Turn off Connected Experiences in Microsoft 365 Collaborating and editing a document that is stored in the cloud or translating the contents of a Word document into a different language are some of the capabilities that Connected Experiences offer. The service also analyzes your content to provide design recommendations, editing suggestions, data insights, and similar features. If you’d like to turn these experiences off, follow these instructions. It’s important to remind users that Note that if you disable the Connected Experiences setting, some Office service functionality will still remain available, especially the ones that are essential to how Office functions and cannot be disabled like licensing service that confirms that you are authorized or licensed to use Office and others such as synching your mailbox in Outlook....

Device encryption is available on supported devices running any Windows 11/10 edition. BitLocker is available on supported devices running Windows 11/10 Pro, Enterprise, or Education. Although BitLocker is a security measure you have on your Windows 10 device, Device encryption is yet another feature that you should know about. If you use a portable Windows device, and you lose it, there is a big chance of data theft. To reduce the problem, you can take the help of Device encryption that allows the admin to include people who can access your data even when the device is stolen....

Turn On or Off Windows Firewall in Windows 11/10 You can enable or disable the Windows Firewall manually using the following methods: 1] Using Windows Security Type Windows Security in the search box and hit Enter to open the Windows Security app. Click on Firewall & Network Protection to open the following panel. You will see the Firewall status for the following network profiles: It will be On or Off. You may select to enable or disable it for anyone of the network profiles....

So as of date, the 3 available PowerToys for Windows 10 are: PowerRename PowerToy for Windows 10 Using the PowerRename utility on PowerToys for Windows 10 is really easy. First, you need to make sure that PowerToys is installed on your computer and is running in the background. Then open the File Explorer and select some files and folders in bulk that you wish to rename and right-click on them....

The idea here is to use the Steam Achievement Manager (SAM) to unlock all hard-to-get achievements with relative ease. Now, we must note that the Steam Achievements tool is not a creation from Valve, but from all accounts, it seems to work better than originally expected, and that’s wonderful. This post contains all the information you need to learn how to use Steam Achievement Manager. What is Steam Achievement Manager Steam Achievement Manager is an open-source tool that makes it possible for users to unlock and organize any achievement from any game via Steam....

Index_num: The value to choose, this is required.Value1: The first value to choose. It is required.Value 2: the second value to choose. It is optional. How to use the CHOOSE function in Excel Open Microsoft Excel. Create a table or open an existing table. In this tutorial, we have a table of plants; we want to find which value is at number three. In the cell where you want to place the result, enter: The number three is the Index_num and the position of the plant....

How to use Unallocated Drive Space in Windows 11/10 Unallocated space on your hard drive is taking up valuable space but until it is allocated, Windows can’t use it. Note that when you buy a hard drive, you cannot use the full amount that is listed on the hard drive. For example, you may buy a hard drive with 1 terabyte but when you check the size on your computer you will see less than 1 terabyte....

You should know that adding Webcam support wasn’t surprising. Kinect came to a bad end, starting with Xbox One S where there was no dedicated port for Kinect, and later the production was completely stopped. It became necessary for Microsoft to open support for external accessories including Webcam. Using a USB webcam with Xbox One Installing a webcam is rather dead-simple. All you need to is plug in your webcam, and it will automatically do the setup in the background, and not ask anything....

Can you use Whitespace characters in File and Folder names Windows 11/10/8 treats Whitespace characters in File and Folder names as follows: Win32 and WinRT APIs have different ecosystem requirements, as a result of which, File and Folder names that begin or end with a whitespace character are enumerated differently by each of them. Is it OK to put spaces in file names? Yes, you can put spaces in file names while renaming a file on Windows PC....

How to use Task Manager Eco Mode in Windows 11/10 Under the updated Task Manager, you will be able to identify what apps are stressing your CPU out and apply the Eco Mode accordingly. The feature has to be manually enabled on the apps that the user thinks are putting a strain on your computer’s processing power. Here is how you can enable the Eco Mode. If you are interested to know more about the Eco Mode, read on since we talk about how it works and what it entails....

This guide doesn’t apply to SSDs, here is why This is because of how they store data. Unlike HDDs, SSDs don’t have any moving parts. Instead, data is saved to a pool of NAND flash. That is the primary reason why SSDs have an excellent read and write speed. It does not match the speed we get on RAM, but it’s a lot more than HDDs. Every time data has to be written on an SSD, it finds a full empty block and writes it....

Why does my Xbox keep saying Installation stopped? There can be multiple factors responsible for the Installation stopped error on Xbox. It could be caused due to corrupted locally saved games, if you don’t have sufficient free disk space to install the game, or if your console is out-of-date. Other reasons for the Installation stopped error on Xbox include Xbox Live services being down, your Xbox One disc being damaged, DNS server inconsistencies, and corrupted console data....

In this article, we are going to see how you can resolve this issue with the help of some simple solutions. Fix iTunes has detected a problem with your audio configuration If you are seeing “iTunes has detected a problem with your audio configuration” in iTunes, then first of all update your computer. Sometimes, the issue can occur because of an outdated Operating System. So, check for updates and install the latest version on your computer....

When an application or a window freezes and becomes unresponsive, ending the task using the Task Manager is a go-to method. This works fine in many cases. Sometimes, a program you are running might have many sub-processes. In case of any unresponsive behavior, we need to end all the processes manually using the Windows Task Manager. What if, there is a solution in the form of an application, that ends all the process and sub-process at once with a single click?...

LibreWolf browser review While the popular web browsers, Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, and Microsoft Edge allow us to browse in a private browser (Incognito mode), they still lag behind in terms of data protection. LibreWolf is designed specifically to prevent tracking while browsing. It is a fast browser and will not impact your PC’s resources much. Open-source project and independent browser LibreWolf is an open-source application which means anyone can participate and help the community expand and improve the application....

Lively Wallpaper for Windows 11/10 Lively Wallpaper is a free software design application that can transform your static desktop to make it look energetic and active. This personalization software lets you turn various videos, GIFs, emulators, HTML, web addresses, shaders, and even games into animated Windows desktop wallpaper. Lively application for Microsoft Windows devices is available as a desktop version and as a Microsoft Store version. Add animated desktop backgrounds to your PC Lively is packed with incredibly useful and easy to use features including:...

In this post, we are going to show you what to do if Zoom throws up an error message Low system resources may affect your audio quality. Why is voice lagging in Zoom with Low System resources message? The reason for this peculiar behavior is obvious from the message itself. Your computer is not able to render voice properly because of low system resources, i.e; low processing power. Low processing power doesn’t mean that you have to get a new system just attend Zoom calls, but with a bit with few tweaks and some solutions, we can make your current computer Zoom ready....

What is MAC Address Whether you are using a wired network or a wireless one, you need a network card to connect to other computers and to allow other computers to your computer. While most of us believe that it is the IP address that is significant in contacting another computer on the network, it is not the only factor. More important than IP (Internet Protocol) address is the MAC (Media Access Control) address – an address assigned to the network interface card, so that it is identified on the network....

Make Disk Cleanup Tool delete ALL temporary files The files may be those related to something you may be downloading or currently working upon. They could even be related to some application which may be still open. Windows plays it safe and chooses not to delete temporary files which may be less than 7 days old. But if you wish, you can set Disk Cleanup Tool to delete all the files in the temp folders....

The makecab.exe program compresses the Component-Based Servicing log files (CBS log files) – and these could be huge! If not compressed, these files would utilize significant system space. Ideally, makecab.exe does not consume a high CPU for doing this. However, at times it recreates thousands of instances of itself and thus causes over-utilization of system resources. This slows down the system. Makecab.exe running at Startup & consuming high CPU The most common reason the makecab....