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How to Disable Windows Defender on Windows 10

2020-10-112016-03-31 by Adam Swift

In general the Defender works good and it is worth using as a basic protection. It is able to protect your machine from wide variety of threats for free. But some people in definite situations wish to disable it and they should be able to do this. Here is how to disable Windows Defender in …

How to Reset Microsoft Edge to default settings in Windows 10

2020-05-132016-03-24 by Adam Swift

MS Edge is a part of Windows 10 OS and cannot be uninstalled or removed completely like its predecessor Internet Explorer. If you experience glitches and unstable work of the Microsoft browser or just want to clear all your traces from the browser you may want to reset its settings. There are two ways to reset Edge: soft and hard reset. Here is how to reset Microsoft Edge to default settings in Windows 10.

How to force Android to use only GPS to estimate the location

2020-10-112016-03-24 by Adam Swift

As you probably know Android operating system is very smart to locate you. It uses GPS, nearby Wi-Fi networks and mobile data at the same time for better results. By saying “better” I mean faster and more accurate.

But it is not always clear which method it uses right now to locate your device. So you may want to force your Android device to use GPS only to estimate your location.

This will allow you to test the work of the GPS module in your device (test its accuracy and sensitivity) or to find out which positioning method works better in a particular area. And here is how to do this.

How to find the router’s IP address on Android

2020-10-112016-03-18 by Adam Swift

The question: I need to configure my router, but I do not have neither laptop nor desktop PC at the moment – only my Galaxy S7 smartphone. The phone is connected to my wireless network, obtains an IP and Internet is working well.

So the first thing I need to do is find the IP address of my router to be able to log in to the web interface. Could you please tell me how to find the router’s IP address on Android?

This article will be especially helpful if your router has a non-default IP address.

Windows 10 works slowly on Virtualbox. How to speed up?

2020-09-092016-03-10 by Adam Swift

The problem: Windows 10 works slowly on Virtualbox virtual machine, while Windows 7 is fast and snappy. You may see similar situations on the Internet forums. People often ask “Why is my Windows 10 so slow on virtualbox VM? I have Core i7, 16 GB of RAM, I assigned 4 cores of CPU and 4 GB of RAM to the virtual machine but the CPU usage is 100% all the time! Svchost.exe process is loading CPU to 100%” Let us see what are the possible reasons of low performance and how to speed up Windows 10 on virtual machine.

No-IP dynamic DNS: How to register a hostname and use it on your router

2020-10-112016-03-05 by Adam Swift

Almost all routers allow to assign a fixed hostname and domain name to a dynamic Internet IP address. After that you would be able to access the router remotely from anywhere. Here is how to create a free hostname at No-IP and set it up on your router.