You may use WhatsApp for messaging, but you might not know what your WhatsApp phone number is. If so, it’s easy to check your number on Android and iPhone.
[mai mult...]How to run Windows on your Mac for free with UTM
It’s now easier than ever to run Windows on a modern Mac and get great performance without spending a penny. This is the first place you should start when you’re looking to run Windows on a modern Apple Silicon Mac.
[mai mult...]How to Take Ownership of Files and Folders in Windows
If you’ve ever been denied access to a file or folder in Windows, chances are you need to take ownership of them with your user account.
If you’ve ever been denied access to a file or folder in Windows, chances are you need to take ownership of them with your user account.
How to Configure Your Microphone and Headset in Discord
Discord is great for voice chat while gaming, but bad voice quality can ruin the game. Configure your input device for crystal clear sound.
Discord is great for voice chatting, but you might have to change some settings to fix static, background noise, and poor audio quality.
[mai mult...]How to add an Action Button to an iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 Pro Max
The iconic Mute Switch was finally changed with the iPhone 15 Pro and Pro Max. Instead, there’s an “Action Button” that can be mapped to various shortcuts and actions.
[mai mult...]How to use CHKDSK to fix Hard drive problems on Windows 10 or Windows 11
The Check Disk utility, also known as chkdsk (since that’s the command you use to run it) scans through your entire hard drive to find and fix problems. It’s not a terribly exciting tool — and running it can take some time — but it can really help prevent bigger problems and loss of data in the long run. Chkdsk performs a couple of functions, depending on how it’s run:
- Chkdsk’s basic function is to scan the integrity of the file system and file system metadata on a disk volume and fix any logical file system errors that it finds. Such errors might include corrupt entries in a volume’s master file table (MFT), bad security descriptors associated with files, or even misaligned time stamp or file size information about individual files.
Chkdsk can also optionally scan every sector on a disk volume looking for bad sectors. Bad sectors come in two forms: soft bad sectors, which can occur when data is written badly, and hard bad sectors, which can occur because of physical damage to the disk. Chkdsk attempts to fix these problems by repairing soft bad sectors and marking hard bad sectors so they won’t be used again.
That may all sound very technical, but don’t worry: you don’t need to understand the ins and outs of how it works to know when you should run it.
If chkdsk does encounter problems — especially hard bad sectors — that it can’t repair, data can become unusable. It’s not very likely, but it can happen. For that reason, you should always make sure you have a good backup routine in place and back up your PC before running chkdsk.
The chkdsk tool works pretty much the same in all versions of Windows. We’ll be working with Windows 10 in this article, so the screenshots may look slightly different if you’re using Windows11, but chkdsk performs the same, and we’ll point out where any procedures differ. We’ll also talk about running it from the Command Prompt, in cases where you can’t even boot into Windows.
[mai mult...]How to make your Reddit profile private
Platforms like Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and Steam let you make your account private, which means only your followers can see the content you post. On Reddit, a similar feature doesn’t exist, unfortunately. Your profile is always visible to the people who want to access it.
However, that doesn’t mean you have no options to hide certain information on your profile. Reddit does offer a few options to help you control your privacy on the platform. For example, you can prevent your posts from appearing in r/all and your profile in /users. There are a few other tips as well that you can use to make your profile a bit more private.
[mai mult...]How to stop android System from killing background apps
Android manufacturers have a choice. Allow apps to run freely in the background, which may harm battery life, or judiciously kill apps running in the background they think you don’t need. If your phone takes the latter approach, you’ve probably missed notifications from apps being killed.
his problem is so well-documented that the website “don’t kill my app!” was created by app developers. They were sick of hearing complaints from users about their apps not working correctly when the culprit is the phone’s battery “optimizations.” The site ranks Android manufacturers by how badly they manage this. Samsung is a top offender, while Google is one of the best.
[mai mult...]How to restart or force close an App on Android
How to Fix “System Error 5, Access Denied” on Windows
Do you get a “System error 5 has occurred. Access is denied” error while running commands in Command Prompt or PowerShell on your Windows 11 or Windows 10 PC? Or, do you see that error while running an app installer or an installed app? Either way, a fix is easy, and we’ll show you how.
Windows’ system error 5 usually occurs when you run your commands or apps without admin rights. The lack of these rights prevents your commands or apps from properly functioning, leading to access denial.
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