Update: While this article was written for Windows 8, it also works for Windows 10. The main purpose of environment variables is to cope with the changes in each new version of the Operating System. There are two types of environment variables in Windows. System Variables User Variables System variables are used for global variables, meaning changing the system variables will affect all users of the computer. User variables only affect the user currently logged in....

If you keep on applying group policies, it becomes difficult to keep track of what policies you have applied on your computer. In this article, we will discuss how to identify which policies have been applied and how to reset them to set your system to a default state. Please note that if you are using Windows 10 Home, you will need to install the Group Policy editor for Windows 10 Home....

An email archive is a folder where you store old, insignificant emails, like invoices and promotions. Unfortunately, Gmail doesn’t have an auto-archiving feature that automatically moves certain emails to the archive. However, you can create your own archive folder so that you never miss out on the more important ones. In this article, we show you multiple ways to automatically move specific emails to the archive folder. This way, you don’t have to delete them and can view them if and when needed....

This feature is designed for user convenience. But for some users, it can be annoying especially when the laptop screen is small. The users can unintentionally drag the window to any corner of the screen and the window will snap to the corner automatically. If you want to disable this window auto-resizing feature in Windows 10, please check our four ways to disable the automatic resizing feature. Disable window Auto-resizing using the Settings App This is a basic way to disable the auto-resizing of the windows....

This post discusses different ways you can obtain and save a list of the installed programs. Although the screenshots and the methods focus on Windows 11, they are also valid for Windows 10 and earlier Microsoft operating systems. Getting The List Of Installed Programs Using Windows PowerShell Windows PowerShell lets you get a complete list of the installed programs on your computer. There are several ways to do so using PowerShell alone....

This can even occur if you have already tried entering the password you know is correct multiple times and some of the other devices are already connected, but yours cant. Then why does it show “Can’t connect to this network?” Even if you are using the correct password, there could be a number of reasons why your device won’t connect to the wi-fi. Apart from a minor error, such as the router being powered off, there can be some technical errors as well, preventing you from connecting to the internet....

In the 21st century, cloud storage platforms are gaining more and more popularity as it allows you to access data from almost any device, at any given time. Although tons of platforms offer data storage features, none come close to the staple Microsoft OneDrive and its flexible plans for all. Many people use Microsoft’s OneDrive plans to store important information and data. If you’re not familiar with OneDrive and how it works, don’t worry!...

Hold on there! Let’s not get hasty and feel determined to get rid of a legitimate Windows process; it could have fatal consequences. There are several Windows processes running in the background with which we are unfamiliar, such as yourphone.exe and lockapp.exe. In this post, we are going to discuss the ctfmon.exe process which you so often see in your system’s Task Manager. What is the ctfmon.exe Process? Ctfmon.exe is a legitimate Windows process....

Additionally, Firefox version 102.11 Extended Support Release (ESR) is now also available if you do not want to frequently upgrade the browser version. This update significantly improves the Picture-in-Picture mode and has finally made it useful. Now, the PIP mode allows you to control the video playback. Additionally, Firefox version 113 now also includes a secure password generator that includes special characters. Some other improvements have also been made. Moreover, this update also addresses 13 security vulnerabilities, out of which 5 are deemed of high importance....

Since it is a preview version, it is only meant for testing, so that the public is ready for any changes that may impact their work before the final version is released. That being said, we strongly recommend you do not install it in any live/production environment. If you already have a stable version of Windows PowerShell running on your machine, installing the preview version will not affect it, and both could run simultaneously....

This information can be found in each and every file or folder, regardless of the type of file, which means that each document, photo, video, zipped file, and folder carries this information with them wherever they are transferred. Those who are interested in knowing this information about a particular item only need to examine its properties or metadata. The date modified, the date created, and date accessed are referred to as timestamps....

If you are running out of storage space in C drive, this is the article for you. You can move that huge .ost files from your c drive to any other location of your choosing that has sufficient space to hold them. All while not having to re-sync each email over the internet, which can be a pain in the neck. What is an OST file An Offline Storage File (OST file), as the name implies, is a locally-stored file that contains the data which has been synchronized from the Exchange server....

If you are experiencing such a problem, it is likely that the app has been corrupted and needs to be reinstalled. Occasionally, a simple uninstall and then a re-install does the trick. But it doesn’t always work and fix the issue. This is because the SupportAssistant leaves behind certain files and directories when it is uninstalled, and causes issues with the new installation. In this article, we are going to show you the steps and techniques you need to use to completely uninstall the SupportAssistant app from your Windows computer....

A similar model has also been adopted for the Windows 11 operating system. This causes a lot of network traffic and bandwidth consumption for Microsoft servers. This is where the Windows feature called “Delivery Optimization” comes into play, also known as Peer-to-Peer (P2P) updates, which proves to be beneficial for Microsoft, but costs the end-user their internet bandwidth, resulting in slow internet speeds. You can disable this feature on your Windows 11/10 computer to save network bandwidth and increase internet speed....

Sandbox allows you to run applications in a workspace that is not a part of the original operating system, and takes a temporary space of about 100 MB. However, this feature was only introduced for Windows 10 Professional and Enterprise editions. By default, this feature is not applicable to Windows 10 Home Edition. Here, we will be discussing how we may enable the Windows Sandbox in the Home Edition. This would allow any Home Edition user to create a duplicate workspace to test any malicious software or application without risking their actual host operating system....

That said, there have been reports that the “Switch User” option has been missing for some Windows users, even when they have multiple accounts on their system. Some have even reported that the option is only visible when all accounts are explicitly logged out. That shouldn’t be the case. In this article, we show you how to fix this error on a Windows computer without having to repair or reinstall your operating system....

For either a wired or a wireless mouse, there is no definitive cause for the lag issue you may experience on Windows computers, since there can be multiple reasons. A lagging mouse can become extremely annoying, especially when you are gaming, performing a time-critical task, or having to click multiple times, but the computer just won’t register the click the first time. Today we are going about the potential causes of a lagging mouse and how you can fix them....

Windows is supposed to assign drive letters to all internal and external storage devices. Storage partition cannot be detected by the system without an assigned letter. However, the OS sometimes goes haywire and requires some extra help getting things back on track. This includes the normal functioning of certain services and functions of the Windows architecture, which needs to be redone to bring the operating system back to its normal state....

While finding the lost product key in Windows 10 can be useful, sometimes it poses a threat for your key to be stolen and used somewhere else. This can be the case, especially when you are using an enterprise license where only one key can be activated multiple times. This includes licenses from Microsoft Action Pack and MSDN subscriptions. Let’s go through the process of removing the Windows 10 product key from the registry, so it can’t be retrieved using any product key finder software....

Exploit Guard, as the name suggests, prevents your computer from being exploited by online threats and malware. Several components make up the Exploit Guard, but today we will be discussing “Network Protection,” which can be used to intimate a user when they are accessing a malicious or untrusted site/domain using a web browser or blocking it completely. If you want your computer to be safe and do not want anyone who uses your computer to infect it with a virus, dive deep into the details and the configurations needed to configure Exploit Guard Network Protection....