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Using the slmgr command to transfer Win10 license to a new PC/computer or activate Windows via the Command Prompt Transfer Win10 license – Introduction If you build a new desktop PC and you own a retail Windows license for an old old desktop or laptop computer, you can transfer the license to the new one.…
Why should you use DuckDuckGo search for web-searches instead of Google? DuckDuckGo search engine – Introduction Online privacy using a smartphone or computer that connects to the web has become a hugely problematic issue that is growing constantly. The DuckDuckGo search engine stands or falls by guaranteeing that it does not track its users, for…
Problems with M.2 SSD drives – NVMe – key and length compatibility, overheating and faulty hardware encryption To benefit fully from NVMe M.2 SSD drives, you must be able to boot the operating system, usually Windows 10, from it. That requires UEFI BIOS support. Most standard BIOSes (the type in use before UEFI BIOSe), do…
Problem – Upgrade Win7 PC: My Win7 computer running Windows 7 has become very slow. Should I upgrade it to Win10 or build or buy a new one? There have been a few fairly recent developments that are no doubt designed to coerce users of Windows 7 computers to upgrade them to Windows 10 computers.…
What data encryption is and what you need to know about it Data encryption is a system designed to encode (scramble) a transfer of data or a web connection so that if it is intercepted it cannot be read or viewed by anyone who doesn’t have the decryption key that unscrambles it back into its…
Sonos problem – Prevent people given Wi-Fi access in a restaurant from changing the Sonos playlist Sonos problem Are you able to set us up another Wi-Fi login password for our Sonos player to use? Idiots are coming into the restaurant and changing the music we have put on, so I need to put a…
A serious SSD encryption issue in Windows 10 when using Bitlocker encryption software Many brand-name desktop and laptop PCs come with a single SSD drive or a boot SSD drive plus a standard hard disk drive with a much higher capacity for storage. A serious issues with regard to the hardware-based encryption that SSDs use…
Motherboard problem: Can I replace the motherboard of my PC without having to reinstall Windows 7/8.1/10? Motherboard and Windows problem Can I replace the motherboard of my PC? – My computer running Windows XP Professional SP3 is using an elderly AMD Athlon X2 4600+ dual-core processor and Socket 939 motherboard, so I am looking to…
UPS – The solution to power outages crashing desktop PCs and internet connections – Use an Uninterruptible Power Supply unit Laptop computers working from the mains electricity supply have a built-in solution to sudden short power outages – their battery, which kicks in as soon as a power outage occurs without losing any unsaved work.…
If the Opera VPN is enabled, Google displays Russian-language content in Google ads on websites and on Google’s YouTube The Opera web browser provides a connection to a free VPN (Virtual Private Network). The image above shows the home page of Google’s YouTube site displaying Russian-language content. You can see Opera’s VPN icon in white…
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