Ransomware could have severe effects. The range of the attack could vary from a simple attack on a computer to an attack that halts health and infrastructure services, the latter being a critical issue. If not resolved on time, the monetary loss and other losses could be unbearable. Unfortunately, no platform is safe from ransomware. It has attacked Linux, Mac, and Windows. Whitepaper on Ransomware protection in Windows 10 While Microsoft was always committed to cyber security, recent incidents have prompted it to take extra measures to recognize and mitigate....

Under the Startup tab, you can see a list of applications that start up with Windows. One can see the names of the application, the manufacturer, the location of the executable, & the Registry key for the startup application. You can also see a date when you might have disabled the application. From here, you can deselect the checkbox to stop the application from running on the next boot. If you feel there is a problem with a specific application, you can also confirm from here the location of the application....

Remote Desktop Connection Clear History If you wish to delete them, you will either have to use the Windows Registry, a free tool, and few more tools that work. You will need admin privilege to get this done. Remove IP addresses from Remote Desktop Connection History 1] Use Registry If you want to manually delete the entries from the Remote Desktop Connection Computer box in the Windows Remote Desktop Connection client, type regedit and hit Enter to open the Registry Editor....

Remove Picture Location history from Personalization panel The default locations like Windows Desktop Backgrounds, Solid Colors, etc, will also be displayed. To remove the list of non-default locations, here is what you can do: Open regedit and navigate to the following key: Now on the right side, you will, other than “Default”, see some values from 0-9. These represent the directory path where images are stored. To clear an entry from the Wallpaper Location drop-down list, right-click on the registry value & click Delete....

Required applications are not installed correctly – Windows Start Menu If the Start Menu Troubleshooter displays error Required applications are not installed correctly in Windows 11/10, here’s what you need to do to resolve the issue on your system. Let’s take a look at the description of the process involved concerning each of the listed solutions. Before you try the solutions below, check for updates and install any available bits on your Windows 11/10 device and see if the issue is resolved....

Reset Windows Security Settings Open an elevated command prompt and type the following command: Hit Enter. After you run this, the standard user accounts may no longer appear on the login screen when you restart your computer or try to switch users. This occurs because standard user accounts are removed from the Users group when you reset Windows security settings. To add the affected user’s accounts back to the Users group, follow these steps....

Restore old ‘Save as’ dialog for Office 365 apps As Windows 10 comes deeply integrated with Microsoft services like OneDrive, it is natural to see them linked with Office apps like PowerPoint, Excel, and Word. As such, when you try to close these files, you get a message prompting you to save the changes. The default location it displays is Outlook > OneDrive account. To change this behavior, do the following....

Rockmelt Browser Rockmelt makes it easy to stay in touch with friends, search online, and get updates from your favorite websites. Some features: Built-in chatShare button lets you quickly update your Facebook status, Twitter tweet links, post on walls, etcSocial ReadingInstant news from your favorite sitesAutomatic sync – access news and bookmarks from anywhere. RockMelt has been acquired by Yahoo. Its last release v 2.2 is however available at some download sites....

How do I turn my internet on in Safe Mode? If you want to surf the internet in Safe Mode, you have to select the Safe Mode with Networking option. In Safe Mode, Windows starts with a minimal set of drivers. If you start your computer in Safe Mode with Networking, Windows also loads network drivers which lets you connect to the internet in Safe Mode. Fix Safe Mode with networking not working If the Safe Mode with Networking is not working on your Windows 11/10 computer, the solutions provided below will help you....

WayBack Machine is an Internet Archive Launched back in 1996, Wayback Machine has been archiving the cached pages of various websites at regular intervals. It provides access to more than 450 billion archived web pages. The basic purpose of the service is to help users to view a web page even if the website is changed or closed down. The Wayback Machine, however, achieves the cached pages randomly, but you can also save a particular web page manually too....

The Search Tabs feature allows you to: How to search open tabs in Edge, Chrome, Firefox, Opera browsers Let’s look at how to search open tabs in different browsers, including Microsoft Edge, Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, and Opera. How to search open tabs in Microsoft Edge Read: Microsoft Edge not restoring previous Tab session. How to search open tabs in Google Chrome Read: Reset or Refresh Firefox browser settings to default...

A fatal error occurred while trying to sysprep the machine The following messages may be logged in the Setuperr.log file: [0x0f0082] SYSPRP LaunchDll:Failure occurred while executing ‘C:\Windows\system32\msdtcprx.dll,SysPrepDtcCleanup’, returned error code -2146434815[gle=0x000000b7][0x0f0070] SYSPRP RunExternalDlls:An error occurred while running registry sysprep DLLs, halting sysprep execution. dwRet = -2146434815[gle=0x000000b7][0x0f00a8] SYSPRP WinMain:Hit failure while processing sysprep cleanup providers; hr = 0x80100101[gle=0x000000b7]. Fix 0x0f0082, 0x0f0070, 0x0f00a8 Sysprep errors We will be taking a look at the following fixes to get rid of Sysprep errors 0x0f0082, 0x0f0070 and 0x0f00a8,...

Add Automatically Hide Taskbar to Context Menu in Windows 11/10 To add the automatically hide taskbar option to the context menu in Windows 11/10 OS, we are going to make some changes to Windows Registry. So, before proceeding, it is good to backup Windows Registry or simply create a system restore point so that any unwelcomed or unexpected changes can be undone easily. Now check the steps covered below:...

Here, we have shown the screenshots of PowerPoint. However, you can do the same in Microsoft Word and Excel as well. Add or remove AutoCorrect Exceptions in Word, Excel, PowerPoint To add or remove AutoCorrect exceptions in Word, Excel, or PowerPoint, follow these steps: Let’s check out these steps in detail. First, you need to open Microsoft Word, Excel, or PowerPoint. Here we have used PowerPoint to give you an example....

Alarm Stickies for Windows PC You can set alarm reminders on Windows 10 PC using Alarm Stickies. Once the time is reached, the sticky automatically jumps in the center of the screen. Sometimes we forget to remember important things, and the in-built app, Sticky Notes, helps. However, it doesn’t come with a “schedule” functionality. You can use the Alarm Stickies tool on your PC to get the job done. Apart from that, this tool offers the following features-...

An unexpected error occurred in Network Connections Properties An unexpected error occurred error message may pop up in the Network Connections folder when opening the Properties of a network connection. To fix this: Let’s proceed to cover the methods in detail. Unable to open Network Adapter Properties 1] Uninstall and re-install your Network Adaptor Click on ‘Search’, type ‘Device Manager’, select it to open it. Next, expand the ‘Network adapters’ menu....

Fix Arrow keys are not working in Teams If the Arrow keys are not working in Teams, you can try the solutions mentioned below. But before you begin, check your Windows OS and Microsoft Teams for updates and install them if any are available: Below, we have explained all these fixes in detail. 1] Relaunch Teams Sometimes a minor glitch causes the problem. Therefore, we suggest you close and relaunch Teams and check if the issue persists....

Windows Hello was released with the initial release of Windows 10 and is getting better with each update to the operating system. However, to make the login process faster, the operating system unlocks the computer as soon as it detects the correct biometric input. But this feature might not be liked by everyone. This is so because the lock screen provides a good amount of at-a-glance information without much hassle and that too with attractive backgrounds from Bing....

Avira PC Cleaner Avira PC Cleaner can be used in parallel with other anti-malware software. It is a mere 2.17MB download and doesn’t require installation or registration – nor does it install any drivers. But once you run the downloaded installer file, it will first download updates, definitions, and other files of over 100MB. It installs these files in a temporary folder. It will create two shortcuts on your desktop. One to open the scanner, and the other to delete the downloaded files folder....

Fix Battlefield 2042 High CPU usage on Windows PC If Battlefield 20422 is having high CPU usage, try the following solutions. Without any further ado, let’s start with the solutions. 1] Change the power settings First up, we are going to alter your Power Settings and see if that helps. We will just be tinkering with the Processor Power Management option, to do that, you need to follow the prescribed steps....