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Laptop has only USB C Port The switch from USB-A to USB-C will not be a smooth one as there will be devices and cables that cannot just be discarded. There will always need to be a transition period. This transitioning period will be different for everyone. Two major things that will affect the length of the transitioning period are money and how much you know about technology. Getting all the new devices and cables that will be required for the switch to USB-C will require spending and also knowing what to get....

Best Games in Microsoft Store for Windows 11/10 – Category-wise When it comes to games, the Microsoft Store has outdone itself. What makes the Microsoft Store a cult favorite is their check and balance for fake and malicious games software. With a tight grip on security and only allowing the vest of games to be part of their store, you are bound to find any and everything. Choose from the list of games and their categories and discover a gaming world you thought never existed....

A computer running a version of Windows listed in the Applies To sectionWhen two or more printers are installed using the same driver and the same printer port (i.e., LPT1)View the installed printers within ‘Devices and Printers’ The problem is that if you want to see the installed printer separately, you will have to make some registry changes. The trick works on all versions of Windows, including Windows 10. List Printers using the same driver separately....

Mail & Calendar integration with Cortana not working If Cortana fails to integrate with Mail and Calendar app in Windows 10, then here are suggestions that will help you fix the issue: 1] Reinstall Cortana Open the Windows PowerShell with Administrator rights and execute the following command: Reboot your computer and this will fix the integration between Cortana and Mail and Calendar apps. 2] Reinstall or Update Mail and Calendar Open the Windows PowerShell with Admin level rights and execute this command: Reboot your computer and this will fix the issue....

Maintenance in progress message in Windows 11/10 Open Control Panel and access Change Action Center settings. Then, selecting ‘Maintenance’ section and choosing ‘Stop maintenance’ button to disable the option. You can also change Automatic Maintenance settings after stopping maintenance and then clicking on Change maintenance settings. Automatic Maintenance keeps running and never stops But if the Action Center is unable to stop Automatic maintenance you might need to edit the Registry....

Make Cortana display Weather information for multiple locations Launch Cortana and wait for a few seconds to allow the weather card to appear. The weather card fails to appear instantly since; the digital assistant assumes you’ve accessed the service for something else. Click the more actions button (the three dots) when the weather card appears. Next, click on the ‘Edit notebook’ option, scroll down, and choose the option that reads as Add a city....

Make Taskbar show List instead of Thumbnail in Windows 11/10 Depending on your configuration for your screen resolution and DPI scaling level, the taskbar thumbnail threshold limit will vary. The following values are the default taskbar thumbnail threshold limits based on screen resolution with default DPI: 800×600 = 8 open windows1024×768 = 10 open windows1920×1080 = 16 open windows The taskbar will only show thumbnail previews of so many open windows for an app before the threshold is reached, and will then afterwards automatically show a stacked list of the open windows....

Portable CarotDAV is a multiple file-sharing tool for Windows, which allows you to manage your cloud accounts, stored in your systems such as DropBox, Google Drive, Box, OneDrive, or SugarSync. It also supports various settings like drag and drops, a variety of sorting and grouping retail, and file transfer windows. Since CarotDAV is portable you can copy the file to any location and run the application with just one click to manage your cloud accounts....

McAfee performs a complete scan of your computer and detects the hardware and software problems in your computer. It scans deeply so that issues can be properly found and put forward to you so that you can further have look at them and resolve them. McAfee TechCheck scans for PC problems McAfee TechCheck is a simple app with a good user interface and it requires no installation. Just run the exe file and you are ready to go....

Microphone not working in Microsoft Teams It can be a little frustrating to see the microphone not working in Microsoft Teams when you have all other tools working as intended. The reason behind this failure is difficult to pinpoint but you can try a few solutions and see if it helps! Let’s cover the above methods in a bit of detail! 1] Check your browser settings This method is for users who prefer running Microsoft Teams on the Web....

Microsoft .NET Framework You cannot uninstall the .NET framework via the Uninstall Programs Control Panel applet, as you will not see it listed there. You will have to click on Turn Windows features on or off. This will show the version of the .net framework which is installed on your Windows computer. If you need details, you may also download and use any of these portable freeware apps like FrameworkDetector (codeplex....

It can securely assess IT environments for various platform migrations, including Windows 11/10/8, Windows 7, Office 2013, Office 2010, Office 365, Windows Server 2012 and Windows 2008 R2, SQL Server 2012, Hyper-V, Microsoft Private Cloud Fast Track, and Windows Azure. Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit (MAP) will give you quick answers. Its Security Center assessment feature auto-generates a security assessment report on your existing desktops as part of the Windows Hardware Assessment migration report....

Project Scorpio To do this, the games needs to be there, and we’re talking about video games that cannot be found on a PlayStation or a Nintendo platform. Yes, Microsoft has managed to release several new intellectual properties since the Xbox One came on the scene back in late 2013. However, Sony has been doing a better job, while the software giant can only rely heavily on older franchises such as Halo....

To be able to use Remote Desktop Assisstant, you have to enable Remote Desktop Connection and make sure that your PC is never set to Sleep. The tool does this all for you. Microsoft Remote Desktop Assistant Once you have downloaded Microsoft Remote Desktop Assistant, run it to install it. You will first see the following screen, where you will be asked to Accept the Terms. Clicking on Accept will display a Welcome screen after which you will see the following screen....

Microsoft Teams sends you desktop notifications for new posts, chats, mentions, calls, and other activities. Whenever someone mentions you in a conversation or someone sends a private chat, you will get a notification for the same. Similarly, you get other notifications to stay up-to-date and not miss out on important activities. However, for some users, the desktop notifications for Teams are not working. There can be different reasons why you are not getting Teams notifications on your PC....

Microsoft To-Do Tips & Tricks 1] Using ‘Ok Google’ with To-Do The latest inclusion in Android Nougat was the Google Assistant. And Microsoft To-Do app features support voice commands that are compatible with the assistant. You can simply start the assistant by saying “Ok Google”. Then say “Take a Note”. The assistant would prompt you if you have more than one note-taking application. Once you’ve selected Microsoft To-Do from the list, you are good to go....

Why is my mouse going the wrong way? If your mouse cursor is going the wrong way, the most common cause of this problem is the corrupted mouse driver. Update your mouse driver and then see if this fixes the problem. If there is no update available for your mouse driver, uninstall it and download the latest version from the manufacturer’s website. Install the downloaded driver manually. Mouse cursor is moving in the opposite direction on Windows 11/10 If the mouse cursor is moving in the opposite direction on your Windows PC, go through the following fixes to resolve the issue....

Mouse without Borders tool for PC Mouse Without Borders is a very useful tool from The Garage that allows you to reach across your PC’s as if they were part of one single desktop. For those who don’t know, The Garage is located at Building 4 at Microsoft’s Redmond HQ, where Microsoft’s developers and employees are encouraged to tinker about with their ideas and to incubate personal pet projects of its employees....

Based on user reports on support forums, Windows 11/10 is displaying false internet connection warnings for some PCs. Users have been reporting that a dreaded yellow triangle would appear on the system tray annoyingly reporting that they have No Internet Access. The error will appear when your device is connected to your internet device correctly but it would seem like Windows 11/10 cannot connect to the internet. This issue is different from the internet connectivity issues that caused problems for VPN users....

No sound in Video Editor app in Windows 11/10 Today we will discuss some of the corrective measures you can take if there is no sound in a Video Editor project that you are working on. 1] Restart the Windows Audio service It is highly probable that this issue with your computer’s audio, like most of them, is linked with the Windows Audio service and if that really is the case, then restarting it shall do the trick for you....