Computers
Ambient Computing: What It Is, Why It Matters and How It’ll Make Your Life Easier
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May 4, 2020 — HelpCloud Resolution — If you’ve ever used a motion sensor door, you have a little bit of an idea what ambient computing is. If your car unlocks when you walk towards it with the key fob in your pocket, you’re approaching what ambient computing will look like. Though neither of …
AMD vs. Intel Processors: which is better?
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June 12, 2019 — HelpCloud Resolution — A computer processor is a chip that carries out calculations. Processors receive input data, process said data and create output data. Behind every task your computer does is the processor; due to this, many people call the processor the brain of the …
Clicking Sounds and Vibrations – Computer making any weird noises
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June 3, 2019 — HelpCloud Internal Solution — This would indicate a hardware issue. Noises like clicking, squealing, whirring or whining might come from damaged electronic components. Remove the computer case and let the computer run to see if you can find where the sound is coming from.
Update Date and Time – Windows Vista
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June 3, 2019 — HelpCloud Internal Solution — Websites on the internet use your Date and Time to verify your device and the location. So when you have your date and time incorrect, web pages won’t load and typically give you an error saying ”Unable to verify the Data received” or something along …
Turn Off Chrome Notifications: Windows, Pop-ups, Block Ads,
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June 3, 2019 — HelpCloud Internal Solution — There are different types of pop-ups a customer can get. This will go over how to change the Chrome Notifications as a pop-up. Typically they appear on the bottom right hand corner of your screen near the date and time. That can be disabled by: chrome …
Update Microsoft Edge
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June 3, 2019 — HelpCloud Internal Solution — This Microsoft product does not have a way to update in the browser itself. In order to update Microsoft Edge you’ll need to run Windows updates. To do that select StartType in Windows updatesSelect Check for Updates.
Update Date and Time – Windows 7
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June 3, 2019 — HelpCloud Internal Solution — Websites on the internet use your Date and Time to verify your device and the location. So when you have your date and time incorrect, web pages won’t load and typically give you an error saying ”Unable to verify the Data received” or something along …
General Printer Issues
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June 3, 2019 — HelpCloud Internal Solution — Sometimes this is all that’s needed to solve a lot of printer issues. If there are any jobs in the queue that can’t be ended, a restart should flush these out. Switch off your printer, unplug it from the PC, plug it back in and power it on. Now try and …
Using Password Decryptors
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June 3, 2019 — HelpCloud Internal Solution — To launch any of the Password Decryptor tools you can find those programs in your Toolbox under Technician> Cookie Passwords Note, First make sure the Antivirus is disabled or paused temporarily BEFORE you run any of these tools. How to Run …
TaskKill Command
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June 3, 2019 — HelpCloud Internal Solution — View a list of running tasks using the tasklist command and kill them by name or processor ID using the taskKill command. See this tutorial for further instruction: https://tweaks.com/windows/39559/kill-processes-from-command-prompt/