Starting with Windows Vista, the Windows Disk Defragmentation has been much improved and is considered better than its predecessor. The Disk Defragmenter runs a low priority task in the background without affecting the performance of the computer. In most of the cases, the defragmenter only runs when your computer is idle. Why do we need Disk Defragmentation? Let’s speak in more common terms. When you erase a file from your computer, its space is marked free....

What is the Shield Recipe Client? Shield Recipe Client is an add on for the Mozilla’s famous browser “Firefox“. It is automatically added to the browser and doesn’t really ask for the user’s permission. This is contradicting of the browser’s normal behavior since the user’s permission is required whenever an addon is to be added. However, it is to be noted, that it is classified as a system add-on and was included firstly, in a beta version of Firefox....

A significant amount of Windows 10 users who have installed the Creators Update on their computers are reporting their computers crashing at completely odd times and rebooting. Reports suggest that computers affected by this problem can crash and reboot even when its hardware is not being particularly stressed and CPU temperatures, GPU temperatures and all other attributes are completely optimal. Checking the Windows Event Logs on computers affected by this issue isn’t any help as the only events recorded in the logs state that the previous system shutdown was unexpected....

The first thing you’ll see when the Windows 10 Creators Update is available to you is a notification that asks you to review your privacy settings. Once the notification appears, select Review settings and choose to review when the notice pops up, or you can postpone your review by selecting Remind me later. If you postponed, the notification will reappear later, in next 3-4 days. Notification should appear at Action center to remind you to check privacy settings....

As it turns out, Your Phone application has been recently gaining popularity due to which more and more users are trying to test out the application. As obvious from the name of the application itself, it essentially lets you integrate your smartphone with your computer so you can receive all of your notifications and calls on the computer instead of having to pick up the phone from time to time....

After we’ve investigated this particular issue, we realized that there are actually several different underlying causes that might directly or indirectly cause this type of behavior in Windows 11. Here’s a list of culprits that you should be aware of: Now that we went over every potential cause that might directly or indirectly cause this problem, let’s go over every verified fix that other affected users have successfully used to get to the bottom of this Windows 10 & Windows 11 issue....

This issue can either be caused by an outdated IRST driver or by a USB driver issue (either the main drive driver ot the underlying USB port driver). Here are a few confirmed fixes that you can follow to troubleshoot this issue: 1. Update or Install the IRST driver If you’re using an outdated Rapid Storage Technology (RST) driver from Intel, chances are you will experience freezing issues every time an external drive is forced to wake up from a ‘soft hang’....

As is tradition, just days before Sony officially reveals next month’s lineup of free PlayStation Plus games, renowned leaker billbil-kun over on Dealabs has come forward and spilled the beans themselves. For those of you living under a rock, this leaker has predicted free PS Plus games accurately every single month, for nearly the past year. Getting down to business, August’s lineup is looking like one of the best we’ve gotten in recent memory....

1. Green Bordered Recipe Card Template These recipe card templates for Microsoft word are free of cost, easily available on the internet, and can be downloaded by following the simple steps as the website would guide you. I love how the recipe card looks creative, and simple both at the same time. When using a recipe card template, these are a few things that you need to be very sure of....

Devices and Services SVP Dave Limp said on Wednesday that certain employees of the business will be let go, and Jassy revealed on Thursday that the company had offered voluntary buyouts to several members of its HR department, correlating with Vox’s findings. According to Jassy’s message, it seems that practice will continue. Vox’s piece emphasized how layoffs had been informed internally before senior executives revealed information publicly. The company will try to find roles for impacted people internally, and if it can’t, workers will be offered severance packages....

With its red board design and several voltage contact points, the card is obviously a prototype. What is evident, though, is that the three red stripes on the heatsink match the design AMD teased in late August. Although the card is longer than the Radeon 6900 model, it has the same dual 8-pin power connector setup as the RDNA2 GPU. This could be either the Radeon 7900 XT or the high-end 7900 XTX since the cooler doesn’t appear to have room for additional power connectors....

Factorio Factorio is considered as a 2D game where the players build factories in an alien environment. The gameplay includes mining resources, making infrastructure, fighting aliens, trying to automate the productions and upgrading after researching technologies. This game focuses on a man who crash lands on a planet. His initial target was to make an alien planet which could be inhabited by humans. He faces a problem in which the inhabitants of the planet doesn’t like his arrival....

As it turns out, in order to play Call of Duty Warzone, the Battle.net launcher is used. While the launcher works fine normally, there are scenarios where it can throw an error message at you such as the BLZBNTAGT00000BB8. The reason the error code BLZBNTAGT00000960 can vary and it usually has to do with the installation files of the launcher on your system. In addition to that, temporary files like the cache can also factor in and give rise to the problem in question....

The fun in Fallout 4 is never really over. I invested over 100 hours of gameplay before I started experimenting with community modes. Since the community behind Fallout is extremely active, you’ll find new modes with new things to do regularly. But setting the game mechanics aside, Fallout 4 holds a special place in my heart because of the post-apocalyptic world with beautiful, dark visuals. It uses the same Creation Engine that Bethesda used with Skyrim....

However, there are ways that you can make Winamp even more exciting, and one of the best ways to do so is by downloading and applying a skin you adore to your favorite media player to make it even more your style. Changing the appearance of Winamp by applying a skin to it is a pretty simple process as all it involves is downloading a skin you like, installing it and then using it....

Regardless of which side you are, the best place to play racing games is on PS4. In terms of games, PS4 has the most titles and a fair amount of exclusive games that can’t be found on another platform. Even more, the console supports a wide array of wheels that will take the experience to another level. If you’re looking for a solid racing experience for your PS4, look no further....

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Super is a buffed-up model of simpler RTX 2080, although the improvement is not as much as you would see in the RTX 2060 Super or the RTX 2070 Super. There is an increase in Streaming Multiprocessors by 2, leading to a total of 48 from 46. The boost core clocks are increased from 1710 MHz to 1815 MHz while the memory clocks are increased from 1750 MHz to 1937 MHz....

1. Customize your Shelf’s Position By default on Chrome OS, the shelf is at the bottom of the screen. You can shift its position to the left or the right in order to free up space on the bottom. Since most websites scroll vertically, removing the shelf from the bottom gives you more real estate to get a better view of web pages. Screenshots will also cover more area. So, how do you shift the shelf’s position?...

Following are a number of emojis, which I often use, and have been using these in a very different perspective in comparison to what they actually mean. Let’s look at what these emojis actually mean, and what majority of the users, including myself, interpret it as. The clapping emoji is often misinterpreted as a gesture one does when praying, or when you are being courteous to someone by saying please or thank you for using your hands as a gesture....

Here are some possible reasons why this error appears; Outdated GPU Drivers: The outdated graphic drivers can cause visual stuttering or freezing of the game. They control the graphics of Minecraft. So, when the GPU drivers are outdated, the game stops responding, and an error appears.Problem with Java: When there is a problem with Java configuration, the Minecraft features, such as speed, the strength of the attack, etc., affect a lot, and an error appears....