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The taskeng.exe pop-up goes in front of other active windows interrupting user activity. As a quick reminder, Taskeng.exe is a task scheduler responsible for tracking the tasks set to run by the user. The task scheduler only pops them up when necessary. Why does taskeng keeps popping up? Taskeng.exe pop-ups can be triggered by malware infections in which case repairing the issue is imperative. If the pop-up itself is accompanied by a message saying Windows cannot find the ....

But even though the Game bar works great with a lot of games, it still needs some improvements. For example, some games are not able to pull the Game bar while running in full screen. Microsoft is aware of this, mostly because a lot of people told the company via the Feedback Hub that they need more games to support the Game bar wile in full screen, so we finally received a welcomed improvement....

Commonly referred to as game streaming, this feature lets you use PC as TV for Xbox so you can play from anywhere, not necessarily your living room, and play your favorite games with access to your home network. Game streaming uses the console’s power so as to manage the games you play. Your PC thus becomes a remote second screen, giving you the freedom to roam around the rooms in your home and still enjoy your games....

Unlike the previous OS version, this one offers you more variety in using your clipboard options. To be more precise, we talk about interactive improvements and paste text actions. We’re going to show you an easy guide about how to use the improved clipboard. So make sure you read this article entirely to discover some notable updates. Why should I use the Windows 11 clipboard? 1. Never lose anything copied It is not uncommonly to copy a text, then become distracted by some random stuff, and copy something else....

As one user describes the issue on the official Microsoft forum, this option is missing on his HP device: So, everything is working fine in Audio settings, excepting for HP Audio Control. Is there a way to solve the HP Audio Switch issue? The message he gets on his HP device Realtek Audio Console doesn’t support for this machine could indicate some kind of incompatibility between the new version of Windows 10 and the HP product....

The first laptop has 15.6″ diagonal display while the second one offers a more generous 17.3″ display. If you need to carry your laptop to various places, the ENVY series of laptops is a good choice since both are a half a pound lighter than their predecessors. Smaller is better seems to be the motto at HP at the moment after the company launched the world’s thinnest laptop just the other day....

The Vive room-scale VR system was developed by Valve in collaboration with HTC and was released seven months ago. The only small disadvantage of this amazing system was the tether which could cause users to trip on the cable and fall to the ground. Even if it will be tether-free, the HTC Vive cannot avoid nauseating VR latency. Currently, the headset operates at 90Hz and while its 13ms of motion-to-photon latency is bearable, it increased it will affect the user experience, and the company wants to prevent this from happening....

Windows 10 KB4103727 changelog If you own an AMD-powered device and you experienced intermittent loss of USB port functionality after resuming from Hibernate, KB4103727 will fix this problem. The April Windows Servicing updates caused App-V Scripts (User Scripts) to stop working. The May Patch Tuesday updates fixes this issue as well. After installing April’s KB4093105, many Windows Mixed Reality users encountered an error message informing them that the OS couldn’t download Windows Mixed Reality software....

Sysmon is one of the many SysInternals components by Microsoft. It is a troubleshooting utility that monitors and troubleshoots the operating system and writes events to the event log. The previous version of the program brought some annoying memory leak problems. It was recorded that memory leakage could lead to system crashes after update. Computer geek Ionstorm talked about this issue on Twitter, saying: Memory leak issues were also highlighted on the Microsoft SysInternals Forum....

In 2017, Intel is coming out with their brand new 300-series models, which are the target of much speculation. Rumors have it that second generation USB 3.1 will be featured on the new Intel chipset and will cap out at 10Gbps in terms of speed, no less than double in contrast with the 5Gbps USB 3.0 can pull. While not a lot of people actually use USB 3.1, the boost is still impressive....

The camera analyzed by Bitdefender is used for monitoring purposes by many families and small businesses. The device includes standard monitoring features, such as a motion and sound detection system, two-way audio, built-in microphone and speaker, and temperature and humidity sensors. The security vulnerabilies can easily be exploited during the connection process. The IoT camera creates a hotspot during configuration via a wireless network. Once installed, the corresponding mobile application establishes a connection with the device’s hotspot and connects to it automatically....

However, firewalls block ICMP pings for users by default. Consequently, users can’t ping when there’s a firewall up. So, it’s pretty obvious what users need to do to fix the ICMP pings! How to Fix Blocked Pings in Windows 10 1. Turn Off the Windows Defender Firewall Most users will, of course, turn off the Windows Defender Firewall before they enter a ping in the Command Prompt. Turning WDF off is perhaps the most straightforward way to fix pinging....

As for the bug itself, every time a user tried using the search bar, it would freeze entirely. Additionally, users cannot right-click the search box, which is necessary for when they try pasting whatever is on the clipboard. It is suspected that this bug has something to do with a preview feature introduced in the last update. For those of you that don’t know, this new feature allowed suggestions to appear in the search box as you would type, similar to Google’s suggestions....

However, this update is actually more serious than we thought, because besides fixing some minor issues, it also brought some problems of its own! Over the course of past two days, Microsoft’s Community forums became flooded with various users’ complaints about issues caused by the most recent cumulative update. Windows 10 cumulative update KB3163018 reported problems Most complaints refer to failed installation of the update. A lot of users reported that they were actually able to download the update, but when it came to installing, it simply failed....

Block WannaCry/ WannaCrypt ransomware on Windows XP, Windows 8 Hats off to Microsoft: the company took the unusual step of patching all versions of Windows against the WannaCry/WannaCrypt ransomware, including Windows XP, Windows 8 and Windows Server 2003. To protect your Windows XP, Windows 8 and Windows Server 2003-running device against WannaCry/WannaCrypt ransomware attacks, download KB4012598 from the Microsoft Update Catalog website. How to block WannaCrypt attacks on all Windows versions On its blog, Microsoft addressed users after seeing lots of business and individuals affected by cyberattacks, confirming that it has taken every possible action to protect its customers....

All the major versions of Windows 10 got improved security updates for Microsoft Edge, Internet Explorer, network technologies, and input devices. September 2019 Patch Tuesday updates have installation problems Despite all these improvements and fixes, some issue still remain. That’s the case with 8024402F error. This is a pretty old error encountered many times before when trying to check for updates. It seems that the September Patch Tuesday was not skipped, as one user describes the experience:...

Long story short, they are complaining that KB4524147 is causing problems with: Print Spooler crashes Ironically, KB4524147 was supposed to fix print spooler issues Start Menu crashes Older JScript-based program bugs The inability to type in Cortana’s search box The inability to run VMWare Their PCs not booting at all. An improvement that made Windows 10 worse Users on Reddit went on to vent their frustration regarding this latest patch: As far as the printing issue is concerned, users that had the problem say that it isn’t fixed, while those that were unaffected say that they have it now....

You take on the role of forty-something Meredith, who returns from the big city to her quiet hometown. She exchanges her busy career at a software company to fill in for her dad, the local mail carrier. If you’d like to learn more about the game and what we thought of it, be sure to check our review! 🏆 Amount of achievements: 10 (all hidden)⏲️ How long to beat: around 6-7 hours🎮 Platforms: Windows, Steam, Xbox One consoles, Xbox Series X|S...

Microsoft warns that your system may take more than 1 minute to shut down in that situation. According to Microsoft, the shutdown issues are caused due to the implementation of a USB Type-C controller. The delay happens because your system may be busy with other USB devices. The company confirmed the issue affects all Windows 10 systems that feature a built-in USB Type-C port. A quick workaround is to unplug the USB Type-C device before attempting to shut down....

Although there hasn’t been much media coverage of this topic, thousands of users are still affected by this problem. What’s up with these Lenovo Bitlocker issues? First of all, judging by user reports, it seems that this problem often affect Lenovo IdeaPad 100S laptops. Long story short, after installing new updates, users are constantly getting Bitlocker blue screen of death errors asking them to enter the recovery key. This happens even if users haven’t set up a recovery key....