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Windows.old folder in Windows 11/10 The Windows.old folder is generated if the following conditions are true: You install a newer version of Windows on a computer on which an earlier version of Microsoft Windows is installed.You perform a custom installation of Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 10, Windows 11 instead of an upgrade installation.You install Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 10, Windows 11 on the drive on which had an earlier version installed....

The new feature was introduced in the Windows 10 Anniversary Update to allow IT-administrators to configure automatic VPN connection profiles. As mentioned earlier, Always On VPN has some important advantages over DirectAccess. For instance, Always On VPN can use both IPv4 and IPv6. So, if you have some apprehensions about the future viability of DirectAccess, and if you meet all of the requirements to support Always On VPN with Windows 10, then perhaps switching to the latter is the right choice....

Plagiarism Checker Software With Desktop Plagiarism Checker, you can avoid such unwanted embarrassments and accusations. The free plagiarism checker allows you to run your research papers on the plagiarism tool to make sure there is no highlighted duplicate content. The freeware offers to search on popular search engines like Google, Bing, Yahoo! etc. The software will also be useful to bloggers, who may want to check if their article has been copied or plagiarized by others....

What are Sticky Key Backdoor malware attacks? The Backdoor attack involves two steps: Once the executables are switched, you can press the Shift key five times in a row to bypass the login and get a system-level command prompt if sethc.exe has been replaced. It utilman.exe is replaced, then you will have to press Win+U keys. The attacker then effectively gets a shell without needing to authenticate and since the replacement uses a legitimate Windows binary (cmd....

Difference between IPv4 and IPv6 In this post, I will tell you some of the basics that can be easy to understand. Before we make any difference between IPv4 and IPv6, we need to know some of the basics of IPv4. And finally, I will tell you the difference between these two at the primary level. To begin with, let us check the IP address of our computer – it looks something like this: 127....

With the emergence of social media as a major information sharing tool, this particular Java exploit was hyped to an extent that many chose to uninstall Java from their machines. Apple, on the other hand, quietly disabled Java without informing its users. Firefox came up with a patch that checks websites before allowing them to run Java. It was good so far! The problem starts when many chose to, knowingly or unknowingly, disable JavaScript in their browser....

Difference between Notepad, WordPad, and Word Notepad, a text editor, performs relatively fewer functions as compared to WordPad and MS word. On the other hand, WordPad and Word are very close to each other but still distinct in many ways. This post will help you find out which program has to be used and help you simplify your text-related cumbersome activities. Notepad, A simple text editor Notepad is a simple text editor and a very basic text-editing application that you can use for simple documents....

Disable Conversation view in Windows Mail App Please note that you can change the way Windows Mail displays messages to make it easier to find specific types of messages. Windows Mail includes a number of built-in view options, and you can create custom views as well. Fortunately, there’s a way to disable Conversation View in Windows Mail App or Ungroup Conversations. Click on the ‘Start’ button of Windows and from the All Apps section, select ‘Mail’ app....

What is Safe Browsing in Google Chrome? Safe Browsing is a built-in feature of Google Chrome that helps you protect from dangerous extensions, sites, downloads, etc. It is different from private browsing or incognito mode. As mentioned earlier, it comes with two main protection levels known as Standard protection and Enhanced protection. For each protection level, there are different security features like it warns you if passwords are exposed in some data breach, checks unsafe sites from the database stored in Chrome, predicts and warns you about dangerous events, and more....

Why The service failed to initialize in Windows? Apart from service issues, there can be other problems causing virtual disk errors. The list includes damaged system files, damaged hard disks, and connection issues. If you are trying this on a remote PC and getting this, make sure to check you are not blocked by the firewall. Diskpart Virtual Disk Service Error The service failed to initialize If you face this issue we suggest you undertake the following two steps: Make sure that your account has an administrator account and that you have a clear idea of what you plan to do....

Generally, we see error code 5 while using the DISM /Apply-Image command on Windows 11/10 image where you have enabled Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) feature and installed the Ubuntu package. When you capture Windows 11/10 image from your PC using the DISM /Capture-Image command and then try to apply the captured Windows image using DISM /Apply-Image command, you see Error code 5 (ERROR_ACCESS_DENIED). Fix DISM /Apply-Image command fails with Error Code 5 If you see error code 5 (ERROR_ACCESS_DENIED) while trying to use the DISM /Apply-Image command on Windows 11/10 image, the following solutions can help you fix it....

Pixel8 Seagate Premium Recovery Software The first and foremost thing you should know is that even though Seagate is in its product name, it works with any brand of drive and most storage device types. So if your device can be turned on and can detect media, you can use the software and get data back. If you have lost files because of corruption, file deletion, accidental format, then the software will be able to recover data....

A theme pack usually contains the following things: But this can vary from theme to theme. Currently, you can visit Microsoft here to download the desktop themes. Once here, on the left side, you will see the categories. The themes have been neatly categorized under headings like Art, Games, Holiday & seasons, Movies, Natural wonders, Plants & flowers, and so on. These are also special pages where you can check out and download the themes submitted by the Community, Panoramic themes for Dual Monitors as well as some which come with Custom Sounds....

When this issue occurs, you’ll receive an error prompt that looks like the following: The parameter is incorrect error usually happens and makes your device inaccessible because of file system corruption & disk errors, bad sectors or viral damage. Drive is not accessible, The parameter is incorrect If you’re faced with this issue, you can try our recommended solutions below in the following order and see if that helps to resolve the issue....

The error code is 0xe6 and can be resolved using some straightforward methods. If you’d like to know more, you can serach online later the this error: DRIVER_VERIFIER_DMA_VIOLATION DRIVER VERIFIER DMA VIOLATION The working methods to troubleshoot the DRIVER VERIFIER DMA VIOLATION Blue screen error on Windows are as follows: 1] Disable Driver Verifier Open the Command Prompt utility with Admin level rights, execute the following command and reboot your computer: This will disable the Driver Verifier....

Edit or Remove items from New Context Menu 1] Using Registry Editor To edit or remove items from New Context Menu, open the Registry Editor and navigate to the following key and expand it: Look for the file-type New item which you would like to remove from the New context menu. If you want to remove New Word document, you will have to search for .docx key and expand it....

Why is my email notification sound not working? There could be many reasons your email notification sound is not working in the Outlook desktop app. We have listed some of these reasons below. You have disabled the Play a sound option in the Outlook app.You have restricted your apps to use your speaker from playing sound on Windows.You have turned on the Focus assist to avoid distractions while working on the computer....

Exploit Protection in Windows 11/10 Exploit Protection is a part of the Exploit Guard feature in Windows Defender. To access this feature, open Windows Defender Security Center > App and browser control > Exploit protection settings. A new panel will open. Scroll down a bit, and you will see the Exploit Protection options here. The settings are divide under two tabs: Under System settings you will see the following options:...

Make Windows notify you when someone accesses your Camera The Camera app in Windows 11/10 lets you use your webcam to record videos and take photos. It’s definitely better than having to download spyware/malware-ridden third-party webcam recording software. The camera’s LED light turns on by default to indicate the camera is in use when you’re using the webcam on your laptop, tablet, or desktop computer. But, if you are focused on the screen, the LED is broken, the LED is covered, or the webcam has been hacked and disabled the LED, you might not notice this LED light....

Most recently, it has been reported to occur a number of times for Windows 10 1903 May 2019 Update. The main cause for this error is the lack of memory or disk space or issues in the Windows Update mechanism. Troubleshooting this error code is fairly simple and straightforward. In this article, we will be discussing potential troubleshooting methods. Windows Update error code 0x8007000e This error could occur if the update process ran out of memory or disk space – but there could be other reasons too....