Help Desk Articles

The Game Bar in Windows 10 tries to bring a little of that Xbox magic to Windows computers. By simply pressing the Windows key and G, you can summon the […]

Avast Antivirus uses multiple live shields, dubbed Core Shields, to protect your computer against malicious threats in real-time. But you still need to rely on the Avast user interface (UI) […]

Thanks to Microsoft’s Xinput controller standard, almost every Windows game for the past few years works seamlessly with an Xbox controller. That is, if your Xbox controller itself is properly […]

Vsync is an option that you’ll see in most PC video games and sometimes even in other applications. But what is Vsync? What does it do? Should you switch it […]

Nothing can be more frustrating than carefully compiling your work and pressing print, only for your printer to randomly produce blanks. The printer may be new or in good working […]

A patchy WiFi connection that keeps dropping out of service over and over again can be a major inconvenience. The culprit could be anything from an out-of-date router and slow […]

“I can’t throw them out, they still work…sort of. But I don’t know what to do with them!” Did you read that in your own voice? Yeah, me too.  There […]

DirectX is an API or Application Programming Interface. It acts as the middleman between the software code of video games and the hardware used to play them. Without DirectX, playing […]

So you’ve just purchased a brand new Amazon Fire tablet. You’ve hardly used it. Then, one day, you press the power button and the Amazon Fire tablet won’t turn on. […]

Do you keep running into a “Wi-Fi doesn’t have a valid IP configuration” error message while diagnosing an inactive internet connection in Windows 10? That happens when your PC fails […]

Sometimes when you install an application in Windows, you might be asked to install an additional application called Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable. One day when looking through your installed applications, […]

When you run into trouble accessing certain websites, your browser often displays an HTTP status code that helps you decipher the problem. These codes come in different types and variations, […]

Windows has a built-in troubleshooting tool that lets you diagnose connectivity problems on your computer. When this tool detects a problem with your network, it fixes them automatically. Sometimes, it […]

If you ever install a fresh copy of Windows on a hard drive, you may be asked to choose what drive partitioning standard you want to use. The choice is […]

While Discord is a great platform for communication, it’s more than just a way to send messages. One useful Discord feature is the ability to share your screen with others, […]

There are several kinds of printer problems including paper jams or low ink but few are more annoying than when a print job won’t delete. Often, simply canceling the print […]

The PlayStation 5 has been out for a few months now and, as expected of any new product launch, some bugs made it through the initial round of quality assurance. […]