Chrome
How to See YouTube Dislikes Without Installing an Extension
YouTube hid the public dislike count in November 2021, and the change stuck. Open any video today and you get a like count on its own,…
John Ward
Chrome
Free VPN for Chrome: What It Covers and How to Choose
Disclosure. HowFixes publishes browser extensions of its own, including some in this category. We do not name or link to them here — a page about…
Chrome
Free VPN Browser Extensions: What They Do and How to Judge One
Disclosure. HowFixes publishes browser extensions of its own, including some in this category. We do not name or link to them here, because a page about…
How To
How to Fix VIDEO_DXGKRNL_FATAL_ERROR (BSoD)
VIDEO_DXGKRNL_FATAL_ERROR is a blue screen from the DirectX Graphics Kernel — the part of Windows that sits between applications and your graphics driver. When it appears,…
Windows
How to Disable the Windows 11 Password (and When Not To)
There are two different things people mean by “disable the Windows 11 password”, and they have very different consequences: Sign in automatically at startup — the…
Windows
Is SearchApp.exe a Virus? How to Check and How to Fix It
SearchApp.exe is a genuine Windows component. It draws the search interface when you press the Windows key and start typing, and it lives in the protected…
How To
How to Fix KERNEL_SECURITY_CHECK_FAILURE in Windows
KERNEL_SECURITY_CHECK_FAILURE is a blue screen that means Windows caught a data structure in kernel memory that had been corrupted. It stopped rather than continuing with memory…
Windows
The Filename or Extension Is Too Long: How to Fix It in Windows
“The filename or extension is too long” is Windows hitting a limit that has been in place since 1985: a full path — drive, every folder,…
Windows
How to Disable the Windows Defender Firewall (and Why Not To)
Turning off the Windows firewall is occasionally the right diagnostic step and almost never the right permanent state. This guide shows how to do it, how…
Windows
How to Reset Sound Settings in Windows 11 and 10
There is no single “reset sound” button in Windows, which is why this question is asked so often. What there is instead is a short sequence…