Author: Dinesh
This guide will discuss the reasons and solutions to fix the Dell laptop keyboard locked issue. The keyboard is such a crucial device on any computer. If you have any problems with the keyboard on a desktop computer, you can simply unplug it and connect back. But that is not the case with the built-in keyboards in laptops. I’m a long-term Dell laptop user. I used several Latitude models earlier, currently using the Latitude E54xx series. The steps I mention below to fix the locked keyboard issue on Dell laptops can work on any model, like Latitude, Inspiron, XPS and…
The Teams add-in should automatically appear in the Outlook menus and options when you have the correct version of Outlook and Microsoft Teams on the computer. But if it does not appear in Outlook, let’s learn how to fix it below. Microsoft Teams is a cloud-based collaboration tool part of the Office 365 suite. If you have Office 365 license at your home or workplace, based on the specific rules/policies set by the administrator, the MS Teams will work on your computers or other devices. Teams and Outlook integrate between them very well. Usually, the Teams add-in icon should appear…
Recently I experienced a strange issue regarding snapshots in Hyper-V. I had to remove a snapshot (Checkpoint) of a particular VM, but I could not find the delete option. In this guide, you can find out how to delete snapshots in Hyper-V when the delete option is unavailable in GUI. I’m sure this checkpoint was created by the third-party backup tool. Usually, it should have been deleted by the same VM backup tool once the backup is succeeded. Even if it misses the first attempt, it should happen in the next run. But, in this case, the checkpoint was there.…
If you get Windows has blocked this software unknown publisher, or because it can’t verify the publisher, you are at the right place to fix it. You can apply these methods on Windows 10/11 with Internet Explorer or Edge browsers. You are wrong if you think the Internet is used to browse websites. Today most enterprises and businesses use web-based software to execute and offer their business activities. ERP is one such primary software application that can be operated on the Internet to make it available to the branches’ offices across the country or globe. A robust browser is essential…
The ‘Unread Mail’ is one of the useful folders in Microsoft Outlook to view unread emails in one place from other mail folders in a particular Outlook account. Recently, one of the users complained that he couldn’t find it under ‘Favourites’ where it used to appear. If you encounter a similar scenario, here is how to add the Unread folder in Outlook 365 and other Office versions under Favourites. If you have multiple rules in Outlook for incoming emails, you will find new emails in every folder of your Outlook. If you receive a considerable number of emails daily, having…
Installing the Guest OS on iSCSI disks in VirtualBox is a good idea to keep the virtual machines in a centralized location. Also, it is one of the requirements to do live migration between VirtualBox hosts using teleportation. This post illustrates how to connect iSCSI disks in the Virtual Media manager and install OS on iSCSI disks. In this example, I have two physical computers with VirtualBox. I’m using FreeNAS as an iSCSI storage server in one of the host computers. The FreeNAS OS is installed as a virtual machine in one of the hosts, and iSCSI disks are created.…
If your Windows 10 desktop or laptop suddenly lost the network connection and showed limited connectivity, here are the simple steps to fix it. In this case, the Wi-Fi or Wired network can go offline and not be able to connect to the local network. It will impact the Internet and other network activities. The below steps show how to fix the limited Wi-Fi connectivity issue in Windows 10, which also applies to the wired network. If the Windows 10 network shows limited connectivity, the network adapter would not have an IP from the DHCP. If only one particular PC faces…
You should not worry much about seeing a green check mark on desktop icons on Windows 10/11 computers. Green tick marks indicate that the desktop files are backed up (or syncing) by the Microsoft OneDrive cloud. If you installed the OneDrive client and enabled Desktop folder backup, these green ticks will come on the icons. In another way, if your organization administrator implemented a policy to back up desktop files via the OneDrive application, it can happen without your intervention. Is Green Tick Virus? The green tick marks on the desktop icon are not a virus. It is a symbol…
