How To: Install Windows 10 using USB Media with UEFI support

If you plan to install a new copy of Windows 10 from a USB stick, one of the requirements is to create a support to boot your computer in the Installation Wizard. However, if you are using newer hardware, it is likely that you will use the Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) instead of the old Basic I/O System (BIOS). In this case, you must also ensure that the bootable media supports the firmware type before proceeding with the installation.

Preparing a bootable USB from Windows 10 is as simple as creating a bootable USB from Windows 8 or Windows 7. In fact, all the methods and tools to create a bootable Windows 7 USB work perfectly under Windows 10. read more

How To: Perform Clean Boot in Windows

Clean Boot is the process of starting a computer system with only the most important files and services that are required by the operating system. This is a simple approach to starting a computer that requires at least the boot services and device drivers to load.

Performing a clean boot is an effective way to troubleshoot various Windows 10 problems. Better yet, a clean boot is so easy that you can do it even if you are a beginner.

Will a clean boot delete the backed up files?

No, this is not the case, and yet we strongly recommend that you back up your important files before performing a clean boot. Things can get lost at any time – so prevention is better than cure! With an external storage device or cloud computing solution, you can protect your important data against permanent loss. read more

How To: Reverse Mouse and Touchpad Scrolling Direction

Under Windows 10, the mouse and touchpad are essential input devices that allow easy navigation and interaction with on-screen elements.

The only disadvantage is that they come with a default scrolling direction (scrolling down to climb), although this works for most users, it is not a preference that everyone agrees or needs.

If you use a touchpad with your laptop or a mouse with your desktop and prefer to see the pages move up as you scroll up, you can reverse the scrolling direction with the Settings application or change the register in the case of a mouse. read more

How To: Disable Screen Auto-rotation in Windows 10

Windows 10 can automatically rotate your screen if you have a PC or convertible tablet – just like your smartphone. You can set the rotation of your screen if you wish.

Automatic screen rotation is only available on devices with an integrated accelerometer. Windows uses this hardware component to determine the current physical orientation of the screen.

The automatic rotation of the screen is very useful. However, there are a number of situations where this can be annoying. The best example is when you lie in bed with the tablet and read something. As soon as you slightly change the viewing angle, the camera suddenly changes the orientation of the screen. It’s very disturbing. Therefore, you can temporarily lock the screen rotation. read more

How To Fix Error 0x80071771: The specified file could not be decrypted

When you try to encrypt or decrypt a file using the default EFS engine, an unexpected error prevents you from applying properties to the file. If you continue to receive the error, you can use the error code to seek help on this issue. Error 0x80071771, The specified file could not be decrypted, so this message may help you.

This problem is likely to occur if the files have been encrypted using the file encryption system (EFS). It is an encryption tool integrated into Windows that is used to encrypt files and folders to protect them from unwanted access. In order to solve your file access problem, we recommend that you use certain decryption methods. Before you can do this, you must have all the necessary privileges to access the system files. read more

How To Use Version History for Office Documents

After hours of working on a report, close Word and notice that you forgot to save the file. You may have opened a document that you want to use as a template; you have made some changes and then saved the file by overwriting your template. Before you spend time recreating a Word document from scratch, you can try to restore the previous version of the file.

Microsoft Office automatically saves versions of your SharePoint, OneDrive and OneDrive for Business files when you work on them. With these versions, you can look back and understand how your files have evolved over time, and you can restore the old versions if you made a mistake. read more

How to Repair ePSXe has Stopped Working Error

This is the common problem faced by many ePSXe users: every time they try to run the bios or use ISO, it no longer works.

Unfortunately everything is not pink and flowery: with ePSXe and Windows 10 we find the emulator and we start a rom image (in the formats bin, iso, img, img, cue, ccd, mds, pbp, ecm), or from a CD it crashes and presents the sad message, ePSXe does not respond.

ePSXe.exe system error is one of the most common computer errors faced by almost all PC users. Computer users often receive this error message when they start a computer or run a program, then an error message stating “ePSXe.exe has stopped working” appears. Once the ePSXe.exe error occurs, one program will not work properly, the others will automatically shut down and even the computer will restart unexpectedly. read more

Fixing No Mapping Between Account Names and Security ID was Done Error

The reason you get the “No mapping between account names and security IDs was done” option is either because you now have an orphan user account. This would happen if you delete or rename your old user name that was still being used by the system, because each user name has a unique SID, or it could be a corrupted user profile.

To solve this problem, you may need to correct the profile of the corrupted user. To do this, you must create a new administrator account and copy all data from the corrupted user account. You can follow these instructions and see if it helps you. read more

How to Reduce YouTube Data Usage on PC

YouTube is the world’s leading platform for sharing and streaming video. There is a wide range of different content and resources on the platform, but statistics have shown that YouTube’s data consumption can be quite extravagant, especially when streaming HD video.

While this shouldn’t be a problem if you have unlimited Internet access, you should keep the amount of data consumed by YouTube to an absolute minimum if you have a limited mobile data plan.

Fortunately, with YouTube – just like other video streaming services – you can control data usage on any device you use the platform on. read more

How to Disable Access to the Settings App and Control Panel

On Windows 10, you can use the Settings application and Control Panel to change various settings to customize your experience and change your system, network, account and privacy settings.

However, if you are a network administrator for a company or share your PC with others, you know that there are often configuration errors when technical users do not have access to the settings.

Under Windows 10, if you don’t want someone to change your computer’s settings, you can quickly prevent them by disabling access to the Settings application and Control Panel through the Local Group Policy Editor and registry. This not only preserves your configurations at all times, but also prevents users from accidentally changing the settings. read more