Focus Assist was called Quiet Hours in earlier versions of Windows. Quiet Hours was renamed to Focus Assist in Windows 10 Version 1803. Focus assist offers different choices about managing your notifications, along with a range of times of when you want to focus. You can enable Focus Assist during important work, during a presentation or even while playing a game to stop interruptions and stay focused. When enabled, Focus Assist settings will give you three options:...

No one would like their interface to change, especially when you have just begun getting used to a new Microsoft product. This is one of the reasons why users normally wish to turn off automatic updates for the Office suite. Let us walk you through the different ways you can turn off automatic updates for Microsoft Office 2021. Why Turn Off Automatic Office Updates As we already mentioned, one of the reasons for switching off automatic updates for Office is the changing interface and functionality of the Office tools....

Windows Event logs are advanced logs which record information about different functions of the system. We can see the information in event logs through the Event Viewer. More details about the event viewer here. You can start the Event Viewer by running eventvwr.msc or Windows Key + X + V shortcut key if you are using Windows 8. The new CCleaner asks the user about persistent cookies when installed for the first time....

This is achieved through codecs, which essentially means coding and decoding, or compressing and decompressing. There are many different codecs to shrink the size of files so that they can be stored and transferred easily. But the codecs we are going to be talking about today are DivX and Xvid. DivX and Xvid are video codecs used to encode video data through lossy compression algorithms. This means that the data they encode is compressed by removing the parts of the video that are not important to human visibility....

After installing the KB4579311 cumulative update, the build number for Windows 10 Version 2004 will be 19041.572. This update generally focuses on security, such as improving it when using Microsoft Office products or performing general day-to-day tasks. It also includes updates to verify usernames and passwords. Let’s see what this update has to offer us. What’s new in KB4579311 The KB4579311 is a security update that addresses a total of 49 vulnerabilities, out of which 7 are deemed critical for the system....

The highlight of this release is that the Bluetooth 5.3 technology is now supported with this driver. So if you have the hardware, it is time to install the latest compliant drivers and speed up your transfers. However, you must also be running the supported operating system to use Bluetooth 5.3. That said, the Intel Wi-Fi driver 22.140.0 does not include updates for the following device families: Intel Wireless 7265 Family (Rev....

Although it had some good features, Edge turned out to be a failure because people were more used to Google Chrome. Microsoft has changed its strategy again and has been working on a Chromium-based browser. The name has not been changed. It’s still called Microsoft Edge. This can be a good strategy from Microsoft as Microsoft has got the most used Operating System, Windows 10, and if it builds a good Chromium-based browser which comes built-in to the Operating System, people will no longer be tempted to download and use Google Chrome....

The only confusing thing about TeamViewer is the number of utilities it has for different tasks. For example, TeamViewer Sensor, TeamViewer IoT, QuickJoin, QuickSupport, and a full version. Most of these tools are portable and require only an executable to be downloaded and run.TeamViewer UI As a support professional, I get queries about which tool to download. While it is good to have separate tools for different types of support and session, it becomes confusing for a standard user who doesn’t know much about the PC or networking....

As ping indicates that the remote computer is connected to the network and capable of communicating, it is a useful command, especially for sysadmins. As a sysadmin myself, I have to install Windows Server and client frequently. Since our network is secured by hardware firewalls, it’s safe to allow ping on Windows Server and Windows client computers. I prefer to enable Ping manually and not use Group Policy. In this article, we will go through the step-by-step process of enabling Ping through Windows Firewall....

What is RAM/Memory? Random Access Memory, or RAM, is a type of memory that is used by processors to run the data and information this is currently being used by the system. Examples of these include‌ ‌running‌ ‌operating‌ ‌system‌ ‌files,‌ ‌device‌ ‌drivers,‌ ‌application‌ ‌data,‌ ‌etc. As soon as the computer is powered off, the data in the RAM is erased. This is because the RAM is a volatile memory, which losses its data as soon as it loses power....

Using Windows Registry You can hide programs in Programs and Features in Windows 10 manually. You just need to change some settings of your system. Follow the below described steps.First open the “Run” window by pressing “Window key + R” and type “regedit.exe”. this will lead to open the Registry of your system. For 32 bit program go for following directoryHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall For 64 bit program go for following directoryHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall You can apply same steps which are mentioned below on any bit programWe’ll first hide the 32 bit program....

Update: Microsoft has released a Chromium version of Microsoft Edge and the Legacy Edge has been discontinued. You can now download and install Microsoft Edge on Windows 8.1 and Windows 7 directly. This leads us to an irony that Internet Explorer is still available for Windows 10 while Edge is not available for older Operating Systems like Windows8/8.1 or Windows 7. It is specific to Windows 10. This situation is really frustrating, especially for the developers....

Google says that they will do this to give you better search results in the future. But if you don’t want Google or Bing to track you, you may use other search engines like DuckDuckGo which claims that they don’t track your searches. The problem with using any other search engine is that if you are used to using Google or Bing or DDG etc. it will be harder for you to switch to another search engine....

Furthermore, the update now shows the clock and date in the Taskbar on the secondary screen as well, if connected. That said, Microsoft intimates the users that some of the functions may not be immediately available after upgrading to Build 22509, but will be rolled out gradually. Microsoft has also made a few changes to the Settings app which shifts certain controls from the legacy Control Panel to the Settings app....

This article gives you 2 different ways through which you can enable and disable the blue light filter (night light) on your Windows 10 PC. Why use Night Light As mentioned, Night Light, when enabled, filters out the blue light and displays warmer colors. This does not affect the cornea in your eyes and helps you sleep at night when you are finished with your work. For this, Windows also has an option where you may schedule automatic enabling and disabling of night light according to your needs....

This scenario may come often if your work demands this. That’s why you need to keep your Google Chrome browser History forever, and when of need, you can easily have your old searched URLs and web pages again. In this tutorial, I’ll provide you solution to keep all of your Google Chrome’s History forever. Troll below and apply the solution for good. 1- ChromeHistoryView ChromeHistoryView is a portable tool to show your History of Chrome browser....

This feature is designed for user convenience. But for some users, it can be annoying especially when the laptop screen is small. The users can unintentionally drag the window to any corner of the screen and the window will snap to the corner automatically. If you want to disable this window auto-resizing feature in Windows 10, please check our four ways to disable the automatic resizing feature. Disable window Auto-resizing using the Settings App This is a basic way to disable the auto-resizing of the windows....

The same Windows key can be used to activate Windows 10 after upgrading your Windows installation. If you have upgraded to Windows 10 from an older version or are performing a clean install and want to use the same old product key, this article is for you. In this article, we will discuss the different methods for finding your Windows 10 product key. This article answers some of the most important questions regarding the use of the Windows 10 product key....

Screensavers are a set of animations activated when the computer remains idle for a specific period. Screensaver is disabled by default in the latest versions of Windows 10. You need to enable the screensaver of your choice from the system settings. Let’s first go through how to enable and change screensavers in Windows 10. After that, we’ll give you a list of some stunning screensavers which will make your screen vivid and productive....

Features This release has incredibly advanced features in it. Just look below to explore these features This is more powerful than the other PDF software.It’s a free oneIt is multi-featured softwareIt supports many languagesIt is now associated with Adobe Document Cloud. Now you can open, edit or work with your files anywhere as your files are on the cloud and can be accessed by anywhere.Now you can add annotations to your file for any line through the new commenting tools which are present in Adobe Reader....