Windows

Recently VMWare announced they are making VMWare Workstation Pro FREE for personal use. The VMWare workstation was already good virtualization software, I was using it to try out new operating systems or new Linux flavors instead of taking the hard pathway of dual-booting operating systems. It’s a handy tool to quickly spin up another machine without having it. 😉 And now pro is free to use for personal use, it unlocks whole new level of customization....

Recently I was working on one of the projects where I was using SQL Server 2014 as a database and Visual Studio 2019. And suddenly I started getting the above error when I tried to open SQL Server 2014. I tried repairing the installation of SQL Server 2014 via the installer, but it did not work, and I was getting the same error as before. So I got into thinking, like what I did before I was getting this error, then I realized that I have deleted the “Visual Studio 2010” folder from my Program Files (x86) folder....

Windows 10 comes with built-in virus protection called Windows Defender. It runs in the background and gives real-time protection to your system. Real-time protection means whenever it finds a new file in the system, for example, like when you copy a new file to the system from an external drive or download a new file from the internet, the defender will start scanning it for virus or malware before you actually open it, protecting the system from getting vulnerable and makes sure that its safe to execute....

MySQL is one of the popular and open-source Relational databases available in the market. And it supports connectivity for all popular programming languages including C++, JAVA, and C#. We can install the MySQL server on our machine by simply downloading the setup binaries from the official site and installing it just like we install any other software. While installing setup will prompt you for the root password for the security of the database access....

Before we get started with TASM installation on a Windows machine, let’s get some knowledge about TASM and learn what it will do for us. Turbo Assembler (TASM) a small 16-bit computer program which enables us to write 16 bit i.e. x86 programming code on 32-bit machine. It can be used with any high level language compliers like GCC compiler set to build object files. So that programmers can use their daily routine machines to write 16-bit code and execute on x86 devices....

Most of the users face the problem of smartphone connectivity to the PC due to lack of its driver. Most of the users face following problem while connecting their phone to the PC. 1. I connected the phone to the PC via USB but can’t see in File explorer. 2. I connected phone but receive message like ‘malfunctioning USB device’. 3. Recive message like ‘Windows can’t find driver for the device’....

Windows firewall is one the great utility in Windows operating system. Introduced in Windows XP, since then Microsoft has improved the security and features of Windows firewall a lot more, giving users more protection for their networks and from small online threats. But in case if you misconfigured that and gets locked in bad connection or no connection issue and wants to reset it to default, then my today’s post is for you....

With Windows 10, Microsoft has improved the logic behind the booting of OS much more, making it faster than ever before. From my personal experience, my system boots only in 5 seconds although I have 13 application in the start-up. But on another side, Microsoft removed the easy way to enter into safe mode on Windows 10. With Windows 7 we can easily boot into Windows safe mode at the start by rapidly pressing the F8 key as soon as BIOS loads....

Recently I started developing Universal Windows Platform (UWP) apps for Windows 10 devices, a jump from WPF -> UWP. And my experience with that is just great. Just code once and deploy it on multiple (Windows 10) devices without changing a single line of code (and that’s what today’s developer needs). But the way for me was not so simple. For over two days I was finding the way to troubleshoot the fatal error of Visual Studio 2015 community edition....

In today’s post, I am going to tell a simple method by which you can hide the search box from taskbar of Windows 10. Microsoft ported Cortana, a personal digital assistant from Windows Phone 8.1 to Windows 10 giving her more power and more intelligence. But some of them don’t like her as she keeps eye on your daily usage of computer and based on that she gives you a suggestion about different things and stuff....