“Something went wrong and your PIN isn’t available (status: 0xc000006d)” is another variation of the error. This tutorial highlights troubleshooting fixes for the 0xc000006d error code and similar error messages. Reboot Your Computer Shut down your PC and turn it on before trying the troubleshooting recommendations below. Press and hold down your computer’s power button until the screen goes black. Wait for 15-30 for your computer to shut down completely, and press the power button again to turn it back on....

While you don’t have to panic, this is an important error that you need to resolve before you keep using your computer. So let’s see how to fix a CPU fan error message. What Is a CPU Fan? CPUs or Central Processing Units are the “brains” of your computer. The CPU is the main unit that does the number crunching that lets your computer work. It uses electricity to do this and some of that electricity is converted into heat in the process....

A blank “Save As” screen in Adobe Acrobat Reader shows up when the application has trouble connecting to Adobe’s cloud storage service—a.k.a. the Adobe Document Cloud. The same issue can occur in Adobe Acrobat Pro. Work through the solutions below, and you should be able to fix the blank “Save As” screen in Adobe Acrobat on your PC or Mac. Disable Adobe Acrobat’s Online Storage Options The easiest way to fix the blank “Save As” screen in Adobe Acrobat involves configuring the application to stop loading Adobe cloud services....

In this article, we’ll show you nine ways to fix Outlook search. We’ll start with the easiest and most likely fix, so try these solutions in the order in which they’re listed. Note: There are several versions of Outlook, and we’ll try to cover as many as possible wherever the process varies between versions. 1. Restart Outlook Using the Task Manager The first thing to try is simply restarting Outlook....

However, with the release of iOS 15, iPadOS 15, and macOS 12 Monterey, Apple surprisingly relaxed its grip on FaceTime by allowing Android users to participate in one-on-one and group video calls (albeit with lots of restrictions). About FaceTime for Android FaceTime is not available as an app for your Android smartphone or tablet, but you can still participate in FaceTime video chats. How? You just need a FaceTime link from an iPhone, iPad, or Mac running iOS 15, iPadOS 15, or macOS Monterey....

We’ll show you how to prevent your antivirus from deleting files automatically without your approval. This tutorial will cover steps for Windows Defender and popular third-party antivirus software—Avast, AVG, BitDefender, etc. Before you proceed, confirm that the file(s) is safe and won’t damage your PC and data before exempting it from antivirus scans. Excluding a (harmful) file from being deleted may increase your PC’s vulnerability to malware attacks and other threats....

The tools I will be suggesting for use in this article are highly recommended. The software suggested has long been known to do a great job at picking up malware that sometimes gets past the typical quick anti-virus scans. Please understand that you should follow each step carefully, and in order. This is a multi-step guide that must be completed from beginning to end. Get Started With Removing Malware From Your Computer First, it’s time to get the software you will need for this guide....

If you rely on Edge for your web browsing sessions, you might want to look into how to repair Microsoft Edge on your Windows 10 PC to make your browsing experience smooth and efficient. Reboot Your PC Rebooting your PC is an easy way to fix many issues in Windows 10 as it resets many temporary settings. To reboot Windows PC, open the Start menu, select the power icon, and select Restart....

On most Android phones, it’s very easy to not only split your screen between two apps, but open as many apps as you want at the same time. This feature is of course going to work better on tablets, but you can do it on a standard Android smartphone too. If your Android phone doesn’t have access to this feature, don’t worry, we’ll suggest some free apps at the end of the article you can try instead....

And don’t say that you can click a photo with your smartphone. Pics of LED screens seldom look good or readable, as cameras aren’t really meant for photographing light sources directly. For screenshotting web pages, you can use the utilities built into the browser, but that doesn’t help you during general computer usage. No, you need a way to take a screenshot from within Windows 11. Thankfully, there are multiple methods of doing so....

Whether it’s due to privacy concerns or any other reason, it doesn’t seem very straightforward to turn the OK Google feature on or off on your phone. In fact it doesn’t seem easy to adjust many of the Google Assistant settings. It’s for this reason that we’re going to offer this guide on how to turn OK Google on or off whenever you like, and also other useful settings you may want to adjust....

You can use the Spotify sleep timer to preserve your phone’s battery, stop playing music when you’ve fallen asleep, or use it as a general timer. We’ll show you how to find the sleep timer in Spotify, as well as provide tips on how to use it. The sleep timer is available on Spotify’s mobile app for iPhone, iPad, or Android. However, the feature has not been added to the desktop version....

In this article you’ll find steps to whiten teeth in portrait photographs, as well as making it look natural. Too white of teeth can make a picture look fake, so it’s good to know the techniques available to whiten teeth in Photoshop. Whiten Teeth in Photoshop With Hue & Saturation The best way to whiten teeth in Photoshop is through using the Hue & Saturation adjustment layer on your image....

While these big names fight for dominance, another name is in the frame as a top, beginner-friendly distro: Linux Mint. Linux Mint and Ubuntu share a lot of similarities, but there are also important differences to consider. To help you choose between Linux Mint vs Ubuntu, we’ve compared the pros and cons in this helpful guide. Ubuntu vs Linux Mint: Same But Different Ubuntu, first released back in 2004, has risen to the top of the Linux hierarchy as one of the most popular Linux distro for desktop PCs and servers alike....

Regardless of why your files are now gone, there’s a clever feature in Windows (since Vista) that might just save your bacon. It’s called the Volume Shadow Copy and it acts as an automated backup solution that automatically stores copies of files in the background. Most users are completely unaware of the shadow copy and, unfortunately, the built-in tool to access previous versions in Windows isn’t particularly user friendly....

However, if you must work with the option and you’d like it enabled, there are a few ways to do it. Basically, you can just go into the Settings app and enable an option and it’ll activate the option for you. You can enable the option for both default and custom themes but the steps are slightly different for each theme type. Fixing The Grayed Out Start, Taskbar, & Action Center Option With a Default Theme One of the quickest ways to fix the option and to make it modifiable is to enable the default theme that comes preloaded on your Windows computer....

Linux-based operating systems, like Ubuntu, are great replacements for Windows 10 on certain PCs—as long as you’re aware of the limitations. Ubuntu isn’t the only Windows challenger out there, but it is one of the best. To help you decide between Ubuntu vs Windows 10, let’s run through the pros and cons of both platforms. Functionality, Personalization and Ease of Use Windows is still the market leader for desktop and laptop computing, with a familiar interface that has evolved over decades....

I had no clue what that meant, even though changing the permissions fixed the problem. I’ve now realized Linux permissions aren’t all that complicated, you just have to understand the system. In this article, I’ll talk about Linux permissions on a high-level and show you how to use the chmod command to change permissions for files and folders. Linux Permissions & Levels In Linux, there are basically three permissions that you will normally have to worry about: read, write and execute....

Thanks to Google and cloud computing in general, nowadays you have fully functional office productivity suites that you can run straight from your browser. Once Google came out with Google Docs, Sheets and Slides, it kind of forced Microsoft to rethink their whole Office strategy. Now Microsoft has a free version of their Office suite that you can use online to create and edit files. In this article, I’ll show you a couple of different tools you can use to open PDFs, Microsoft Office files, Photoshop files, etc....

If you want quality audio and expect to be blown away, then a headphone amp might be just what you need. What Is a Headphone Amp? In essence any audio amplifier is a device that takes a signal which has relatively low strength and reproduces it at a higher power level. We perceive that higher power level as more loudness. However, not all amplifiers are equal. A good amplifier does more than simply make your music louder....