Windows Upgrade stuck at Choose your keyboard layout screen The situation may seem unexplainable where all your mouse, keyboard, and other input devices were working a while ago and then stop responding all of a sudden. However, it’s still not hard to guess that this can be a potential driver issue. When you are upgrading to Windows 11/100 using an in-place upgrade, things may go south and your PC eventually suffers from driver dysfunction....

WinX Menu not working on Windows 11/10 The WinX Menu shortcuts are available in the following location: Take a look at it and see if you need to create fresh shortcuts there or replace the corrupted ones with good ones from another system. 1] Run SFC and DISM To rule out the possibility of system file corruption, I suggest you run System File Checker as well as DISM to repair the System Image....

Windows Management Instrumentation Command line or WMIC Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) is the infrastructure for management data and operations on Windows-based operating systems. You can write WMI scripts or applications to automate administrative tasks on remote computers, but WMI also supplies management data to other parts of the operating system and products, for example, System Center Operations Manager. The following global switches are available: For more information on a specific global switch, type: switch-name /?...

Word cannot open this file because it is larger than 512 Megabytes To fix this error message, you have to decrease the size of the Word document. The size of the Word document is directly proportional to the length of the text and the number of images inserted into it. The size of the Word document with uncompressed images is comparatively larger than the Word document with compressed images. Hence, to decrease the size of the Word document, you have to compress the images and then replace the uncompressed images in your Word document with the compressed ones....

Yellow triangle with an exclamation mark on Battery icon If you notice the yellow triangle, run the Power Troubleshooter. If the tool can fix the issue, then there is no further explanation as to what is causing the issue, follow a different course of action. We have outlined three ways that might help you in this regard. Let us proceed and try these options to get rid of the Laptop battery showing the yellow triangle....

So, if you want to resolve “You have been kicked due to unexpected client behavior” then use go through this article as all the possible solutions are mentioned here. What causes the “You have been kicked due to unexpected client behavior” error message? Other reasons include corrupted game files or a third-party app interfering with your program. We will see what you need to do in both cases. But sometimes, the issue is your fault....

You’ll need a new app to open this windowsdefender link Windows 11 comes integrated with in-built primary system protection – Windows Defender. It works well most of the time but when it does not, you can experience all sorts of problems. For instance, when you can’t open Windows Security or Defender from Settings app, you’ll see an error saying ‘You’ll need a new app to open this windowsdefender link’. If you face this issue, try the following suggestions: Before you begin, you might want to manually update Windows11....

Here’s the thing, this error also makes it impossible for users to gain access to their digital games. Furthermore, they won’t load up saved files that are directly tied to their Xbox account. So, this error poses a big problem for all affected. Your account has been locked, 0x80a40014 There are multiple reasons why you may see the ‘Your account has been locked’ error message, which is why we will talk about all the ways we know of to get things under control....

BitLocker To Go extends BitLocker data protection to USB storage devices, enabling them to be restricted with a passphrase. In addition to having control over passphrase length and complexity, IT administrators can set a policy that requires users to apply BitLocker protection to removable drives before being able to write to them. BitLocker To Go also allows users to more securely share data with users who have not yet deployed Windows...

Enable Remote Content Sharing in Windows Media Player If you want to share files in a monitored folder that is located on another computer, like for example, a folder on a network share, the remote folder must have the appropriate Windows access permissions assigned to it. To do so, open regedit and navigate to the following registry key: In the right panel create a new DWORD called EnableRemoteContentSharing Set its value to 1....

iPad vs Laptop Comparison Before making your purchasing decision, and before answering the question, should you buy an iPad or a Laptop, there are some things we need to go over. Following are the parameters we will compare the iPad and Laptop on. Let us talk about them in detail. 1] Portability Laptops are a portable alternative to desktop computers. Initially, they were made keeping portability as one of the primary objectives, even now, manufacturers are trying to make their ultrabook as light and slim as possible....

It would be wrong to say that we are safe by installing antivirus software or an anti-malware solution as intruders can break in from many other loopholes. There could be processes on your computer that may be spying on your activities, including your keystrokes. SpyDetect Free for Windows PC SpyDetect Free is a free application that detects processes on your computer that might be spying on your keyboard and mostly recording your keystrokes....

Windows Start Menu Tiles not working, missing or not showing If Start Menu Tiles are missing, not working, not showing or do not work or respond on Windows 11/10 then this post is sure to help you resolve this problem. Go through the list and see which solutions may apply in your case. Let us look at this in detail. 1] Check the display resolution According to a lot of cases I have come across – for the UWP Tiles to work, we need our screen resolution to be more than 1024×768....

Windows now automatically uninstalls problematic Updates Microsoft has said that Windows 10 and Windows 11 will start removing installed Windows Updates that cause problems in starting or running your device at peak efficiency. Windows Updates that fail dues to software incompatibilities will get automatically uninstalled. After your computer has recovered from a startup failure, you may see this notification in the bottom right corner of your computer screen: We removed some recently installed updates to recover your device from a startup failure....

Enable or Disable Wi-Fi AutoSwitch on Windows 11/10 The auto-connect function of WiFi may end up connecting to an unwanted network profile used earlier. If you regularly get connected to multiple Wi-fi connections which you do not want to use later or every time, then you must stop Windows 11/10 from connecting automatically to a Wi-Fi network. Stop automatic connection to Wireless Network Automatic connection to the Wi-Fi network reduces the users’ control over their files and other credentials....

Yahoo was sold to Verizon and even after being acquired by Verizon, Yahoo works fine with the dominance of Google, Apple, and Microsoft on the Internet. This does not stop them from scanning its users’ emails. They do this scanning to find their topics of interest and to get to know their users. This is something similar to what Google does with the users of Gmail. Yahoo says that, in the Terms of Service and Privacy Policy which almost everyone ignores and agrees to, they have clearly stated that the user is accepting the “acceptance of automated content scanning and analyzing of your communications content”....

Stop ‘Your Weekend Recap’ notification in Photos App The new update to Photos App has added a new feature whereby it automatically generates a new album from all your photos and videos combined. So, if you’ve recently added new photos to it, the Photos app automatically creates a new album and displays a notification appearing as a weekend recap. To disable ‘Your Weekend Recap’ Notification from Photos App in Windows 10, you’ll need to- Let us see this in detail....

Surface Pro runs Windows OS, so basically, the process to troubleshoot this issue would be similar to, for any other Windows laptop. The way Surface works is that if you don’t use it for a few minutes, the screen turns off and Surface Pro goes into InstantGo power state, which can resume it very quickly. If you don’t use Surface Pro 3 for several hours, it will enter the Hibernation state....

This error message usually indicates the client machines can’t reach a domain controller for authentication and almost always points to incorrect DNS settings (DHCP not configured correctly or statically set incorrectly, i.e., mixing DC and non-DC DNS addresses) or routing issues. This typically could be due to the following: The domain controller is offline due to maintenance or power outage.Network issues if the client device is not correctly configured to establish communication with a domain controller, or if there are issues in the network....

This could happen if: There are a few checks we would suggest you try. If you open System Configuration (msconfig), you may find that there is no Boot data. It has been reported that the primary reason why this occurs is that when the user tries to dual boot the computer and the installer replaces the default bootloader. The boot configuration data store could not be opened Just before we start, know this....