You don’t have to worry too much when the issue occurs, as it’s pretty easy to fix these kinds of errors. You can toggle your phone’s network and a few other settings to start getting new SMS and MMS messages. Turn Off iMessage on Your iPhone If you previously used your SIM card with an iPhone where iMessage was enabled, you’ll have to turn that feature off to begin receiving messages on your Android phone....
It may be that the app doesn’t sync your emails, or you can’t send new emails. Regardless of the issue, fixing the underlying problems should get the app back up and running. Here’s how. Force Close and Reopen Outlook When Outlook stops working on your Android, the first thing you should do is force close and reopen the app. This makes Outlook close all its operations and start from a fresh state....
Various network issues can cause Chrome to display the above error. Once you fix those underlying problems, Chrome will start working as it should and let you access your websites. Before you start following the methods below, make sure that your error message appears for all sites and not just a particular site. If the issue only occurs for a specific site, that site might be experiencing problems. If that’s not the case, follow the methods below....
One quick way to possibly resolve the problem is to close and restart Discord. However, if you’ve got no results, try a few advanced solutions, as explained below. 1. Update Discord Like all other apps, you should keep Discord updated to have all the latest bug patches and features. Newer versions of the app should have fixed Discord’s black screen bug. Usually, Discord automatically checks for and installs updates whenever you run the app....
It could be a problem with the Windows Time service, an overloaded time server, or an issue with your internet connection. This troubleshooting guide will teach you multiple ways to fix that on a Windows computer. Restart the Windows Time Service Windows Time is the background service that manages time synchronization in Windows operating systems. It’s susceptible to unexpected glitches, so restart it via the Services console and check if that helps....
The process may have high CPU usage when performing its responsibilities. But it’s unusual for TiWorker.exe to stay active in the background or consume system resources excessively. This tutorial highlights different ways to fix TiWorker.exe high disk usage in Windows 10 and 11. Manually Install Windows Updates or Restart Your PC Tiworker.exe may use system resources if there are missing or pending Windows Updates. Manually installing updates can fix the issue....
We’ve written a comprehensive guide covering tips to follow when Windows Explorer keeps crashing. In this article, we’ll rump through nine fixes to try when you launch the File Explorer and it keeps loading or fails to open files and folders. 1. Modify Your PC’s Display Layout This is a rather bizarre but effective solution to Windows Explorer not responding. Apparently, using an unrecommended screen layout and resolution could cause the File Explorer to malfunction....
Sure, you can expand your Chromebook’s storage using compatible USB storage devices like thumb drives and external hard drives. But what if you don’t have an external storage device? Or you don’t like moving around with your flash drive? We’ll show you six effective ways to free up space on your Chromebook. How Chromebooks Handle Low Storage When your Chromebook is low on disk space, Chrome OS will display a constant reminder or notification informing that your “Device is low on space....
There are significant advantages to running your computer in a raid configuration. The most common raid configurations for home use are Raid 0 and Raid 1. Raid 0 gives you better performance, as it focuses on distributing data evenly on multiple drives (instead of using one drive as a backup), significantly increasing read/write speeds of your machine. Raid 1 gives you better data insurance, as it creates an exact copy of data from one hard drive to another, constructing full redundancy through backups....
If port forwarding isn’t enabled, the traffic for these servers will get stuck at your router and it won’t ever reach the desired device on your local network. With all the port forwarding tutorials available out there, it’s easy to set it up on your router no matter what router you have got. While doing so, you’ll want to make sure that you set up port forwarding in such a way that it only allows certain IP addresses to access those ports....
You can hide them, fill them with white to make them disappear into the page, or create a template that uses no gridlines. Quickly Remove Gridlines in Excel Microsoft Excel has an option that defines whether or not gridlines appear in your spreadsheets. You can disable this option to hide gridlines in your Excel spreadsheets. This method works on a per-worksheet basis, which means you’ll have to perform these steps for each worksheet to remove gridlines....
Disk Cleanup via Administrative Tools The first way to get to Disk Cleanup is to go to the Control Panel and then open Administrative Tools and click on Disk Cleanup. Pretty straight-forward, but kind of a tedious process. If you happen to be using Windows 8 still, you can read my previous post on how to open the Control Panel in Windows 8 if you’re having trouble doing that. If you really use it a lot, you can right-click on Disk Cleanup in Administrative Tools and choose Pin to Start or Pin to Taskbar....
You can do this by changing a few settings in Windows 10 or by using the registry editor. We’ll also show you how to revert those settings in case you ever want to go back to entering your credentials every time you log into Windows 10. Why You Might Want to Set Up Windows 10 to Login Automatically Setting up Windows 10 to login automatically is certainly less secure than requiring users to login by typing in a password or PIN....
If you’re a sloppy typist, autocorrect can be incredibly useful at correcting typos. However, the feature could try to autocorrect words not found in the built-in dictionary. We’ll show you how to disable autocorrect on your iPhone and Android device to make typing easier. How to Turn Off Autocorrect on iPhone If you’re having autocorrect issues on your iPhone, you can turn the feature off with a few taps. Try typing some text in a new message window....
We’ll step you through why and how you must turn off Avast on your computer and how to locate and disable specific Avast shields so you don’t end up putting your computer at risk. Reasons to Turn Off Avast Temporarily Deactivating Avast puts your PC or Mac at risk from various forms of malware such as trojans, worms, and keyloggers. Only do that if you run into one or more of the following scenarios....
In many parts of the world, the Internet reaches more places than the cellular network does. You might have seen this out at the cottage or when visiting a friend in the country. There’s solid home Internet service, but no cellphone service. WiFi calling has been on your phone for a long time too. The process is also very simple to set up. It only takes two things – a phone capable of doing it and a cellular service provider that supports it....
Quick Tip Your smartphone is perfectly capable of running applications like Zoom, Skype, or Microsoft Teams for video calls while you use your computer for other purposes. However, a webcam would be necessary if you need to simultaneously share your computer screen while you’re on your call. Why Use Your Smartphone as a Webcam? A smartphone is a good choice as a webcam because the picture quality of a phone’s selfie-cam or front-facing camera is better than most built-in laptop webcams....
However, the tips below can help when Print Screen is not working on your Windows PC or Mac. Macs don’t have a Print Screen button, but the built-in screenshot shortcuts might not work and we’ll help you fix that issue if you’re experiencing it. What to Do When Print Screen is Not Working Try some of the quick fixes below and see if they help before moving to other solutions in this guide....
Anyway, if you managed to get a folder shared and then decided to remove it one day, you may have noticed a strange lock icon on the folder that you previously had shared. It looks something like this: I found this really irritating because there was never this issue before in Windows XP and I didn’t even know what the lock icon meant. All I want to do is remove the share, not lock the folder....
Our research shows the following are the best adblockers for Firefox and Chrome, in alphabetical order: AdBlock Adblock PlusAdBlocker UltimateAdGuardGhosteryuBlock Origin All adblockers tested are also free to use. If you want to see how they stack up against each other, and which one we think is the best, keep reading. Use Adblockers Fairly Please think about us, people just like you, trying to pay our bills before you use an adblocker on sites like ours....
