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Although Chromebooks support ethernet connectivity, Wi-Fi is a lot more popular and convenient. It also comes with more problems. In this guide, we’ll cover 8 things to try if your Chromebook won’t connect to Wi-Fi. 1. Move Closer to the Wi-Fi Router Your Chromebook might encounter difficulties detecting or joining a Wi-Fi network if it’s too far away from the router. You may also encounter dropping connections if your device and the router are out-of-range....

Here’s the size of my WinSxS folder on Windows 7: And here’s the size of the WinSxS folder on Windows 8/10: That’s a lot of space, especially for fresh installs of both operating systems! Once you install more Windows updates or any service pack, it’ll shoot up a few more GBs. Unfortunately, this is a super core set of files for Windows, so you never want to try to delete anything yourself....

Find Ubuntu Host Name Your host name can be found in several places. The first place we will look is the Terminal window. To open the Terminal window, select Accessories | Terminal from the Applications menu. In newer versions of Ubuntu, like Ubuntu 17.x, you need to click on Activities and then type in terminal. Your host name displays after your username and the “@” symbol in the title bar of the Terminal window....

I realized after doing some research that this is a pretty tricky problem to fix and it can be caused by all kinds of issues from latency to drivers to other hardware, etc., etc. In this article, I’m going to try and go through all the possible solutions to fix the audio static on your Windows 7 machine. If you find a different solution that works for you, please post a comment and let us know....

Nowadays, programs need the latest updates, new content, or configurations, and BITS intelligently handles network interruptions even after a reboot by pausing and resuming transfers. The ‘intelligent’ in BITS also increases or decreases the file transfer rate based on the idle network bandwidth available. Its app-specified transfer policies ensure that if a network app is consuming more bandwidth, its transfer rate is reduced to prevent the files from transferring on expensive networks....

So, what is AR and how does augmented reality work? We’ll answer both of these questions for you right now. AR, VR and MR Compared Augmented reality is one technology in a family of technologies. It’s joined by virtual reality and mixed reality as what’s now known as “XR” or extended reality. Extended reality refers to the entire spectrum of reality-altering technologies, from fully-virtual worlds, to full integration between the real and the virtual....

More often than not, the problem is with your network, WiFi connection, or in some cases, your microphone. Issues with your microphone can affect the sound and quality of your video or voice calls besides making recording audio on Windows 10 a problem. The issue is particularly pronounced when using your microphone with conferencing apps like Skype where sometimes the quality of voice sinks, or when gaming within the high octane context of a multiplayer game....

You can use the tool to build a database, create forms for data entries, filter your data using custom queries, and generate reports out of your data. There are step-by-step wizards to help you create these items so it’s not too difficult to use. How To Build a Blank Database With MS Access The first thing you need to do is build a database. To do this, start a new database in Access....

Both offer guidance on how to clearly document and format references to other works like books, articles, and websites. Moreover, both have clearly defined rules for how to cite YouTube videos in particular. The MLA Handbook is published by the Modern Language Association of America (MLA) and is most commonly used for academic writing in the humanities. The current version of the handbook is the eighth edition which was issued back in 2016....

Read on to learn how to create a Windows 11 recovery USB drive and what you must do if you have to use it. The instructions below also apply to older versions of the operating system, such as Windows 10. What Is a Windows 11 Recovery USB Drive? Like its predecessors, Windows 11 is susceptible to startup errors that can stop it from loading. A recovery USB lets you resolve them by providing you access to the system recovery options in WinRE (Windows Recovery Environment)....

If you have thousands of rows, manually deleting blank lines is a major pain and virtually impossible. The most common way to delete blank lines in Excel, at least as mentioned online, is to use some sort of Excel macro. However, if you’re not familiar with macros, this method can be difficult to implement. Also, if it doesn’t work properly, you may have no idea how to change the macro for your particular Excel file....

Take, for example, the following strange error that I recently saw: The person was getting this message every time they started up their computer and tried to right-click on anything or click on the My Computer icon. It was really strange and very annoying. Later we found out that we could not even get into the Windows Control Panel because this error would pop up when trying to double-click on the icon....

This issue has simple and complex solutions—depending on the factors causing the error. We’ll show you different ways to fix this error on Windows 10 and 11 computers. Try Other Factory Reset Methods You can initiate a system reset through the Windows Settings menu, sign-in screen, or Windows Security. Our tutorial on factory resetting Windows outlines other ways to reset Windows to factory settings. Try the troubleshooting fixes below if the “Unable to reset your PC....

The “Kmode Exception Not Handled” error can cause your computer to crash. Most of the time, it isn’t serious, but if your computer runs into difficulty there are ways to fix it. What Is the Kmode Exception Not Handled Error? The Kmode Exception Not Handled error occurs when two or more applications conflict with each other. This results in the software shutting down, or in some instances, a full system crash....

Most of the time, Windows can handle the update process without any user input. From time to time, however, Windows just won’t install updates, leaving them stuck in limbo. If you want to fix when a Windows 10 update is stuck, here’s what you’ll need to do. Give It Time (Then Force A Restart) It might seem like the obvious answer to the problem, but sometimes the easiest solution when a Windows 10 update is stuck is just to give it a bit of extra time....

It may be a minor glitch on your phone that causes Discover not to function. Or, there may be an issue in the Google app itself. Regardless, there are a few ways to fix this problem and get Discover to work on your phone again. Restart Your Phone When Google Discover stops working, the first thing to do is to reboot your phone. When you do this, your phone’s minor glitches are fixed....

If you run into this error, you can take several troubleshooting steps. They’re listed below, from the easiest solution to the most difficult. If you see the “HBO Max can’t play title” error, these solutions can help. Try Playing a Different Title Or Use a Different Browser Before you do anything else, try playing a different title or load HBO Max in a different web browser. This will check whether the problem extends to all of HBO Max or if it’s something with that particular TV show....

A common complaint is to have games that once ran perfectly starting to lag on the same hardware. There are many reasons this may be happening on your PC, from an overheating processor to background processes hogging all the memory. Let’s look at some tweaks to fix stuttering on your PC and give you a smooth gaming experience. 1. Reduce CPU Temperature Modern CPUs can function across a wide range of clock speeds....

Thankfully, you can fix an “ID = 17” induced Roblox “Error Code: 279” on a Windows 10 PC by working your way through the solutions below. Note: The Roblox “Error Code: 279” can also show up with the “ID = 146: Illegal teleport destination” and “ID = 148: Roblox version is out of date. Please uninstall and try again.” error IDs. These are rarer cases that you can quickly resolve by rejoining a game, notifying the game’s developer, or re-installing the Roblox Player....

In this article, we help you understand SysMain and why you might face a high disk usage problem with this service. What Is SysMain (Superfetch)? Superfetch, called SysMain after the Windows 10 1809 update, was introduced with Windows Vista and is a successor to Prefetch (a similar feature in Windows XP). The OS uses this feature to improve system performance over time. Why over time? First, it studies your RAM usage patterns....