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…
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How To
Instagram Notes: How They Work and What to Write
Rewritten August 2026. This page used to be a list of 555 one-line note ideas. Nobody reads 555 of anything, and a wall of filler is…
How To
Canada Post Tracking: How to Track and What the Statuses Mean
Canada Post tracking numbers are 13 to 16 digits. Enter one at canadapost.ca/track and you get the current status and delivery history. Most tracking questions are…
Windows
How to Fix Printer Error 0x00000077 in Windows 11 and 10
Printer error 0x00000077 is Windows reporting a broken pipe: the connection between the print spooler and the printer was cut before the job finished. Unlike most…
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…
ChatGPT
AI Anime Art Generators: How They Work and What to Watch For
Rewritten August 2026. This page was a 2023 list of named services. That list is out of date — tools in this space appear, change pricing…
ChatGPT
AI Companion Apps: What to Know Before You Install One
Rewritten August 2026. This page was a 2023 list of named apps. Products in this category appear and disappear constantly, and several from that list no…
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…