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Via its Settings app, you can configure Windows Privacy Settings as well as manage Windows Telemetry and Data Collection. But Blackbird lets you do all this and more with a click. Blackbird Windows 11/10 Privacy Tool Blackbird is a Windows security tool which improves your privacy on your Windows PC. It is a simple and quick tool which helps you tweaking the security settings without having any specific tech knowledge or without spending hours of your valuable time....

An Internet Cookie is a small snippet of information sent from a web server to a user’s browser, which then stores it. On subsequent access to the same web server, this server can then read back this information snippet and use it to “recognize” the user. While Cookies are required for proper rendering of web pages, there are some cookies, which you may want to block for privacy concerns. There are several types of Cookies like First Party Cookies, 3rd Party Cookie, Session Cookies, Persistent Cookies, Tracking Cookies or Browser Independent Cookies like Flash cookies and Silverlight cookies, depending on the role they play....

This issue has majorly popped up for Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 machines which were due upgrading to Windows 10. It triggered this kill switch for Intel 7th generation processors, including Sky Lake and Kaby lake architecture, and the AMD Ryzen processor line. Because of this, no more updates were rolling out for these PCs. Fix: The processor is not supported together with the Windows version that you are currently using message....

Browser Leak, Privacy, IP & Security test The process involves sharing your browser fingerprint with the website, together with the browser extensions installed and a list of websites you have logged in. Inria only collects anonymous data during the experiment securely stores the data on an in-house server. This data is solely used for research purposes and not shared with anyone outside of Inria. It also requires you to allow third-party cookies in your browser....

Cannot change Static IP address & DNS server Many privacy-concerned users understand why it’s critical to change their IP address and DNS servers on Windows 11/10 operating systems. It’s problematic when that’s not possible. If you’re faced with this issue, you can try any of the methods below to resolve the issue. Let’s take a look at the description of the step-by-step process in relation to each of the methods....

What is cFosSpeed Driver? The cFosSpeed is a program that is integrated into the existing internet connection to optimize data transfer and speed with Traffic Shaping and Prioritization on some PCs that ships with the ASUS, GIGABYTE, ASRock, and MSI motherboards. Is cFosSpeed safe? The cFosSpeed.exe is a safe and legitimate file and is a known process referred to as cFosSpeed Window. The cFosSpeed software is developed by and belongs to cFos Software GmbH....

The default time to show the live preview of an application using its taskbar thumbnail is 0. But you can change this time duration to say 100 milliseconds, 1000 milliseconds (1 second), 2000 milliseconds, etc., with a simple Registry tweak. The higher the value, the longer will be the delay time to show the live preview. Change mouse hover time to show Taskbar Thumbnail Live Preview Before you give a try to this Registry tweak, we advise you to backup Windows Registry....

How do I clear the cache for a specific website? Usually, we delete the entire Cookie cache of that browser. It means, when you exercise this option, you will be clearing all the Cookies. But if you don’t do this, you will have to clear the Cookie for that domain only. Clear Cookies & Site Data for specific websites in Chrome Open your Google Chrome browser. Type the following in the address bar and hit Enter: You will see All cookies and site data....

Press F1 to resumePress F2 to load default values and continuePress Del to enter BIOS setup. The accompanying message for the CMOS Checksum Error could be either of these two: Defaults loadedDefault configuration used Every attempt you make to restart your system, fails. Pressing F1 does not resolve the issue either, and the reboot error reappears. If this issue has been troubling you, read this article to find a fix. Complimentary Metal-oxide Semiconductor or CMOS is a battery-powered semiconductor chip on the motherboard, which stores all the information related to the BIOS....

List of Windows Update Error Codes The following table provides information about common errors you might run into with Windows Update, as well as steps to help you mitigate them. While the list is exhaustive, Windows Update shows a lot of errors than this. We have linked error codes to our detailed posts which you can follow to get step by step guide to fix the update error. As a rule of thumb, always make sure to run the Windows Update troubleshooter before getting into detailed troubleshooting....

Therefore, there is a possibility that you end up owning both of the above devices and have to look at ways of how you can make them talk to each other. Smooth integration between your iOS device and Windows PC is essential if you want to manage your Windows 11/10 PC data even while you are away. Connect iPhone to Windows 11/10 PC One such application that helps you connect your iOS device to Windows PC is Microsoft Remote Desktop for iOS....

How to connect a PlayStation Controller to a PC (Wired) You can connect a PS5 Controller to a PC either through a USB cable or wirelessly via Bluetooth. The latter option is more convenient but runs the risk of poor connectivity and lag in performance. In such a case, you’d be better off using a USB cable but make sure you have the Steam client installed on your Windows 11/10 PC....

ConstEdit word processor & document editor ConstEdit is a free HTML5 editor that lets you create & edit HTML & HTML5 documents & web pages. This word processor comes with a full-featured editing toolset. Bear in mind that this is an offline editor, but it has many of the features of an online editor regardless. When it comes down to web development, we view offline editors as the better choice, but online editors work much better when it comes down to collaboration....

While you should never disable the UAC prompts for the whole computer, you may want to bypass the UAC Prompt and disable it for certain applications, using the Microsoft Application Compatibility Toolkit. You can read more about this at Changing User Account Control settings. Run programs bypassing UAC Prompt If you wish to disable the UAC prompt for specific programs, you can also create an elevated shortcut for the program, that will allow you to bypass UAC Prompt and run the program without seeing the UAC Prompt in Windows....

Adobe Acrobat X Standard allows the privileged to be used on a rent basis as well. While Adobe Acrobat consists of many simple as well advanced tools and options to make up work faster, reliable as well as fully secured if you are looking for a free simple and very standard tool for creating PDF files then you might achieve the task by going for a freeware option. Free PDF Editor for Windows PC There may be times when you are not connected to the internet and may want to carry your laptop along with you and create new PDF files along the way....

Critical Past website You can view the photos free of cost however if you want to download them (more than ten formats available) then you will need to pay for them. Must mention that the pricing has also been kept at an affordable level. You will also find all sorts of video clips right from the Vietnam War, the Cold War to the Berlin Blockade. Another interesting feature here is that on the homepage if you enter your birth date, you’ll get to know what exactly happened on your birthday, i....

TileIconifier Review To get started, if you run the 32-bit variant of the application on a 64-bit system then you may face an error and a few features may not work, but that is nothing to worry about. Once it is running, the program may take a while to load the list of available shortcuts. Now you can select the application for which you want to customize the tile. You can choose a different icon image for both medium-sized and small-sized tiles....

Customize Quick Access Toolbar in Excel You can readily use the Quick Access Toolbar with the following options: Option 1: Right click the Quick Access Toolbar and then choose option Customize the Quick Access Toolbar from the menu. Option 2: Select and click the Customize Quick Access Toolbar icon. Option 3: Click File on the Ribbon then click on Options, choose Quick Access Toolbar. When you have access to Excel Options, the Quick Access Toolbar is now ready to customize according to your preferences....

Device was not migrated due to partial or ambiguous match If you’re seeing the error message Device was not migrated due to partial or ambiguous match after updating Windows 11/10, you can our recommended fixes below to get the issue resolved in no time! Let’s see a quick description of the above-recommended suggestions. 1] Update the device driver This the Device was not migrated due to partial or ambiguous match error could be simply a case of the device throwing the error, the driver is outdated and is not compatible with the Windows version/build you just installed on your system....

Devil May Cry 5 keeps crashing: Fatal application exit If Devil May Cry 5 keeps crashing or freezing on your Windows PC, try the following solutions. Let us talk about them in detail. 1] Close Redundant Tasks If you have a lot of apps running in the background, there is no way the game will run perfectly unless you are on some god-tier computer. So, the first thing you need to do is check if there are apps running in the background and if they are running, end them....