… if by “life”, you mean “absolutely everything you do in Windows 11”, that is. And Windows is life, right? And Narrator in Windows is a life saver for people with vision impairment, if they can’t afford a real screen reader (I know – that sounds heretical, like saying that…Continue reading How to disable Narrator.exe from narrating your life?
This article explains how to tweak Windows Search so that it finds something. Or better yet – that it finds even the files that your applications are trying to HIDE from you (by storing your personal files under Application Data folder)! Microsoft is actively trying to hide these files from…Continue reading Windows Search not finding anything? That might be the default now, but you don’t need to accept it!
This article explains how to uninstall Skype for Business when it’s not visible in your Control Panel, Settings, Installed apps or Programs and features. This article also (accidentally) underlines the futility of using a separate uninstaller application. They’ll typically introduce more trouble than they’re worth. But let’s get to it.…Continue reading How to remove Skype for Business, if it sneaks back onto your machine?
This article explains how to get your built-in webcam back after a Windows 11 update (in my case, February 2025 Cumulative Update package) hides/disables it. The weird thing is, the camera is visible in the Device Manager. No app can see it though. And trying to update the driver through…Continue reading Adventures in the Windows 11 24H2-land: How to restore your webcam after February 2025 Patch breaks it?
This article explains one possible fix to a problem you might have with Microsoft’s “Phone Link” app. Namely, the app might disappear and refuse to come back. Windows might even stop you from trying to re-enable it with an error along the lines of “Some of these settings are managed…Continue reading “Phone Link” permanently disabled and Windows claiming “Some of these settings are managed by your organization”? (Probably) an easy fix!
This article explains how to fix an issue where FancyZones (from the fantastic Windows PowerToys toolset) fails to work because it conflicts with the built-in window management in Windows 11. I guess it’s too much to ask for a level of coordination here from Microsoft… Oh well. Anyway – I…Continue reading How to fix PowerToys FancyZones in Windows 11?
Well this one was a doozy. My Start Menu stopped working. And that wasn’t nice as I kind of need that. Anyway. Found a couple of ways to try and fix this. One even worked. Wrote them down for your reference (and mine, to be honest). Find them below. (I…Continue reading “Critical Error – Your Start menu isn’t working”
