Microsoft is extremely diligent when it comes to user experience in their products. But sometimes they tend to overdo. Whenever your computer’s hard drive is almost full or running out of free space, a ‘Low Disk Space’ warning appears in the form of a little balloon notification. Different versions of Windows have specific durations for ... Read more
We live in an era where technology is evolving and innovative solutions are being created to facilitate people by significantly reducing redundant tasks. By cutting down or automating time-consuming tasks, offices of every industry type are adopting an efficient work model. But one of the unaddressed and inefficient tasks that majority of the computer users ... Read more
Whenever you connect your PC to a new Wi-Fi network, you enter the relevant credentials like a password. Once the connection has been established, Windows 10 saves that network profile along with its credentials for you. Therefore you don’t have to enter the same details again and again for the same Wi-Fi network. This lets ... Read more
Where are my files on Windows? We all create and save files on our PCs and tend to forget either the names of the files or which folders we’ve saved them in. So when it’s time to reopen or retrieve them, our memory doesn’t help much and finding a particular file becomes troublesome. But there’s ... Read more
To repair a VMware virtual hard disk on Windows 10, go to the VMWare site and download vdiskmanager-windows-7.0.1.exe2.zip (see also https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/1023856) Repair VMware Virtual Hard Disk on Windows 10 Unzip the folder. Rename the file to vmware-vdiskmanager.exe and copy it following location. C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Workstation or C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation if you have 64-bit operating system. Shut down ... Read more
It’s pretty normal for users to share their PCs with people that they know or trust. In such situations, it’s always better to create separate accounts for distinct users in order to grant them their own customizable space while protecting private data as well. At times one will also have to delete a specific user ... Read more
If you want to rename NIC adapters with PowerShell, follow this tutorial: Step 1. Open PowerShell with admin privileges Step 2. Execute the following command, Rename-NetAdapter -Name "<Old NIC Adapter Name>" -NewName "<New Adapter Name>" Example If you want to rename an old NIC Ethernet to a new name ManagementAdapter, the command should look like, Rename-NetAdapter ... Read more
Short answer, you cannot update Windows 10 directly without an Internet connection. Update Windows 10 Without Internet Connection However, if you have an Internet connection on some other PC, you can get the information of latest update (I mean note down the number which is in the form of KBxxxxxxx) from the following link. https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4055254 ... Read more
Question: What does the number 28 behind the IP address 192.168.1.203/28 mean? Answer: 28 is a subnet mask. IP address has 32 bits in total. 28 denotes network ID while rest of the bits (which are 4 bits) are used for hosts.
When you are required to check a folder if it is really empty or not with Powershell, this tutorial can help you a lot. Check if a Folder is Empty in PowerShell Open PowerShell with administrative privileges and execute the following script. if( (Get-ChildItem C:\temp | Measure-Object).Count -eq 0) { echo "Folder is empty" } ... Read more