Recently I upgraded my motherboard (to MSI Gaming Plus Max b450) with a newer chipset to have better support my previous upgraded Ryzen 3700X CPU. Obviously, when you ‘upgrade’ a motherboard, it’s rather a full new build again just with existing parts and that the only …
Just this week, I came across an article from Wired titled “Don’t Underestimate the Challenge of Building a PC,” right then, it resonates with me. I totally feel both the reward and frustration when you successfully finish building your very own PC. Today, we will walk …
Alexa’s full suite of more than 100,000 Skills is a powerful platform, but there are times when those Alexa Skills are not working. The server that powers the Skill might have a hiccup, or there may be a problem with the way the Skill is implemented …
In a perfect world, all programs should be running without asking local admin privileges. And then all users can be a regular standard user without any local admin rights. But in the real world, however, we still need to deal with applications that constantly ask for …
The new norm of work from home during COVID isn’t always pretty. The truth is, for many, we rely on infrastructures that aren’t built for a 24/7 remote work environment. One of the core technology people are relying on those days is Microsoft’s RDP protocol. Window’s …
Microsoft OneNote is an excellent software for gathering information and collaborating with multiple users. The software has been updated and gets better over time – but nothing is perfect at the end of the day, and there may be times when you will have to …
At times, you find that your WMI Provider Host process is consistently utilizing a significant chunk of the CPU. There have been reports that sometimes the process ends up using more than 50% of the CPU power, especially when media applications are in use. In …
The Surface Dial is a peripheral for your Windows device. It offers a wide range of creative utility. For example, with simple turns, this accessory can bring up the most used shortcuts, adjust media controls to play your favorite music or skip tracks and scroll …
All Microsoft related mail accounts were shifted to Outlook.com earlier in 2017, as a part of their upgrade process. As a mandatory part of the migration, users would have to reconnect their Outlook 2013 and Outlook 2016 desktop email clients to Outlook.com. Not doing so, …
