If you get “Error Printing on HP Printer” notification after giving a print command, it clearly indicates your HP printer has run into a problem and requires troubleshooting. Most of the time, wireless connection issues like poor Wi-Fi signal strength cause this error. However, if you face this error on a wired printer or despite the strong signal strength, there are multiple possible causes like a stuck print queue or a crashed spooler service....
Streaming apps are the services that help capture, record, and share live content. Ever since Nintendo launched Switch to the market, consumers have wanted to stream and watch live videos on the console. Well, we are aware that Switch is all about video games. Therefore, Nintendo hasn’t focused much on streaming or other services. However, this doesn’t mean you cannot watch your favorite TV show or movie on the gaming device....
Whether you create a partition in the existing disk or install a secondary storage drive, you expect it to show up as D Drive in File Explorer. All external HDDs/SSDs are plug-and-play and should be detected automatically. But internal storage drives work differently andneed to be initializedfirst. While D drive not showing up is a common issue during new hard drive installation, it can even happen due toconnectivity, letter assignment, and other system-relatedissues....
If you’re dealing with a rather large database, then the filter function onExcel can come in handy. This function allows you to sort the dataset according to your set conditions. As a result, it makes analyzing and summarising data much easier. However, there might be instances where the filter function might not be working properly. Usually, such an error pops up when there are blank cells within the dataset. So, a quick fix to the issue is to delete these cells....
Pointing accuracy plays a major role in FPS and shooting games. Indeed, most of us have faced a situation when we’re trying to aim somewhere, but due to a bad calibration of the mouse, we tend to shoot elsewhere. Well, we tweak several settings trying to get a realistic gaming approach. Unfortunately, we don’t always get what we desire, and instead of getting a better pointing accuracy, we mess it up even more....
I just finished cleaning up the fans on my old PC. Here’s what my PC fan looked like before compared to what it looks like now. In this article, I’ll utilize the same approach to guide you on how to clean your computer fans. It may not be possible to clean up every surface of the fans and some dust may still remain. But as long as you clean them meticulously, you may significantly reduce yourmotherboard temperatureandincrease its lifespan....
Connecting the monitor to your laptop using HDMI is not complicated at all. First, insert one end of the HDMI cable into the monitor and the other into your laptop. When you connect the two, the laptop will automatically project its screen to the monitor. But even after connecting the monitor and laptop, you may need to set up some settings to get the desired video output. Using the wrong settings may result in yourmonitor to display a black screen....
Rufus is a popular Windows utility thatcreates a bootable USB drivefor Windows and Linux systems. After you download an ISO file for an OS,use Rufus to extract the ISO imageinto an USB drive to make it bootable. It will automatically set up all necessary settings after you choose the drive and the ISO file, so there’s not much you need to do. In the current versions of Rufus, it is even possible todownload the ISO filefor the OS from the app itself....
After you power up a laptop, it runs a Power-On Self-Test (POST) sequence from its BIOS that checks all hardware devices. Only after determining that there are no issues with those components does your computer boot into the Operating System (OS). However, if some components are not functioning properly, your laptop beeps in a certain sequence, depending on the components. So, POST beeps are entirely hardware errors, and you need to troubleshoot these components to be able to use your laptop....
An Unknown USB Device indicates that your USB driver stack failed to enumerate a USB device. The detection, identification and leading of drivers for the USB device fall under USB enumeration. During this process, the hub driver sends a reset request to the port. If the port doesn’t respond within the timeout period, the hub retries sending the request three times more. If even the fourth attempt times out, enumeration cancels, and you get the Port Reset Failed error....
Discord is a brilliant communication app for text and voice calls, but it is also infamous for running into errors. The “No route” error is one such error that will lock you out of a voice channel. Although the exact causes for this error are fairly unclear, it commonly occurs when your Discord client cannot connect to the voice channel’s host server. Besides, server outage, misconfigured network, or VPN connection can also result in this error....
If your PC is slowing down significantly, it might be due tohigh system memory usage. The more RAM you have to spare, the smoother your PC runs. So, if you want to make your PC run faster, you may free up its memory. I personally like to free up my memory before playing games, as this gives me better performance. However, this might not be ideal in all cases, as your system naturally uses the RAM to optimize your Windows....
Sometimes, your computer may detect you idle even if you are using the screen. By default, your system keeps track of how long it’s been inactive (i.e no cursor movement or user in AFK mode). If this time exceeds the screen timeout period, the system disables the screen, and you need to press a key or move the mouse to enable it again. So, if you want to be more efficient in such a scenario, it’s better to stop your display from turning off....
