What is Boot Scan or Boot-Time Scan? Boot-Time Scan is an advanced feature where the system is scanned before the OS loads. It scans for known types of malware and removes threats before the operating system and other services boot up. Imagine this as a small tool that scans files using minimal features required for the software to run, scan and remove the threat. Most anti-Virus solutions offer this feature and scans at regular intervals, but it can also be initiated manually....

How to use Phone Link app in Windows 11/10 To use Phone Link App, you need a few things. First of all, the app itself. Usually, the Phone Link App will be present on your computer, but in case, it’s absent, you can go to microsoft.com and get the app. You should also download the Link to Windows app from PlayStore (play.google.com) on your computer. Link your Computer to your Phone Now that you have downloaded the respective apps, it’s time to link your phone to your system....

When the Spotify widget is added and configured to Game Bar, you can play, pause a song, switch to next and previous tracks, add a track to favorite, shuffle playlist, etc., without leaving the game you’re playing. As you can see in the image above, the Spotify widget is visible to control music while playing a game. Use Spotify while playing a game in full-screen using Game Bar This feature works for Spotify desktop clients as well as the Spotify app available on Microsoft Store....

What is a QUOTIENT function in Excel? The Quotient function in Excel is a Math and Trigonometry function, and its purpose is to return the integer portion of a division. This function is used when you want to discard a remainder of a division. What is a QUOTIENT formula in Excel? The formula for the Quotient function is QUOTIENT(numerator, denominator). The syntax for the Quotient function is below: Numerator: The dividend....

How to use the new Calculator in Windows 11/10 Type ‘Calculator’ in the taskbar search bar and select the top result to open this window. If you wish it frequently, you may pin it to your Start Menu. The new Calculator app can be easily resized to square, horizontal or vertical shapes. The features are almost similar to the old one. You can use it in different modes like Standard Calculator, Scientific Calculator, Programmer and Converter....

How to use Web Capture in Microsoft Edge There are a couple of ways you can take a screenshot, but I am sure you will end up using the keyboard shortcut most of the time. Keyboard ShortcutRight-click anywhere on the webpageSettings MenuToolbar Button After taking a screenshot, you will get options to copy to the clipboard or preview it. You can then further choose to share using Windows Share options, copy and save it....

Web Image Search feature of Photos app Photo browsing or viewing should be a hassle-free process. Make sure that the app is updated to its latest version and then simply enable Bing image processing service. This capability could find its utility in certain scenarios. Like, if you have downloaded and saved a wallpaper in standard definition, you could make use of this feature to search the same wallpaper in high-definition quality or try some other similar images....

How to use Wikipedia in Microsoft Word Follow the steps below on how to use Wikipedia in Microsoft Word: Launch Microsoft Word. On the Insert tab in the Add-ins group, click the Wikipedia button. A New Office Add-in pane will appear on the right; click the Trust this add-in button. In the Wikipedia pane on the right, enter what you are looking for in the Search box, and you will see the result of the search....

How to use Yammer effectively We will cover the following sections of Yammer on this topic. 1] Where to Sign-up for Yammer Yammer is free to use, and all you need is domain email id. While anyone can signup, I would suggest you to ask someone on admin level to create a company profile by visiting yammer.com. 2] Getting Started with Yammer The first thing you need to do is create a relevant group as per the companies plan to use Yammer....

Most standard software and tools work well with small and medium size files. There are not many free tools that will allow you to view big-size files without causing any lag or issues. Hence, in that case, you can simply refer to this guide and view your large files smoothly. With each tool, you can open and read different types of files. In this post, we have covered tools to view large text, images, PDFs, and video files on your PC....

Improve Battery Life when watching Movies & Videos in Windows Let’s take a look at these four methods that will help you optimize and improve your computer’s battery life while watching movies & videos. The basic settings in Windows 11 are similar for Windows 10 and 11 but the positions have changed significantly. If you wish to improve Battery Life when watching Movies and Videos on Windows 11/10, then do the following:...

What is Wave Browser? Wave browser is a Chromium-based web browser used to surf the internet. Wave browser is a genuine application and is available on the official website. If you download it from their official website, there is no problem. You can also scan the executable file of Wave browser on online virus scanners, like VirusTotal. I personally downloaded the Wave Browser from their official website and scanned the executable file on VirusTotal before installing it on my laptop....

Java listing in Control Panel remains even after uninstalling it Uninstalling Java is not at all a strenuous task. The Java users can uninstall the versions of Java manually identical to how you would uninstall any other software application from Windows system. However, some users still see the Java icon in the Windows Control Panel even after uninstalling the Java program. This happens due to the incomplete uninstall process. After Java uninstallation, the Java registry keys are still present in the Windows registry despite removing the Java program from the system....

Keyboard typing multiple letters at once in Windows 11/10 If the keyboard of your Windows 11/10 PC is typing multiple letters when you type something, you can fix it using the following ways. Let’s get into the details of each method and fix the issue with the keyboard. 1] Check your keyboard Check your keyboard and see if there are any buttons are stuck. These happen regularly if your keyboard is old....

Being a crucial source of details required to avoid security threats, legal hassles, network breach and system damage, event logs need to be tracked and managed. Depending on the organization and network size, event log management may become more challenging as well as demanding for the network administrator. For example, event logs indicating any login failure may have many aspects, such as it may be just a simple logon failure or an attempt towards unauthorized access of organizational data or information theft....

Lock Screen picture keeps changing when Windows 11/10 boots up If your Windows 11/10 Lock Screen is showing the wrong or a different image or keeps changing to the default image, then you can try our recommended solutions below in no particular order and see if that helps to resolve the issue. Let’s take a look at the description of the process involved concerning each of the listed solutions. Before you proceed with the solutions, do the following: On Settings > Personalization > Lock screen you need to scroll down and make sure the Show lock screen background picture on the sign-in screen option at the bottom of the page, is toggled to On....

Dark mode can help you use your computer without getting any eye strain. Although Windows 10 has such functionalities, you cannot automate them for your benefits. It is possible to schedule Night light, but you cannot turn on a dark theme at a predefined time. However, sometimes, you might need to enable this feature automatically. Luna can play an essential role at such times. Luna is a Dark Mode automatic switcher for Windows 10 Luna doesn’t come with a massive list of features, but you can do everything flawlessly with the help of Luna....

Although Windows computer systems come with a built-in disk error checking scanner, that offers a lot of command-line options to scan the hard drive for Errors and Bad Sectors, I always prefer using a third-party tool for that. What I believe is that a third-party tool may provide you with better options and features. Scan Hard Disk for Bad Sectors Then again I would like to mention here that if you are using Windows 10/8 on your system, you might not need any third-party tool because Disk Error Checking is much different....

Starting with Windows 7, Microsoft has updated support for ACPI processor power management (PPM) features, including support for processor performance states and processor idle sleep states on multiprocessor systems. To reduce the overheating, and extend battery life, you can control the state of your processor, by controlling its maximum usage. But you may have to compromise a bit on performance. Processor Power Management in Windows While in most cases, leaving the options at Processor Power Management at their default values is the best, for most Windows users, some of you may want to tweak them a bit....

Mandatory Integrity Control in Windows Mandatory Integrity Control (MIC) provides a mechanism for controlling access to securable objects and helps defend your system safe from a malicious Web, provided your browser supports them. The purpose behind integrity controls, of course, is to give Windows another layer of defense against malicious hackers. For example, if a buffer overflow is able to crash Internet Explorer (and not a third-party add-on or toolbar), the resulting malicious process will often end up with Low integrity and be unable to modify Windows system files....