fan runs at full speed all the time, there might be something wrong either with the processor or the sensor (in the fan). It can also be an issue of the heat sink on the processor....

Create a personal URL for PayPal payments It is needless to mention that PayPal is one of the best solutions for bloggers, affiliate marketers, etc. to receive their payments. In fact, some affiliate networks are using PayPal as their default payment method. However, if you want to receive money from a third person or a company that you do not know, you may end up getting tons of emails. This is because you must send your PayPal email ID to receive payment, and that third person may spam you with nasty advertisements and deals....

Now every website has a Contact Us page to let the visitors contact the site owner. If so, you can find an email ID or contact form on the contact us page of all websites. It is far better to use a custom email ID like [email protected] or [email protected] etc. instead of [email protected] or [email protected] or something similar. In other words, to make the blog more professional and to gain the readers’ trust, you should use your domain to create your very own and non-forgettable email ID....

Create Keyboard Shortcut to open USB Drive in Windows 11/10 Keyboard shortcuts are keys or combinations of keys that provide an alternative way to do something that you’d typically do with a mouse. Many users find that using a keyboard with keyboard shortcuts for routine tasks helps them work more efficiently. The procedure to create a Keyboard Shortcut to open USB Drive is as follows: Let’s cover the above steps in a bit more detail!...

The attacks of ransomware have been growing with a rapid speed. What does a ransomware attack mean in general? It simply means you can no longer have access to your system or stored files unless you pay the huge ransom money or find another way to decrypt them. Michael Gillespie, an immensely popular security researcher, has now come up with this excellent Windows app which helps victims of ransomware infections....

If you intend to change your current theme, switch to a different one, or create a new theme, you may find the Design tab in Word or the Page Layout tab in Excel as the right place to start. Change Theme color in Office First off, open a new document, choose the ‘Designs’ tab, click the drop-down arrow of ‘Colors’ and pick the color of your choice. Now, if you would like to create your own set of colors, choose ‘Customize Colors’ option....

To design and calculate speaker enclosures, we are going to use free web services and software for Windows 11.10. There are some free services that allow you to design and analyze speaker enclosures. You can simply enter some input specifications and these tools will let you view speaker enclosure designs and calculations. These show various graphs like transfer function, SPL, impedance, cone displacement, etc., that you can analyze before creating your speaker enclosures....

This device doesn’t meet your organization’s requirements for Windows Hello Ideally, the policies surrounding the PIN can be set by an organization managed through a server. If your system is connected to an organization’s network, only the IT administrator can make the desired changed to the policy. However, this issue is being faced by home users using the Windows 10 home version without any connection to any organization’s network. This is the case with most of the users reporting the issue....

Your diagnostics settings are preventing this device from getting Insider builds You’ll encounter this error message below because the Windows Insider Program makes use of diagnostic data to improve the productivity of Windows 10. The diagnostic data is used for the following purposes: To identify if your device is facing an issue and the same data can be used to fix such issues.The current configuration on your device to judge whether it can accommodate upcoming updates, feature version updates....

Microsoft Edge browser supports video, audio and picture casting to any Miracast and DLNA enabled devices. Microsoft has provided a few scenarios to try out such as cast a video from YouTube, a Facebook photo album or music from Pandora. Cast Media to Device in Edge browser You can cast Microsoft Edge (Chromium) content to a Wireless Display, and the procedure to do it is simple. Simply connect your wireless device to your PC, open Edge and search for multimedia content....

Disable recording in Teams for Specific meeting, Specific user or Entire organization Follow any of these methods, depending on your choice, to disable the recording in Microsoft Teams Meeting. Each method has its advantage; use whatever works best for you. 1] Using Teams Admin Center You can access the Teams Admin Center to change Meeting policies as a Teams admin. Login to Teams admin center. Go to Meetings > Meeting policies....

Why is there no sound when I share my screen on Discord? The most likely culprit to why there is no sound when you share your screen on Discord on your Windows PC, is a corrupted Discord cache and temporary files cache. To quickly resolve the issue, you can try deleting cache files and then restart your device. Why is my Discord audio not working? If you are experiencing Discord audio not working issue on your Windows 11/10 gaming rig, it’s usually due to improper audio settings or your audio device not being selected as the default device....

Display Executed Programs List in Windows 11/10 The basic function of ExecutedProgramsList freeware is to display the list of apps and batch files that have previously run on your PC. ExecutedProgramsList has many features that can help the user to analyze the apps and get the most of the information about the past applications that had worked on the system. Some of these features are as follows: Portability: In order to analyze the apps, ExecutedProgramsList can run from any folder where it is being stored....