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This article discusses how you can create a Windows 11 VM on your device using either Hyper-V, VMWare Workstation, or Oracle VirtualBox while meeting the basic requirements for Windows 11. The requirements for Windows 11 to be installed are the following: Ensure that the host device meets all Windows 11 requirements before proceeding to create the VM through any hypervisor. Microsoft Hyper-V, VMWare Workstation, and Oracle VirtualBox are all hypervisors that allow you to run an operating system on top of another OS....

One of the distinguished new elements in Windows 11 was the new right-click (contextual) menu.Default context menu in Windows 11 As you can observe from the image above, some options that were previously available in the older operating systems, such as “Give access to” and “Send to,” are missing from the menu. Moreover, the Copy, Paste, and Cut options have been shifted from the list view to tiny buttons at the top of the menu....

Unfortunately, the Hyper-V feature is only available in Windows 10 Professional, Enterprise, and Education editions. You can’t install it on Windows 10 Home edition by default. However, using the steps in this article, we’ll show you how to enable Hyper-V in the Windows 10 Home edition. Does Your System Support Virtualization? Before moving forward, we need to check if our system supports virtualization. Hardware virtualization is required for Hyper-V to function correctly....

There are times when some of the DLL (Dynamic Link Library) files do not get installed or registered during the installation of the runtime library. This causes the application to not work properly. First, we will need to understand what types of the error message we can get from missing DLL files and then we will discuss about how to identify which version of Visual C++ redistributable DLL is missing and finally will go to the solution to all these error messages....

Windows 11 SE is designed with K-8 schools in mind. K-8 refers to the institutes that enroll students up to the 8th grade, and not above. This means that it is primarily focused to meet the special needs of the students, causing less distraction, and giving more control to the IT professionals that are in charge where only they can install applications and programs on SE devices. Not only this, Microsoft is planning to make Windows 11 SE available pre-installed on affordable devices, starting at $249 on a Surface Laptop SE....

If you are looking to learn whether port forwarding is right for you, how to set it up, or whether you should use it in the first place, this is the post for you. Here, we dive deep into the logic of port forwarding to help you understand what it is and how it works, since it can be confusing for some. What is Port Forwarding/Mapping By definition, port forwarding is an application of Network Address Translation (NAT) – also known as “natting....

It never means that we have found kinds of chatting but at least we have found better alternatives to SMS and soon we’ll be seeing something that would replace SMS technology properly. Now that smartphone usage is on the rise, IM applications have become a necessity of users. Among all these, WhatsApp and Viber are the most popular ones. In this article, we will compare the features of both the apps and then conclude a winner at the end....

If you are a Windows 7 or Windows 8 user, you will most probably get a notification of upgrading to Windows 10 for free. If you are not getting any upgrade notifications, that may be due to some KB updates that are not installed on your system. In this article, we guide you to install the required KB updates so that you can force download Windows 10 for free....

A simple file transfer uses the Server Message Block (SMB) which is a file transfer protocol. However, the conventional method to transfer large files experiences 40% less throughput for the users on Windows 11 22H2. If you are experiencing a similar problem, then we have a workaround for you. You can revert your file transfer speeds to the older Windows 11 21H2 speeds using the given method below. Cause of Slower File Transfers in Windows 11 22H2 Since the file transfer uses the SMB protocol, there ought to be an issue with the protocol itself resulting in slower file transfer speeds for larger files....

This update does not introduce any significant new features, but only several fixes and improvements, including some new dynamic widgets for your taskbar widgets board. Let us take a look at the new improvements. New in Windows 11 Build 22000.1041 The following list of improvements have been introduced with this build: Microsoft has introduced WebAuthn redirection in this flight. It lets you authenticate in apps and on websites without a password when you use Remote Desktop....

That said, Microsoft has released KB5012643 to the Release Preview channel (alone) for Windows 11. This update does not include any new features for the OS, but certainly includes many fixes. This hints that Microsoft is ready to offer an optional update to Windows 11 users on a stable channel in the next week or so. This release focuses primarily on improving the operating system’s startup time, which could often be up to 40 minutes in some cases!...

These widgets rely on your location and the data available over the internet to show you the most relevant news. Not only that, you can customize your preferences and choose what type of information you prefer. If you are already aware of this Windows 11 feature and do not use it anyways, you can remove it from the taskbar, or uninstall these entirely and save space on the hard drive....

The elements series is targeted for non-professional users who don’t want to get into a lot of techie details of the software. Photoshop Elements 2020 walks the user through the editing process. If you want a photo editing software which automatically does the editing and beautification work for you, just try out the new version of Photoshop Elements 2020. A look at the amazing features of Photoshop Elements 2020 Let’s walk through some of the more amazing effects Photoshop Elements 2020 can provide with a single click....

As with every new version of Windows, Windows 11 comes with its own set of administrative templates. If you have already upgraded to Windows 11, you can download and install these templates on your PC using the guide given below. Administrative Templates give you more control over your computer, or an entire domain of computers if you are a sysadmin connected to an Active Directory. This allows you to gain more control over each device as you apply more policies....

Installing this update will upgrade your Windows 10 v21H1 to build 19043.1288, v20H2 to build 19042.1288, and v2004 to build 19041.1288. Let us now see what KB5006670 brings to Windows 10. Fixes and Improvements As we mentioned earlier, KB500667 brings only one significant improvement to the OS. It seems that the issue it resolved was so distressful that Microsoft just had to release an update to resolve it. Installing this update will fix an issue on devices that are subject to Microsoft Exploit Protection for Export Address Filtering (EAF) that prevents certain applications, such as Microsoft Office and Adobe Reader, from running, or causes them to stop responding entirely....

Intel had earlier announced that they will be shifting the driver support for 10th generation and older Intel processors to a legacy software support model. Intel will now be publishing 2 drivers simultaneously, where one will apply to the older generation processors, and the other one will be targeted at the newer ones. The DCH driver version 31.0.101.2111 will apply to those older generations, whereas the driver version 31.0.101.3430 will be installed if you have the 11th or 12th generation processors....

Logitech is a leading gaming accessory manufacturer that makes customizable computer peripherals that you can configure according to your gaming requirements and styles. But to do this, you will need to install Logitech G Hub on your Windows/Mac computer. Below you will find all the information required about G Hub and direct download links to install the software. Download and Install Logitech G Hub Click on the respective links below to download Logitech G Hub: Download Logitech G Hub for Windows 11/10 Download Logitech G Hub for MacOS Once downloaded, follow the steps below to install it: The installation is now complete and G Hub is ready to be used....

Since it is a preview version, you may experience some anomalies. There is currently one known issue where the Alpine Linux packages are missing powershell.config.json which disables the experimental features by default. If you already have a stable version of Windows PowerShell running on your machine, installing the preview version will not affect it and both could run simultaneously. However, in case an older preview version of PowerShell is installed, it will be automatically overwritten with the newer preview version....

RSAT tools enable an administrator to install all the important management consoles on their own client computer and manage all the servers directly from it. The client computer may be running Windows, rather than Microsoft Server, enabling them to manage the remote servers with RSAT. Below you will find the download links of RSAT tools for all Windows operating systems including Windows 11, Windows 10, Windows 8.1, Windows 8, and Windows 7....

The update is applicable on the following versions of Windows 10: 21H221H120H22004 You can check out your Windows version by typing in winver in Run. The update applies many fixes and improvements for the operating system, therefore we suggest that you install it using the given guide below. Installing KB5007253 will upgrade your operating system’s build to 1904x.1387. Microsoft’s document says that the builds are updated to 1904x.1382. However, in another post, it is stating that the current build number being offered is 1904x....