If your organization has deployed Windows 8.1 Pro or Windows 7 Pro, you would be eligible for the free Windows 10 Upgrade. But if you are using Enterprise or Embedded editions of Windows 7 and Windows 8.1, you would not be eligible for the free upgrade. If you have not installed update KB3035583 or if you are running any one of the following operating systems, you will not in any case be getting the upgrade: As a system administrator, if you want to prevent Windows 7, Windows 7 for Embedded Systems, Windows 8....

Bypass login screen in Windows 10 We have already seen how to turn off Windows login screen and log on automatically using control userpasswords2 or netplwiz. Now let us see how you do this using Microsoft Autologon utility or by tweaking the Windows Registry. 1] Using Microsoft Autologon Autologon is a light-weight utility offered by Microsoft which can be used to configure Windows’ built-in auto-logon mechanism. Similar to the netplwiz utility, you can save the credentials for any local or MSA account for a given domain name....

In Windows 11/10 and TPM 2.0 now, the BitLocker PIN length was increased to 6 characters. Also, the TPM 2.0 lockout period is greater than the default when a PIN is changed. How to change BitLocker PIN in Windows 11/10 There are a number of ways to change a BitLocker PIN in Windows 11/10. You can do so via the following methods: Let’s take a look at the description for each method....

The DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) server on your network handles the task of assigning a new IP address after a particular time. The time period up to which an IP address remains active is called DHCP Lease Time. By default, the DHCP Lease Time is 24 hours. You can easily view the DHCP Lease Time for your computer by using the Windows PowerShell or the Command Prompt. To do so, launch either Windows PowerShell or Command Prompt as an administrator and type ipconfig /all....

If you subscribe to Office 365 Personal, only you can use it on your devices. However, the Home edition allows up to six people to use it and get all the benefits simultaneously. On the flip side, let’s assume that you purchased the Office 365 Home plan for you and your family, but your family members do not need it anymore. You can downgrade from Office 365 Home to Personal plan as well....

What is a Passive or Active System Cooling Policy for the Processor? Before we go ahead and change it, let’s understand how Passive and Active cooling policy for processors works. Passive: It slows the processor before accelerating the fan speedActive: It increases the fan speed before slowing the processor While the Passive method will slow down performance, its power-efficient. On the other hand, Active policy will be costly. However, if you are on Desktop, you can use Active, but if you are on Laptop, use Passive policy to save battery power....

How to change Theme in Windows 11 To change the theme in Windows 11, follow these steps: To get started, you need to open the Windows Settings panel by clicking the Win+I button together. Following that, go to Personalization and select the Themes menu. Next, select and click on a theme you want to apply. It will be applied automatically and immediately. TIP: There are 5 ways to change the Theme in Windows 11/10....

How to change Screen Resolution in Windows 11 We can check and change Screen Resolution in Windows 11 in two quick and easy ways – via Settings or using PowerShell. We’ll explore this topic under the methods outlined below in this section. 1] Check and change Screen Resolution via Settings app To check and change Screen Resolution via Settings app in Windows 11, do the following: Press Windows key + I to open the Settings app....

How to check if Windows 11 is activated These are the few methods you can use to investigate if your copy of Windows 11 is activated. All of them work fine, and you can try any of them. 1] Missing Watermark Any copy of Windows which is not activated will carry a watermark at the bottom-right of the screen. It will be marked as an Evaluation copy and ask you to activate Windows....

If you use the Windows Defender Offline scanning tool, any detections it makes will now also show in this history. Additionally, you will see any pending recommendations (red or yellow states from throughout the app) in the history list. Delete Windows Defender Protection History This specifies the number of days for which items are stored in the scan log folder. After this time, Windows Defender deletes the items. If you specify a null value, Windows Defender will not remove items....

By following this guide, you will know some of the methods to open Windows Defender settings in Windows 10. We will also see how to how to turn on, turn off, enable, disable, open, configure & use Windows Defender. Windows Defender in Windows 10 The user interface of Windows Defender is something you may have already seen in earlier versions of Windows. You have the Home tab, the Update tab, and the History tab....

If you have an audio piece saved in MIDI format and you want to get the musical notes printed from it, you can convert MIDI to MusicXML format. Now, the question arises of how you can perform the conversion? As these two are music-related formats, you would require dedicated applications that can process these two formats. There is no native application in Windows 11/10 to convert MIDI to MusicXML. But, there is always a way out....

We have included some best free WebP to PDF converter software and online WebP to PDF tools in this post. Most of these tools support multiple input files and output can be saved as a single PDF or separate PDF files. How to convert WebP to PDF in Windows 11/10 To convert WebP images to PDF files in Windows 11/10 system, you can use the following tools: Let’s check all these WebP to PDF converter tools one by one....

Let’s assume that you have created a spreadsheet for your daily tasks, where you enter every single thing you need to do. If you want to track how many tasks you have completed at the end of the day, it is quite important to use a checkbox. You can simply tick a box when a task is done. In the end, you can use this guide to count how many checkboxes are ticked and how many are unchecked....

We like quizzes because they can be used to test the efficiency of students, and employees at a company, and even for fun purposes. With all of this in mind, it is clear one must take full advantage of the auto-grading feature in Microsoft Forms. How to create a self-grading Quiz in Microsoft Forms Follow the steps below to create your quiz up and running: 1] Create your Microsoft Forms quiz Before we can begin, we must first create a quiz, or better yet, edit an existing form to have it grade itself....

Let’s assume that you need a Firefox profile with DOM storage, disk cache, browser pings, etc., disabled. At the same time, you do not want to use the Private browsing mode. Following that, you might want to enable all those features at one so that you can quickly check something on the internet. In such situations, Firefox Profilemaker seems to be a handy tool for you. It is a website from where you can download various files, including the one to replace your existing profile, addon list, etc....

Network sharing is also known as Shared resources. It enables access to information by more than one person through more than one device at the same or at different times. By connecting a device to a network, other users/devices in the network can share and exchange information through this network. Create Network shares in Windows 10 For administrators who want to enable a user account to create Shares in Windows 10, do the following:...

How to create Pictograph in Excel Follow the steps below to make a Pictograph chart in Excel. Launch Excel. Enter data into the or use an existing one. Click the Insert tab, click the Bar Chart button, and select the Stacked Bar in the 2-D section. The bar chart will appear on the spreadsheet. Now we want to replace the bars and input pictures on the bar chart instead....

It is pretty simple to know, which folder is compressed in Windows 11/10. If you see two blue arrows icon overlay on a particular folder, this means that it is compressed. So, if you are not sure whether a folder is compressed, or not, just remember this simple trick. By the way, you can also show Encrypted or Compressed file names in color. How to Decompress all files on Windows 11/10 Before starting, you need to keep one thing in mind, if your Hard Disk is small, decompressing is probably not the right option for you....

In order to insert a business card, go to create a new mail screen. Then in the ribbon, click Attach item -> Business Card and follow the on-screen instructions to add a business card into the mail. Once you have used a business card, Outlook remembers it and shows it in its recently used business card list when you next time try to insert new business card. If you want to clear this recently used business card list, then you have to try the following procedure:...