How to switch Account User Type in Windows You may need to change a user account from a Standard account to Admin and back for various reasons. If you’re wondering how to change your user account type, read this guide to the end. Change Standard user to an Administrator account We can change the account type of a user account in five easy ways. We’ll explore the following methods in this section: Below, we have broken the above methods of changing user account types into straightforward steps....

Read: How to force Group Policy Update in Windows. Change Group Policy Refresh Interval To do so, Run gpedit.msc and hit Enter to open the Local Group Policy Editor. Navigate to the following setting: Computer Configuration > Administrative Templates > System > Group Policy Now in the right pane, double-click on Set Group Policy Refresh Interval for computers to open its Properties box. This policy setting specifies how often Group Policy for computers is updated while the computer is in use, in the background....

How to change Layout and Chart Style in Excel Follow the steps below to apply layouts and styles to your chart in Excel: How to change the layout of the Excel chart Select the chart, then go on the Chart Design tab and select the Quick Layout button in the Chart Layouts group and select an option from the menu. In the Quick Layout group, there are 11 layouts, namely: Layout 1: Layout 1 shows the following elements: Chart Title, Legend (Right), Horizontal Axis, Vertical Axis, and Major Gridlines....

How to change Windows language back to English Normally, the initial setup process in Windows offers you a choice to set the desired language as the default language. But if you accidentally choose the wrong one or select the language that is different from the one your device is already configured with you don’t have to struggle. Now since the language may be in one that you may not understand, we have given detailed instructions below on how to change the Language in Windows 11/10 back to English....

Advantages of upgrading to 64-bit Windows Before you go ahead and upgrade, let’s figure out what you will gain. Increase RAM from 4Gb to up to 2 TB of RAM if rest of the hardware supports itWhile 32-bit programs can run easily on 64-bit PCs, vice-versa is not possible. So upgrading opens up access to applications which only work on 64-bit.Better performance as you can run more apps simultaneously without any lag....

All the media players use codecs to play media files. You probably might have seen a message displayed by a particular media player, “Video codec is not supported” or “Audio codec is not available,” etc. This means that the media player does not have the required codec to play a video or audio file. The issue can be solved by downloading and installing the required codec. Read: A codec is required to play this file?...

How to check USB port for Power on Windows 11/10 There are two methods by which you can check the Power Output of USB Ports on Windows 11/10: By Device ManagerBy Third-Party application Let us talk about them in detail. Using Device Manager With the help of Device Manager, you can check the Power Output of USB Ports on Windows 10. For example, in this screenshot, the “Current power state” is D2, which is somewhere in the middle....

How to configure & use Hulu Parental Controls? You can configure parental controls by setting up Kids Profiles. Doing so will limit your Hulu account to only display the content that is suitable for their ages to enjoy. In addition to this, you can enable PIN Protection to require a PIN for accessing non-Kids Profiles or creating any new ones. Hulu does not have the Parental Controls feature as such but, it does support options that allow parents to restrict what their children can watch on Hulu....

Configure and use Windows Sandbox Create custom configuration environments for Windows Sandbox The configuration files for Windows Sandbox environment are in XML formatting. The Windows Sandbox environment reads them as a .WSB file. Currently, only the following four configurations are supported by Windows Sandbox: The mechanism of function for these WSB files goes as: This will give users greater control over the isolated environment in Windows Sandbox. You will have to create or open these WSB files using Notepad or Visual Studio Code....

Pair AirPods to Windows 11/10 We will be covering two scenarios for using Apple’s AirPods’ with a Windows 11/10 computer: 1] Pairing AirPods for the first time Before pairing, make sure that AirPods are at least 40% charged. If not, insert it into the AirPod case, and charge it. Keep it inside for the pairing process. 2] Reconnecting the AirPods again Technically, once paired, your AirPods should be able to auto connect to already paired devices....

Convert GIF to APNG In this post, I have covered 2 free software and 3 free services for GIF to animated PNG (APNG) conversion. These are: Let’s check all these options. 1] Gif2apng Gif2apng is portable and tiny software. The software interface is very basic and converting GIF to animated PNG is easier. To convert the GIF image to APNG, download its zip file here. Execute the EXE file to open it....

Now, if for some reason you are using a device that records videos in MOD, then chances are you will have problems watching the video on your Windows 10 computer. There is no reason to go out and purchase a new camera at this time because there are ways around the issue. What we’re going to do, is convert the MOD file to MPG, or simply use a media player that supports the format to play the videos....

Now, if you have your GIS location data stored in Microsoft Excel file format like XLS or XLSX, how you can do that? Well, if you are looking for a solution to that, we got you covered. In this post, we are going to discuss two different methods to convert an Excel file to GPX format. Let us check out these methods. How convert Excel to GPX? To convert Excel to GPX, you can use a third-party software program....

Create 3D Soccer or Football in Illustrator The ability to see what a finished product will look like without having to create it from expensive material is very helpful. Illustrator offers the ability to create accurate lookalikes for products. There are several ways to make a 3D Soccer or Football in Illustrator, but the way described in this article is easy to follow and remember. 1] Decide on the design 3D Football can be designed in a lot of interesting ways, from the outer layer design and the color....

Anonymity vs Encryption Before we explore our options, please be informed that “anonymity” and “encryption” are not the same thing. People often confuse between the two. Encryption means using algorithms that keep your data safe using different methods. That way even if anyone triggers a Man in Middle Attack or something similar, they can’t make out anything of the encrypted data. Anonymity, on the other hand, means that the person(s) receiving the email or any hacker in between, can’t figure out who is the sender of the emails and messages s/he is monitoring....

How to add Background in Publisher Open Publisher. On the Page Design tab in the Page Background group; Select the Background button. In the Background buttons drop-down list, you can select Solid Background and Gradient Background colors. In this tutorial, we chose to select a color from the Gradient Background. Now we have a background color in the publication. If you choose to select More Options, a Format Background dialog box will appear with options....

What is DirectX Shader Cache? DirectX Shader Cache are files created by the graphics system which can speed up application load time and improve performance. If deleted, they get regenerated automatically when needed. How to delete DirectX Shader Cache in Windows 11/10 using Disk Cleanup To delete DirectX Shader Cache in Windows 11/10 using Disk Cleanup, follow these steps: Open the Disk Cleanup tool. For your information, Disk Cleanup tool helps you delete various things, including temporary internet files, temporary files, thumbnails, clear Recycle Bin, DirectX Shared Cache, etc....

We have already seen how to View and Clear the Activity History data. Today, we will be checking out how to disable Windows Activity History permanently using Group Policy and Windows Registry. Disable Activity History permanently in Windows 11/10 I would recommend that you create a System Restore Point right now before proceeding with the changes. This would be a precaution in case something goes wrong after you make the changes....

How to turn off Auto-embed in Discord Auto-Embed is a feature found on many social media platforms, so it comes as no surprise to find out that Discord has done the same thing. Now, not everyone might find this feature useful, and as such, they may feel the need to disable it. The question is, though, how do we get this done? Well, the task is super easy so let us discuss it right now....

How to disable Fade Sleeping Tabs in Microsoft Edge Microsoft research reveals normal background tab uses 29% more CPU for Microsoft Edge than a sleeping tab. This reason alone explains how Edge’s Sleeping Tabs and Fade sleeping tabs help in saving battery. Although an individual’s opinion on this topic may vary. When you disable the Fade Sleeping Tabs feature, all the opened tabs in the browser will un-fade and your content will be made accessible immediately....