How Does the MBT Become Damaged or Corrupted? Although the MBR is a special region of the hard drive, it’s not fundamentally different from any other data on the disk. This means that it’s also susceptible to the same threats. Sudden power loss could corrupt any area of a drive, especially if it was in the process of writing to that area. Malware such as viruses can also deliberately alter your MBR to achieve its individual malicious goals....

Which makes it easy to forget that the average PC user is not an obsessive tech geek. When things go wrong with a computer, the average user is likely to pack it up and take it to a business like Geeksquad for help. While there is nothing wrong with this, more often than not you are paying a professional hundreds of dollars to fix something you could probably have done yourself....

You can modify all these options yourself without any assistance from your Internet service provider (ISP). If you prefer a video, check out our YouTube channel where we posted a short video going through some of the recommendations listed in this article: Change The Bandwidth Limit In Windows 10 Windows 10 uses a certain amount of your bandwidth to download updates for the Windows OS and apps. If it uses too much bandwidth, you can add a limit....

Fortunately, there are quick ways to identify if your CPU is overworked and lower CPU usage on Windows 10. How to Check CPU Usage on Windows 10 Before we get into tips on how to lower your CPU usage, it’s a good idea to see what programs or processes are causing the high CPU usage. This way you don’t have to waste time trying solutions that aren’t relevant to your problem....

Virtually all spreadsheet software offers a way to create pie charts. Today we’ll focus on creating pie charts in Microsoft Excel. How to Create a Pie Chart in Excel Microsoft Excel is the gold standard of office spreadsheet software. We’ll be using the desktop application, but you can opt to use the web version. After all, the Microsoft Office suite for the web is available for free! Let’s look at how to create a pie chart from your data in Excel....

This sort of thing can get annoying real fast. Thankfully, modern desktop web browsers like Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox have given you the power to remove such annoyances without taking up precious time and sanity. Let us show you how to mute a tab in Chrome, Safari, Firefox, and other browsers. How To Mute a Browser Tab In Chrome, Safari, Firefox, & More First thing’s first, you’ll need to know how to identify which tab is the one attempting to blow out your eardrum....

Java used to be a popular coding language to create freeware games and applications. Even now, many freeware apps are distributed as .jar files, which Windows does not natively support. This article will walk you through ways to open JAR files on your computer. What Is a JAR File? Internet browsers used Java to offer a dynamic browsing experience. Games and other interactive applets were coded using Java and could run on any platform....

But if you have privacy or other concerns, you can remove your Microsoft Account from Windows 11. The instructions in this tutorial show what you must do to switch to a local user account, including how to avoid signing into a Microsoft Account the next time you set up Windows 11 from scratch. Should You Remove Your Microsoft Account from Windows 11? Using a Microsoft Account with Windows 11 allows you to sync (or back up) your PC settings, download age-restricted games and movies from the Microsoft Store, upload photos and documents to OneDrive, and so on....

We’ll walk you through the steps to control data users can store on your PC by setting disk quota limits. Before jumping to the steps, note that the Windows Quota Management tool only works on drives formatted using the NTFS file system. Configure Disk Quota via File Explorer There are several ways to enable the quota management system in Windows 11. You can do so via File Explorer, Registry Editor, or the Group Policy Editor....

Virtual Desktop features have been a mainstay of macOS and Linux for many years. Before Windows 10, you had to use third-party apps to get the same functionality. In Windows 10, Virtual Desktops became a new built-in feature, and with Windows 11, it’s been polished to a new level of shine. Virtual Desktops in a Nutshell Virtual desktops are like having access to multiple virtual monitors on one screen. Each virtual desktop has its own windows and configuration, and you can switch between them with a keyboard or mouse shortcut....

On most Android phones, it’s very easy to not only split your screen between two apps, but open as many apps as you want at the same time. This feature is of course going to work better on tablets, but you can do it on a standard Android smartphone too. If your Android phone doesn’t have access to this feature, don’t worry, we’ll suggest some free apps at the end of the article you can try instead....

While this seems like a very easy task, in reality, the process of transferring your account to another user could be complicated and even impossible for some channel owners. Let’s dive in and figure out how to transfer the ownership of your YouTube account to someone else. Personal vs Brand YouTube Account The process of transferring your YouTube account to another entity differs depending on your account type. You can have personal or brand accounts on YouTube....

For many people that scene is a form of wish fulfilment. If only we could take the printers that make our own lives a misery out to a field for a quick execution. Unfortunately, that’s not really an option in real life, so your best choice is to find and fix printer problems as they crop up. Although printer problems can feel like infuriating mysteries, once you know where to look and how to narrow down the causes of your issues most of that pent-up rage should disappear....

How to Update Discord on Windows Discord is set to update itself automatically on Microsoft Windows. Once you’ve installed Discord and logged in to your account, you can easily update Discord at any point. To do this, press Ctrl+R while running Discord for Windows. This will automatically check for updates and install those too. Alternatively, you can open Discord and go to the system tray, which is located in the bottom-right corner of the screen....

In this article, we will show you how to use a Windows package manager to install apps and programs using the command prompt. Chocolatey Package Manager Windows package managers are a collection of tools that enable users to automate the installation, configuration, and updating of apps and programs. Chocolatey is a secure and simple Windows package manager. Using a few bits of code, you can install apps and programs as well as manage and track updates....

The number of visitors to your siteWhat country they are fromHow many pages they visited per sessionThe most popular pages on your siteHow many site visitors bounced (left without performing any action) Tracking essential metrics such as page views, session durations, and bounce rate with GA require the placement of GA Tracking Code or a GA JavaScript code snippet on every webpage. This is ideal for keeping track of general information....

Many meetings and interactions with teammates have shifted to video, and Zoom is right at the center of this new global order. With this shift came a huge demand for smartphones, tablets, and computers that can work with Zoom. While you can install and run Zoom on most devices, there are some slight differences in using the app on a Chromebook compared to a Windows PC or Mac. If you want to host or join a meeting, follow the steps in this guide to learn how to use Zoom on a Chromebook....

It’s common for browsers not to reveal your passwords, otherwise the person sitting next to you will find out what the password is. However, if you’ve made sure no one’s around you and you want to see the password behind the asterisks, here are several ways to do it in your browser. Reveal Passwords Behind Asterisks Using Inspect Element Whether you’re a beginner in HTML coding, an expert at web development, or you know zip about HTML, you can still use the inspect element tool to reveal your passwords....

This article will discuss everything you need to know about Linux file permissions. It’s important to know this to understand the chmod command and the numbers that correspond to certain access levels. Whether you use Ubuntu, Fedora, or a more exotic Linux distro you should understand when it’s okay to set permissions to 777 using the CHMOD command and when you should use a different setting. How Linux File Permissions Work In Linux, the operating system determines who can access a certain file based on file permission, ownership, and attributes....

You’ll have the option to immediately turn off your computer (after shutting down your session), rebooting, logging out, and more. All of this can be done via the Terminal as well, which is especially handy for those Ubuntu users who always keep a Terminal session open. This method also includes a few options, especially for shutting down your system. Shutdown Ubuntu from Terminal First, we’ll open a Terminal. Before we get to the commands, take note that many of the things we’ll do will immediately end your current session, so it’s a good idea to have everything saved while browsing this tutorial, so if – by chance – you mistakenly turn off your computer, you won’t lose anything....