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Windows uses virtual adapters called WAN Miniports for various types of network connections. For instance, WAN Miniport (IKEv2) is necessary for establishing a VPN connection to an IKEv2 VPN server. Often, when these adapters are bound incorrectly on a system, they show no obvious signs (e.g., no warnings in Device Manager). However, when you perform tasks that actually require these adapters, such as establishing a VPN connection, the connection will fail....

Experts recommend changing your Wi-Fi password every month or at least once in three months. There’s no hidden secret here—occasionally setting new passwords avoids the possibility of someone stealing it and hogging up yourinternet bandwidth. Also, if you recently purchased a router or got it from the ISP, it’s either not secured or comes with a weak one. You might want to change this to a password havingstrong strengthsuch that it’s effective against guessing and brute-force attacks....

Last week, I accidentally installed something unstable on my iPhone. Right then and there, my phone started having issues. To begin with, a new message appeared on my home screen sayingmy device is running in safe mode. I tried restarting but that did not help. It would just enter safe mode again. It took me a while on the internet to find out the solution to my issue. I also learnt how safe mode can be a useful tool to solve a misconfigured iPhone....

A notification makes you aware of the messages and calls you get from other people. It’s a handy feature that lets you see the text and respond immediately from the notification bar without opening an app itself. Not getting Notification is very inconvenient because you need to access the app every time to see who texted/called you. Such problems will arise if you have enabled the features like DND, Battery Saver Mode, or muted the person/group....

Sometimes, the process of SFC scannow may get stuck for a long time. Also, there is a situation when it even freezes our entire system. Furthermore, we might get various system errors. Well, the possible causes that prevent us from using SFC scannow in Windows 11 are: There are both basic and advanced methods for fixing the SFC scannow issues. Nonetheless, we have tried to make the steps convenient for everyone....

“This device cannot start. (Code 10)” is a generic device status error that indicatesyour system could not run a connected device. You may also see other messages likeoperation failed,request is invalid,request failed, and so on. The error itself doesn’t point to any specific fault, its main causes includeminor issues with the system files and servicesandbroken device drivers. While a system restart will often resolve the issue, sometimes you may have to run relevant troubleshooters and update/rollback/choose a different device driver....

Unlike many other browsers, Firefox has a built-in feature to take screenshots of web pages. Furthermore, it offers three different modes for doing so. you may either screenshot the full webpage, the visible webpage only or you can even snap custom dimensions. you may pretty easily take a screenshot on your Firefox browserusing the context menu or through the toolbar. If you’re more of an advanced user and would like finer control over the area you capture, you canuse the Firefox console....

Sometimes, you might open up your email client to check your inbox, but it is cluttered with promotional emails and newsletters. Furthermore, you don’t even remember when you subscribed to these mailing lists. While this can make a mess of your inbox, you may easily unsubscribe from a mailing list on any email client. Most promotional emails also have a link to unsubscribe in the body of the mail. So, let’s see what you need to do to unsubscribe from emails on different email clients....

Whether you’re working or gaming, a malfunctioning keyboard can be very frustrating to deal with. We’ve faced this issue a number of times ourselves as well. In most cases, the keyboard keeps disconnecting due to issues with the components (cables, ports, internal keyboard parts, etc.). Misconfigured power settings can also lead to power supply issues that result in a keyboard that doesn’t work properly. Of course, these are only the usual culprits....

Most laptops integrate SD card ports that help to transfer photos and videos from a camera or smartphone directly to the PC. But what if yours doesn’t have this dedicated slot? Often, when using an SD card, you may face plenty of issues that may be displeasing. Sometimes, yourSD card won’t format, while sometimes, your SD card gets corrupted. This could be why some manufacturers have stopped producing laptops containing these slots....

MSI boards vary a lot in terms of Fast Boot support. Some boards don’t support it at all, others let you utilize the standardFast Bootoption, while some provide the proprietaryMSI Fast Bootlevel that’s basically extra-fast. On the systems that do support it, you canenable or disable MSI Fast Boot from the Boot tab in the BIOS. you may also set up it with alternative methods like theMSI Centerif the BIOS is inaccessible....

A network adapter is a critical hardware component that connects your device to the internet or other computers. If the device malfunctions, you’re likely going to face slow connections, and in the worst case, the internet will stop working completely. This can happen due to a corrupted driver, conflicting device, misconfigured settings, or even hardware failure! But there can also be times when there’s an internet problem that might make you think the network adapter is malfunctioning....

If your TV sound is not working as expected, it is likely that the built-in TV speaker is damaged. Sometimes, you may get crackling or popping sounds on your TV or no sound at all. The TV sound normally stops working due to misconfigured audio mode or faulty connection cables. In the worst case, the problem with the audio hardware on your TV may also result in this issue. Here, We have compiled a list of 10 fixes you may apply when facing a sound problem on your TV....