Group Policy preferences are a set of extensions that increase the functionality of Group Policy Objects (GPOs). Administrators can use them to deploy and manage applications on client computers with configurations targeted to specific users. The Drive Maps policy in Group Policy preferences allows an administrator to manage drive letter mappings to network shares. Map a Network Drive using Group Policy Preferences To map a Network Drive using Group Policy Preferences, do the following:...

Let’s assume that you have five playlists on Spotify or YouTube Music, and two of the playlists contain almost the same songs. At such a moment, it is better to combine them to make them uncluttered. Whether you have a free or paid account, you can merge multiple playlists with the help of this guide. It is possible to merge multiple playlists on Spotify with and without third-party service. If you want to perform the steps without any service, you must have the Spotify app installed on your computer....

Open an ‘almost’ Blank Tab or Page in Microsoft Edge So now that we know that it is not possible to open Blank TAB or Page, here is what I did to get close to it. Its a workaround, and you may or may not like it. However, its the closest thing you can have. There are two ways to achieve this. Blank tab or Blank Page are usually preferred as they are quick to open....

Bear in mind that the information contained in each CUE file may contain details of each audio track, the name of the singer, and the names of the songs. Additionally, some .cue extensions are associated with Microsoft Cue Card files. You see, these CUE cards are usually created within a Microsoft application for various purposes. How to open a CUE/BIN file Now, let’s get down to the meat of this article, the section you’ve been eagerly waiting for....

How to make Excel open OLD spreadsheets in Protected View To always open old Excel spreadsheets in Protected View, follow these steps: To know more about these steps, continue reading. First, you need to open Microsoft Excel and click on the Options menu visible in the bottom-left corner. Then, go to the Trust Center tab, click on the Trust Center Settings button, and switch to the File Block Settings tab. After that, make sure that the Open selected file types in Protected View option is selected....

In order to expand on the features, it now has, Discord has added a new and interesting plaything called Channel Games to voice chat channels. This makes it possible for gamers to play without ever having to leave the app. How to play Channel Games on Discord Playing games from within channels on Discord is quite easy. Just know you are required to join voice channels to accomplish this task....

In this web version, you can play Minecraft Classic alone or with your friends, and start building or destroying the parts of the world presented in the game. The game mode is set to creative mode only and there are nine items in the inventory for each player. These items include leaves, gravel, plank, stone, sand, dirt, bedrock, mushroom, and log. How to play Minecraft Classic online on the web free To play Minecraft Classic online on the web for free on a Windows 11/10 system, you just need to access its homepage and proceed further....

With new versions of the popular tool, users can now create voice-over narration for use in their slides. With this feature, there is no need to go in front of a crowded area, just record the narration and leave it to impress the audience. We’ve tested it so far and can say for certain that it works. Now, whether or not it works the same or better when giving a live narration is all down to preference, and it’s not our job to decide that for you....

Earlier, finding duplicates on a Cloud-based service like Google Drive was tough. Also, Google Drive does not incorporate any options to search for duplicate files. In such circumstances, users are left with just 2 options – one download all the files and scan them with a duplicate finder, second manual comparison. But, not anymore, this guide will cover how to find and remove duplicate files in Google Drive. How to remove duplicate files in Google Drive Duplicated files can clog quite a bit of your Google Drive storage space, this guide will cover how to spot and remove duplicate files in Google Drive....

If your computer has a fingerprint scanner, it is better to use it instead of a PIN or password. This practice helps you to log in securely in public places without revealing the password to an unknown person. Although it is straightforward to set up and use Windows Hello Fingerprint and Face on a Windows 11/10 PC, there is a tiny drawback. If you register multiple fingerprints and you want to remove only one of them, you cannot do that....

What are green check marks on Desktop icons? The green check mark icon overlay indicates that it is a synced file or folder. It is seen if you have OneDrive, or Dropbox installed and your cloud sync is enabled for that file or folder. The check marks on files, folders, and icons indicate that these files, folders, and icons are successfully backed up to your cloud storage, and data is locally available on your system....

Delete old Lock Screen images in Windows 11/10 All Lock Screen background images you apply via Settings reside under a system folder at the following location – Here User_Account_Security_Identifier is the number for your User Account. You will have to enable the Show Hidden Files option by opening File Explorer Options > ‘View’ tab and check the box against “Show hidden files, folders, and drives” option. Also, you will notice that once you have access to the ProgramData folder, you cannot readily open SystemData folder since it is protected by Windows....

When you pair your device with your computer via Bluetooth, Windows 11/10 automatically sets its name. This is the default name that the manufacturer provides to a particular device. There might be situations when you need to change the name of a Bluetooth device. For example, if there is more than one device of similar names or if the device name does not make any sense like LAPTOP IBCSBRTQ, HX801, etc....

KB3035583 is a Windows Update offered by Microsoft, which appears in the list of ‘Important’ updates. It is this update which is responsible for the Windows icon. Microsoft describes this as an update that enables additional capabilities for Windows Update notifications when new updates are available to the user in Windows 8.1 and Windows 7 SP1. To be able to install this update, your computer must have the KB2919355 update installed for Windows 8....

The first thing you want to try is the Reset This PC option. If this does not solve your problems, the way forward be would be to either clean install Windows 11/10 or to restore the factory image. You can restore the Factory Image via Advanced Recovery Options or use the command prompt to Factory Reset Windows 11/10. Restore Factory Image in Windows 11/10 When you bought the new computer with Windows 11/10 pre-installed, it came with a Factory Image installed on a separate system recovery partition....

Route all Traffic through the Internal Network in Windows To route all traffic through the internal network in Windows 11/10 using Group Policy, follow these steps: Let’s delve into these steps in detail. At first, you need to open the Local Group Policy Editor on your computer. For that, you can search for gpedit.msc in the Taskbar search box and click on the individual search result. Once it is opened, navigate to this path: Computer Configuration > Administrative Templates > Network > Network Connections Here you can find a setting on the right side called Route all traffic through the internal network....

How to save Outlook Emails as files to computer Here are the steps you need to take to save Outlook Emails as files to your Windows computer Launch Outlook. Select the message that you want to save. Now click the File tab and click Save as in the backstage view. A Save As dialog box will open. Choose the folder where you want to save the email as a file....

How to search for a word on a web page To search for a word on a web page in any browser on Windows PC is simple! When you have opened the web page in your browser, simply press Ctrl+F keyboard combination to bring up the Find bar. Microsoft Edge On Microsoft Edge, you will see the following search bar appear. Once you have typed in your phrase, they will get highlighted on the web page if they are found....

Unlike Google Chrome, it is pretty different to create, set, or change the default profile in the Firefox browser. However, it comes with a Profile Management panel that allows users to get things done. Changing the default profile is handy when multiple people use the same browser on the same computer. Before you change the default profile, you need to have more than one profile in the Firefox browser. To create a new Firefox profile, follow these steps:...

Set up Proxy for Microsoft Store apps After searching online for a while I found some working methods. One is to use the Netsh command and import proxy settings from Internet options to WinHTTP, and the other is to manually configure the Proxy settings using the Registry or via Group Policy settings. You can try any of these 3 methods. 1] Manually configure Proxy settings In this method, we’ll create a predefined registry configuration and import it into the Registry....