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When you right-click on a file, folder or drive in Windows and select “Properties” option, it opens the selected item’s properties window which contains several tabs based on the selected item type. For example, when you open a folder’s properties…
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In past, we have told you how to remove “Share with” and “Restore previous versions” options from file/folder/drive context menus. When you right-click on a file, folder or drive in Windows, you get these options in the context menu (right-click…
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Recently an AskVG reader contacted us regarding this issue. This problem occurs when “Media Foundation Protected Pipeline EXE has stopped working” error message is displayed by Windows whenever you try to transfer video files from your PC/laptop to your mobile…
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Recently an AskVG reader contacted me regarding this weird problem. He was using Windows 8 and suddenly all icons on the Desktop started showing in Tiles view. We know that we can only use “Large Icons“, “Medium Icons” and “Small…
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Today in this topic we are going to address a very annoying problem faced by several trackpad/touchpad users. If you are using a keyboard with trackpad or touchpad and you try to scroll using 2 fingers, your web browser specially…
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Recently an AskVG reader asked me about a method to disable the “NEW” tag present on newly installed program shortcuts in Start Menu of Windows 10. Actually in Windows 8, Windows 8.1 and Windows 10 operating systems, after installing a…
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Recently an AskVG reader “Arun” asked us how to remove “Restore Previous Versions” option from the context menu (right-click menu)? In Windows, when you right-click on a file, folder or drive, you get “Restore Previous Versions” option in the context…
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This question is asked by so many readers via emails and comments, so today I decided to post a tutorial to find out information about the installed Windows version in any computer. This tutorial will help you in checking: Which…
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NOTE: This tutorial will work in all Windows versions including Windows XP, Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 8.1 and Windows 10. Many times people access our system and change our customized settings here and there. Wouldn’t it be great…
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Today in this tutorial, we are going to tell you how to create .REG files also known as registry script files in Windows operating system. Registry script files are similar to batch scripts, they are used to modify Windows registry…
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This is a very popular and known issue in Windows operating system. Many times Windows users face this problem when they try to connect to a Wi-Fi network or a local area network connection (Ethernet). They receive following error message…
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Recently an AskVG reader “BAPPY” contacted us regarding following problem: Hi ! I’m using Windows 8.1. Sharing Tab is missing in Folder Properties and also missing in context menus. I tried some solution like registry option and cmd, but nothing…
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SUMMARY: This tutorial will tell you about a Registry tweak to disable a few seconds delay time in launching startup programs in Windows 8, 8.1 and Windows 10. This article has been written and shared by our reader “Mehul“. In…
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We know that we can pin applications, program shortcuts, etc to Windows Taskbar and Start Menu for quick and easy access but there are some limitations with this method. Windows doesn’t allow users to pin a few selected file formats…
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Here is a very important information for all Windows users! Microsoft has warned about a new malware called “Hicurdismos” which pretends to be a Microsoft Security Essentials (MSE) installer, a well known anti-malware program from Microsoft for Windows 7 and…
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Good news for Windows 7 or Windows 8.1 users who were annoyed by the “Get Windows 10” (GWX) app. Microsoft has released an update “KB3184143” for Windows 7/8.1 users which removes “Get Windows 10” app and other software programs related…
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“Sierra” is the name of the upcoming version of Apple’s MacOS which will be the 13th major release of MacOS. Currently a beta version is available for download and the final version of MacOS Sierra will be released this fall.…
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Many times if you are looking for a download on Microsoft website, you might have seen the term “IA64” or “Itanium-based system“. Many software or updates present at Microsoft website are available in 3 forms: x86 (32-bit), x64 (64-bit) and…
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SUMMARY: This tutorial will help you in changing the default “Segoe UI” font of various menus, context (right-click) menus, dialog boxes and other visible text in Windows 8, Windows 8.1 and Windows 10. You’ll be able to change the font…
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When Microsoft released Windows 8 operating system, they introduced “Metro UI” (also known as Modern UI) features such as Charms Bar, Start Screen and other new features specially developed for touch-enabled devices. Since Microsoft removed Start Menu from Windows 8…
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Recently we shared a useful Registry tweak to replace “Ease of Access” button at Login Screen with any desired program in Windows Vista and later Windows versions. With the help of that tutorial, you can launch any desired program by…
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A few years back I posted a tutorial about changing action of “Ease of Access” aka “Accessibility” button at Login Screen. In that tutorial, I provided a simple trick to replace the “Ease of Access” button with any desired program…
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Microsoft’s latest OS Windows 10 comes with Internet Explorer 11 version. The previous Windows version i.e. Windows 8.1 also came with IE11 version and Microsoft has released the same IE11 version for good ol’ Windows 7 OS. Internet Explorer 11…
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Recently an AskVG reader contacted me regarding this annoying issue. The reader wanted to completely disable the screen which appears when you try to log off, restart or shut down in Windows OS and shows a list of apps which…
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Today I’m going to address a very weird and very annoying problem present in Windows 10 operating system. I have faced this problem in 10 of my computer machines which have Windows 10 installed although this problem may also occur…
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UPDATE: Windows 10 upgrade is now available as a “Recommended Update” for Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 users. If you don’t want to upgrade to Windows 10, check out the steps given below to prevent your computer from automatically upgrading…
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I have received many emails from AskVG readers regarding this strange problem in Windows OS. Many readers have reported that they can’t access Bing, MSN, Outlook or other Microsoft websites in their computers. Most of those readers were using Windows…
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Recently Microsoft sent an email to all outlook.com, hotmail.com, live.com, msn.com and other Microsoft email account (previously known as Windows Live email account) users about the upcoming changes to the email service which will prevent them from syncing their Microsoft…
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There is no doubt that Microsoft’s latest operating system Windows 10 is better than any previous Windows version. It comes with new web browser Microsoft Edge, it allows you to run modern (metro) apps on Desktop, it also comes with…
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Today we are going to address a very weird and annoying issue present in Windows 8.1 which is bugging a lot of people. I have received many emails from AskVG readers about this particular problem. This problem is related to…