Recently I saw a yellow warning indication next to the battery icon on my Windows laptop. When hovering with my mouse over the icon, there was no additional information that indicates a problem with the battery or the charging of my laptop. The only message it showed was: ’47 minutes to full charge’, which is Continue reading →
Windows
Windows is the name for Microsoft’s operating systems. These operating systems are made for mostly laptops and desktops, but with the release of Windows 10, mobile devices such as smartphones and tablets also run on Windows. Recent Microsoft Windows OS versions include: Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8 and 8.1 and Windows 10.
Microsoft Windows is much used in business environments. For example, there is Windows Server, an operating system that runs on servers. Recent Windows Server versions include Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2008 and 2008 R2, Windows Home Server 2011, Windows Server 2012 and 2012 R2 and Windows Server 2016.
Change the keyboard layout of your computer
Change the keyboard layout via Settings The easiest method to quickly change the keyboard layout on your Windows computer, is to visit the Settings page. In order to open the Settings page, you can choose to go to Start, then search for ‘keyboard’. Or, directly open the Settings window and go to Languages, after which Continue reading →
Working Torrent Tracker List – November 2020
Looking for a list of open torrent trackers to speed up your torrent downloads? Look no further: in this post I gathered a list of free and working trackers for your torrent download program to increase download speeds. Indeed, the more seeds and peers can be found (via a torrent tracker) for any torrent download, Continue reading →
How to easily manage virtual desktops in Windows 10
Since the launch of Windows 10, you can have more than just one desktop at your disposal, thanks to a concept called virtual desktops. This means that you can have 2 or more ‘digital worlds’ that you can create to divide your work without having to buy an actual physical external screen. In one virtual Continue reading →
Find out the current (mA) of USB external devices on Windows
Each USB device that you connect to your Windows computer, or even iPad, will consume power in order for it to function properly. Let’s say you connect a keyboard to your iPad via an OTG cable, this keyboard will draw some current from the iPad in order to function. To find out how much power Continue reading →
Waarop je moet letten als je een nieuwe computer koopt
Er is heel wat keuze om uit te kiezen als je een nieuwe laptop of desktop computer wilt aankopen. Dus waarop moet je dan letten, als je een nieuw toestel wilt aanschaffen? Allereerst kan je natuurlijk afgaan op online reviews, maar je wilt natuurlijk ook zelf je huiswerk doen en goed op elk detail letten. Continue reading →
Find Your Windows 10 digital License/Product Key
Windows 10 is a versatile operating system that can be installed on almost any device: ranging from a desktop computer, to a tablet or a laptop. It is important for your own safety that you have a valid and activated Windows 10 copy installed on your workstation. To check the product key status on your Continue reading →
Google Chrome: Return to the old design
With the latest release of Chrome (i.e. 69), Google browser, a new design was introduced. Chrome now has square tabs for example, and somewhat different colours are used as well (i.e. lighter colour scheme). However, you may dislike this new Chrome layout. You may think: how to go back to the old Chrome? Since you Continue reading →
Windows 10 update/upgrade Error Code 0x8031004a
Recently, I was in my Windows 10 Update menu to update my Windows 10 installation to the latest version so that I have the most recent security fixes and the newest functionalities for my operating system. However, I was greeted with the following error messages that prevented my update to continue/complete: There were problems installing Continue reading →
Uw elektronische identiteitskaart (eID) kon niet correct gelezen worden.
Bij het aanmelden voor Tax-on-web, een Belgische overheidswebsite, om je belastingen online in te vullen, moet je je kaartlezer gebruiken om zo te kunnen inloggen. Het is de eerste stap bij het invullen van je belastingbrief omdat je je kenbaar moet maken. Krij je echter volgende melding: Uw elektronische identiteitskaart (eID) kon niet correct gelezen Continue reading →
BitLocker recovery on Windows 10 boot
I recently updated the BIOS of my Lenovo ThinkPad X1, running Windows 10 Pro x64. Once the update was done and the computer restarted, however, I was greeted with the following screen: BitLocker recovery Enter the recovery key for this drive For more information on how to retrieve this key, go to http://windows.microsoft.com/recoverykey from another Continue reading →
Add text after every line with Notepad++
If you have a long list of lines in your Notepad++ and you want to add content after each line; it’s often no option to do this task manually. I recently needed to add a comma after every line in Notepad++, so I was looking for an automated solution. So let’s do this! Open up Continue reading →
Hiding the Adobe Acrobat DC right sidebar
Adobe’s latest version of Acrobat is called Adobe Acrobat DC, with DC standing for Document Cloud. Adobe tries to push their cloud features to customers. Some of their new tools are available on the right pane within the program (called the Tools Pane). However, if you mostly use Adobe Acrobat DC to simply read document Continue reading →
The C:\SWTOOLS folder explained on Lenovo computers
I own a Lenovo Thinkpad X1 Carbon laptop. It’s a great laptop; sturdy too. Recently, I came across a folder called SWTOOLS, found in the root of my C drive. Its size was 4GB and has over 4000 items in it. So, what’s inside? I found these folders: antivirus APPS DRIVERS LenovoWelcome LSSB MISC OSFIXES readyapps skype Continue reading →
Reinstall default build-in Windows 10 apps
I wrote how you can purge the build-in Windows 10 apps. If you have been a bit too enthusiastic and removed too much apps, here is your rescue. As in my previous post, we will need some PowerShell magic once again. Open up PowerShell with Administrator rights. Then, paste this code into the PowerShell window: Continue reading →
Remove default Apps from Windows 10
Windows 10 comes preloaded with a lot of default apps. Depending on which version you have1, you will see various apps in your start menu that you don’t want. I previously explained how to uninstall OneNote from Windows 10, but you can actually remove any app you want. The very first thing you should try Continue reading →
Find your Windows 10 product key
When you upgrade from a genuine Windows 7 or Windows 8 installation to Windows 10, you don’t need to enter a key for Windows 10. Because you upgrade your OS with a valid key, Microsoft will automatically make your new Windows 10 copy genuine. In case you want to later on reinstall Windows 10, you Continue reading →
Remove OneNote app from Windows 10
Windows 10 comes pre-installed with quite some modern Apps. One such example is OneNote, the note-taking app from Microsoft. I like a clean Windows start menu, so I was looking for a way to uninstall OneNote from Windows 10. First open up PowerShell by going to start. Right click on the application and choose Run as Continue reading →
Regain disk space after installing Windows 10
When you upgrade your existing Windows 7 or Windows 8 or Windows 8.1 computer to Windows 10, you might see that you ‘lost’ some disk space. In my case, my laptop has an SSD and space is limited. What happened is: Microsoft kept my old operating system so I could revert back to it if Continue reading →
Remove OneDrive from Explorer in Windows 10
OneDrive is Microsoft’s cloud solution and it comes pre-installed on every Windows 10 computer. However, if you don’t use OneDrive (maybe because you already use Dropbox or Google Drive), the OneDrive integration in Windows 10 is something you might want to disable. The icon that shows up every time you open a File Explorer window Continue reading →