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Games that run on i3 8100/Intel UHD Graphics 630 or newer processors without discrete graphics card. You may have to set low graphic settings in the newer games. In no particular order: Prince of Persia: Sands of Time Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones Prince of Persia: Warrior Within Prince of Persia 4 Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas GTA 4 GTA 5 Far Cry 1 Far Cry 2 Far Cry 3 Far Cry 4 Far Cry Primal Mafia 2 Tarzan Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit Need for Speed: Carbon Need for Speed: Most Wanted (2005) Need for Speed: Most Wanted (2012) Angry Birds Call of Duty 1 Doom 3 Bully Total Overdose Gun HALO Hitman: Silent Assassin Just Cause Just Cause 2 Limbo Madagascar MotoGP 2 Max Payne 2 Neighbors From Hell: 1 Neighbors From Hell: 2 Road rash Project IGI: I’m Going In WWE: RAW 2007 Lara Croft: Tomb Raider: Anniversary

Better suited to solo producers, streamers, and other creatives.  Pros: Easy to setup and use Everything can be controlled from the EVO control software Provides enough output to use with high-impedance headphones (My DT 990 250 Ohm works fine) Cons: One knob controls everything - mic gain, headphones/speaker volume. No independent volume control for headphones and speakers (only available in EVO 8). Speaker output will be muted when headphones are plugged in (Smart mute). If you're planning to upgrade your setup to something with a recording booth in the future, it's better to choose another interface. Choose an interface with separate volume controls for headphones and speakers. 

It is budget friendly but the quality is average. Just don't buy it if you use it for any type of work that requires precise movement. The keys feel low quality. The mouse wheel doesn't register the scrolling accurately.  If you spend a little more you could buy the better ones from Logitech itself. 

I'm not a gamer but I do music production. I've been working with music since 2014. And I tried many keyboards, but I'd have to buy new ones every 1-2 years. The keys get damaged easily because I need to use the keyboard for long hours every day. Then I bought Cosmic Byte CB-GK-02 in 2019. It felt bigger than normal computer keyboards. At first, I didn't feel comfortable because the keys felt different than normal keyboards. But I got used to it pretty easily. At the time of writing, the keyboard works just as new. A few keys have lost a little bit of paint on top. But the letters are still clearly visible. It has RGB lights with different patterns. You can toggle on and off the lights with the dedicated key next to the right Ctrl key on the keyboard. The light pattern can be changed with Fn + 1,2,3...9 keys. The keyboard won't remember the light pattern you set, so you'll have to set it each time you turn on the computer. I just use the default light pattern.  ...

Causes of file deletion:   1. Keyboard malfunction Check the delete key on your keyboard. If it is jammed, the files could be deleted. Try cleaning the keyboard and pressing the delete key to bring it back up. If you think you can't do it on your own; especially if it is a laptop keyboard you might want to get it repaired at the shop. 2. Virus Infection Computer viruses can do all sorts of things to your computer. Scan your computer with your antivirus. You have the updated version, right? Do a full scan, remove any infections that is found.

So, today I was working on the music production program and the keyboard shortcuts were not functioning. I went through all the settings of the program. But I couldn't find anything that changed the keyboard functions. 1. Control panel settings You might wanna check the "Make the keyboard easier to use" in the Ease of Access Center from the Control Panel in Windows. You can disable all those features and the computer will function normally. These features are less likely to interfere with the functioning of keyboard shortcuts in other programs though. 2. Keyboard keys If some key is jammed, the keyboard shortcuts won't function. If a key is jammed, the computer would be receiving a different key combination when you try a shortcut. So, check each key on the keyboard to see if something is jammed. If you find one, try bringing it back up by pressing it. Clean the keyboard. If it still doesn't work, you might wanna replace the keyboard.

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From my experience, there is no anti virus program that can protect your computer perfectly. Today's viruses are disabling anti viruses itself. I'm not saying that you  should not use an anti virus. I highly recommend you use one, let it be free or paid. You are not done yet! The anti virus program must be updated to deliver the best protection. And I see, still viruses can get away from these anti viruses. Check this list to find if your computer is infected Common symptoms: Unknown entries in the start up list of Windows Executable files getting created when you run programs (This can also happen in removable medias) Files/folders in removable media disappears Programs functioning weird (failing to start/crashing/hanging up) You see multiple processes of the programs in task manager (eg. When you run Mozilla Firefox, you see more than one instance of firefox.exe in task manager's processes list) Random programs using your internet connection Virus affected ...

I know you'll be curious with the title of the post. The title itself is a warning guys, never try to see if it is true. I have run into or seen all these situations. #1 Fake virus pranks are fun. But, it doesn't always end happily. You probably be using batch programs. It is possible to format, shutdown, copy and do all kinds of crazy things with them. So, you have to know what you are doing. #2 Remove and add drive address from the Disk management, you have crashed the boot loader. The Windows will work normally, until you shutdown. But when you start your computer next time, it won't start up. You will have to use the Windows disc to repair it. #3 Formatting the system drive from another Operating System you installed side by side to Windows. This is similar to the above scenario. But one difference, you would have to reinstall Windows. Even if you had two versions of Windows, without bootloader none would work. You also have to be careful when repartitionin...

Adwares are programs that show advertisements when you use them. Some paid software offer a free option with ads. Most of the legit software removes those advertisements if you pay for that software. They are usually not harmful to users. But, There is also malware that installs these programs without your permission. One time I was trying to install some software and it installed some extension that showed ads on the browser. If you want to remove that adware, remove the software that came from. If you don't know which is that software, just restore windows to a recent restore point using Backup and Restore. If the adware is integrated into Mozilla Firefox, there most probably be a separate installation for the adware. Check Program and Features for any unusual software and uninstall them. In case you install the program it will install again by itself. To avoid this go to Start up a folder in Windows and delete any unwanted start-up items. To open the start-up folder, search on ...

Most of the websites where people interact and post content like forums and chat rooms, they will have a system to block spammers. They will check for unusual behavior from the users. If you do anything against their rules, it is very likely they block you IP address. If they block you can't use that website anymore. Spammers are usually subjected to ban. At the same time some normal users too get blocked for no reason. The website mostly allows a contact form if you haven't done anything wrong. They claims that they will give access. But most of the time, the websites wouldn't respond to these messages. Thus you lost access to a website for no reason. But if there is a problem, there will be a solution too. You just have to find. I have found out what to do about this. If you get banned for no reason, the best option is to contact them. If they doesn't respond in the time limit they say, you can try this methods to gain access to the websites. This method will work ...

I don't know if this post is relevant today, Everyone has an unlimited internet plan! Anyway it would be useful in someway. This time I am sharing some tips to reduce internet data usage. #1 Quit all unwanted programs while browsing. #2 Disable automatic start up of unwanted programs from System configuration. Type "msconfig" in Run to open System configuration. #3 Use an antivirus and maintain it updated. Scan regularly. Viruses may connect to internet. #4 Turn off Windows update. #5 Never stream video or audio files. If you really want it, download them. Because, if you download it, you can see it whenever you want. Else you would have to lose data again for streaming media files. #6 Go to Services. Click on the service "Background Intelligent Transfer Service". Right click on it, click on Properties. Change the Start up type to Manual. Click on OK. This will save you a good amount of Internet data. I want every drop of it! This is going...

If the subtitles are not showing, there are two possibilities. The file may be corrupt or KMPlayer is not configured correctly. First turn on subtitles - Right click in the KMP window, click on Subtitles > Show/Hide Subtitles. Now the subtitles are activated. If you have subtitle file, it should be showing now. But if there is no subtitle present or is not configured properly, it won't work. The easiest way to setup subtitles is to rename the subtitle to same name as the video file and keep them in same location. For example, if the video file is test.mkv, then the subtitle file should be named test.srt and kept in same folder. If the subtitle file is in another location, right click on KMP window, Subtitles > Load Subtitle... and browse for the file. Now the subtitle will run. If you have any problem following this, you can leave a comment.

This is going to be interesting and let's start right away: Desktop Some things got to change, We will customize your computer first: Change the wallpaper That sounds simple! You probably would be using the same Windows theme since it was installed! Change it to something cool, let it be your favorite film artwork, game wallpaper, personal photos or anything.   Live Wallpapers You didn't know this right? You might have seen them in smart phones, but not in computers. Look up on Google.   Themes Customize the Windows theme you are using. Change it totally! Right click on Desktop > Personalize. Here you can customize themes. I wrote a blog post on How To Save To Disk And Transfer Windows Themes   Use the “Gadgets” Windows has a feature called gadgets, I think Windows 8 doesn't have this. I thought it slowed down my system, so I didn't use it.   Screen Savers Screen savers are so cool! My favorite is the “Matrix” effect from the mov...

How to speed up my computer? This is one question I have heard many times. And you will find many answers on the internet. So what is special about this post? I'm sharing all I know here. Read on and find out. Many types of software that 'optimizes' your computers are available now. Some of the tasks they do can be done by us too. You know actually you can't get your computer to perform over its hardware capabilities. Don't get angry, I haven't finished yet. Because of some reasons your computer cannot perform to it’s the maximum capabilities. So I'm going to help you fix them and make it perform to its maximum. It doesn't mean that because you have a high end computer with latest softwares you are getting the most from it. Read how you can get your computer from just running to FLYING: Note: You have to set the "View by" (i.e. the arrangement of control panel items to “Large icons” or “Small icons”. I have included the method of opening all i...

The 12th class computer science students have SQL in their syllabus. They also have it for the Plus Two practical exams which makes it very important. The lab sessions available in school time is not enough. So you have to install it in your computer. The schools have Windows XP installed in them. The version they use probably be an old version. Even if you try to get the software from school, it is going to be useless. Because, today most of the computers uses Windows 7 or 8. If you already searched the Internet for SQL Plus, you wouldn't have found anything yet. The reason is there is no standalone software named SQL Plus. The SQL Plus is the SQL Command Line for Oracle Database Software. The software you are looking is Oracle Database. The newest version works in Windows 7, but not sure about Windows 8. It also contains the SQL Command Line which can be used as you do in school. Click here to Download Oracle Database Express Edition 11g   Click on "Accept License Agree...

Picasa from Google is an awesome software to organize all your photos on your computer. If you haven't used it yet, you might be thinking "Isn't that the Photo sharing site of Google?" Of course it is. But there is also a software which can be used to organizing photos on your computer. For the ones who hasn't yet tried it, I prefer it for dealing with pictures. It is a freeware. It also includes a photo viewer, which is whole lot better that Windows photo viewer in my opinion. If you don't have it, download it from here . It is not some big software, definitely the size installer will be less than 20 MB. I'll first go through the features of Picasa. If you are already know about these, you can skip to the content in the next paragraph. Why? Because, I know everyone hates to read :) Picasa can organize photos into albums, edit them, share on the Internet etc. It can be used to straighten, crop, red eye removal, light correction, everything you need is t...

Hello gamers, bored? I would like to share a list of cool games you must check out. All of these games will work perfectly on an average PC. Note: There is no particular order for the list. Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas Angry Birds Series (Angry Birds: Rio, Angry Birds: Seasons, Angry Birds: Space, Angry Birds: Star Wars)Yes all of them run well on my computer. Note that they don't run with the Windows Generic Graphic Adapter. Otherwise you get an error message "OpenGL not rendered" something like that. You should have the drivers from the video card manufacturer installed for them to run. If you don't have them, download newest drivers with Windows Updates.   Call of Duty 1 It is a first person shooter with the world war theme. Call of Duty can be played on a system similar to mine with high graphics settings and all. I completed the game. The game play is good and game is nice too. Delta Force: Land Warrior Delta Force: Land Warrior is also a first person...

You can make real anaglyph photos with Photoshop and a Digital camera with 3D scene. There are many tutorials available on the internet on making the red/cyan effect to photos. The idea is same here, but we'll make the real stereoscopic 3D image that can be seen in 3D. Requirements: A digital camera with 3D function, Photoshop CC, 3D glasses to watch in 3D The photos to be used should be taken the photo with a camera with 3D function. It can also be done with a camera without this feature, and then you would have to take pictures from measured lengths. The length between the camera positions should be exactly 2.5 inches. With the 3D function on the camera it is easy as taking a panorama picture. I used Nikon Coolpix S6500 camera for doing this. The 3D function can be enabled from Scene selection in Settings. If you don't find 3D in there, your camera may not be supporting 3D. They say that these images can be viewed in 3D with a 3D TV. Who would buy a television to watch a...

Can't find the files you stored in the removable media? Either you are infected by a virus (let's call it "the Folder Thief" for now) or you have deleted them accidently. If there are no files on the device visible, first check it's properties and find out if any disk space is used. If you see no space is used, there is no data on the media. If you accidently deleted, you can use some recover utility like Power Data Recovery to restore the deleted files. Just make sure you don't erase the data by overwriting the free space till you recover data. That's the case of the data loss. The general case has ended, now we're talking Windows. Now let's have a look at the odd case: If you see the disk space is used, don't worry your files are there itself.  Two reasons:    1. You have unknowingly made files hidden Open Folder option from Organize>Folder Options or from Control Panel. In View tab, click on Show hidden files and click Apply. I ...