How to customize Explorer in Windows 10 The default Explorer view offers access to all user folders, and drives. On the top, you have few fixed tabs like File, View, and more show up based on what you select and your current location. For example, when you choose an image, you get a Picture Tools menu, while you get Application tools when you select an executable. The fact is the list is dynamic, and keep changing all the time based on the situation....

A BitLocker recovery key is a special key that you can create when you turn on Bitlocker Drive Encryption for the first time on each drive that you encrypt. You can use the recovery key to gain access to your BitLocker-encrypted drives. Backup BitLocker Recovery Key You can back up the BitLocker recovery key for an encrypted drive by printing it, saving it to your Microsoft account, saving it to a USB flash drive, and/or saving it to a file where you like....

Delete duplicate rows in Excel Removing all duplicate rows is not that difficult when using Microsoft Excel since it comes with an inbuilt functionality. To get started, you need to create the Excel spreadsheet. After that, go to Data tab and click on Remove Duplicates button. Now, you will be asked to select the column/s where the duplicate rows are located. You can select one row at a time if you are not sure....

Once you have blocked access to that page and when you will type about:profiles in the address bar of Firefox and press Enter, you will receive the following message: Disable access to Profiles in Firefox in Windows 11/10 To prevent access to Profile Manager of Firefox, there are two native features in Windows 11/10 OS. These are: Your organization has blocked access to this page or website. Before you start using any of these features for this task, we recommend you create a system restore point, just in case....

You can use Registry Editor as well as Group Policy Editor to get it done. Also, you need to log in as Administrator before following these steps. It is also recommended to create a backup of Registry files or create a system restore point before making any changes. Disable Privacy Settings Experience at sign-in in Windows 10 To disable Privacy Settings Experience at sign-in in Windows 10, you need to follow these following steps....

Enable, Disable Internet Explorer Automatic Update To prevent Internet Explorer 10 from installing the new version automatically, open IE and open its About dialog box. Now you will be able to see a check box that will allow you to enable or disable Internet Explorer 10 automatic update. To disable it, uncheck Install new versions automatically. Once done, click on Close and Exit. Now Internet Explorer will not install new versions automatically....

In this post, we will learn about how to enable, disable or remove Microsoft Outlook add-ins. Enable or disable Microsoft Outlook add-ins To look for Outlook add-ins in Outlook, open your Outlook desktop client and click on the red Windows Store icon you see. A popup will open offering you all the available add-ins for Outlook. To install them, simply move the slider to the On position and restart Microsoft Outlook....

Some Windows Updates require you to reboot your Windows computer and log in so that Windows Update can finish the job of installing the updates. You, therefore, have to wait until the updating process is complete. Now things have improved! Use my sign in info to automatically finish setting up my device and reopen my apps after an update or restart Windows 11/10 creates a special token of your credentials and uses it to automatically sign in after a Windows Update initiated reboot, and updates the PC....

Hardware Acceleration means using the computer’s hardware for performing a certain task and function faster than would be possible using the software. This also allows for a smooth rendering of graphics. In most processors, instructions are executed sequentially, i.e., one by one, but you can perform them faster if you modify the same process a bit using some technique. The idea is to move all graphics and text rendering from the Central Processing Unit to the Graphics Processing Unit, thereby getting better performance....

Windows users may have noticed that by default, File Explorer opens to Quick Access. Windows 11/10 allows power users to fine-tune the operating system to their liking, rather easily. It seems a majority of the user feedback to Microsoft centered around users demanding the choice to enable or disable different UI elements, easily. So if you wish, you can make Explorer open to This PC instead of Quick Access. If you wish, in the interest of Privacy, you can also disable Quick Access in the Navigation Pane, in a way....

Zoom is one of the best video calling apps that you can use. In the last few years, it has grown to the next level since schools, colleges, offices, and other institutions have started using this service. If you are an organizer or often conduct meetings with your team members, students, etc., you must know that it lets any member share links, media files, etc., via the Zoom Rooms. This feature is quite handy until someone starts abusing it....

What is the R1C1 reference style in Excel? Any Excel spreadsheet has mainly two things – rows and columns. Excel, Google Sheets, etc., denote the columns alphabetically, i.e., A, B, C, D, E, and so on. On the other hand, they denote rows by digits, i.e., 1, 2, 3, 4, and so on. However, if you do not want to use letters to specify columns and want to use digits, you need to enable the R1C1 reference style – or Row 1 Column 1 reference style....

Ultimate Performance Power Plan is available only with PCs with high-end configuration running directly on power, and there is no direct way to enable this for all PCs. That said, I will not still recommend this mode for Laptops as it will consume a lot of battery, but if you are sure you want it, you can use it for your best gaming experience. Ultimate Performance Power Plan in Windows 11/10 Let’s try to understand why this mode was built....

Topics discussed in this post: How to Encrypt OneDrive Files There are two ways to encrypt OneDrive Files. Frist is the native method that can be done through the phone, and the second is to use the Microsoft 365 Advanced Protection. 1] Enable encryption on your mobile devices Both iOS and Android offer device encryption. If you search it in your settings, you should be able to find it. Once done, the phone can be opened only through the fingerprint, PIN, or Pattern....

You can utilize rules to do various tasks faster and automatically. Suppose you want to see all emails from a particular person in a different folder or directory. At such a moment, you can set up a rule which Outlook will use to move that email to that predefined folder. Or, suppose you wish to move messages with specific words in the subject to a folder, move emails sent to a public group to a folder, flag messages from someone for follow-up, or move RSS items from a specific RSS feed to a folder or do anything like that....

How to export Windows Services list Export Windows Services list using command line in CMD Open an elevated Command Prompt, type the following and hit Enter: This will save the list as a text file on your Desktop. Use PowerShell to generate list of Windows Services The Get-Service cmdlet is designed to retrieve information about the services installed on your computer. Using the Get-Service PowerShell cmdlet, you can generate a list of Windows Services running on your Windows 10/8/7 computer....

This article will show you how you can extract and restore particular or select or individual files in Windows 10/8, followed by, how to do the same in Windows 7. Extract specific files from Windows System Image Backup In Windows 10, it is easy to extract specific files from a system image. The system image backup file is saved as a wim archive. If you have created a Custom System Image for use, you will be able to browse and copy the files using any file extraction utility....

What are Circular References in Excel? A circular reference in Microsoft Excel usually refers to a formula that visits its own or another cell in a Workbook more than once in a single chain of calculations. This in turn creates a constant loop capable of significantly slowing down your Workbook. How to find Circular References in Excel If you want to find and fix circular references in Microsoft Excel, then do the following:...

This post will help you check the list of wake timers or an upcoming wake timer on your Windows 11/10 computer using two different ways so that you can disable or change the condition of events or services that use wake timers. Where finding the wake timers from the entire list of scheduled tasks in Task Scheduler could be difficult and time-consuming, the options covered in this post make it easier....

Fix MACHINE CHECK EXCEPTION BSOD The reason this error is difficult to resolve is that it usually occurs soon after Windows loads, thus giving us little time to resolve the issue. Even more, the system usually freezes before this blue screen error shuts it down. Machine Check Exception Stop Error occurs due to failure or overstressing of hardware components. If you see this Blue Screen on Windows 11/10/8/7 here are some suggestions that may help you....