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When installing Windows 8/8.1/10, you are required to login with a Microsoft account. However, you have the option to skip this, and sign in with a local account, but that isn’t very clear. Having a Microsoft account tied to your PC will give you a lot of advanced functionality, such as syncing settings across devices, integrated cloud storage, downloading apps from the Store etc. However, if you don’t intend to use any of these features and would rather stick to a local account, you can switch to one from the Account settings....

Fornite to Collab With Eminem Soon? The news was recently confirmed for the in-game Icon Radio Station via a well-known Fortnite leaker by the name of HypeX. This comes after the fact that several days ago, the Icon Radio was playing a plethora of Eminem songs which is a sure hint that the collaboration between Eminem and Fortnite is well on its way. It was last week that another Fortnite leaker by the name of iFireMonkey took notice of the fact that Icon Radio played nearly 53 minutes of Eminem Songs....

Video from Foxconn’s main iPhone assembly factory in Zhengzhou, China, shows violent altercations between iPhone employees and police. Workers claim that the corporation is failing to adequately distinguish diseased and uninfected personnel, that promised incentives have not been paid, and that there is not enough food or medical supplies for the workers confined inside the facility. Conflicts between Foxconn employees and others wearing white suits are shown in the video footage....

PowerShell makes exporting and then backing up all of the drivers that are installed on your computer a piece of cake. If you want to use PowerShell to export all of the drivers installed on your computer to a safe location so that you can back them up, the following is what you need to do: Hold the Windows Key and Press X. Choose Command Prompt (Administrator). In the black command prompt window, type powershell and Press ENTER....

Networked In this scenario, both computers are connected to the same router/network. Non-Networked In this scenario, computers are not networked to the same router. They can be in two different locations as well. Transferring Files from PC to PC Use a USB Flash Drive OR an External Drive This method works for both networked and non-networked, because it is simply copying the data onto a external drive, connecting it to the other PC and copying it from there....

This issue is not related to any anti-piracy measures enforced by Microsoft and is typically caused a glitch or system file corruption. What causes the Language bar disappearing issue? After recreating the issue and looking at various user reports, we identified a series of scenarios that might potentially trigger this particular issue. Here’s a list of culprits might be responsible for the language bar disappearing issue: System file corruption – System file corruption might break the language bar and prompt your OS to stop display it in the taskbar....

This is a very hands-on process that involves a lot of compiling and console commands, but if you’re familiar with Linux (or good at following directions) it should be no problem. Please note this guide is for non-Mediatek devices. Other Appual’s articles of interest include: How to Build Custom ROM from Android Open Source Project | Pt. 2How to Manually Theme Android System UI If you’re building a custom kernel, you will just need to clone the kernel from Git with commands provided below....

When Verizon sets you up with their routers, there are two passwords. The first one is for logging into the router, and the second one is the Wi-Fi Password, which is the network key to connect to the router. For someone to get into your network, it is your Wi-Fi network key they will need first, which is usually “not an easy guess” by default. BUT let’s assume that somehow, the key is compromised and the attacker has successfully connected to your router from next door, and now they’re into the network using the default password for logging into the router....

The problem is that comparatively few users have it switched on. While users no longer have to directly work with iptables, Ubuntu forces ufw to default to the off state. Many implementations of Debian don’t even have the packages installed by default. The good news is that anyone with the slightest bit of terminal experience can harden their system. Method 1: Turning on UFW from the Command Prompt Assume you have the ufw package installed before you attempt to install it separately....

Repeat the same steps on the right side of the page. Don’t draw a straight line. If you cannot understand how you should draw the edges with the lasso tool, keep a reference in front of you. Either a picture from the website for a torn piece of paper or an actual torn piece in your hand. This will help you a lot. Photoshop Without Photoshop - 7 of the Best Open-Source & Free Photoshop…How to Create a Clipping Mask in Adobe PhotoshopHow to Create a Shadow in Adobe PhotoshopFix: Adobe Photoshop Error ‘Could not complete your request an unknown or…

If you don’t know whether you have one or not, then check it now using the steps below: Hold the Windows Key and Press R. Type hdwwiz.cpl and Click OK. Scroll down to the bottom and expand network adapters. The next steps is to check if the drivers of your network interface card supports hosted networks or not. Press Windows key. Type cmd, right click on cmd and click on Run as Administrator....

Chrome OS has an inbuilt wallpaper gallery with a whole lot of interesting wallpapers. To access this gallery, right click (by manually pressing the right click button or a two finger tap on the touch-pad) on an empty space in the desktop. A drop down menu will appear. From the dropdown menu, click on Set wallpaper. A wallpaper gallery should appear on screen. As you can see on the top panel of this gallery, the wallpapers are sorted into various categories....

But even with a user base as big as Skype’s, the service is far from being perfect. One recurrent problem that seems to be bothering a lot of Skype users is the inability to delete specific conversations. Microsoft’s forums are filled with user questions asking how to delete individual messages and specific conversations. Until recently, Skype didn’t provide a way to delete conversations other than deleting all conversations as a whole....

What is Error Reporting? Windows Error Reporting is a built-in utility that collects and offers to beam post-error debug information and memory dumps to Microsoft over the Internet. The only moment when the user is prompted to interact with this utility is after an application crashes or stops responding. The Windows Error Reporting tool runs as a Windows service. Keep in mind that regardless of your settings, no data is officially being sent without your consent....

Even though many new versions of the .NET Framework have come out since version 3.5 was the norm all across the globe, many still consider .NET Framework 3.5 to be one of the most stable and overall best versions of the .NET Framework in existence. Many Windows users, including Windows 10 users, sometimes want to downgrade to .NET Framework 3.5. Well, here’s how you can downgrade to .NET Framework 3....

Follow the steps as mentioned below to change your preference list for your newsfeed on Facebook. This is not the only way to set your preferences on Facebook. You can also mark someone with a ‘see first’, when you follow them, or about to follow them. For that, you need to follow the steps as mentioned below. For the friends on your list, and those whom you consider to be close and want to see the most of their Facebook activity, you can add them to the ‘close friend’ list....

If you’re working with a small screen, it makes a lot of sense to enable Compact View inside the File Explorer menu of Windows 11 since it will allow you to view more information without the need to scroll down. Note: Compact view will decrease the space in between items in File Explorer in both the right and left pane. Whether you want to enable Compact View on your Windows 11 computer or it’s already enabled and you want to disable it in order to enjoy the new aesthetic of Windows 11, there are actually 3 ways to do it: We’ve covered every potential approach, so feel free to follow the method with which you feel most comfortable....

Windows Sonic seems to be Microsoft’s version of Dolby Atmos – the other spatial sound client that was made available along with the Creator’s Update. However, one huge advantage of Sonic over Dolby Atmos is that the first doesn’t require a subscription payment. What is spatial sound? Windows Sonic is Microsoft’s solution for adding spatial sound support on Windows 10. Spatial sound is meant to enhance the audio quality of your headphones and creates a 3D-like sound experience....

Update: Depending on the type of printer that you’re using, you might also encounter the 0x00000709 (ERROR_INVALID_PRINTER_NAME) or 0x0000007c (ERROR_INVALID_LEVEL) error instead. These error codes are also directly linked with the bad KB5007247 error. After investigating this particular issue thoroughly, we realized that several different scenarios might be causing this issue. Here’s a list of potential culprits that might be responsible for this issue: This problem is widespread, judging by the sheer number of people talking about it on the internet....

As per the users, during surfing the internet all of a sudden the webpage start crashing unexpectedly and they get the error message on their screen: The error usually occurs due to unspecified program code request access for memory without proper authority. Generally, this is seen on the website’s advertising or if multiple extensions are installed on the browsers and start conflicting with some web pages. If you are also troubled with the error on your Chrome or Edge browser then try refreshing the page couple of times as this will fix the error temporarily....