October 6, 2018 by Tony Landry
After a lot of buzz around the anniversary update, also referred to as the October 2018 update is now finally available for download. There are a lot of users who already installed the update and a few bugs are being reported on various social networks like Reddit, Twitter and numerous other forums. One such issue that is causing a lot of panic and apprehension among the users is the deletion of user directory information or personal files like music, documents, files and other media soon after the October update installation. Hence we shall discuss all the concerns raised over the…
October 1, 2018 by John Harris
Although Windows allows you to have multiple accounts and login through them comfortably, there can be some situations where it poses problems. In this article, we discuss about an error ‘0x8009002d’ that occurs at the time of logging in to your system. Let us also see how to resolve the error using some simple solutions in this article. Solution 1: Restart your system Although this sounds like a simple solution, users have reported that this method works in some cases. But please note that even if this method works, it is not permanent as you will have to restart the…
September 19, 2018 by John Harris
Users who are not happy with Windows 10 may find a little peace with the new features that the October update has to offer. Microsoft as usual has added new features that make Windows 10, the best OS to use. In this blog post, let us see what the Windows 10 October 2018 update aka codenamed Redstone 5 brings to us. Your Phone’ app This is introduced to better integrate your phone and your Windows 10 PC. Using this app, you can send and receive SMSs/calls from your Windows 10 computer. In addition, you can also manage photos on your…
September 18, 2018 by John Harris
So, you’ve made the decision and made an upgrade to Windows 10. You are happy with the look and feel and also excited about the return of the Start button. While you are still exploring new features, suddenly you find some of your files disappearing from the desktop. You’re frustrated and shocked, so you’re here looking for answers. If you are in such a situation, we understand how you feel and we are here to help you. It is normal to get upset but it is important to understand the upgrade itself is not the reason for data loss. It…
September 14, 2018 by Tony Landry
AutoComplete is one of the most underrated features of Outlook. Without even realizing, we extensively use AutoComplete list in Outlook to send mails every day. It saves the time by suggesting the most relevant email id to the partially entered address in To, Cc and Bcc sections of the send mail window; therefore you can avoid manually looking for a previously entered mail id or email address. At the same time AutoComplete can also be unfruitful and may land you into troubles by suggesting a different sender or a misspelled email address. This doesn’t mean that you have to disable…
September 14, 2018 by Tony Landry
There is always an ecitement from users when Windows is rolling out an update to the Operating system and other applications of Windows. The recent exciting news to Windows users is the new Sticky notes 3.0 update, it comes in with a bunch of interesting and really impressive features that all Windows users wish for. Sticky notes, released back in the times of Vista lost its aura with advent of Cortana and Wunderlist. But for users still love using sticky notes on their desktop background, the new sticky notes 3.0 update is assured to hit the sweet spot. Image Source:…
September 7, 2018 by Tony Landry
Windows media player returns an error 80040265, when you try to play a video file. There can be more than one reasons for this error to occur. The following useful troubleshooting steps are provided to fix this error with a little effort. Introduction to “Cannot playback the file. The file format not supported. Error: 80040265″ Windows media player supports most of the common media file formats. When Windows media player cannot play the file it is not only because of the lack of file format support, there are other reasons that stand responsible for stopping the media player from playing…
September 7, 2018 by Tony Landry
In order to send and receive mails in Outlook, it is really important to configure the Outlook account with proper server name and ports. The server name or the IP address ports are provided by your ISP provider. Any flaw or change in one of the following settings will completely halt a send and receive operation in Outlook. This directly means that you will no longer be able to communicate or share any information in Outlook. Outlook error 0x80040900 is one such error that may have occurred due to any of the following reasons which have been listed below.…
April 20, 2018 by John Harris
FAT, NTFS etc. are file systems hard drives use to organize files and folders on your computer. The blue screen error with code 0x00000023 indicates corruption in the FAT file system. Bad sectors on the disk can also induce this error. Improper shutdown or power loss when the system is connected to a UPS are the main causes of file system corruption. It does not happen always but occurs when the computer has not saved information that it needs to run again properly. It is purely based on timing. If you encounter a blue screen of death error, you most…
April 13, 2018 by John Harris
This article is all about fixing Windows and how to get rid of the error ‘setup was unable to use the existing partition because it does not contain the required free space’. Basically, the reason for the above said error is due to the presence of additional hard drives on your device or if you are trying to install Windows 10 on a partition that is not completely blank. Resolutions to the error ‘Setup was unable to use the existing partition’ The very first thing you’ll have to do is to backup all important files, data and any other important…
