Let’s hope you only run into the easy fix variety, but we’ll prepare you for the less easy, guaranteed to work fixes too. Why Is Filename Length Even An Issue In Windows? There’s a long history of filename lengths being a problem for operating systems like Windows. There was a time when you couldn’t have filenames longer than 8 characters plus a 3-character file extension. The best you could do was something like myresume....

BSOD errors are one of the biggest pet peeves for Windows 10 users, and they come in different forms like the clock watchdog timeout BSOD, stop code memory management BSOD, or the video_TDR_failure. This guide explains how to fix a video tdr failure error in Windows 10. What is a Video TDR Failure? Most BSOD errors (stop errors) can happen when there’s a problem that causes your computer to shut down or restart unexpectedly....

This is when you attempt to capture either your desktop, window, or a gaming application, and the only thing that appears is a black screen. There are a few causes for the OBS black screen capture error, and this article will show you how to fix each one. Make Sure the Right GPU Is Selected The most common problem with OBS Studio is when people try to capture a display and the entire preview window is either grey or black....

Technically, you can’t get faster Internet than what you’re paying for because that’s simply not how that works. If you pay for 30 Mbps download speeds, that’s the absolute maximum you’ll ever get unless you pay for more. However, what we’re talking about here is the fact that you’re probably not getting those speeds. If you want to truly maximize your network speed at work or home, you need to be aware of the activities bogging down the network....

Is there a way to get WiFi without an internet provider? Actually, we’ve got six things you can try. If you prefer to quickly watch a video instead of reading through the article below, make sure to check out our YouTube video where we go through the different ways you can get WiFi Internet without an ISP. Public WiFi (With a VPN!) Depending on where in the world you live, there may be a lot of public WiFi hotspots available around you....

Tools such as the free Zoom Cloud Meetings enable groups of people to work together in a virtual face-to-face meeting. Zoom is a cloud-based video communications solution for collaboration, live chat, audio and video conferencing, meeting recordings, and webinars across all devices. This article will show you how to create and host a Zoom cloud meeting on your desktop or smartphone. Get Started with Zoom Cloud Meetings on Your Desktop First, you need to create an account and download the app if you want to host a Zoom meeting,...

Thankfully, there are some tricks you can do with tables in a Google Docs document that creates a perfect form that people can fill out while keeping the lines in the form in place. You can make a fillable Google Docs form with many different elements using tables. Read on to learn how. If you want to see the final product, check out the final form here. How A Standard Google Docs Form Fails The most common form field people like to insert into a fillable form is a simple text field....

Due to compatibility issues, iOS automatically converts HEIC images to JPG whenever you share them with other apps. But if you use an iPhone and a PC, you are bound to collide heads with a HEIC file sooner rather than later. iCloud for Windows, for example, does not sync your HEIC images in a PC-compatible format. If you want to open HEIC files on Windows, you must either download the relevant codecs or convert them to a compatible format manually....

Yet, torrenting itself isn’t illegal and can be a cost-effective and useful way to share files with people without paying for online file storage. So, if you’re trying to open a Torrent file on Windows or Mac, but aren’t sure how to do it, here’s what you need to know. A Quick Recap of How Torrents Work BitTorrent is a “peer-to-peer” file transfer protocol. In short, this means that it allows data to be transferred from one computer to another directly....

If you use WhatsApp on Android, you can seamlessly back up your chat history to Google Drive. You can then restore everything quickly if you reset the system software or make the upgrade to a newer Android phone. This tutorial shows what you must do to back up and restore WhatsApp with Google Drive. Back Up WhatsApp Data to Google Drive You can back up your WhatsApp chats and attachments manually to Google Drive whenever you want....

Smartphone cameras today are so good that you can not only take a highly-detailed picture of a document, but probably zoom right down to the ink dots. So why are we using scanners at all any more? Well, your camera app just doesn’t have the same functions as scanner software. Luckily you can scan documents to Google Drive using a neat tool in the app that most people probably don’t know about!...

Maybe it’s vacation photos you want to send to a friend, home movies that your uncle asked for, or your music collection, 4K raw video files, backup data, video games, etc. No matter what you’re sending, there are ways to make it work. However, before choosing the best way to send the large files, first identify how big they actually are so that you’re using the most appropriate service (i....

Setting up a new website in Google Analytics isn’t quite as straightforward as it should be. However, following the steps below, you should be able to have your website enabled with Google Analytics tracking in under 30 minutes. Set Up Your Google Analytics Property To set up your website on Google Analytics, you need to add the website in Google Analytics Administration. First, log into Google Marketing Platform with your Google Account....

Microsoft Teams Presenter Modes Explained Microsoft Teams has three presenter modes: Standout, Side-by-side, and Reporter. Sharing your screen with “Presenter modes” allows meeting participants to see you (the presenter) and your screen. Use presenter mode when sharing your screen in a work or school presentation. Standout Mode In Standout mode, meeting participants see you or whoever’s speaking in the bottom corner of the presentation. The screen or app window you’re sharing becomes the presentation background....

Note: The following instructions will only work if you have multiple keyboard languages installed on your devices. Check out our previous article on how to add another language and keyboard to Windows 10, for example. Switch Between Keyboard Languages on Windows 10 Windows 10 offers multiple ways to change the current keyboard language. You can either use a taskbar option or use a keyboard shortcut to switch the keyboard language....

This is especially true for DIY web servers that you’ve set up yourself. If the server hosting your site isn’t updated, PHP isn’t likely to be either, which could leave your site exposed to exploits or broken features. That means you’ll need to update PHP to keep things running—here’s how to update PHP in WordPress. Check Your Current PHP Version From time to time, the minimum supported version of PHP that WordPress supports changes....

Once you know how to use Flash Fill in Excel correctly, you can let Excel do all of the heavy lifting. You just provide a couple of manual cell entries to help Excel understand exactly what you’re trying to do. Then, Excel does the rest of the work for the rest of the spreadsheet. If this sounds like a time-saving tip you’d like to try, let’s take a look at how you can use this feature to improve your own productivity....

The bullets above were inserted by holding down the Alt key and typing 0183. You can also insert bullets, or other symbols graphically. You can also insert larger bullets, if desired, as pictured below. Insert Bullet Symbol in Word To insert a bullet graphically in Word, put the insertion point where you want to insert the bullet and click the Insert tab on the ribbon. Click the Symbol button in the Symbols group....

Don’t call in a technician yet. There are a few basic steps you can take to fix the problem on your own. In this post, we’ll share some tricks you can try yourself to get your mouse and keyboard working again. Reboot The Computer Have you tried restarting the computer? Sometimes users get overwhelmed when faced with computer issues that they forget about the most obvious solution. So take a minute to reboot your PC before doing anything else....

Slack was the self-proclaimed front runner until Microsoft Teams came around a couple years ago, but when it comes down to it, Slack is a communications tool, and Teams is a total collaboration tool—including communications. Yes, you can extend Slack by adding on third-party integrations, but that happens natively in Teams with direct access to other Microsoft apps without ever leaving the Teams interface. That said, there might be some reasons to choose Slack over Teams....