How To’s
Guides and how to tutorials to fix common PC problems.
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Fix: Error Code BLZ51903003 While Logging In To World of Warcraft
World of Warcraft is one of the most widely played MMORPG games in existence. Developed and distributed by Blizzard Entertainment, World of Warcraft has been around since 2004 (which was around 14 years ago!), and its longevity is simply testament to how it is among the most beloved games to…
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Fix: Windows Wireless Service is not running
If you are unable to access your internet and you run the inbuilt troubleshooter, you might come across a problem where the troubleshooter states “The Windows wireless service is not running on this computer”. The troubleshooter would display this message and exit. The error message usually means that Windows has…
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Fix: Copy Paste not Working
People use the utility of copy-pasting almost every time when they use their computers. From copying small website snippets to copying a whole page of text, this utility saves us a lot of time which we will spend typing otherwise. Even though this is one of the most basic necessities…
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How to Easily Get Proper Tags and Album Art for your MP3 Collection
If you download a lot of MP3 files from the internet (or rip MP3s from Youtube videos), your music collection can become quite messy. Lack of proper MP3 tags, no album art, and poorly named files lead to an incoherent mess that makes it difficult to sort through your music.…
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Fix: Windows 10 won’t Open JPEG Picture Files
JPEG is a commonly used file format for images which is a lossy compression of digital images. This is the most commonly used file format by digital cameras and mobile phones. It usually achieves 10: 1 compression with little visible loss in the image quality. There were a lot of…
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Fix: The Spotify Application is Not Responding
Spotify is definitely the most popular music streaming service which covers the most songs and artists and it does so with a clean interface along with reasonable prices. However, the application for Windows is not perfect and it often displays the “The Spotify application is not responding” error when you…
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Fix: Ctrl Alt Del not Working
Ctrl + Alt + Del is a popular key sequence used by thousands of users each day to escape from an issue or for launching the task manager to end a problematic program. This sequence of keys sends a command to the operating system to immediately bring forth another window…
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How to Turn Off Chrome Notifications
A lot of major websites use browser notifications to announce important updates. Most major publications use browser notifications to break the news on important blog posts, special offers or new services. Chrome notifications can be genuinely useful in a lot of cases – for example when Gmail notifies you that…
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Fix: Windows 10 Create Pin Prompt at Startup
If you are one of those people who installed the recent Windows 10 update then you might be a victim of this unfortunate bug. The latest Windows 10 updates have introduced a bug that causes this issue. Windows 10 pin login is one of the options to login to your…
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Fix: The .NET Framework 4.7 is not supported on this operating system
.Net Framework is a programming infrastructure introduced by Microsoft. You’ll need .Net Framework to run various different applications and services. Most of the applications that require .Net Framework comes packed with its installation files as well. So, it will automatically be installed on your system when installing an application. But,…
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Fix: Low Disk Space Notification on Windows 10
Microsoft releases new updates very consistently. The main goal of these updates is to fix the bugs and deliver new features. But, a lot of the times the latest update introduced an unwanted bug as well. This error message is one of those bugs. If you recently installed a Windows…
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Fix: Windows 10 Rotation Lock Greyed Out
The rotation lock is available on tablets and various other laptops that are usually referred to as hybrid laptops. The rotation lock is kind of like your smartphone’s auto-rotate option. This rotation lock allows or prevents your screen to change orientations depending whether the lock is turned off or on.…
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Fix: A debugger has been found running in your system
This error will appear when trying to run a video game or a program installed on your computer and it won’t let you open it due to currently unknown causes. The reason for this error’s existence is that the tool which won’t start analyzes your memory for debuggers in order…
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Fix: Windows Media Player encountered a problem while playing the file
Windows Media Player is a built-in tool in all Windows operating systems which enables you to open and use audio and video files of various formats. It’s a great simple tool which will meet the needs of most casual users. Despite its simplicity, there are serious errors users have to…
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Fix: You need to fix your Microsoft Account for apps on your other devices to be able to launch apps and continue experiences on this device
This error is quite specific as it appears on various devices including your Windows 10 PC as well as mobile devices running Windows Phone OS and the error message even mentions the error appearing on other devices. There are several solutions for the problem and sometimes they can be handles…
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Fix: Cannot Display this Video Mode
This error can show up in a variety of different scenarios but it’s often not so difficult to get rid of the error. It can show up during startup and prevent you from even accessing your computer, which is a somewhat more difficult scenario; or it can appear when you…
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Fix: This App has been Blocked for your Protection
This problem can occur with virtually any app on your computer and users were surprised to find out that they simply can’t run some of the apps which used to work normally, usually after an update. Even though the app you are trying to open may not be malicious at…
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How to Configure Windows 7/8/10 Advanced Settings for Lossless Audio Playback
There’s nothing more annoying than audio glitches and stutter when recording or playing high-quality audio formats. Many people are beginning to appreciate “hi-res” and lossless audio formats now that digital streaming and music downloading services are offering them, but few people have actually optimized their computer for recording or playing…
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How to Get the Most out of USB Audio Music Playback on Windows / Foobar
Foobar2000 is one of the most popular media players for audiophiles – it supports nearly every audio format out there, is highly customizable, and comes with a load of useful plug-ins for achieving the best audio quality you can imagine. For a long time, people were content with on-board computer…
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Fix: Kindle not Showing up on PC
Kindle has been at the forefront of e-readers sold by Amazon which boasts a portable size and Android operating system. It enables users to browse, buy, and download numerous e-books, magazines etc. onto their systems. The hardware is also manufactured by Amazon and the e-reader has gained much popularity in…
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What is a CAB file?
Cabinet or CAB files are a type of compressed files which are used to store data related to various system based installations which also includes system files and device drivers. The mode of compression used is lossless to during the compression operation, no data is lost. CAB files were previously…
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How to Turn BitLocker On or Off for System Drive on Windows 10
BitLocker encryption provides a great way of securing your whole drive. You can use it to encrypt your files. In fact, your new files will automatically be encrypted when they are copied to your drive. You can also protect the drive that has the Windows installed on it. Lastly, you…
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Fix: Windows 10 Store Not Downloading Apps
Windows Store is a great tool for getting your Windows apps. But, sometimes you might not be able to download any apps from the Windows Store. For example, if you search an app and click on get it now button then nothing will happen or your download will start but…
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How to Fix Folder Size Issues on Windows 10
If you are a Windows 10 user then you might experience the issue with the Windows folder sizes. For example, if you have a folder with 100 GB of data and you check its size via the properties then you might see a wrong size there. It will most likely…
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Fix: File System Error -2147219196 When Opening Windows Photo App
You might see a File system error 2147219196 when trying to open pictures via the Windows Photo App. In some cases, you might also see this error when trying to open other Windows apps like Calculator etc. This File system error (-2147219196) is only on Windows 10 and it will…
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