What is SearchApp.exe? If you are a Windows 11/10 user, then you might be familiar with the Start Menu and the Search Bar associated with it. It is probably something you use all the time to search files, launch apps, shut down your computer, and do other things. The SearchApp.exe is the process of the Search bar that is run by Cortana. When you try to search for something, the process is triggered....

Socially Engineered Malware Social Engineering Socially engineered malware falls into the bracket of social engineering. The term Social Engineering refers to the method of creating traps for regular Internet users who start trusting the hackers and providing them with the information they want. It is, in short, an act of psychological manipulation and its usage has caught on among malware pushers, and its use to distribute malware to consumers and enterprises has been browsing steadily....

Microsoft Office vs Microsoft 365 Microsoft 365 is a subscription-based service. When you opt for it, you can choose to pay for your subscription every month or buy a yearly plan, altogether. In addition, you get extra online storage and cloud-connected features that let you collaborate on files in real time. Microsoft Office is advertised as a standalone software product. You make a one-time payment and get to use the product as long as you want....

Windows Sleep mode settings Windows 11/10 ‘Sleep’ mode helps in conserving energy by putting the PC into a low-power state and turning off the display when it is not in use. Unlike a total shutdown or reboot, Sleep mode helps the user resume work much faster and pick up exactly from where he/she left it – including any application, documents, and folders that were opened. Windows also puts the computer system into sleep mode automatically....

That said, you will be surprised to know that we all kind of agreed to this when signing up for Facebook. So the problem is not just with Facebook alone, but its also our ignorance where we agree to anything to get all the attention we can have on social media, and we are not paying the price. Like every other service, Facebook does allow you to download all your data, and activity, and if you look at them, you will be shocked at how much Facebook knows about you....

Why is the Wi-Fi Icon greyed out? It can be a temporary issue or a UI glitch to start with. Along with this, may you have toggled Airplane mode and missing the icon. The problem can be resolved most of the time by running Windows Troubleshooter or installing the driver. Wi-Fi icon greyed out in Windows 11/10 Follow these methods to resolve the problem. Make sure to use an admin account for these suggestions....

Something is preventing us from communicating with our activation servers The error identifies the problem. During the activation process, Windows sends out the activation key to the Microsoft Servers. The servers validate the license key and send back the result. If the key is valid, you get an active status on the computer. In this case, the Windows PC is not able to connect with the activation server, and that what we will resolve....

Microsoft often rolls out Feature Update with a lot of improvements, features, changes, etc. Although it is very straightforward to install a Feature Update on Windows 11/10 PC, you might have problems at times. There could be times when it might be stuck on the Cleaning up screen with a percentage of 100%, 95%, 0%, etc. Windows computer stuck on Cleaning up screen We recommend you wait – even if it takes an hour or two!...

While trying to use Windows 11/10 Update, you can receive several error codes like 0x80070643, 80244019, 0x80240034, etc. Apart from that, if you find that the Windows Update service has been stopped, and you try unsuccessfully to start it, then here is what you can do. Windows could not start the Windows Update service on Local Computer To fix this problem, you can follow these suggestions- 1] Check Service Dependencies A Windows service depends on other services, and that is called Dependencies of a Windows Service....

The Windows Defender Antivirus Network Inspection Service helps guard against intrusion attempts targeting known and newly discovered vulnerabilities in network protocols. Windows Defender Antivirus Network Inspection Service started and then stopped Although Windows Defender offers robust security protections that you can trust, it doesn’t mean it doesn’t have issues. While starting Windows Defender Antivirus Network Inspection Service, users sometimes just can’t start the service, and hence the Windows Security app can’t be activated....

Windows Defender Hub While one can always open the Windows Defender interface from the system tray icon, the tips that the Windows Defender Hub displays can be of great use to the beginners. The links to the articles too, open neatly within the app itself. It would have been interesting if the Windows Defender Hub also offered access to Windows Firewall settings as well as some additional configuration options as well as some options wherein one could tweak some security settings in order to harden Windows 10 security....

When you encounter this issue. you’ll receive the following full error message- The error code can also appear during Windows Update. During installation, this error can be caused by various problems. It could be caused if there is a problem with the disk partition, with the Installation media – and even if there is low or damaged RAM, corrupted registry files, or incorrect hardware configuration. Windows installation encountered an unexpected error If you’re faced with this error code 0xE0000100 during installation or during Windows Update, you can try our recommended solutions below and see if that helps to resolve the issue....

For those, you don’t know, on Windows 7 we have Minidump, Kernel Dump, and Complete Memory Dump. You might be wondering why Microsoft chose to create this new Memory dump setting? Well, according to Robert Simpkins, Senior Support Escalation Engineer, Automatic Memory Dump is to create support for “System Managed” page file configuration. The System Managed page file configuration is responsible for managing the page file size – therefore, it avoids over-sizing or under-sizing your page file....

Windows needs your current credentials If some cases the problem does not appear when you log in using your password, it only occurs when you login using a PIN. The error message that pops up reads: It can be assumed that the problem occurs due to only PIN login. But that is not fair. So, here is one way you can fix this problem. This fix is exclusively for Windows 10 users....

Why does Windows Photo Viewer look yellow? Windows Photo Viewer isn’t supposed to make an image look yellow. It is a well-optimized and excellent Photo Viewer to make your image look the way it is. However, sometimes its color science got throttled and it starts adding weird tint to images. The reason why this happened is ambiguous, a third-party app could have done it, or it is manual, we don’t know that....

Windows Spy Keylogger The program is free and comes with a very clean and simple interface. The software comes in a zipped file and takes just a few seconds to land on your PC. The file contains the setup as well as the password key for the program. Just copy the password key from the text file and install the keylogger on your PC. The main overview has it all. You just need to click on Start Keylogger and the program will start recording the keys pressed on your keyboard....

Below is the full error message that you’ll receive when you encounter this anomaly; When you perform an in-place upgrade using the Media Creation Tool, the current Windows 10 system files are replaced with fresh versions – this allows you to address Windows 11/10 problems, broken features or apps and even update issues. Additionally, an in-place upgrade leaves user files intact and also retains settings and customization. In fact, several pre-installed apps and their data also remain unchanged....

Windows 11/10 automatically searches for updates and installs them in the background so that users do not miss out on anything while being busy with daily work. However, when you see this message, Windows 10 will not automatically download the Updates. The other messages you see would be: Some settings are managed by your organizationYour device is missing important security and quality fixesYour organization has turned off automatic updatesYour organization has set some policies to manage updates....

What is SenseNdrPktmon? The error message SenseNdrPktmon failed to start with the following error 0xC0000035 is seen when folks open the Event Log on their Windows computer after experiencing issues such as the computer getting locked up or stuttering. SenseNdrPktmon is the Data/Session name. There are a lot of reasons that can cause the error and we will talk about them hereinafter. What does Session SenseNdrPktmon failed to start mean?...

A user with an Administrator account can access files of all other users on his computer system. Transfer files from one User Account to another If you need to move or transfer files from one user account to another, the simplest way would be to log in with an administrator account, and cut-paste the files from one user account to the personal folders of the other user account. If you do not have access to an admin account, ask your administrator to do it....