A misspelled search in Chrome can be incredibly annoying — it constantly pops up, reminding you of your past typo or mistake. Fortunately, there’s an easy way to get rid of it. Google Search, the feature you likely use every time you type something in your browser’s search bar, is the most popular search engine …
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A quick and easy way to remove pages from a PDF is to use either Google Chrome or Microsoft Edge. In these web browsers, you basically open your PDF and use the virtual PDF printer to make a new copy of your PDF. This copy only contains the pages that you wanted to keep. An issue with this method …
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This process may vary slightly, depending on your folder, but it will get you the desired results: 1) Navigate to the folder whose icon you wish to change and right-click it. 2) Select “Properties” from the dropdown menu. 3) Press the “Customize” section. 4) In the “Folder Icons” part of the section, press “Change Icon.” …
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Problems with your internet connection can be aggravating and difficult to troubleshoot. It’s conceivable that a Winsock issue is to blame. Fortunately, rebooting Winsock is straightforward. Why Might You Need to Reset Winsock? Winsock is an application programming interface (API) that connects programs, such as a web browser, to underlying communication protocols, such as TCP/IP. …
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Google concealed Developer Options in Android 4.2. Because most “regular” users don’t need to use the feature, keeping it hidden reduces confusion. If you need to enable a developer setting, such as USB Debugging, a brief journey inside the About Phone section of the Settings menu will bring you to the Developer Options menu. Developer …
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On Techviral, we have already shared a detailed guide on stopping apps from starting at startup. However, what if you want to launch a specific set of apps during the startup process? Yes, loading too many apps in the startup can slow down the boot time, but you can run quite a few apps that …
With the touch keyboard feature of Windows 11, if you are using a touch screen PC, your PC will look like a tablet. The touch keyboard is designed for touch screen PCs, but it can be used without a touch screen device. Windows 11 touch keyboard can solve the problem in many situations. For example, …
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Merge conflicts are as frightening to many people as accidentally formatting their hard drives. I’d like to relieve you of this fear throughout this chapter. The first thing to remember is that you can always undo a merge and return to a previous state before the conflict. You can always go back and start over. …
Bad Sector A bad sector on a hard drive is simply a small cluster of storage space — a sector — on the hard drive that appears to be faulty. Requests to read or write will be ignored by the sector. Both traditional magnetic hard drives and modern solid-state drives can have bad sectors. There …
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Everyone who has ever used a computer is aware of the dangers of driver failure. Instead of calling your tech-savvy brother-in-law at 11 p.m. to help you solve the current problem on your PC, understanding how to fix driver problems on your own can help you get your computer up and running again faster in …