It would be absurd to pay for a new edition of Windows to have this feature. Therefore, we have come up with a way by which you can install the Local Security Policy manager on your system running Windows 10 Home edition. What is SecPol.msc The Local Security Policy Manager is used to manage and administer different security parameters of the host computer. This includes policies like managing a user’s account password....

If you have low disk space issues, but all of your files and folders are important enough not to delete them, you can compress your existing data to create additional space on your computer. Windows provides an option to compress the complete drive (from drive properties). If you don’t want to compress the whole drive, you can use Compactor utility. Compactor is an easy-to-use Graphical User Interface (GUI) based application that uses the existing Windows compact....

If you are a developer and wish to test out a website before publishing it, or want to run an internal Content Management System (CMS) for an organization, then you need to enable IIS on the server to host it. This post shows you how to enable or disable the feature if needed, how to check its version, and for whom it is useful. What is Internet Information Services (IIS) As we mentioned, IIS is used to host HTML websites or static pages that can be accessed from the internet or the intranet....

The updates and details for each of these are as follows: Windows 10 Version 1909 | Update: KB5001337 | New Build: 18363.1500Windows 10 Version 1809 | Update: KB5001342 | New Build: 17763.1879Windows 10 Version 1803 | Update: KB5001339 | New Build: 17134.2145Windows 10 Version 1607 | Update: KB5001347 | New Build: 14393.4350Windows 10 Version 1507 | Update: KB5001340 | New Build: 10240.18906 Along with these, April 2021 updates for Windows 10 v2004 & v20H2 have also been released discussions in a separate post....

October’s Patch Tuesday includes 84 fixes for Microsoft products including Windows, Windows Server, Edge browser, .NET Framework and Exchange Server. The breakdown of vulnerabilities found and fixed is as follows: To go through each vulnerability in detail, please open the following Google Sheets document: Microsoft Vulnerability list for October 2022 You can find more details on Microsoft’s MSRC vulnerability guide. Just make sure you set the time period to October 2022....

In this article, we discuss when and where the use of a hard drive is more suitable than its competition, and why it is so. Moreover, we also discuss the different factors affecting the performance of a hard drive, so you know what things to consider before purchasing your next one. Types of Storage Devices There are currently different types of storage disks available in the market. There are old hard drives, SSDs, and SSHDs....

The Feedback Hub application now supports both options to upvote existing feedback as well as the option to “Add similar feedback.” This will improve the process of communicating the precise issues experienced by users directly to Microsoft. If you are subscribed to the Dev Insider Channel, you shall receive this update by now. Let us dig into what other things this build offers. What’s new in Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 21322 Feedback Hub: Upvote option Insiders can now upvote existing feedback from another insider and explain in detail how they experienced a similar issue....

While the stable version of Windows 10 21H1 will be released in Spring 2021, this is the second update released for 21H1. Improvements and fixes Ths improvements and fixes included in version 21H1 are the same as mentioned in the 20H2 update post. Even the Knowledge Base help article is the same, KB5000802. Here are the fixed mentioned on the Windows blog: How to upgrade to Windows 10 21H1 Build 19043....

When the first display device is connected to a Windows 11/10 PC, it automatically becomes the primary display monitor. This means it will host your desktop, as well as all other windows that you have open. When more monitors are connected, they are then detected as the secondary monitor, tertiary, etc. This article guides you through multiple ways to change the primary monitor on your Windows PC, and also how to align them according to your actual setup....

Not that anything is wrong with the suite, but you may need to delete it because you are switching your PC, or may want to free up the license key so it can be used on another PC, or simply because you do not use it anymore. This article illustrates 3 ways you can uninstall Microsoft Office 2021 from your PC. How to Uninstall Microsoft Office 2021 Through the Settings App One way to uninstall Microsoft Office 2021 is through the Settings app on Windows....

If you are using a Windows computer and experience a similar problem, the volume level for that app is likely set lower from the “Volume Mixer.” Volume Mixer is a control applet that lets you control the overall system volume and volumes for individual applications. This means that you can allow one app’s sound to be louder than the others. A perfect example of this is while you’re gaming. You can allow a game’s sound effects to be louder and subdue the voices from a chatting app (like Discord), or vice versa....

If you have already Firefox installed on your computer, then you may not be able to update it using the update function immediately, since Mozilla will be rolling that out gradually. However, you can still upgrade it by downloading version 106 from the links provided below. Since Mozilla has not published any release notes at the moment, we are not entirely sure of what this release includes. However, we do have a gist through the previous Beta releases....

Since I was the victim of this issue because of my sound device, I will keep it to fixing the issue with audio device. But these steps can also be used for other devices like ethernet card etc. These may not all be the reasons in your case. You may try the solutions one by one and check if your problem is fixed. Power Management using command line Disable Cortana Windows 10 have Cortana option that allows you to speak and Cortana will open it for you by listening what you speak....

At first, I thought it was due to the updated driver. I reverted to the old driver but the error persisted. I tried to uninstall and then install the driver again but to no avail. The error seems strange and it had something to do with either Radeon settings program not being updated or the driver version not being updated. I searched the Internet for a possible solution but didn’t come up with any solid solution except one which gave way to the final solution....

Thankfully, Windows 11, Windows 10, and a few Server editions come with a built-in app called “AppLocker.” As the name suggests, this utility is used to lock away applications that you do not want the users to use. This can be done if you want to revoke access to authoritative apps, or simply prevent your employees from wasting time on things they should not be doing while at work. If you are looking for a native solution to block certain apps and programs on a computer, let us show you how....

You can change that by scripting a custom configuration file and configure Sandbox to start with custom settings and configurations. This article defines in detail what Sandbox is and how you can configure it on your Windows computer to your advantage. What is Windows Sandbox Windows Sandbox creates a virtual desktop environment replicating your host operating system and is entirely separate from it. Any tasks executed in Sandbox will not affect the host computer, which makes it ideal to run doubtful applications and perform tasks that put your host computer at risk....

A mistaken click on the eye icon, especially in a public location, can reveal your password to anyone sitting nearby.Hide/Show password button There is a way you can completely remove the reveal password button (eye icon) both on your Windows login screen and on Microsoft Edge. By doing so, the people around you could not possibly know what your password is (unless they were looking at your keyboard directly whilst typing)....

This article discusses why this prompt occurs, how you can simply turn off such prompts so no one is encountered in the future, and how you can fix it. Why “Windows firewall has blocked some features” occurs By default, the Windows Defender Firewall is programmed to block any malicious content on your device. Although you might not be running a virus, some programs and applications that require communication over the internet are automatically blocked by the firewall, such as multiplayer games, Google Chrome (occasionally), or even media players....

In this article, we will discuss how you can optimize your CPU performance by setting the correct minimum and maximum power usage so that it does not slow your computer and does not overheat it either. Processor States A processor’s state is defined by its current functionality. There are currently 2 distinct processor states: P-stateC-state P-state The processor is in a P-state during its normal functionality. It is a way to scale the running frequency of a processor against its voltage at which it consumes the minimum amount of power....

You can configure Windows to change its display language and it automatically translates its UI from one language to another (supported). You can also keep your current display language while only changing the input language, meaning typing in another language. If you are a user who occasionally has to type in different languages, this is the post for you. Here, we discuss how to set keyboard shortcuts to quickly shift between the different keyboard layouts to instantly change typing languages in Windows....