Reassign and redefine Keyboard Keys KeyTweak is a simple yet powerful tool that can make changes to the Windows Registry to re-allocate the keyboard functions. It comes with an intuitive UI which makes the whole process a lot easier. The virtual keyboard is displayed with numbers that resemble the most common keyboards and using this virtual keyboard; you can remap almost any key of your keyboard. How to Remap Hot Keys The program has capabilities to roll back the changes made by you to the keyboard functions, but still, it is recommended to create a system restore point before remapping the keys....

Laptop Battery indicator icon showing battery as empty in spite of being full There are times we are confused about the actual state of our laptop battery. It may show battery power for 3 hours remaining, but drains within 2 hours of use. The accuracy of what the battery meter reports and what percentage of a full charge remains and how long you can use your laptop before you must plug it in, depends on several factors....

Live Tiles Not Working or are Blank in Windows 10 Typically static tiles on the Windows 10 Start Menu will show the name of the program and its icon. A Live Tile will flash the latest news or content which the app may want to display. But I received an email recently, where the Windows user said that his Live tile was not being updated, not displaying the count and sometimes not displaying anything at all....

What is a Local Account in Windows10? Windows users have been using the Local Account to log in for ages; but, now, people are using Microsoft Account instead. An Administrator or Local account is a user account where data is stored on your local computer and any change you make using this account is effected immediately on your PC. Administrators can change security or other settings, and also make changes to other user accounts....

Local Area Connection doesn’t have a valid IP configuration To fix Local Area Connection doesn’t have a valid IP configuration error in Windows 11/10, follow these suggestions: To learn more about these solutions, continue reading. 1] Change internet source It is the immediate solution that fixes your issue when you are in a hurry. As this problem mainly depends on the current internet source, you may get rid of this issue by changing the internet source....

Location services greyed out in Windows 11/10 before you beging, you may want to perform a Clean Boot and check if you are able to configure the Location services. If you can then you need to manually identify the process which may be interfering with it and remove it. The following working methods would help you to troubleshoot the error of location services being grayed out on Windows 11/10. You need to make sure that you follow all the given methods carefully:...

Password protect USB Flash Drive USB Safeguard is a portable freeware that lets you lock you pen drive and make it write-protected. This will help prevent access to your removable drives should you ever misplace it and keep your data, safe and hidden. The software works by encrypting your data using the AES 256 bits encryption algorithm. Password Protect your USB Drive using USB safeguard! The main purpose of using a USB pen drive is that you can bring your data with you wherever you go....

Unless we have some major laws in place and institutions for enforcing them, these attacks are only likely to rise and pose an even more dire threat to the Internet. As such, we can only expect malware to become more aggressive and have a direct impact on our lives. Malware Tracker Maps can reveal information about nasty malware active on the Internet and take precautionary measures beforehand. Best Malware Tracker Maps This post lists some of the useful Malware Tracker Maps that find utility in today’s cyber threat scenario....

Free financial software for small business Manager for Windows is a simple program capable of tracking all the income and expenses, and even maintaining a database of clients with sales records. It keeps a record of all your financial dealings, classifies, and summarizes all your business transactions which are of financial nature, efficiently. Manager for Windows The user interface of the program appears easy to understand and use. Upon launch, in the left-hand pane, it displays different modules, described below....

MediaInfo for Windows PC MediaInfo comes with only two primary options. The first functionality is for those who want to check the metadata of multiple video and audio files in bulk. The second option allows you to export the technical and tag data of those opened files in various formats. Some people want to get the data in plain text, whereas others may want to export the data in HTML, spreadsheet, XML, JSON, or any other format....

Users may be familiar with Microsoft Office’s Protected View, but Microsoft Defender Application Guard is different from that. Protected View opens the file normally but restricts you from editing it. However, Application Guard opens the documents in a virtual container, and you can read and edit the files without re-opening it outside the virtual container. Microsoft Defender Application Guard for Office Here are the following aspects we’ll explore in Microsoft Defender Application Guard for Office: Read this post to the end to learn all you need to know about Windows Defender Application Guard for Office....

Microsoft Edge Deployment Guide for Business Keeping numbers aside, Microsoft Edge is not bad a browser. It’s just that the competition has conquered the market in a way that it’s very tough for a sea of users to switch back. Just like Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge is based on Chromium and you can use Bookmarks of many different browsers in Edge. So, Microsoft Edge is not an alien browser, if you were using Chrome or any other browser for that matter you won’t find it completely peculiar....

Since Office 365 user accounts belonging to individuals and small businesses have automatically been upgraded to Office 2021/19, they don’t have much to do. They may omit deployment of Office 2021/19 as standalone applications on their computers. The web apps are compatible with Office 2013 and Office 2010 so there is no hurry except if you want to get the full experience and features of Office productivity suite all the time – online or offline....

Interestingly, users usually get this error when the long setup process nears completion, which is very annoying. The exact cause cannot be commented upon, but most users report the issue while reinstalling Microsoft Office. An assumption is that that the setup gets stuck because of issues with the Task Scheduler. Microsoft Office Professional Plus encountered an error during setup You could try fixing the issue by following these troubleshooting suggestions in a sequential manner: 1] Uninstall Microsoft Office program and remove traces in Task Scheduler Since the issue is probably with leftover traces of the previous Microsoft program installed, it is advisable to uninstall the existing Office installation, if any....

If you are an administrator, it is a must-have tool that can help you diagnose several issues, like Outlook account setup, connectivity issues, password issues, or Outlook stops responding or crashes. It addresses common connectivity issues for servers with Exchanges, Teams, Skype and Office 365. It analyzes remote connectivity for Microsoft services and checks if they are set up and configured properly. All the tests are performed from the testconnectivity website to the service in question, either on an On-Premises server or Office 365....

Recently, while installing Microsoft Office, we came around the issue of installation failure due to Bootstrapper technology. We received the following error: A problem caused the program to stop working correctly. Windows will close this program and notify you if a solution is available. So as you can see in the error message shown above, Windows closes the program but it never notifies anything after that to solve this problem, and you have to manually fix it using the following steps:...

Now, on Windows 10, it is important to keep the applications up-to-date to cover security vulnerabilities and access new features and improvements. Microsoft Teams is capable of updating automatically, but sometimes it will not. If your Microsoft Teams is not updating automatically, then this guide will help you to fix this issue. According to Microsoft, the Teams application is premeditated to automatically check for new updates, all that is needed here is to ensure that your system is connected to a stable network....

Microsoft Windows Logo process in Task Manager If you see a Microsoft Windows Logo process in your Task Manager, here are the things you need to verify before you reach a conclusion, whether it is the same or not. Most legit processes will show the company name in the Publisher column on the Task Manager. If you do not see this column, you may have to enable this Task Manager column....

MiniTool Power Data Recovery Free Edition Review Like most data recovery programs, MiniTool Power Data Recovery Free Edition can help us recover deleted files from deleted, lost, damaged and RAW, but existing partitions. These are just basic recovery capabilities, and it is the following features that make this freeware stand out: scan and recover media files only, recover data from CD and DVD, and preview data recovery effect when Windows cannot boot....

Mouse is stuttering or not working in Valorant If your mouse is stuttering or not working in Valorant, try the following fixes to get the issue resolved. Before you proceed, we suggest you clean your mouse and mouse pad. The mouse stuttering issues also occur due to the dirty mouse pad. There is also a temporary fix for the issue. Keep moving your mouse while launching Valorant. This trick worked for many users....