Microsoft is about to pester Windows 7 users to upgrade to Windows 10, but this time the company is being a lot less forceful about it. With extended support for the older OS coming to an end in January next year, the Redmond firm will start notifying users about the upcoming date starting next month. […]
Following is several solutions to solve “Bitlocker drive encryption paused and doesn’t resume” in Windows 10/8/7/Vista. Solution 1: Run chkdsk on Bitlocker encrypted drive We suggest you to suspend BitLocker drive encryption, turn it off and then check the issue with chkdsk command. Solution 2: Resume Bitlocker drive encryption process 1. Press Windows key + […]
Windows displays “Low Disk Space” notifications whenever any partition on your computer has less than 200 MB of space remaining. Here’s how to get rid of the notifications, even if you can’t free up the space. If this warning is about your system drive, you should pay attention to it and free up some space. […]
Every computer connected to the internet is vulnerable to viruses, forcing us to pay the software protection industry’s charges to stay safe while we surf. Pay for antivirus software from biggies like Symantec/Norton or Kaspersky and it’ll cost around £40 per year. Yet you can get free software which, while not quite as effective as […]
You can do it with the User Profiles dialog in System Properties: Log in as different user (with admin privileges) than you want to delete Open Properties for Computer Advanced system settings (on the left side) Settings for User Profiles (in the middle) Select the profile you want to delete and click the delete button
Most operating systems and DNS clients will automatically cache IP addresses and other DNS results, this is done in order to speed up subsequent requests to the same hostname. Sometimes bad results will be cached and therefore need to be cleared from the cache in order for you to communicate with the host correctly. All […]
Syntax GPUpdate [/Force] [/Logoff] [/Boot] [/Sync] [/Target:{Computer | User}] [/Wait:value] Key: /Force Apply all policy settings, not just those that have changed. /Logoff Logoff after the Group Policy settings have been updated. Some group policy client-side extensions are only processed when a user logs on. (Software Install, Folder Redirection.) /Boot Restart after the Group Policy […]
Increase or Decrease the Time Interval Between Packets By default ping waits for 1 second before sending the next packet. You can increase or decrease this using option -i as shown below. Increase Ping Time Interval Example: ping -i 5 IP Check whether the local network interface is up and running Before checking whether the […]
Note You must be logged on to the computer as an administrator to perform the steps. On the Start screen, type CMD. In the search results, right-click Command Prompt, and then click Run as administrator. At the command prompt, enter the following command, and then press Enter: netsh int ip reset c:\resetlog.txt Note If you […]
The default flower profile picture is actually a BITMAP file which is stored in following folder: %ProgramData%\Microsoft\User Account Pictures\ Copy the above string and paste in RUN or start menu search box and press Enter. It’ll directly open the folder in Explorer window. The BITMAP file name is user.bmp and its a 128×128, 24-bit bitmap […]
The sfc scannow option is one of several specific switches available in the sfc command, the Command Prompt command used to run System File Checker. While there are plenty of different things you can do with the command, sfc /scannow is the most common way that the sfc command is used. sfc /scannow will inspect […]
Slow computer Tip: Below are steps for Microsoft Windows users that can help speed up the computer or determine why the computer is running slow. Reboot If your computer has not been rebooted recently, make sure to reboot it before following any of the steps below. Background programs One of the most common reasons for […]
1. Restart PC and Login as a Local Admin or another Domain User. 2. Rename: c:\users\%username% 3. Export (just as a backup in case you need it) and then delete registry key: “HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\WindowsNT\CurrentVersion\ProfileList” (Look through each Profile key under this reg key and view the “ProfileImagePath” to find which key is related to which user) […]