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Some Uplay users report that Google Authenticator always gives them the wrong codes, so they can’t connect to the service and play their favorite games. Others have tried to solve the problem by synchronizing the Google Authenticator application with UPlay, but this process also requires them to use the 2-step authentication method.

Uplay is a digital distribution, digital rights management, multiplayer and communication service developed by Ubisoft to offer an experience similar to that of many other game companies. The service is offered on different platforms (PC, PlayStation, Xbox, Nintendo, etc.). read more

Windows applications such as Movies & TV and Windows Media Player allow you to play only certain types of videos. If you have difficulty playing unsupported video formats, you must use a third-party video player or codec, or convert the file instead.

If you are not sure if Windows supports your video file format, try it first. Open the Movies & TV application or Windows Media Player and try to open the file. If you receive a “format is not supported” error, you must try one of the following methods. read more

Wi-Fi 6 is making its debut this year, but summarizing its potential impact is a little more complicated than saying it will make your Wi-Fi network faster. Yes, things will be faster than ever before, but beyond speed and range, it is the key to Wi-Fi 6 that will revolutionize the way routers manage the growing number of Internet devices in our homes and lives.

Yes, Wi-Fi now has version numbers! Even the old standard confusing Wi-Fi names like “802.11ac” have been renamed to user-friendly names like “Wi-Fi 5”. read more

If you have recently searched for specific files or folders in the File Explorer search and the search results do not display anything, it may be a problem with the File Explorer search that does not work, and to ensure that this is the problem we are facing, you should search for some files or folders that you know exist on your PC but cannot be found. In short, the search function of the File Explorer does not work and no items matching your search will be found.

You can’t even search for most basic applications in the file explorer, such as Calculator, Microsoft Word, etc. And it is very frustrating for users to find all files and folders manually when the search function does not work. The main problem could be indexing problems or the index database could be corrupted or simply the search service does not work. In any case, the user is lost here, so without wasting time, let’s see how to solve the problem with the search in the Windows Explorer is not working, using the troubleshooting guide below. read more

Unfolding windows is a great feature. Drag a window into the corner or side of the screen and Windows automatically resizes it to fill this field. When you grab a window on one side of the screen, Windows displays a thumbnail view of the other open windows that you can use to fill the other half. It’s Snap Assist, and if you don’t like it, you can turn it off.

Some people love the Snap Assist feature and others think it interrupts their work. Whatever your preference, it’s easy to disable Snap Assist if you don’t like it. read more

Instagram stopped working due to a major Facebook failure.

On Instagram – as on other applications – the problems seem to be limited to a certain part of the site. Users report that their feeds can be loaded, but it is not possible to post anything new.

Otherwise, an error message will appear, indicating “Photo cannot be posted”, depending on the user who is experiencing the problem.

Check The Connection Between Facebook And Instagram

The ability to share depends on the connection between your Instagram account and your Facebook account. read more

Slack is a communication and collaboration tool that represents the backend of more than 600,000 companies. Remember that more than a billion messages are sent every week via Slack! It’s a great way to do business, as long as it works properly. But for many users, Slack seems to have connection problems.

The reason for your problems with the Slack connection may be on their side (server) or your Internet. A recent article from Gizmodo indicates that Slack will publish an update for his desktop application. This update should improve loading times by up to 33%, reduce memory usage by up to 50%, connect waiting calls up to 10 times faster and completely eliminate connection error messages. read more

This cumulative update fixes a problem that causes Internet Explorer to block sub-resource downloads in some cases. According to the change log, this problem occurred when the downloadable resources were loaded using the HTTP protocol, but the page was hosting itself using the HTTPS protocol.

Better late than never, I suppose. Microsoft has published the second usual series of updates it publishes each month for Windows 10 version 1607, 1703, 1709 and Windows 10 version 1803. As always, the patch for Windows 10 version 1809 comes too late, and there are also monthly previews available for Windows 7 Service Pack 1 and Windows 8.1. read more

Many Windows users encounter the error 0x80070021 when trying to copy a file from one location to another. Other users see this error when they try to host a WCF service in an ASP.NET application. However, in most cases, the problem is reported when users try to manage Outlook data files (.pst and.ost).

Microsoft Outlook 0x80070021 An error usually occurs when you use Outlook Express. This error makes your Outlook inaccessible. Users may find errors such as “the process cannot access the file because another process has locked a part of the file. So before moving on to methods, we should find the reasons for the Outlook 0x80070021 error. read more

Microsoft has just released the Windows 10 KB4497093 update for preview ring devices that already use version 1903, updated in May 2019, to solve several problems.

KB4497093 finds the version number to create 18362.86 and, according to the company, fixes the problem that prevents Tester from building 18362.53 to install the latest 20H1 update.

The quality update also provides improvements for users in Japan or using the operating system in Japan, including corrections for the Japanese IME and corrections for date and time issues. read more