What is meant by “%windir%”? Usually, we see certain commands that include two percentage symbols before and after them. These commands are used to open a folder or to represent a folder. The “%windir%” command represents Windows’ main folder in which all the important files are stored. This folder is located inside the main directory of Windows and it requires special permissions or an administrator account to be opened. A lot of system folders in Windows can be opened directly by typing their names with a percentage symbol before and after them....

While there’s a high chance that the process is indeed legitimate, users are encouraged to do the below-specified investigations in order to confirm that they are not dealing with a virus infection. What is lsm.exe? The genuine lsm.exe executable is a completely legitimate and is actually a core Windows system process. Lsm comes from Local Session Manager Service. This key process is issued by default on Windows 7, Windows 8 and Windows 10....

In the majority of cases, it fails to install for unknown reasons. Our team conducted research to get to the bottom of this, and discovered that you are likely to encounter issues with this particular update due to one or more of the following reasons: Malwarebytes application – In quite a few cases, the issue was caused by Malwarebytes, which was blocking the update from being installed due to a false security alarm....

This is interesting because heavy travellers are indirectly discouraged from removing the GPU’s power cable frequently. On ZOTAC’s website, the 4×8 pin to the 16 pinned 12VHPWR cable is rated at a max of 30 connects/disconnects. The Cause PCI-SIG, the group that overlooks PCIe specifications had no say regarding these issues. Videocardz mentions that, NVIDIA being a member of PCI-SIG is aware of these issues. The main issue arises when these wires melt/bend after around 40 plug ins and plug outs....

This error message is a unique one as it mostly pops up when the Netflix servers are either down or inaccessible. This happened in the past and Netflix released an official statement as well: Since this error message ‘was’ in the past related to server problems, there isn’t much you can do if it pops up again in the near future. However, if the servers don’t have any issues and the problem only persists at your end, there are a few troubleshooting steps which you should perform....

Furthermore, some users have also reported error messages like “There’s a problem with Paint 3D. Contact your system administrator about repairing or reinstalling it.” The error code 0x803F8001 with the error message “Paint 3D is not currently available in your account” appears due to a sync issue. Reset application One method is to reset the application. This method can be used in any case. Paint 3D not working can present a “Paint 3D is not currently available in your account” error message....

Some users encountered the issue when making a call, while some reported facing the issue when downloading or uploading a file. The issue adversely affected older Windows machines (Windows 8, Windows 7, etc.). The issue occurred on the regular clients as well as with the multi-device beta clients. The WhatsApp desktop app might crash randomly mainly due to the following factors: Update the OS of your PC to the Latest Build The desktop app may crash randomly if the desktop’s OS is outdated as the OS may not be compatible with the latest WhatsApp client....

You might get this message when you’re trying to turn on Windows Defender on your device, and it fails. You will only get this error message, along with a few other symptoms such as not being able to find Windows Defender in the Control Panel, and you not being able to start it up. You might still get the messages that Windows Defender is up and running, and is protecting your computer, you might even be able to get updates for it, but you won’t be able to start it up....

We had a look into the issue and discovered that it is typically caused by the following factors: Antivirus interruption – Third-party security suites are known to interfere with Windows Update’s ability to install certain updates. In this case, you can either disable Real-Time Protection or uninstall the 3rd party security suite to solve the problem. Corrupt Window Update Components – The issue could also be a result of some level of file corruption preventing the WU component from working....

Over time, particularly after Android 4.0 came along, GPU got more reliable and slowly became the default for most apps. Now, most updated apps have GPU rendering coded into their builds. But before we get to the bottom of how and when to enable this option, let’s figure out how it works. What is GPU Rendering? The GPU is the Graphics Processing Unit. At its core, it’s very similar to the CPU, but instead of doing calculations and performing tasks related to the operating system and hardware, the GPU handles the graphical information....

For one, the Android OS will be able to take complete advantage of your system hardware, whereas an emulator shares CPU / RAM resources with the native OS environment. This means that Android apps and games will run flawlessly and buttery smooth on PC hardware when Android is installed as its own OS. Imagine, all your favourite Android apps and games running flawlessly on your 32” PC monitor, with mouse and keyboard support....

Step 1: Download the Fedora ISO File To install Fedora, it is necessary to have its ISO file, which you can load into VMware and start the installation process. Therefore, we will download the ISO file of fedora first. Click on the x86_64 Live ISO Download button. Once the ISO file is downloaded, you can move to Step 2. Step 2: Setting up Virtual Box for the Installation process Before installing the fedora on Virtual Box, you must adjust the settings of Virtual Box according to your needs....

In versions prior to Windows 8, this was not possible and people had to use 3rd party tools to achieve this. Lucky we are, to be alive in the reign of Windows 8/8.1 and 10 – where this is super easy. Locking a Folder in Windows 8/8.1/10: No third party software are needed to achieve this. Follow these simple steps. Navigate to the folder where the files you want to protect are present....

Creating a Public Profile on Snapchat Most profiles are there by default and you just need to view or customize them. Friendship and group profiles are created after chatting with friends or in groups. However, Public Profile needs some requirements to be created. As soon as you get Public Profile, the fans can start subscribing to your Snapchat account. You can also keep the stories separate from subscribers and friends. Make sure your account is old enough and then follow the below steps to make a Public Profile for yourself: Note: Public Profile is not available for everyone....

You have the option to reformat your drive for UEFI completely by using the GPT style, though the original EFI specification supports MBR partitioning as well. If you’re dual-booting Windows and GNU/Linux, then you can actually convert an existing disk using the Windows command line as well. Please note, though, that using this sort of arrangement to additionally boot OS X or macOS Sierra more than likely won’t follow along with the same steps....

With the release of Android 10. Google has introduced an API called AudioPlaybackCapture to do this which was restricted in the earlier versions of Android. But, it is up to the individual app to allow its internal audio to be recorded. YouTube is already updated to support this newly introduced API whereas other apps are coming on board. Now many mobile manufacturers have included native support for screen recording with the internal audio....

The reasons why you might want to record your calls on Skype can be countless and Microsoft officially recognizes this need. You might need to playback a business meeting (which you did from a regular account) you just attended to get more insight regarding the points discussed or you may just need to replay a conversion with an old friend. Don’t worry, we have you covered. Skype doesn’t have an inbuilt feature of recording calls in the normal application, but, it officially states that there are several third-party programs which allows you to do this task....

As it turns out, this allows you to keep your personal data in place so you don’t have to worry about creating backups but they are still a good idea just to be on the safer side. Performing a repair install of Windows 11 is fairly simple and using the methods that we are going to list down below, you can actually get it over with in a few simple clicks....

This procedure consists of three steps including: Step 1: Create an IAM Role In the first step, we will create an IAM role. The IAM role is an entity that defines a set of permissions for making AWS service requests. As we will execute a request for resetting the password, the IAM role must have enough permissions. Step 2: Attach IAM role to running instance Step 3: Reset the password by using AWS System Manager For security purposes, we do recommend you log into the Windows and change the password....

Microsoft was entirely aware of this, which is why there has existed a utility on the Windows Operating System for basically as long as the OS itself that is capable of not only scanning a hard disk for errors and corruptions but also repairing any corruptions it finds and salvaging any and all readable information from bad sectors on drives. This utility is known as CHKDSK (or the Disk Error Checking utility, if you will)....