Printer Not Available While Printing Documents In a typical case, the user is trying to print a Word Document or PDF File and finds that the Printer attached to the computer is not available in the list of printers. When the user opens the Control Panel, the Printer is either listed as Unspecified or not at all available on Printers & Devices Screen. In most cases, this problem can be fixed by manually installing the Printer....
Replace Blank Cells with Zeros in Excel Pivot Table As mentioned above, an Excel Pivot Table can end up having blank cells if there is no data applicable for a particular row or column label. However, having blank cells in Excel Pivot Table can often lead to the possibility of those blank values being attributed to Missing Data, Calculations Error or mistakes in creating Pivot Table. Hence, it is a good practice to clearly show ‘0’ (zero), whenever there is no applicable value or data in any cell of an Excel Pivot Table....
Google Chrome Running in Background After Closing The earlier versions of Chrome browser used to provide an indication of being active in the background by displaying a persistent Chrome Icon in System Tray, located at the bottom-right corner of desktop. This made it easy for users to stop Chrome from running in background by right-clicking on Chrome Icon in the System Tray and selecting the Exit option in the contextual menu....
What to Do If iPhone is Not Charging If an old iPhone or iPad is not working, the attention immediately goes to battery and most users start wondering if the battery is dead or has started malfunctioning. However, the act of charging an iPhone involves the Wall Adapter, Charging Cable, Charging Port and the Software installed on your device. Hence, it makes sense to make sure that the Wall Adapter, Charging Cable and the Charging Port on your iPhone are working properly, before thinking about changing iPhone battery....
USB Keyboard Not Working in Windows 10 The problem of USB Keyboard not working on a Window 10 computer could be due to various reasons, ranging from Keyboard Drivers becoming outdated, USB Reciever becoming faulty or corrupted to other reasons. Before going ahead with other troubleshooting steps, simply restart the computer and see if this helps in fixing the problem. 1. Disable Filter Keys The Filter Keys function in Windows 10 is also known to cause keyboard problems....
Add, Delete, Modify Calendar Events on iPhone The Calendar App on iPhone is easy to use and makes it really easy to Add Events, Change or Modify the Time or Location of Events and to Delete the Events, if they are cancelled or you do not want to attend them. 1. Add Event to Calendar on iPhone Open the Calendar App on your iPhone and tap on the “+” Plus Icon, located at top-right corner of your screen....
AirDrop Photos from iPhone to iPhone Apart from Photos, AirDrop can be used to wirelessly transfer Contacts, Notes, Calendar and other types of Files from iPhone to another iPhone and also to any other Apple device (iPad, iPod, MacBook). AirDrop makes use of WiFi Network to transfer data and Bluetooth network to locate nearby devices. Hence, make sure that both sending and receiving devices are connected to WiFi and Bluetooth Networks....
Backup WhatsApp to SD Card By default, WhatsApp backs up all your messages and photos to Google Drive and also to Internal Storage of your Android Phone. Also, if your Android Phone has a MicroSD Card, WhatsApp by default will use the SD Card to Backup, instead of using the internal device storage of your phone. Hence, all that is required to Backup WhatsApp to SD Card is to initiate a Manual Backup of WhatsApp on your Android Phone....
Block Notifications from Apps on Android Phone Most Apps prompt you to allow notifications when you download and install them on your device. However, certain Apps abuse this useful feature and end up annoying users by pushing way too many unwanted notifications. As mentioned above, it is really easy to block notifications from practically any App on your Android Phone or tablet and prevent them from bothering you. 1. Block Notifications from Specific App on Android Phone If a particular App is bothering you with frequent notifications, you can stop notifications from this App, while allowing notifications from other necessary Apps....
Change Privacy Settings on iPhone In general, all Apps on iPhone are required to seek user consent or permission before accessing Contacts, Photos, Camera, Microphone, Location and other sensitive information. However, the problem is that many users still end up unknowingly providing unwanted Apps with access to their sensitive personal information. Luckily, it is easy to change Privacy Settings on iPhone and ensure that Apps are provided with access to your information, only when it is necessary....
Clear Cache in Chrome Browser Browser Cache can be defined as a temporary storage location used by web browsers to store cookies, Css files, Images, Icons and other reusable sections of websites and web pages. This helps the web browsers to quickly render web pages by making use of data already available in its Cache, instead of downloading this data from the server on which the website is hosted. This results in faster rendering of the webpages, savings in bandwidth usage and provides a better user experience, especially for users with poor internet connectivity....
Pair or Connect AirPods with MacBook In order to use AirPods with MacBook Pro, MacBook Air, Mac Mini or iMac, you need to go through the process of Pairing or Connecting AirPods to your MacBook using the following steps. Click on Apple icon in top menu-bar and select System Preferences in the drop-down menu. On System Preferences screen, click on Bluetooth > on the next screen, click on Turn On Bluetooth....
Delete Previous Windows Installations When you install Windows Updates on your computer, outdated files from previous Windows Installations are moved to windows.old folder by the operating system. This measure is designed to prevent older files from conflicting with the current version of Windows 10 being installed on your computer. If your computer is running well after a Windows update, you can recover a good amount of storage space by deleting Previous Windows Installation files from your computer....
Disable FaceTime on iPhone and Mac Both iPhone and Mac prompt users to enable iMessage and FaceTime right during the setup process. Clicking or tapping on “Yes” enables FaceTime on your device, while selecting the “No” option disables FaceTime on your iOS or macOS device. Even if you have enabled FaceTime during the setup process, it can be easily disabled at any time on iPhone and Mac. Also, the FaceTime App can be locked with Screen Time Passcode on iPhone and by Parental Controls feature on Mac....
Disable Sleep Mode in Windows 10 When Sleep Mode is enabled on a Windows computer, it automatically turns OFF its screen after a set period of inactivity and goes into a state of Low Power Mode, using very little power. At any time, you can wake up the computer from sleep mode by pressing the Power button and it will immediately spring back to life, allowing you to start working on the computer....
Disable Two-Sided Printing on Mac As mentioned above, the default behaviour in macOS is to automatically turn on two-sided printing in case a printer that supports Duplex Mode is connected to a Mac. However, not every document is suitable for two-sided printing. In-fact, most day to day use documents like school/college essays, homework submissions, resumes, air tickets and many other documents are mostly required to be printed on a single side....
Lagging or Slow iPhone Camera In general, users looking to fix the problem of slow iPhone Camera have reported noticing the following: The Camera briefly shows a Black Screen before starting The Camera Flash is delayed or does not sync with the Shots The Camera App appears to be lagging The Camera App is stuck or frozen Luckily, in most cases the slowing down of iPhone Camera is software related and it can be fixed using troubleshooting tips as provided below....
What is a Refurbished Computer? In general, a refurbished Laptop or Desktop computer can be defined as a returned product that is being sold by the seller with Refurbished or Certified Refurbished label. Ideally, a Refurbished computer should be barely used, duly inspected for physical damage and thoroughly tested for hardware/software faults or errors. If a refurbished computer is being sold by a reputed big box store at 5 to 15% discount, it is likely to be a barely used PC, that was returned by the customer within 7 to 30 days of purchase....
Open Control Panel in Windows 11 & 10 In an effort to get users into habit of using Settings App, Microsoft has hidden the Control Panel and made it difficult for users to access and open Control Panel. However, many users still prefer using Control Panel and also there are certain settings in Control Panel which are still not available or easy to use in the Settings App. Luckily, the Control Panel is still available in both Windows 10 and Windows 11 and it is still easy to access Control Panel using multiple methods....
Request Desktop Version Of Website on Android Phone or Tablet With most people using their Mobile devices for web browsing and also for making purchases, most websites are now designing the mobile version of their websites to contain the same features as available on the desktop version. However, you may still come across certain websites that offer a trimmed down version of their websites on mobile browsers in order to speed up webpages and other design considerations....
