Author: Dinesh
MAC (Media Access Control) is a unique address for every network interface that connects to a network; it could be a local network (LAN) or the Internet. Devices like your Windows 10 computer, other computers, routers, phones, network printers, even the Apple TV etc. Every network device that connects to the network has a unique MAC identifier embedded in the physical hardware. MAC address is also called as “Physical Address” of a device. This guide will show how to change MAC address in Windows 10/11 without 3rd party tools/software. Why Change the MAC address in Windows 10? The ultimate truth…
We all like to set a homepage in the Chrome browser no matter where we use it, whether it can be a PC, Android or iOS – iPhone. The homepage feature in the web browser allows us to access our favourite website with a single click by default when opening the Google Chrome browser on a PC or phone. This simple guide shows how to set/change the homepage in Chrome browser on Windows PC, macOS, Linux and Android/iOS iPhone. The methods we described below for iPhone will also work for iPad and other Apple devices which have the Google Chrome…
FortiOS 5.0 onwards, changing the switch mode to interface mode in FortiGate firewall devices is different from earlier versions. I experienced this situation and could not find the option to change the switch to interface mode at the usual place. Even though I converted the mode in CLI, there is a way in GUI also. If you suddenly started using the latest Fortigate versions like 7.2, 7.x and 6.x from the earlier versions, the GUI and interface mode options will look different. This guide will be useful to convert the interface mode in Fortiagete. The straightforward option used to available…
What kind of computer do I have? What CPU my personal computer is using? How many cores are there in my CPU? What is my system configuration? If you have such questions that keep coming into your mind and want to get complete information about your device, this guide would be a beneficial resource for you. We will be discussing the eight methods in this article through which you can get information about your computer. These methods generally work on most of the Windows OS versions from 7 to 10/11. 8 Methods: What Kind of Computer Do I Have? 1)…
DISM (Deployment Image Servicing and Management) is a powerful command-line tool to repair Windows images and fix system issues. If you’re having fatal problems and unable to run apps or even use your system properly then in such terrifying situations, the DISM command in Windows comes off very handy. This article covers a full guide about the DISM command, how to use it, when to use it, and things you need to be careful about when using this tool. Where To Use the DISM Command? The DISM command is already built into Windows. You can run the command from either…
“Your computer restarted because of a problem. Press a key or wait a few seconds to continue starting up” is a common error in macOS. If you get this error on Mac computers like MacBook Pro, MacBook Air and iMac, several solutions are available on the internet to solve it. In this guide, we will look for the potential reasons and solutions to fix this problem for macOS virtual machines in VMware. We published several guides to install macOS (like Big Sur) in the VMware workstation on Windows 10/11 computers. You can apply the below solutions for these virtual machines.…
If you are using Office 365 or the latest version of Microsoft Office products, you might have noticed the AutoSave feature. The document keeps saving automatically in the background. This guide will show you how to permanently turn off Autosave in Excel 365. The idea of auto-saving is to protect your document from sudden power interruption of the computer, PC crash or not manually saving the file after doing the important changes. But sometimes, you may not need this feature to save your documents automatically with your temporary/unintentional changes. The below steps to disable the Autosave feature is applicable for…
This guide explains how to do VirtualBox P2V in Windows host OS. By this method, you can convert a physical computer which could be local or on the network (remote computer) to a virtual environment. The method is not straightforward since there are no tools available for P2V (Physical to Virtual) in VirtualBox. We can use some of the free tools to convert most of the Windows Operating Systems starting from Windows 7 to 10/11 and Server versions of Windows 2008 to the latest Windows 2019/2022 server. Methods to Do VirtualBox P2V on Windows 11/10 Here are the solid working…
