Author: Dinesh
Dinesh is the founder of Sysprobs and written more than 400 articles. Enthusiast in Microsoft and cloud technologies with more than 15 years of IT experience.
Though there are several ways to use Windows XP on Windows 10 and 11, using it with the pre-installed image for VirtualBox adds many advantages. We prepared a Windows XP image with VirtualBox guest additions to make things easy. It will allow you to attach and use the latest computer quickly. You can avoid downloading the correct ISO file, doing every installation step (Unfortunately, the Windows XP installations take a longer time) and additional steps by using this pre-installed image. You may have unique reasons to have Windows XP on VirtualBox with Windows 11. It could be something you need…
You can learn in this guide if you are unaware of how to check the Windows version on your desktop or laptop computer. As Microsoft pushes many major updates regularly, knowing the build number of your Windows 10/11 OS is very important. That will help you maintain the latest version of Windows on your computer and check the software and hardware compatibility. Some features and tools only work on a certain version of Windows and build numbers (or later). The edition indicates what type of Windows 10/11 you have. You can have Windows Home, Professional, and Enterprise. It depends on…
Mac Operating Systems use DMG files as the disk image format. It is mainly used to distribute Operating Systems and applications related to macOS. Opening the DMG files in Windows OS is challenging, and this guide shows how to convert the DMG to ISO by dmg2img (and other tools) for free on Windows 10/11 computer. Since Windows OS doesn’t support DMG files natively, we need to convert the file to known file formats or use the proper tools to extract the content. Once it is converted to ISO file format, it can be used internally or mounted to the virtual…
If you have ever wondered why is Excel 365 so slow compared to earlier versions, this guide will help you solve it. I applied similar steps to fix and improve Excel speed on several computers. Recently one of my friends complained about extremely slow navigation between cells in Microsoft Excel. Selecting multiple cells with (or without) formula was slow and lagged in a new sheet. The laptop he used was reasonably powerful with a 10th Gen processor, 16GB RAM and SSD disk. To cross-check the issue, I moved the same Excel file to my computer, which is not powerful as…
How to make Windows 7 faster on your old laptop or desktop? Here are the 30 easy and free steps you can follow to boost the performance of your computer. If your PC is slow while playing games, using high-end graphics/processor-hungry applications or multitasking, the below methods will be useful. I combined these methods from my experience and the experiments, which worked in improving Windows 7 and Windows 10 computer performance in my organisation. Any normal home/business user can do the following steps without other third-party or paid software and technical skills. The network is a major factor in deciding…
What is the Microsoft Windows Search Filter Host service on Windows 10/11 or 8.1? It is an executable file developed by Microsoft for the Windows operating system that helps in windows search functions. It is one of the many services activated during the Windows search function. Whenever a user searches for an item in his computer system with Windows, searchfilterhost.exe builds the index of all the storage drives to speed up the process and quick display of search results. Sometimes this service may take higher or (100%) CPU usage on your desktop or laptop computer and prevent your other programs…
I recently got an error saying failed to change state with error code 32788 in Hyper-V while attempting to power on a particular virtual machine. This could be one of the unexpected issues you may face while managing the Hyper-V environment for a long time. There are several reasons for this problem, and let’s analyze each. Below is the screenshot of the error related to this case, ‘the operation failed with error code 32788.’ It appeared when I tried to power on a virtual machine. Meanwhile, other virtual machines on the same Hyper-V host work fine. Reasons For Error Code…
Microsoft retired the final Internet Explorer 11, which is out of official support. Microsoft Edge is recommended web browser that has IE compatibility to view legacy websites. Though the following guide may not be suitable for recent Windows 10 and 11 Operating Systems, you could find it useful if you still use the earlier Windows 10 versions. Internet Explorer 11 comes with Windows 10 by default. But Microsoft pinned their Edge browser on the taskbar. Some computer users may think it’s the usual internet explorer and find it completely different. Also, for some reason, when you do a fresh Windows…