These are the problems I faced when I used the Windows 11 and 10 operating systems. Most of the solutions came from my personal experience. I hope this article is useful for Webapptiv readers.
Windows 11 comes with a lot of bugs and issues. Most people really hate the new Windows 11 operating system. But Microsoft keeps pushing its users to upgrade their OS. If you already installed Windows 11 on your system, then this article will definitely help you a lot.
Common Solution for Most of the Problems: Use the Free FixWin Windows Repair tool
This tool is really handy when you face a bug in Windows 11. This one software offers solutions for many Windows 11 issues, like Setting app not launched, no WiFi, Windows update error, File Explorer thumbnail not showing, etc.
Go to the Settings menu (in the search bar, just type “settings”) -> select “Update & Security”. Just select “pause the update for 7 days”. You can pause the Windows 10 update for up to 35 days via Advanced options -> select date. If you want to permanently disable the Windows 10 update, you have to do that in Edit Group Policy.
Pop-up notifications while working in your PC will make you annoyed at times. So today I will share with you guys “How to Remove Chrome Unwanted Pop-up Notifications” in your PC.
Tip 1: Turn OFF Notification
On your PC, open Google Chrome and go to Settings by clicking on the three dots from the top right corner.
Then tap Advanced from the left side and choose Privacy and Security.
Now tap on Site Settings -> Notification and toggle off the notification.
Tip 2: Reset Chrome Settings
Go to Settings -> Advanced and scroll down to tap on Restore Settings to their original defaults from the Reset and Clean up option.
Then choose Reset Settings from the pop-up.
Solution: Use MPC-HC video player. It played incomplete video files very well even 40 to 80% of the files downloaded from the internet.
Screen resolution changed from 1366 x 768 to 800 x 600.
Solution: Right-click the desktop screen and choose “Display Settings”. Change the display orientation from Portrait to Landscape. If you want to permanently avoid this problem, open the Graphics and Media control panel (which comes with motherboard installation software). Go to the 3D section and set up the hot key for screen rotation.
Solution: Open the “Device Manager” (in the search bar, enter “devmgmt.msc”) and update the display driver (in the Display Adapters section).
Sometimes my computer screen turns to a black screen while working on Word or on the Internet. Restarting the PC only temporarily solved this problem. This problem happened because Windows explorer.exe not working.
Solution: Remove unwanted software folders from the Windows Registry. To do that, first open Windows Registry Editor (in the search bar just type “Regedit“. Then in the Registry editor, first make sure backup the files via (File -> Export). Then navigate to the following folders and remove unwanted software folders like WinRar, 7-Zip, PowerISO, DropboxExt, small FTP. It’s mostly available inside ContextMenuHandlers or shell, shellex folder.
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT*shell (for specific file types)
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT*shellexContextMenuHandlers (also for specific file types) HKEY_CLASSES_ROOTAllFileSystemObjectsShellEx (for all context menus)
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOTDirectoryshell (for folders)
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOTDirectoryshellexContextMenuHandlers (also for folders)
Another solution: If the mouse cursor still works, open the Task Manager (Ctrl + Alt+ Del). Then go to File -> Run new task. In the text field, type “explorer.exe” and press Enter. It will open a new Explorer window. Restoring the system to a particular restore point also helps you to solve this problem.
When you try to install NComputing VSpace software in Windows 7, it definitely shows an error message like “You need administrative right to install this software. Installation failed” Because the default Windows administrator does not have all the privileges to install MSI files, you need to install NComputing software (.msi files) using the command prompt. First, copy the installation.msi setup file on your desktop. Click the start button and type cmd in the search box. Right-click and select Run as Administrator option.
Type msiexec / i application name with location in the command prompt.
Example : msiexec / i A:application.msi
Here is my setup file located on the desktop. So my application name with location is C:Usersmynamedesktopsetup.msi. It will run NComputing VSpace software in Windows 7.
But after installation, you need to configure your Ncomputing system. First, create additional users with passwords using your Windows control panel. Right-click on My Computer and choose the Manage option.
Go to Local Users and Groups -> Groups. Choose the Remote Desktop Users option. Click the add button. Type everyone in the window and click the OK button. Now it adds all users in the remote desktop group.
Go to the additional client computer (it means another) and press F5 to get settings. Add the same username and password that you previously created in the Windows control panel. click the connect button. That's all.
MDB file format stands for Microsoft Database. MDB file contains information and tables of a Database. It also helps to link and store data from XML, HTML files and Excel applications.
First, open the .mdb file on the excel sheet.
From the window, click on Enable the comment and tap OK to continue.
Now a pop- up will be asked to enter the password. If you don't know the password follow the steps given below.
Download access pass view (portable)Software on your PC. It will be downloaded as a zip file.
Extract the file and open the accesspv.exe file from the folder.
You could see a small window with some details.
Now drag the .mdb file and paste on that window. This helps to show the database password.
Copy the password and open the .mdb file.
Enter the copied password on the password column and hit Enter.
This is the method to unlock the Database password and open the .mdb file.
Google Voice to Text feature allows people to write content with their voice using a microphone. But if you want to convert your existing recorded audio to text, is there any solution available? Yes, I found 1 solution. This method will definitely work. So you can create your YouTube subtitles/captions from audio, convert any voice lecture to text format, and mp3 audio to text.
Step 1: Use mp3 audio as microphone input via Stereo Mix.
First open Sound settings.
Click the Windows icon.
Search and open the Run App.
Type mmsys.cpl and open Sound settings.
Or
First, go to the Control Panel -> Hardware and Sound -> Choose the Sound option.
In Sound settings, select the Recording tab
In that, you can see Stereo Mix, right-click on that option, and tap on Enable option to enable it.
Step 2: Change the Chrome Microphone to Stereo Mix
On your Chrome browser go to Microphone settings (chrome://settings/content/microphone) and select Stereo Mix as a microphone.
Step 3: Now use any online official or 3rd party Google Voice typing tools
I am using the Voice Notepad tool created by Digital Inspiration – Amit Agarwal.
Open Voice Notepad tool on your Google Chrome browser and just click the microphone button.
Now play the recorded mp3 file in any audio player like VLC or Windows media player.
The Browser microphone takes that audio as a mic input. That’s it, guys.
If you want to connect your Android phones to Windows 10, You can do it easily with simple steps. You just need only the Connect App on windows 10 to connect your Android phones to your PC. Let’s see the procedure.
Step 1: If you have a Connect App then follow these steps
Search for the Connect App on Windows 10 in the search box.
Open the Connect App
Make sure that your PC and Android phone is connected to the same Wi-Fi network. So that it connects easily.
After that, you can see a Cast option on your Android phone in the dropdown menu.
Tap on that to make it on. After that, the Android phones will get connected to your PC. That’s it.
And if you do not have a Connect App, I will say how to install it now.
How to install the Connect App?
Tap on the Windows icon on your PC and select Settings in that.
In that Choose Apps and now you can see an Optional feature just give a click.
And give Add a feature in the search field search for the Wireless display and install it.
Once after the installation, follow the steps which I have mentioned before and connect your Android to your PC.
If you got Problem when try to cast your phone screen to laptop
If you can't display your phone screen on your laptop or you see an error message in Windows 10 connect app like “protected content can't view on this computer”, try these solutions.
Solution 1: Restart your Phone.
Mostly restarting your phone will help to fix this issue. Then try to project your phone screen on your computer.
Solution 2: Check Windows firewall all the following functionalities are enabled to access public & private
Press the Windows key and search “Allow an app through Windows Firewall” to open the settings.
Scroll down and find the features and make sure the private & Public check box is enabled.
Cast to device functionality
Connect
Connected Devices Platform
If the options not enabled, enable it and restart your computer. That's all.