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This article will help you if you want to know following things: What is MicrosoftEdgeUpdate.exe process running in Task Manager in Windows and how to disable or remove it and stop it from running in background? How to disable or…
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On March 23, 2020, Microsoft published a security advisory ADV200006 (Type 1 Font Parsing Remote Code Execution Vulnerability) about limited targeted attacks that could leverage un-patched vulnerabilities in Adobe Type Manager Library. The vulnerability is present in all Windows versions…
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If you are getting “The file is too large for the destination file system” error message while copying files to your USB drive and want to know how to fix this error message, this tutorial will help you. PROBLEM SYMPTOM:…
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Today while setting up a Windows 7 machine, I faced a very annoying problem. I was installing various software and Internet connection was working fine in the computer but suddenly the Internet connection lost and the network connection icon in…
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SUMMARY: Testing or Insider Preview builds (Release Candidate, Beta, Developer and Canary) of Chromium-based Microsoft Edge web browser are available for public download for Windows 10, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Windows 7, Linux and MacOS. UPDATE 5: Microsoft Edge RC…
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Recently an AskVG reader contacted me regarding this issue. He was getting “CredSSP encryption oracle remediation” error message while trying to use Remote Desktop Connection program. PROBLEM SYMPTOM: Whenever you try to use Remote Desktop Connection (RDP) to a server…
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We have discovered and reported so many bugs present in all Windows versions whether it’s the latest Windows 10 operating system or classic Windows Vista, Windows 7 or Windows 8/8.1. You can read about all those bugs in our exclusive…
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NOTE: This tutorial will help you in resetting or restoring Task Manager to default factory settings in Windows 10. The method given in this tutorial should also work in Windows 8 and Windows 8.1. Task Manager is a very important…
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PROBLEM SYMPTOM: You are working on your computer and suddenly you computer restarts itself without giving you any choice or option to save your work, close running programs, etc. You lose important documents which you were creating, you lose tabs…
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SUMMARY: This tutorial will help you if you want to enable Status Bar and Word Wrap at the same time in Notepad. Also if Status Bar option is always grayed out i.e. disabled in your Notepad, this tutorial will help…
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Microsoft regularly releases updates for different versions of Windows operating system to fix bugs and issues related to security, reliability, stability and performance. These Windows updates include security updates, optional updates, recommended updates as well as important critical updates. All…
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Today I faced this strange and very annoying problem in Windows 10 computer. I was trying to open Task Scheduler (Taskschd.msc) and when I executed taskschd.msc command using RUN dialog box (WIN+R), Windows showed following error message: [User Account Control]…
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Today in this tutorial, we are going to address a very annoying problem present in Windows 8 and Windows 8.1 operating systems. Recently one of our active readers “Sumit” contacted us regarding this issue. Following is the message sent by…
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If you want to format and clean install Windows operating system in your computer system, you need an offline ISO file (disc image file) of Windows to create an installation media such as bootable USB drive or a DVD. Once…
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Recently an AskVG reader contacted me regarding this issue. Whenever he was trying to install or uninstall a software program, he was getting following error message: The Windows Installer Service could not be accessed. This can occur if the Windows…
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In previous tutorial, we told you how to add or remove entries from startup programs list in Windows operating system. All startup programs entries are stored in Windows Registry and we can modify Registry to add/remove entries from Windows startup…
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We know that when we install 3rd party software programs in Windows operating system, some programs add their entries to system startup so that they can start automatically as soon as you sign into your Windows account. Sometimes these startup…
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Recently one AskVG reader “Jack Kitchen” contacted me regarding following problem: I am running Windows 7 SP1. I have this nagging problem in Device Manager, under Portable Devices. I have 6 items listed: “WPD FileSystem Volume Driver“. In their properties…
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Yesterday while installing Windows 10 in my friend’s computer, I faced this issue. It was a new laptop and I was doing a clean installation of latest Windows 10 version. Since most of the branded computers come with a single…
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How many time has it happened when you are working on your computer and suddenly your computer hangs or freezes? Almost all of us have faced this problem. Now-a-days in Windows 10 days, it doesn’t happen frequently but in good…
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Most of us use Windows operating system in our computers but very few of us are aware of Command Prompt program which comes bundled with Windows OS. Command Prompt is also known by various other names, some of them are…
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Who doesn’t know about the good ol’ “File Manager” program which came bundled with the classic Windows 3.0 operating system in early 90s? Most of you might have heard about Windows 3.0 and some of you even have used it…
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Mozilla Firefox is one of the best and most popular web browsers available for Windows operating system. The new versions of Firefox come with the new Photon Design UI which brings several UI changes, new features and enhancements. If you…
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Today we are going to talk about a very irritating issue which can be found in any version of Windows whether its the good ol’ Windows XP or the latest Windows 10 operating system. All Windows users (Windows XP, Vista,…
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Recently I got an email from a reader “Evan” who wanted a simple, easy to understand and complete guide about recently discovered Meltdown and Spectre vulnerabilities. A guide which covers everything such as what are these vulnerabilities, how dangerous they…
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Recently an AskVG reader “Tot” contacted us regarding this annoying problem. The problem was related to customized drive label or name in Windows 10. In Windows Explorer (also known as File Explorer, My Computer and This PC), his external disk…
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This exclusive tutorial will help you in fixing almost all kind of network and Internet connections issues in Windows operating system. Most of the methods given in this tutorial will work in all Windows versions but some are OS specific.…
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In previous tutorials, we have told you how to remove unwanted tabs from file/folder properties windows. We shared methods to remove “Previous Versions“, “Customize“, “Sharing“, “Security” and “Compatibility” tabs from properties window. Recently an AskVG reader asked us about removing…
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UPDATE: In newer Windows 10 versions, the option name has been changed from “Share with” to “Give access to” but the method given in this tutorial still works to remove the new option. In previous tutorial, we told you how…
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Recently we posted a tutorial to remove “Sharing”, “Security”, “Customize” and “Previous Versions” tabs from files/folders properties in Windows operating system: [Windows Tip] Remove “Sharing”, “Security”, “Customize” and “Previous Versions” Tabs from Properties After reading the tutorial, an AskVG reader…