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Nowadays a good Music Manager application is a must-have for computers. There are a lot of applications out there that offer many features. Today I stumbled upon this nifty little application called MusicBee It’s an all in one Music Manager and Player. MusicBee offers a lot of features – I used to use SongBird before, but now MusicBee has replaced it. So if you are looking for freeware geared toward managing extensive music collections with a comprehensive feature set this post about MusicBee....

Navigating in Excel In this tutorial, we will explain how to move by one cell, move to the edge of the current data region, a specific location, location that has a specific property, to the last inhabited cell on an Excel worksheet. A Worksheet consists of rows and columns where you type data and formulas into cells. How to move by one cell in Excel How to move to the edge of the current data region in Excel How to move to a specific location in Excel On the Home tab in the Editing group, click the Find and Select button....

Net Disabler Review While one can disable the internet using the command line interface or other methods but that process may be a bit lengthy or may require some deeper knowledge about Windows. Net Disabler can be used to disable the internet in a jiffy. The large icon displays the current internet status. You can disable/enable the internet by just checking the relevant boxes and hitting the ‘Apply’ button. Quickly turn Internet On or Off This tool can block your internet connection in three different ways....

Windows is easy to use because most of the error messages give you a hint of the origin of the issue. From the error message, it’s clear that your system can’t browse or connect to networks because Network discovery is disabled. If you’re experiencing this issue, don’t fret because you only have to go and enable Network Discovery manually. In this guide, I’ll show you how to enable this setting, unblock it from the firewall, and other troubleshooting solutions for the issue....

The issue also occurs if the Generic PnP Monitor is disabled. You can check this in the Device Manager. Open Device Manager and expand the Monitors node. Right-click on the Generic PnP Monitor and see whether there is an option to enable the driver. If yes, enable it. Now check if the brightness slider is available in the Settings app or not. If this does not fix the issue or if the PnP Monitor is not disabled on your computer, try the below solutions....

The two Office products installation technologies: Office installed with Click-to-Run & MSI installer on the same computer isn’t supported When you try to install the same version of Office products that use two different installation technologies installed on the same Windows 10 computer, you’ll get the following error message if Office detects this incompatibility: This also applies to standalone applications like Access, Visio, Project, Skype for Business, or OneDrive for Business....

There could be different reasons why your file or attachment is opening in Protected View in Outlook. For example, it can happen if the file was opened from an unsafe location, the file is blocked by File Block Settings, there is a problem with the file because of which the file validation failed, etc. It can also happen if you use the Open in Protected View option for a file....

Today, I came across the synchronization issue with my OneDrive folder inside File Explorer. Actually, the OneDrive option in the left pane of Explorer window was showing a yellow exclamation mark error icon on the OneDrive entry. Here is the screenshot of the scenario: However, when I was seeing this error icon, I was still able to synchronize my files but it looks like a single or some files didn’t synchronize from the huge bunch of files....

Outlook Reminders not working When Outlook keeps showing the above message, you can take these actions to solve it! 1] Check Outlook add-ins If you find that an add-in that has been installed is causing a problem, disable it. For this, in Outlook, go to File menu >Manage Add-ins. This action will open ‘Outlook on the web’. There, under ‘Manage add-ins’ check the ‘Turned on’ column for the add-in in question....

Password Spray Attack Definition Password Spray Attack is quite the opposite of Brute Force Attack. In Brute Force attacks, hackers choose a vulnerable ID and enter passwords one after another hoping some password might let them in. Basically, Brute Force is many passwords applied to just one ID. Coming to Password Spray attacks, there is one password applied to multiple user IDs so that at least one of the user ID is compromised....

Download Periodic Table app for PC The periodic Table app on Windows comes with a lot of features for the users. The following are the best things about this app. Let’s get into the details. 1] Clean UI The Periodic Table comes with a clean UI like a physical chart we see on the paper. You just have to click on the element to know more about it. Each element is color-coded according to the element’s nature for easy remembering of the user....

Windows 11/10 Power Plan keeps changing Because of this issue, Windows 11/10 cannot save the power plan resulting in unusual sleep mode, brightness issues, etc. In most cases, it is simply changed to high performance. As a regular Windows 10 PC user, this issue can be annoying especially if you prefer particular power settings. So, if you are also facing this issue, please go through the below fixes and I am sure one of them will work for you....

Tweak App notification settings from Action Center 1] Open the Action Center using WIN + A. Then scroll over a notification which you think might not be very important. Right-click on the App name – which is usually on the top. 2] You should see a menu with multiple options- Turn off notifications for the appGo to Notification settingsRemove/Add Priority for the app. 3] Click on go to notification settings, and it will instantly open the Notification settings for that app....

Razer 7.1 Surround Sound not working in Windows 11 First of all, restart your computer and then check again. If Razer 7.1 Surround Sound is not working in Windows 11, use the following solutions to resolve the issue. Let’s see all these fixes in detail. 1] Check your default output device If an audio device other than the Razer 7.1 Surround Sound supported headset is set as the default audio device, you will not hear sound from the Razer 7....

When you have to share a PDF document with someone but want to protect sensitive data of that PDF, then PDF redaction can be very useful. In this post, we have covered some best free tools to redact PDF with ease. Before using any of these tools, you should also keep a backup of your original PDF documents. How to securely redact PDF This post covers some free PDF redaction software and online tools to black out text in PDF:...

RegClean and RegMaid Microsoft RegClean analyzed Windows Registry keys that are stored in a common location HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT in the Windows Registry. It found keys that contained erroneous values, and after recording those entries in an UNDO.REG file, it removed them from the Windows Registry. RegClean was last updated to version 4.1 several years back. It is now obsolete, no longer used as it is not compatible with many products including Office 2007 onwards....

Though you can simply remove the files and folders simply via Add/Remove Programs in your Control Panel, you sometime might need a special tool to remove some specific files. Using such antivirus removal tools can ensure that the security software is completely uninstalled from your computer. Norton Remove and Reinstall Tool will help you completely uninstall all Norton antivirus and security products & software. It can also help you reinstall them easily....

By default, the Windows 11/10 Start Menu has a transparent background. Nevertheless, this can be changed easily using the Registry Editor. For example, you can remove transparency and enable blur in Start Menu background, remove transparency totally, change the background color and more. Remove Transparency, Enable Blur in Windows 11 Start Menu To remove transparency and enable blur in Windows 11 Start Menu, follow these steps: However, if you are using Windows 10, follow these steps....

The requested URL was rejected, Please consult with your administrator To fix The requested URL was rejected. Please consult with your administrator error, the solutions listed below can be helpful. Before this, you should also check if you are able to open that website in the private window or incognito mode of your browser. If not, use the following options: Your support ID is: #################### 1] Check if the website is down Before trying anything, first, check if the website you are trying to access is up and running or down....

If you have configured security questions to reset your Windows 11/10 local account password, you can follow the instructions outlined in this blog post. Otherwise, you can try the method below. Note: This workaround only works with local accounts, and not with a Microsoft Account. If this is your case, you’ll need to reset your forgotten Microsoft Account password from the login screen. Reset Local Account password using Installation Media To reset your local account password and regain access to your account after forgetting your password, you first need to create a Windows installation media (if you don’t have one handy) and then follow the instructions as outlined below....