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You make a call with Microsoft Teams or Skype for Business and instead of reaching the recipient, you hear “You are not set up to use this calling feature. Please contact your administrator” from the Diagnostics Announcement Service.

This may occur in a few situations. First is the one where you use Microsoft as your phone provider. You have a Microsoft Telephone System license and a valid tariff, but you hear this message. This is usually due to the fact that no phone number has been assigned to the user. If you have been assigned a phone number, try unassigning and reassigning it. read more

Solving printer problems in Windows can be child’s play, especially when common errors do not require users to try to follow complex steps to resolve them. Even if you’ve tried to print a document on a PostScript printer and got an “Out of memory” error message, there are solutions to solve the problem.

The error is exactly what it indicates; the print job you triggered in a PostScript printer requires more memory in the device. Otherwise, the print job will fail with an incomplete portion, indicating that the printer is running out of memory, so to speak. For example, if the document you are printing has a TrueType font that is downloaded as Type42 font, the printer may not have enough memory to apply the font in its native TrueType format. The printer tries to reserve some space for the font, but eventually it overloads its memory and displays the error message. read more

Compared to the existing Edge, many of the features of the new Edge Chromium browser are easy to customize – and it follows the same standards as other browsers. One of these settings is to configure the default location for downloading files from the browser. Although this is a small feature, it is useful if you download daily. In this guide, you will learn how to change the default download location of the new Microsoft Edge.

By default, the default download directory for Microsoft Edge and other web browsers on Windows 10 is C:\Users\YourUserName\Downloads. Drive C, however, is the location where your operating system is installed. Too many files stored on disk C can cause slow execution and even system crashes. Therefore, you may need to change the default download location of your web browser to a different drive than C. Unfortunately, however, it doesn’t seem that easy to change the download location in Microsoft Edge browser.

Changing the Downloads folder in Microsoft Edge

1. Open Microsoft Edge.
2. Select Settings and more > Settings.
3. Under Downloads, select Change.
4. In the dialog box, select a new location for the downloaded files.

Using the Registry Editor

If, for any reason, you wish to change the default download location in Microsoft Edge for Windows 10 browser, simply follow the instructions below.

Step 1: Close the Microsoft Edge browser if it is running.

Step 2: Open the registry editor. To open it, type Regedit in the Start search box or in the Run command box, then press Enter.

Click the Yes button when the User Account Control dialog box appears.

Step 3: In the Registry Editor, navigate to the next button:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Lessons\Local settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Current version\AppContainer\Storage @

microsoft.microsoftedge_8wekyb3d8d8d8bbwe\MicrosoftEdge\Main

Step 4: Right-click on the right side to display the context menu, click New, click String Value. Rename the newly created string value in the default download directory.

Double-click on the newly created default download directory and replace the default path in the Value Data field with the path to the new download location. That’s it, that’s it!

For example, if you want to define F:\ISO\Windows 10 as a new download directory, type the same thing in the Value field, then click the OK button.

CONCLUSION

After carefully following the above steps, you will notice that you can easily change the location of the Microsoft Edge download. If you have a specific folder/location for your Edge download, you can make it very easy to access your downloads, and you may want to have a different folder for different types of downloads, so you just need to change the download location each time you want to see them in different folders.

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4026331/microsoft-edge-change-the-downloads-folder-location

Windows Media Audio (WMA) files use a proprietary format that was developed by Microsoft and is used by Windows embedded media players, such as Windows Media Player. Many other more powerful players do not support WMA files, but they are light enough to convert them into something else.

Due to the proprietary nature of the WMA format, there is little reason not to convert them to a more widely used format such as MP3. Even if you use Windows Media Player, it can play MP3 files. And if you have your files in MP3 format, it means you have many more possibilities to play them, including different applications and platforms. read more

The Chromium version of Microsoft Edge also includes a tab preview, similar to the tab preview bar available in the previous version, which allows you to hover over your open tabs to get to the right page faster, but this is still an experimental feature.

However, if you are using the stable version of Microsoft Edge, you can enable the feature on the advanced flag settings page.

This guide describes the steps for enabling and disabling tabbed browsing in the Chromium version of Microsoft Edge on Windows 10. read more

One of the most powerful features of modern computer technology is the use of local area networks that allow you to share movies or music files between all the devices in your home or office. You can use a network to set up a media server, share printers and scanners, or simply share files between two computers. While networking your computers is simple enough in principle, in practice it can be difficult to get them to work properly. A common problem is the inability of one computer to see shared folders on another computer. In Windows 10, this problem has been largely resolved, but it still occurs. read more

With the countless paid options that offer file conversions, it’s always a great relief to discover an excellent free service. If you want to convert a PDF file to a DOC file while retaining the formatting and use the file as a PDF editor, you won’t find a better free choice than Google Docs, Google’s online office suite. The other advantage of this approach? It’s fully cross-platform compatible, which means that you can convert and edit the document from any browser on any operating system, whether Windows, Linux or Mac OS X, and you’ll know that the document always looks the same. read more

Xbox Game Bar is the customizable overlay game built into Windows 10. Xbox Game Bar works with almost all PC games, giving you instant access to widgets to save and share screens, control your music, find new teammates with Looking for Group (LFG), and chat with Xbox friends from the Xbox console, phone, and PC – all without leaving your game.

With the many features available, you can customize the Xbox Game Bar to seamlessly move from your game to your favorite gaming activities.

How to Add or Remove Overlay Buttons from Xbox Game Bar

You can add or remove your favorite overlays (activities) below so they appear as buttons on the Xbox Game Bar Start Bar for faster access. read more

The Steam gaming platform is an all-in-one game store and player launcher available for different platforms. Most Steam users know that they can create desktop shortcuts for the games they have installed in Steam to launch games directly without having to open Steam first.

Here are the Steps to Create Desktop Shortcuts for Steam Games

Unlike normal shortcuts, when creating the Steam game desktop shortcut, you must use the Steam game URI with a specific game ID. In case you don’t know it, Steam automatically gives you a unique ID for each game installed via Steam. Creating a desktop shortcut with the Steam URI ensures that the game is launched via Steam and not directly. Although it sounds complicated, it’s pretty easy to do. Just follow the steps as they are and you’ll be done in no time. read more