Spotify may be killing your SSD or HDD There is a bug somewhere in the app which is affecting the lifespan of users’ HDD and SSD. The app is continuously writing tens & hundreds of gigabytes of unimportant data to the drive. How is Spotify affecting your HDD/SDD Several users have started reporting this problem since June in the company’s support forum, Reddit as well as Hacker News. According to them, Spotify app is writing as much as 5 GB to nearly 10 GB of unnecessary data per hour to the hard drive and accumulating approximately 700 GB of junk data if the app is left running for more than a single day....

These are the notifications you will receive if you are dealing with this problem. “16-bit MS-DOS SubsystemC:\Windows\system32\cmd.execonfig.nt. The system file is not suitable for running MS-DOS and Microsoft Windows applications. Choose ‘Close” to terminate the application.” “16-bit MS-DOS Subsystempath to the program that you are trying to run or installC:\Windows\System32\config.nt The system file is not suitable for running MS-DOS and Microsoft Windows applications. Choose ‘Close’ to terminate the application.” “16-bit MS-DOS Subsystempath to the program that you are trying to run or installconfig....

There was a failure in preparing the backup image of one of the volumes in the backup set (0x807800C5) When you encounter this issue, you’ll receive the following full error message; System Image Backup errors 0x807800C5 and 0xC03A0005 If you’re faced with any of these error codes, you can try our recommended solutions and see if any of them help you resolve the issue. The backup failed.There was a failure in preparing the backup image of one of the volumes in the backup set....

TCP/IP Manager for Windows 10 TCP/IP Manager can be downloaded for free and consumes less than 500KB of your hard disk space. It is an open-source tool that makes changing network settings a one-click operation. You all will agree that it is not only tiring but a time-consuming task to manually change the TCP/IP network settings every time you switch to a different environment. Say you are in your office then switching to your office network from the home network may require a different DNS setting....

Microsoft Teams error – The file is locked Microsoft Teams users can encounter Sorry, we ran into a problem, The file is locked issue. If you face this problem, try these solutions to resolve the error: 1] Leave the Team and rejoin it You can leave a team at any time by simply going to the team name, clicking More options (visible as 3 horizontal dots and selecting the ‘Leave the team’ option....

The File or Folder does not exist The options you have are: 1] Restart your PC and try once Try the simplest! Restart your PC and try once again and see if it works. 2] Potential Registry corruption It is quite likely that the issue is being caused due to deletion of the Registry branch: If you have installed update KB938979 by using vLite, edited Windows system files, you are most likely to be facing this problem....

What causes The modified permissions cannot be saved error? The error occurs when edit permission on the shared calendar is changed to give delegate permission or remove an old entry from the list of users. These changes are not saved, and the error shows up. It does not happen when creating a new calendar, but the permission to copy from the old calendar into a new one doesn’t work. According to users who have reported the issue, it happened in a hybrid environment with on-premises Exchange and Office 365 sync with each other....

Moods Theme for Windows 7 Color, without our realizing it, can have a profound effect on how we feel both mentally and physically. Let these colors influence your Moods The credit for these wallpapers goes to the wallpaper creator. We have simply created a theme and uploaded it to our servers. Download this theme and let us know how you liked using it. You might want to check out our One World Theme for Windows 7 too....

When you encounter this issue, you’ll receive the following full error message with code; You are most likely to encounter this error if your display driver is corrupted or missing. The error can also occur if you are using an old/incompatible NVIDIA driver or maybe you have recently received a faulty update for your graphics driver. The NVIDIA OpenGL driver detected a problem with the display driver If you have stumbled on The NVIDIA OpenGL driver detected a problem with the display driver issue on your Windows 11/10 PC, you can try our recommended solutions in the order presented below to fix the error on your system....

Once the user presses the ESC button, another message says Abnormal Status Reported by Rapid Storage Technologies UTFI driver. Post that, the process repeats. What is happening here? While the first error message is not that important, the second one that says Abnormal Status Reported by Rapid Storage Technologies UTFI driver points to incompatibility between Rapid Storage Technologies and the computer hardware. It ultimately points to Intel Optane memory. It’s a technology that Intel has built to ensure faster retrieval of files, almost zero lag, the quick launch of programs, and so on....

The error commonly occurs due to invalid DNS settings on the workstation, because Active Directory requires the use of domain DNS (and not router’s address) to work properly. The error can also occur due to IPv6 (if configured) is not working. The specified domain either does not exist or could not be contacted Assuming that your Active Directory Domain Controller (and DNS Server) is a Windows Server machine and is responsible for the local domain and has the IP Address of 123....

It is a fatal error that results in crashing your game. You might experience it when starting the game or in the middle of gameplay. Now, if you are one of the affected users facing the same error, here is a complete guide for you. In this post, we are going to discuss several fixes that will help you get rid of the error at hand. Why am I getting Back 4 Blood UE4-Gobi Fatal Error?...

The complete error message is as follows: There was an error communicating with the Steam servers When you see this error message on Steam, wait some time and check again. If the problem was occurring due to the server outage, the error would get fixed automatically after some time. If the error doesn’t go away by itself, restart Steam. The following steps will help you. Now, check if the error occurs again or not....

These files have properties that can’t be read To fix These files have properties that can’t be read, so we couldn’t add them error in Video Editor or Photos app in Windows 11/10, follow these suggestions: 1] Repair potentially corrupted video file You will usually receive this error message if the image or video file is corrupted. See if you can repair the corrupted video file. 2] Add the source folder manually Let’s assume that you need to open a file from an included folder in the Photos app....

This device is currently waiting on another device (Code 51) The thing about the situation is that there is no fixed resolution. It is best to wait for a few minutes, but if the issue stays around much longer, then here is what you can do: Your account should be an administrator account to execute these suggestions. 1] Unplug and replug the hardware If the device causing this issue is hardware, which you can remove and unplug easily, we suggest doing that....

Many people have faced this error even when they have removed the Work or School account from their computers. If you are one of them, you need to delete a folder called Ngc. There are two ways to delete that folder from your computer. First, you can use File Explorer. Second, you can use the Command Prompt or the Command Prompt instance in Windows Terminal. The necessity of the second method appears if you fail to delete this folder due to not having the correct permission....

Track Power Usage & monitor Trend in Task Manager of Windows 11/10 Earlier the main memory column in the Task Manager Processes tab was used to show the memory used by the suspended UWP processes. This is not available anymore. Under the new memory management model, OS can reclaim memory used by these suspended UWP processes when needed. The claimed memory can then be used somewhere else when needed by other processes....

Troubleshoot Surface Type Cover or Keyboard Connectivity Issues Before we start, make sure you check if Surface Cover is torn or needs physical repair or replacement, if under warranty. You can get over to Microsoft Device page, and check. You should have your keyboard registered, and talk to customer care about it. Make sure to have the latest driver Installed Make sure to install latest Windows Updates for your Surface. This will also install the latest drives to make sure it is compatible with Surface and Windows 10....

TunnelBear VPN review Easy Installation – No Crapware Installation is easy. When it asked for installing Microsoft .Net, I thought I will have to reboot, but it wasn’t necessary. I got the VPN working without any reboot; neither did the installer ask for a reboot. I did not find any crapware embedded as is the case with most free programs. Probably, the builders of TunnelBear are sure that people using their product, will upgrade to paid versions....

Why is Ubuntu on VirtualBox so slow? A very logical reason why Ubuntu runs slow on your system is the lack of resources. If you have a ton of applications running in the background, you can’t be expecting VirtualBox to run smoothly. It needs some resources and when you distribute your CPU, GPU, RAM to other apps as well, VirtualBox is left with scarce resources. Talking about resources, when you create the VM, you allocate RAMs, CPUs, etc to it....