What’s causing the Windows Update Error 0xc8000247? We investigated this particular issue by looking at various user reports and the repair strategies that are commonly being used to resolve this error message. As it turns out, several different scenarios will trigger the Windows Update Error 0xc8000247. Here’s a shortlist with culprits that might be responsible: If you’re also encountering this issue and you’re looking for a fix, this article will provide you with several troubleshooting guides that should help you to identify and resolve the problem that’s ultimately throwing this error....

We live in a free world, so people who want to have their USB drives formatted to FAT32 deserve to be able to format their USB drives to FAT32 even though the file system is clearly inferior to NTFS in almost every way. You can format a USB drive to FAT32 quite easily using a Windows computer. To format a USB drive and convert it from NTFS or any other kind of file system to the FAT32 file system, all you need to do is: Windows will begin formatting the USB drive....

Each router will have a different installation process but this is mainly due to the difference in the User Interface. The overall process is similar and involves the same basic steps. However, we still recommend doing some research on your specific router in order to get some additional information. DD-WRT is a Linux based open source firmware that will let you do a plethora of cool stuff with your router....

Smart Home Systems that are already available in the market are very costly. If you have the necessary components and an android device, you can make a home automation system at home which will be equally efficient but will be very low in cost. Go through these two articles to make your own Home Automation System at home. How To Develop An Android Application For Home Automation? We are going to develop an android app that will be used as a remote control to control the electrical home appliances that were connected to the ESP32 module in the other article....

Method 1: Changing the Permission of the Folder/File By changing the permission of a folder/file, you can disable the access for any function over that. This can be done for any file/folder in Windows by changing the permissions through the properties. This is also the best option for changing the permission for standard users and can be reverted only by the administrator. Method 2: Creating Undeletable File/Folder with the Name of Windows Reserved Keywords You cannot use a few keywords for creating files and folders....

To open these files on Windows 10, the best thing is to export the WDB file in CSV format to Microsoft Office (Excel/Access); if you have access to an older version of Windows with Microsoft Works installed. If not, then things get a bit tricky. Files having the WDB file extension are associated with World of Warcraft The database cache files, created by World of Warcraft, also uses the WDB file extension....

Sometimes, this situation gets extremely annoying for the user especially when he is performing an important activity and his email notifications are continuously popping up hence causing a disturbance in his work. Therefore, you feel the need for pausing your emails for the time you are busy doing something important. The Pause feature restricts your new emails from coming to your inbox for a specified time period. In this article, we will discuss the method with the help of which you can pause your Gmail inbox....

Playing Without a PS4 If you’re not committed enough to the PS4 ecosystem to purchase a PlayStation console, you can use a service known as PlayStation Now to enjoy limited PS4 services and features. PS Now has a large catalog of more than 300 PlayStation 3 games which are available to play on a PC. Users also don’t have to completely download the game, as they are available to stream for those who have a quick Internet connection....

Both Excel and the Google cloud equivalent (Google Sheets) have features that will allow you to delete any unnecessary duplicates from your spreadsheet. In what follows below, we are going to showcase a list of methods capable of automatically removing duplicate rows. Removing Duplicate Entries from Google Sheets On Microsoft Excel, removing duplicate rows is extremely easy because the feature is built into the software. You should be able to replicate the steps below regardless of the Excel version that you’re using (desktop or cloud)....

Aside from KingoRoot’s shady practices, the KingoRoot SuperUser app is fairly buggy in comparison to the more trusted, stable SuperSU app. Of course, SuperSU depends on being rooted with a SuperSU.zip being flashed in recovery, which most KingoRoot users are unable to do – the good news is that a new method of replacing KingoRoot with SuperSU via scripts has surfaced. In this guide, I will walk you through replacing KingoRoot with SuperSU on your rooted device....

Even though this action is arguably good for the security of the end-user, there are still a lot of users reliant on FTP. Fortunately for them, there are ways to bring this functionality back on both Chrome and Firefox. Why did Google, Microsoft, and Mozilla end FTP Support? Looking at the issue from a broad perspective, there are two main reasons why every major browser is now moving away from FTP (File Transfer Protocol):...

Nexus phones are developer friendly, therefore their rooting process is easy and available. Today we are going to use CF-Auto root to root Nexus devices, and we will add the Moto series (including Moto G, 4G, first and second generation, and also the Moto X, first, second and Pure edition), CF-Auto root is a script that allows you to root your phone and unlock your boot loader with minimum work and least modifications....

How To Integrate Basic Electrical Components For Designing Circuit? Now as we know the abstract of the project, let us move forward and gather different information to start working. We will first make a list of the components and then assemble all the components together to make a working system. We will make this circuit on a PCB board and then place it outside so that it can detect the weather properly....

There are quite a few ways to get rid of an application which is installed on your computer even though some of them are related to each other. It’s definitely not impossible and it’s quite easy in most cases, except for the ones where the application is registered as harmful and dangerous for your computer. Uninstalling WinRar (64-bit) From Windows OS WinRAR is a trialware file archiver utility for Windows, developed by Eugene Roshal of win....

How to Unlock the Xiaomi Mi5 Boot loader and Root – Official Request While locked boot loaders are often a point of contention for Android enthusiasts, Xiaomi offers an official method to unlock your Xiaomi Mi5 boot loader. However, it takes a bit of prep work – namely, a Xiaomi forum account in good reputation. While anyone can create an account and submit an unlock request, it has surfaced that priority is given to Xiaomi forum accounts with a certain post threshold....

There are two gaming scenarios that you may need to configure your Nintendo Switch Pro controller to your PC for. The first is to play games through the Steam Engine. The second is to play non-Steam PC games with their own independent clients. For each of the two scenarios, the steps for configuration are slightly different. You can connect the controller through the wire or wirelessly via Bluetooth. All you will need to get started are your PC that you want to configure with, your Nintendo Switch Pro controller, and a USB C cable to process the pairing....

But what if I told you that these amazing VST plug-ins can actually be used in Foobar2000, one of the most popular audio players for PC? Professional parametric equalizers like Fabfilter Pro-Q 2, or impulse response loaders like Pulse, applied to your music as DSP effects? And trust us, while Foobar is awesome, a professional parametric equalizer like Fabfilter Pro-Q 2 blows Foobar’s native EQ out of the water. In this guide, we’ll show you how to install the VST wrapper component for Foobar, and properly configure it for accepting VSTs to greatly enhance your audio experience....

Installing Homebrew and Wake on LAN through Homebrew Most of the packages are installed through the package managers. If you don’t have homebrew (package manager) already installed on your macOS, then you need to install it. You can install Wake on Lan through homebrew. We are going to merge the steps of installing homebrew and Wake on Lan in this method. However, if you already have the homebrew or other package manager installed then skip installing the homebrew in the below steps....

A required device isn’t connected or can’t be accessed. (Error Code 0xc0000185) What’s causing the 0x0000185 error code on Windows 10? tie_list type=”plus”] Kernel sub-system issue – According to several different affected users, one of the most common causes that will trigger this issue is a corrupted kernel sub-system file that ends up effectively breaking the booting sequence. If this scenario is applicable, you can get the issue resolved by using the Automated Repair utility to repair the corrupted sub-system components....

Intel just held its Intel Extreme Masters (IEM) 2022 exhibition in Dallas, United States, where we got possibly our first look at the upcoming flagship Arc A-Series GPU in the flesh. Posted up in a glass box with no name or any other details, the GPU was able to be captured by @theBryceIsRt who uploaded the pictures on Twitter. We can see that this is the exact same GPU Intel teased at the end of their Arc A-Series mobile launch event in March....