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If you’re doing something that takes up a lot of processing power—converting 4K videos, say—you might wonder what’s taking so long and look at the Activity Monitor. To open Activity Monitor hit Cmd + Space then type “activity” and it should pop up. Activity Monitor can also be found under Applications > Utilities. Click on the %CPU column header to organize running processes by share of their processor usage. Anything using a high amount of processing power will appear at the top, and things will move around as your computer performs various tasks in the background....

(KNS) is NOT a Windows application. This service has earned a bad reputation over the years because of multiple PC performance issues. This service can sometimes make your PC slower and reduce your overall performance. Is Killer Network Service Bad for My PC? KNS is not certainly bad for your pc in fact, it tries to make your gaming experience better. But it has earned a bad reputation because different types of malware mirror the name “KNS” to not be detected by the antivirus system and gain invisibility....

Users complain that even if the process is terminated from Task Manager, the process will open itself again after several minutes. If the file is deleted, the executable will automatically be restored at the next boot. What is wisptis.exe? The wisptis.exe file is the executable for the handwriting feature of Microsoft office. The process is a Microsoft Pen and Touch input component, and is known to remain active even if your computer is not using a touchscreen or pen....

WABetaInfo recently reported in a tweet that the platform has lowered the video time limit to post WhatsApp status update. According to the tweet, this move has specifically affected Indian users. With this restriction, the Facebook-owned messaging platform aims to reduce internet traffic on the servers. — WABetaInfo (@WABetaInfo) March 28, 2020 As the coronavirus outbreak forced the government to lockdown India for 21 days. The lockdown that began on March 24 restricted more than 1 billion people from stepping out....

However, we are not here today to talk about what pair of headphone you should go with, We are more concerned with settling a massive debate that has been an integral part of the internet for some time. That is whether Sennheiser Headsets are better, or Bose’s. For the audiophiles, the decision and the answer are straightforward. However, for the uninitiated, it can be a complicated debate. Thankfully, we have looked into the details and managed to write this article that will help settle the debate once and for all....

Eventually, the account issued a retraction the day after: (Just give us one more day to prepare the chickens.) 🐔 — Xbox Game Studios Publishing (@XboxPublishing) October 17, 2021 — Xbox Game Studios Publishing (@XboxPublishing) October 17, 2021 Fans would have hoped that this was the confirmed new Fable title Microsoft has teased in July of last year for the PC and the Xbox Series X. Ever since it was unveiled, no other news has been heard of aside from a sound bite off a podcast interview Dropped Frames....

Older Xbox 360 Games Might be Coming Back Soon It was back in last November that Microsoft stopped adding new backward compatible games to the roster of Xbox Series X|S and Xbox Game Pass which was a pretty unfortunate sight to behold. In addition, Microsoft stopped featuring backward compatible updates for the newer hardware. However, this was before the time of the Activision Blizzard acquisition deal, and keeping this in mind, a new rumor suggests that the deal might add an extra batch of older generation titles to the newer generation hardware and Xbox Game Pass service....

Xiaomi has added a Qualcomm processor to take control of handling tasks. The processor has 4 Cortex A56 cores clocked at 1.2GHz, and an NPU clocked at 1.5GHz. The 14nm chipset serves as the brains of the router. It can also offload some tasks to the NPU to increase the stability of the system. One would think that such a system wouldn’t require a robust cooling system, yet Redmi has put in a Aluminium alloy heat sink, which sits under large cooling vents....

– An excerpt from WSJ Google is internally referring to the new service as “channel store“, and apparently the service has been in development for the last 18 months. YouTube already has YouTube TV, which is a packaged cable service, starting at $64.99. The new YouTube “channel store” will be very similar, but now on the default YouTube app. This is a very smart move from Google, as it finally allows them to leverage their strength....

🔴 RX 6800XT > 🟢 RTX 3090TI this is reality. 🔥RADEON MONSTER PROFILE (RMP) More in the slides…😎 pic.twitter.com/WnVUJOdmuR — Yuri Bubliy 🇺🇦 (@1usmus) September 24, 2022 The Radeon Monster Profile, according to Yuri, employs a unique voltage/frequency curve with a mix of particular parameters to maximize the wattage and performance of AMD’s Radeon GPUs. The graphics card may then perform to its full extent. RMP devotes special attention to the memory sub-system, where the operating voltage may be cut by 6%, resulting in lower power and lower heat output on the GDDR6 memory modules, even if the GPU is the primary component of any graphics card....

Event ID 10: A TCG Command Has Returned an Error Before moving on with the solutions, check if booting your system with the bare minimums resolve the issue. Also, check if using the system in the maximum performance (not balanced) mode resolves the issue. Moreover, make sure you attempt the mentioned solutions with an administrator account. Run the Windows Update and ‘Hardware & Devices’ Troubleshooters The TCG command issue could be a result of a temporary glitch of the system’s hardware or Windows Update (if an update is failing to install again and again), which may get cleared by running the Windows built-in Hardware & Devices or the Windows Update Troubleshooters and thus solve the problem....

However, this application has been reported to cause increased usage of the battery power and continues the drainage of battery even in the background. In this article, we will provide you with methods which you can apply to disable the application on your mobile phone. How to Prevent Gear VR Services from Running in the Background? The Gear VR Service causes a lot of battery drain on many devices although it is not actively being used by the user....

It’s certainly reassuring that we’re not dealing with a malware infection, but this pop-up has the potential to ruin some of your evenings. A lot of users have reported that whenever this pop-up appears, they immediately get thrown out of any fullscreen application that they are running at that moment. As you can imagine, this is not something you’ll want to happen when playing games or watching a movie. This particular issue has been consistently reported by Windows 10 users since April 15th, 2017....

With iOS 12, Siri suggestions got more updated and smarter than the previous versions of iOS. Proactive Siri suggestions have become a big feature with the new Shortcuts app which automatically allows you to recommend and perform various activities. However, the use of Siri Suggestions can be overwhelming to you as a user of the devices with the updated versions of iOS. You may not be in need of these suggestions, hence, rendered useless and time wasting....

Disabling Run Command through the Local Group Policy Editor The Local Group Policy Editor is an administrative tool that allows Windows users to modify their operating system. There is a specific policy setting to disable the Run command from the Start Menu and some other places in your system. The settings in the Group Policy Editor also provide information about that setting which can be helpful before configuring it on your system....

Extracting a .tar.gz File by 7-Zip 7-Zip is a free and open-source file archiver software for compressing and decompressing files. It is a third-party light-weight application for Windows and does the job of extracting pretty well. It takes only a few steps to extract the .tar.gz file in Windows by using the 7-Zip. Users can extract the files to the same location of the .tar.gz file or provide a different directory where they want to extract files....

What Causes “Error Code: 0x800c0005” on OneDrive? As it turns out, there are several different culprits that might end up causing this error code on Windows or Xbox One: Disable 3rd party Firewall According to some affected users, this problem can also occur due to an overprotective AV suite that ends up blocking the connection with the external server, which ends up producing the 0x8004005 error code. If you’re using a 3rd party suite, you should go ahead and uninstall it before trying the procedure that is currently failing and see if this ends up fixing the issue for you....

The amount of errors you are able to receive with each copy of Windows increases exponentially with the number of programs you have installed and know that each program can cause some issues, no matter who developed it and how. Let’s check out this audio-related problem. This particular error message is related to the Conexant Audio Filter Agent, which is an integral component of Conexant High Definition Audio program. Some computers arrive with this program built-in which makes the issue even more complicated because users are not sure whether they should remove it or not....

What Causes the “Failed to Retrieve Directory Listing” Error on FileZilla? After receiving numerous reports from multiple users, we decided to investigate the issue and devised a set of solutions that eradicated it for most of our users. Also, we looked into the reasons due to which this issue is triggered and listed some of the most common ones below. Now that you have a basic understanding of the nature of the problem, we will move on towards the solutions....

Quite recently, there have been many reports of the messenger app not working and the user is unable to view, send or receive messages. In this article, we will discuss some of the reasons due to which this issue might be triggered and also provide some viable solutions to eradicate it completely. Make sure to follow the steps carefully and accurately to avoid conflict. What Prevents Messenger from Working With Facebook?...