This error occurs when the processor is having problems with the co-operation of its cores and threads. The threads are tasks performed by the cores, and some cores can have many threads simultaneously. The problem is that one thread is waiting for an adequate response from another thread – or one kernel is waiting for a response from another kernel – and those responses are not coming. In technical terms, when the processor is not able to continue the processing of tasks because its resources are occupied and are interdependent to get free, this state is called as Deadlock....

CloudShot screen capture freeware Once you’ve successfully installed CloudShot on your Windows PC, pressing the print screen button will open the CloudShot’s translucent capturing window, in this window you can select the area of the screen to be captured and it would automatically be saved at your desired location. CloudShot also shows recent shots, and that can be opened and viewed. It works similar to how Browser History works. It even supports multiple monitor capturing and even allows you to add text labels....

Command Prompt appears and disappears It is important you get hold of the program name that appears when the Command Prompt appears. If it appears multiple times, then you should have a chance to notice it. If you can make note of the program name, check if it has been installed properly and that all its processes have been completed. If not, you may re-install the program and see. If you cannot do that, it will take a longer time to figure it out....

Computer Security, Data Privacy, Online Safety The set of downloads includes all the elements needed to teach yourself and help educate others about computer security, data privacy, and online safety issues, prevention, and remediation. The 25 documents available for download are: All these brochures, documents, factsheets and tip cards form a part of the Digital Citizenship Toolkit, which can be download here separately.

Windows stuck on Preparing to configure Windows screen The best thing to do is to wait for a couple of hours and see if that helps. If it does not, then the following methods will help you fix this issue: The error occurs when Windows Update fails to configure in short correctly download and apply the update. When it fails, it will revert all the changes. That’s the primary reason we asked if you can wait for a couple of hours, else you can always reboot and use safe mode....

While the settings are best left to their default values, we will share the method to configure System Restore space and also learn to set the System Restore intervals in Windows 11/10. Configure Space (in percentage) for System Restore Most of us are aware that we can configure the disk space usage for System Restore Points as follows: Configure the disk space usage for System Restore Points via Registry Before you begin, you might want to read our post on Windows System Restore Settings and Options available in the Registry....

Increase the Battery life of Phones Turn on Battery Saver Battery Saver mode tries to consume minimum power (when kept on) by turning off some features running in the background and increasing the battery life. Power Saver mode stops updating the live tiles, closes those apps that are running in the background, and stops automatic syncing of mail and calendar. To turn on Battery Saver, Go to settings, tap Battery saver, and then turn it on....

During your work, at times, you may feel the need to convert a decimal digit into a binary digit or convert a binary digit into a decimal number. Convert Decimal to Binary using Windows Calculator The Windows Calculator can be operated in several modes, one of which is the Programmer mode. To use Windows Calculator to convert Decimal to Binary, you have to use the Programmer mode. To change the mode, click on the Menu and select Programmer....

When you encounter this issue, you’ll receive the following full error message: DirectDraw is a deprecated API that used to be a part of Microsoft’s DirectX API. It is used to render graphics in applications where top performance is important. DirectDraw also allows applications to run fullscreen or embedded in a window such as most other Microsoft Windows applications. DirectDraw uses hardware acceleration if it is available on the client’s computer and allows direct access to video memory....

Create a PDF free on Windows 11/10 There are two ways with the help of which you can convert the file and create a PDF file out of it. These are as follows: Print to PDF via the virtual printer driver doPDF Now what you need to do is just to open the document file which you want to convert and create a PDF file. Here the document file can be Word, Excel, PowerPoint, WordPad, or any printable document....

Windows Installation Media Creation Tool It’s always better to keep the installation media handy. To get this installation file, one should have an internet connection, a USB flash drive with at least 4GB capacity or a DVD burner, and a DVD to burn the downloaded ISO on your PC. One has to download and run a small application that will ask you about the kind of installation file you want to create....

Custom Start Menu layout is lost after Windows 10 upgrade If after you upgrade Windows 10, you find that your personalized custom Start Menu layout is lost and it reverts to default, then you can try our workaround described below and see if that helps to resolve the issue. Do the following: After upgrading to a newer version of Windows 10, first, install all the latest monthly updates for the version of Windows 1o you’re running on the system....

However not all the suggestions may be correct and one may waste a lot of time by accidentally revisiting a wrong predicted site which you didn’t intend to visit. Also one may not prefer the autocomplete suggestions to show up to other guest users like family and friends who use your computer to access the internet. In this article, we explain how to delete the autocomplete URL suggestions that you no longer use as well as show how to turn off Chrome URL AutoComplete suggestions completely....

Why does Destroy All Humans keep crashing? There can be many reasons behind the error in question. Here are some of the potential causes of why Destroy All Humans 2 is crashing: If your Graphics Drivers are outdated then incompatibility issues with the game will happen and eventually, you will have crashing or freezing issues.Overlays of different apps may allow you to have additional features, however, more often than not it causes compatibility issues and we are going to see how to disable them....

Every time you perform an action in an open web page which may require the use of an accelerator, a blue arrow button appears automatically. This Accelerator Button is quite useful and lists the add-ons which may be able to help you. Although some of you may be using the browser add-ons or accelerator, they may be finding this button to be an irritant. Then there may be some, you just do not use any browser add-on or accelerator anytime....

Disable Script & Runtime Error Messages At times, while browsing the Internet with your Internet Explorer on Windows, while visiting a particular webpage, you may receive an Error box, stating that a Runtime error has occurred. A Runtime Error has occurred, Do you wish to Debug This message is followed by Line number and the Error. How to fix this error depends on the error message, and most times, you as a common user may not want to or even need to fix these types of errors....

Sync your settings on Metered Connection switch is grayed out? Enable or Disable Sync your settings on Metered Connections There are two ways by which you can Enable or Disable Sync your settings on Metered Connection in Windows 10. This post will also help you if you find that the Sync your settings on Metered Connection switch is grayed out. Let us talk about them in detail. 1] By Group Policy Editor One of the easiest ways to enable or disable this policy is via Group Policy Editor....

Transparent wallpapers for Phone The transparent wallpapers are in .png format. To use transparent wallpapers on your Windows Phone, you have to mail yourself these wallpapers and then access the mail via your Windows Phone and then Set image as wallpaper. If you save this image to your phone, the transparency will be lost as WP presumably saves images in JPG format only. The Zune software also only seems to sync JPG’s....

DuckDuckGo Search Tips and Tricks As mentioned earlier, I will let you know how to make the best use of DuckDuckGo to get the most out of it. You will also get to know what all it can do, which cannot be achieved by Google. If you need to see the larger version of the images, just click on the image. 1. Search directly in Sites from Address Bar using !...

Scalable Vector Graphics or SVG is pretty popular among graphics designers, who often design icons. If you download an SVG icon from any source or create an icon in SVG format, it displays the default SVG opener’s icon as the thumbnail. It may create issues when you have a lot of icons in one folder with generic names and want to find one of them quickly. You need to open all of them one after one to find the designed file....