If you’ve been thinking of upgrading your computer’s hard drive, you may wonder if you have to buy Windows 10 again. While it’s possible to transfer your existing license, you may be unable to keep your Windows 10 product key if you’ve recently upgraded your computer. If you’re considering a hard drive upgrade, you should …
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Sometimes, the battery icon on the taskbar is hidden behind the notification area. It may be hidden because of a group policy setting, or your IT staff might have disabled it for some reason. If this is the case, it’s not impossible to get the battery icon back on your taskbar. To enable the icon …
You can disable or uninstall Windows Update Assistant. You can access its settings in the Microsoft control panel by pressing Windows key + I. In addition, you can also right-click on the folder to find it in the C drive. To remove this program, you should choose ‘Uninstall’. A confirmation message will appear if you …
If you don’t have a USB bootable media, you can still mount and install Windows 10 on your PC. You can do this using a third-party tool called Rufus, which can mount and install any edition of Windows from an ISO file. Rufus also enables you to boot Windows directly from your USB thumb drive. …
Typically, Windows Troubleshooter is not able to start automatically. It will not function unless the Cryptographic Services process is running in the background. Disabling this service requires you to open the Control Panel and change the settings to Never notify me when Windows starts. By doing this, Windows Troubleshooter will not send data to Microsoft …
You may have noticed that you have two different Documents folders on your computer. That is normal, because we accumulate many documents over the course of time. Windows gives us a convenient way to move or delete these files by putting them into folders. When you use the File Explorer, you can right-click a file …
The first step in the process is to boot the HP laptop with the recovery disk. If the HP laptop does not have a recovery disk, you can try to use the windows installation disk to reset the administrator password. In order to reset the password, the first step is to enter the net user …
A 64-bit OS can reference up to eighteen trillion bytes, or sixteen exabytes of memory. Unfortunately, most servers do not receive critical security updates, which means the system could be open to cyber attacks until a security patch is available. That means that Windows Server 2012 R2 is potentially leaving your network and data vulnerable …
One of the first things you may want to customize in Windows 10 is the appearance of your folders. Although it’s not possible to change folder icons in the Start menu, you can open the Custom Folder application by holding down the Shift key and right-clicking on the folder you want to change. Once the …
While some may consider Windows 10 IoT Core a successor to Windows Embedded Compact, this new platform is not designed for large industry devices. Instead, it is geared for smaller industrial applications. While the basic edition of the operating system is free for hobbyists and developers, a paid version of the software, known as IoT …