Access Denied When Editing Hosts File in Windows 10 The Hosts File in Windows 10 can be used by malware programs to block access to certain websites or to redirect users to unsafe websites. Hence, the Hosts File is protected from unauthorized access and it can only be edited by Users with Admin privileges. However, it is possible to Edit Hosts File without getting “Access Denied” message by following one of the methods as provided below....

An Error Has Occurred in the Script On This Page An Error Has Occurred in the Script On This Page pop-up can occur on a Windows 7, 8 or 10 computer due to various reasons, ranging from background running Apps, unregistered urlmon.dll file to JavaScript being disabled. You should be able to fix this error using any of the following methods, depending on the reason for this scripting error on your computer....

Windows Update Cannot Currently Check for Updates Windows Update Cannot Currently Check for Updates pop-up can appear on a Windows 10 computer due to various reasons, ranging from Windows Updates being blocked to corrupted files in Software Distribution Folder. 1. Restart Computer In many cases, the problem can be fixed by Restarting the computer and allowing Windows to install the Update. If Windows does not automatically resume the update, go to Settings > Update & Security > select Windows Update in the left pane and click on Check For Updates button....

Hide WhatsApp Photos and Videos On Android Phone As mentioned above, WhatsApp provides the option to prevent downloaded media from appearing in the Photo Gallery on your Android Phone. However, hiding downloaded photos in the Gallery does not prevent them from being discovered in WhatsApp Photos Folder, which can be easily accessed in the Photos App. Hence, we are providing below the steps to Hide WhatsApp Photos in Gallery and also the steps to Hide WhatsApp Photos from all locations on your Android Phone....

Favorites List on iPhone Chances are that you may have noticed the Favorites option, located at the bottom menu of the Phone App on your iPhone. Tapping on this Favorites option allows you to access all the Contacts that you may have added to the list of Favorite Contacts on your iPhone. This way you will be able to immediately access your most frequent or Favorite contacts, without having to go through your entire list of Contacts....

Add Shortcut to Any Website on Mac A good way to make your favourite website readily accessible on your Mac is to add a shortcut to the website on the Dock of your Mac. Once a shortcut to a website has been added to the desktop or to the Dock, you can simply click on that shortcut to immediately start reading articles published by your favourite website. Add Shortcut to Website On Mac Using Safari Browser While you can add shortcut to websites on practically any browser, we will be starting with Safari, which is the default browser on your Mac...

AirDrop From Mac to iPhone Before going ahead with the steps to AirDrop from Mac to iPhone, make sure that both iPhone and Mac fulfill the following requirements. If your device meets above requirements, you can follow the steps as provided below to setup AirDrop on both sending (Mac) and Receiving devices. 1. Setup AirDrop on Mac (Sending Device) As mentioned above, you will first need to enable both WiFi and Bluetooth networks on your iPhone and Mac, in order to make use of the AirDrop feature....

How to Backup Computer to Google Drive Google’s Backup and Sync tool is designed to automatically pull data from your PC or Mac and save it to your Google Drive Account. The procedure to setup Google’s Backup and Restore service on Windows PC or Mac is really simple and it offers the following advantages. 1. Automatically Backs up Documents, Pictures and entire Desktop to Google Drive. No need to manually transfer files to Google Drive....

Change Ringtone and Notification Sound on Android Phone With our devices sounding alerts for Emails, Calls, Messages, Social Media updates and other things, it can be helpful to setup unique or Custom Ringtone Notification Alerts for Emails, Messages and Calls. This way you will be able to immediately tell whether an Email, Text Message or Voice Call has arrived on your phone and take action as required. 1. Change Ringtone for Calls on Android Phone Follow the steps below to change Ringtone Sound for calls on your Android Phone....

Change Text Size in Windows 10 Windows 10 allows you to change the text size on your computer and also to change the size of App icons and other items. 1. Only Change Text Size in Windows 10 Follow the steps below to change only the text size appearing on the screen of your computer. Open Settings on your computer and click on Ease of Access. On the next screen, you can increase the Font size by moving the Slider to the right and decrease the text size by moving the slider to the left....

Check and Manage Storage on Mac All that is required to Check and Manage Storage on Mac is to click on the Apple Logo located in the top menu bar of your Mac and click on ‘About This Mac’ option in the drop-down menu. Apart from this there are other ways to check and manage the current status of storage space occupied by various files and programs on your device....

Clear Safari Reading List on iPhone and Mac The Reading List feature in Safari browser allows users to add or save webpages for later reading on iPhone and Mac. While you can also Bookmark webpages in Safari browser, adding webpages to Safari Reading List allows you to access them offline. Also, Safari Reading List can be saved to iCloud, which allows you to access saved webpages offline on all your devices....

Create Local Account in Windows 10 When you setup a New computer or Reinstall Windows 10, you will be prompted to use or create a Microsoft Account, which can be used to login to the computer. If you prefer not to use a Microsoft Account for day-to-day computing, you can either Convert Microsoft Account into Local User Account or create a New Local User Account. There is no limit to the number of Local Accounts that you can create in Windows 10 computer....

Delete Photo Albums on iPhone or iPad Once a Photo Album is created on iPhone, it will continue to remain on your device, even if all Photos and Videos from the Photo Album are removed. While Empty Photo Albums do not take up any storage space on iPhone, they can end up cluttering the Photos App on your device with unwanted Photo Albums. Hence, the need to remove unwanted Albums from the Photos App on your device by deleting Photo Albums that you do not need or unlikely to use in future....

Delete Photos From iMessage on iPhone iPhone keeps all sent and received iMessages on your device, until you delete them manually or setup your device to automatically delete iMessages after a set period of time. While iMessages themselves are small in size, Photos and Videos attached to iMessages can take up a lot of storage space on your device, especially if they are of high quality. When you send Photos using Messages App, you will actually end up with two copies of the same Photos occupying storage space on your iPhone – Original in Photos App and a Copy in Messages App....

Disable Multiple Chrome Processes Google Chrome has been designed to create an individual process for every browser tab, plugin and extension used on the computer. This design is based on the concept of preventing complete browser failure, if something goes wrong with the browser. For example, if you open your favorite website on Chrome and then open other websites, your favorite website will remain active and accessible in its own browser tab, even if other browser tabs crash....

Factory Reset Kindle Fire Tablet A Factory Reset wipes out all the data stored on your Kindle Fire device, but leaves the data on your SD card untouched, unless you choose the option to format the SD card as well. Unless you are performing a Factory Reset to sell or give away your device, you may want to make a backup of your personal settings, bookmarks, home screen and app layout, before going ahead with a Factory Reset....

Find Duplicates in Excel Using Conditional Formatting Trying to manually spot duplicate values in an Excel worksheet containing a large amount of data can be a tedious task. Instead of going through and scanning the data manually, you can simply select the data range and invoke the conditional formatting feature in Microsoft Excel to highlight duplicate data. Once duplicate values are highlighted, it makes it easy to correct those values by deleting or modifying the duplicate values as required....

Find If Someone Has Blocked You on Snapchat Similar to WhatsApp, Facebook and Instagram, you can block people on Snapchat, in case you come across someone annoying or you have your own personal or other reasons for blocking someone. Now, what if the situation gets reversed and someone blocks you on Snapchat? You are pretty sure that you haven’t done anything wrong and still someone decides to block you on Snapchat....

Method#1 – Get Free US Phone Number Using TextNow TextNow is a popular free messaging app that provides its users with a Free Phone Number, that can be used to make calls, send text messages and verify online accounts. You can Sign up for TextNow by using your Email Address, Apple ID, Google Account, or Facebook Account. In addition to smartphones, TextNow can also be used to make calls and send text messages from Windows and Mac computers....