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For those who don’t know what SmartScreen is, it is a feature that helps detect phishing websites, and can also help protect you from installing malicious software or malware. So whenever you encounter a suspicious site, a warning will be displayed on the browser window to notify the user about the site’s nature and whether the user trusts the site owner/publisher to continue further on the URL provided. Read: SmartScreen filter warning messages explained....

How to Turn off Superscript and Subscript in PowerPoint Follow the steps below to turn off Superscript or Subscript in PowerPoint: Select the text, symbol, or number with superscript or subscript you want to remove. On the Home tab, click the launcher button on the bottom right of the Font group. A Font dialog box will appear. On the Font tab, uncheck the check box for Superscript or Subscript. Click Ok....

However expensive our computers might be, they lack a good quality microphone. Since the microphone is rarely used on Desktops and Laptops, manufacturers tend to use low-quality microphones in their products. On the other hand, our mobile phones have an excellent quality microphone with noise cancellation and other functions. Wo Mic is a freeware for Windows that lets you use your Android or iPhone’s microphone as a virtual microphone...

If you find yourself in one of these situations while dealing with Windows Updates, then try some of the solutions provided here. These are some of the most common solutions to the most common problems. In some cases, you may have to enter the Safe Mode to be able to carry out the suggestions. Updates are meant to enhance the security of your computer; it’s best not to remove an update unless you’re certain that it is causing a problem....

The formula for the Concatenate function is Concatenate(text1, [text2],…). The syntax for the Concatenate function is below: Text 1: The first item to join. This item can be a text value, number, or cell reference. It is required.Text 2: Additional text items to combine. You can have up to 255 items and up to a total of 8,192 characters. It is optional. How to use Concatenate in Excel to improve data formatting Follow are the method below on how to use the Concatenate function in Excel to improve data formatting:...

Windows 11/10/8.1 PCs come with an IME for each language. You can add new IMEs by adding different languages if you wish. Install additional Input Method Editor From the Control Panel, go to the ‘Language’ tab. Click any language you want an IME for, and go to ‘Options’. Click on ‘Add an input method’. Now, browse the available keyboards, check out the preview and then click on the IME you would like to add in your Windows PC....

Known Folder Move (KFM) on OneDrive The feature is primarily designed to help Windows users move their docs, desktop, and pictures into OneDrive to enable them to organize their most important files and access them across different applications. All the user content is automatically synced to Microsoft’s cloud storage without disrupting productivity. There is nothing a user needs to do to prepare for this change. Once rolled out (anticipate rollout completion by late July) the user could move content from the Desktop, Documents, and Pictures folders to OneDrive via a single dedicated button....

Using LinkedIn Resume Assitant in Word First, you must make sure you are using the latest version of Microsoft Word. Additionally, you will need a LinkedIn account because what we’re going to talk about here does not work without one. From what we’ve gathered, it only works for those who have subscribed to Microsoft Office 365, so keep that in mind. We should note that LinkedIn Resume Assistant also works with Microsoft Office Online....

Does NVIDIA Reflex reduce latency? Yes, NVIDIA Reflex does reduce latency. As per what they say, with mid-range GPU cards, one can expect up to 33% improvement. And, if you use a high-end GPU and a gaming monitor (with a refresh rate of up to 360Hz), gamers can experience the lowest latency possible (up to 80%). Sounds quite good indeed, but here is a little catch also. NVIDIA Reflex feature is not something that can be activated in all GPUs or games....

If you often use Microsoft apps over Google apps or anything else, Outlook Calendar seems to be a great choice to manage schedules. Whether you are a student, businessman, teacher, office employee, or anybody else, Outlook Calendar can help set things up so that you do not forget anything important. As of now, you might have used this service just as a calendar. However, it is also possible to use this app as a to-do list management app....

People Bar in Windows 10 After updating to Windows 10, you will find the People Bar turned on by default, and you can see its icon in the taskbar. Clicking on ‘Get started’ will open the following panel. It will allow you to pin certain contacts on the taskbar. You can click on ‘Find and Pin contacts’ field to find the desired contact. The feature sorts contacts in alphabetical order....

The Shadow Copy features are available only in the higher Windows versions like Pro, Business, and Enterprise, and not in versions like Home, etc. If your version of Windows does not allow shadow copy browsing, then you can surely go for this amazing, tiny, and fast shadow copies exploring utility called ShadowExplorer. ShadowExplorer for Windows 11/10 Shadow copies are automatically saved as part of a restore point in System Properties....

Google is a search engine whereas Wolfram Alpha is a Computational Knowledge engine. It is different from any search engine as it gives you the result exactly matching your query, whereas search engines provide you links to websites matching every word of your query. I tried it for a few days and came to understand how it is different from search engines. How to use Wolfram Alpha You just need to enter your query in the search area it has provided and hit enter....

Today we’re going to look at four tools that were designed with viewing and managing Chrome cookies. From our point of view, these tools are very easy to use; therefore, folks should not experience a steep learning curve at all, even if you’re the biggest novice around. OK, so the tools we’re going to talk about are as follows: View & delete Cookies in Chrome with ChromeCookiesView It should be noted that this tool is portable, so there’s nothing to install....

Windows Hyper-V Network adapter not connected Hyper-V is a great utility built right inside the Windows 11/10 Pro and Enterprise editions to enable users to deploy Virtual Machines and other virtualization objects on their computers. Mostly used by enterprise, Hyper-V is mostly used to deploy virtual machines on a computer. This makes the use of third-party software like VMWare or VirtualBox redundant. One of the drawbacks of enabling Hyper-V on a computer is that running third-party emulators like Bluestacks will not work....

Icons not showing in Windows Search Box There can be a number of causes for this issue. Some of them can be the cache file being damaged, or thumbnails previews are not getting saved on the operating system. We will be checking out the following different ways to get rid of this issue on Windows 11/10, 1] Change Icon Scaling In Windows 11, open Settings > Accessibility > Display > Text size....

Improve Windows 11 Performance The following are some of the best Windows 11 Settings to improve performance and make sure that you don’t end up waiting for a simple task. These suggestions are apart from our detailed posts on how to make Windows 11/10 run faster. Let us talk about them in detail. 1] Disable VBS VBS or Virtualization-based Security, with the help of Hardware Virtualization, creates a separate secure region for the memory....

An Azure VM gives you the flexibility of virtualization without having to buy and maintain the physical hardware that runs it. However, you still need to maintain the VM by performing tasks, such as configuring, patching, and installing the software that runs on it. In-place upgrade not supported on Azure Virtual Machines You might encounter this issue based on the following: You have a virtual machine (VM) that is running Microsoft Windows in a Microsoft Azure environment and you run an in-place upgrade of the VM to a newer version of the operating system....

Whenever you open a Microsoft Office app such as Word, it shows a page from where you can choose a template, or open recently opened document. Like Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint have similar functionality and user interface. By default, they show the last fifty documents, spreadsheets, and presentations list that you opened or created via that app. Sometimes, you may not want to show this list due to any reason, or you want to change it to ten or twenty or something else....

The advent of IPv6 and widescale deployment of Wi-Fi networks saw IoT unknowingly becoming a tool for cybercriminals, with IoT ransomware becoming very much real. Although the situation seems worrisome, it is still possible to secure networks, enhance productivity, and protect customers even in this evolving digital landscape. The Microsoft Secure Blog outlines certain facts about the security trends in IoT. IoT Security The report emphasizes IoT security requires a proactive and strategic mindset, and the first step is to understand IoT security trends....