The reason is that you need to enable dark mode on Teams manually using the app settings. In this guide, you will learn the steps to switch from the light to dark theme on Microsoft Teams on Windows 10. Enable dark mode on Microsoft Teams To enable dark mode on Teams, use these steps: Once you complete the steps, Microsoft Teams will switch to a dark color scheme. You can also select the “High contrast” option on the same page if you need to use that color scheme....

Unlike the traditional logon experience in Windows 8.1, which features the user profile front-and-center with a square image of the user, the new logon screen features the user profile login on the top-left corner of the screen with a circular image of the user ID. To enable this new experience on Windows 10 follow the steps below: How to enable the new logon experience on Windows 10 Here is the old and the new Logon experience:...

In a nutshell, the gaming feature for Windows 11 upgrades the legacy presentation model in games to a modern one to improve latency and unlock other features, such as Auto HDR and Variable Refresh Rate (VRR). The feature only works for DirectX 10 and 11 games running in windowed and borderless windowed, and the Auto HDR and VRR are only available on capable devices. This guide will teach you the steps to enable the “optimizations for windowed games” feature on the Windows 11 2022 Update....

Also, when the feature is enabled, you can create restore points manually before making system changes to protect your system. In the event of a critical error, you can use a restore point to recover your computer to a good working state. Although the feature comes disabled by default, Windows 11 offers at least two ways to enable System Protection from Control Panel and PowerShell. This guide will teach you the steps to enable (or disable) System Protection on Windows 11....

Although we usually connect to the network using a wireless or wire connection and forget the rest, sometimes you may need to find out the local IP address set on your device to share resources with other computers, allow other people to connect remotely, or troubleshoot networking problems, and on Windows 10 there are at least five ways to see your device IP address information. In this guide, you’ll learn five ways to find your PC’s IP address on Windows 10, including using the Settings app, Task Manager, Control Panel, Command Prompt, and PowerShell....

0xC1900101 errors are actually documented common problems during an installation of Windows 10, and they’re not bugs in the OS. Instead, they usually indicate a device driver error, which can have a number of solutions. In this guide, you’ll learn a number of ways to troubleshoot and fix 0xC1900101 errors as you try to install a new version of Windows 10 on your device. How to fix Windows 10 0xC1900101 errors When you receive an error that begins with “0xC1900101” typically is a device driver related problem, which can be caused by a number of other issues, including not enough storage space, incompatible driver, security software, connected peripherals, system files corruption, and more....

Although it’s an essential system file (located in %ProgramData%\Microsoft\Search\Data\Applications\Windows), over time, it can grow very large as you store more files on your device. Also, if you use an email client like Outlook, and Windows Search is configured to index a PST file, the size of the Windows.edb database can eventually become a huge file (hundreds of gigabytes), making the system unusable and preventing you from storing anymore files. If you notice that the ProgramData is too big, or you have already identified that the Windows....

Although, the Microsoft Store makes sense from the standpoint of security, usability, and discoverability, it’s not always reliable, as many users are constantly reporting issues downloading and updating apps, crashes, and perhaps the biggest problem of them all, a Store not opening. Alongside the ability to fix errors, downloads, and other problems using PowerShell to uninstall and reinstall the Store, you can also resolve most common issues using the reset option in the Settings app....

If this is the case, you are not the only one. It appears that the problem lies in how you have initially set up the Windows account. For example, if you are using a Microsoft account and two-factor authentication is enabled, it seems that the system doesn’t store the authentication token, which is then used to authenticate remotely. The solution to this problem is to sign in at least once with the local password to cache the access token that is then used for logging in remotely....

This issue first appeared in the Microsoft forums, where a Surface Pro 4 owner explained that during a Speedtest.net test the internet connection jumped from 17mbits and it then dropped down to less than 2mbits. User JymMuller also detailed that he has a Comcast Wi-Fi dual-band modem with speeds up to 150mbits. On a reply, Joe a Microsoft employee revealed that is a known issue on Surface Pro 4 tablets where owners will notice slow throughput with specific access points....

You bought a brand new wireless printer (e.g., HP, Epson, Lexmark, Brother, Samsung, etc.) and how many times happened that you try to print and it won’t work because of network connectivity problems? Many times, right? This is because most of the times when people install a new wireless printer, they fail to configure the network settings in the printer itself. Yes, it is going to work the first few times, but what you don’t know is that you are configuring Windows with a dynamic IP address that could change at any time, and when it does Windows will not get informed about the change causing connection problems the next time you want to print....

Emojis play an important role in how we communicate emotions, situations, or ideas, and even though virtually every platform has access to this feature, Windows 11 ships with a new (2D) emoji system using a modern design. In this guide, you will learn the easy steps to insert emojis in documents, text files, emails, and social media posts on Windows 11. Insert emojis on Windows 11 To insert an emoji on Windows 11, use these steps: Once you complete the steps, the emoji will appear in the document, and as you use them, the most frequently used will appear in the “most recently used” tab to make it even easier to select them the next time....

These types of apps (part of the Universal Windows Platform (UWP)) are usually available through the Microsoft Store, but there will be times when you’ll have to install them outside of the store. Depending on how you acquired the app, you’ll come across apps with a digital signature, which is a requirement before they’re submitted to the Microsoft Store, and those that might still be under development and are unsigned....

This guide will teach you the steps to set the modern Windows Terminal app the default experience on Windows 11. Configure Windows Terminal as the new default app on Windows 11 To make the Windows Terminal app the new default command-line experience, use these steps: Once you complete the steps, the next time you try to open Command Prompt, PowerShell, or a Windows Subsystem for Linux distro, the experience will open with the Windows Terminal app....

If you recently switched to this experience on your Android phone, you can use the app drawer or home screen to access the settings to customize various aspects of the app, including wallpaper, theme, search, gestures, and many other features. In this guide, you will learn two quick ways to open the Microsoft Launcher settings on your Android phone. Open Microsoft Launcher settings There are at least two ways to access the Microsoft Launcher settings, but they are not immediately obvious....

The problem is that when the theme changes settings that you do not want. For example, my primary PC features a retina display, because all the elements on the screen look very small natively, I have to change the Windows DPI settings and I have to make the mouse cursor a bigger than usual. However, every time I install a new theme, the mouse settings are reset to its default size....

In previous versions of the OS, if you needed to change the adapter’s name, you had to use Control Panel, but now the functionality is built inside the Settings app. This guide will teach you the steps to rename a network adapter from the Settings app on Windows 11 as well as from Control Panel and PowerShell. Rename network on Windows 11 Rename network from Control Panel on Windows 11 Rename network from PowerShell on Windows 11...

The Settings app is the new immersive experience that replaces the classic Control Panel, and you use it daily to customize almost every aspect of the desktop experience, control apps, and change system settings. However, since it’s an app built into Windows 10, it does not always work as expected. Sometimes, the app won’t launch, you won’t be able to access specific pages, or it’ll suddenly crash, among other problems....

The option is known as “Select the target Feature Update version,” and it can be configured through Group Policy or Registry. While the new policy will make sure to keep the device on a specific version, you can still configure the policy to select when feature updates are received through Group Policy. In this guide, you’ll learn steps to set the target version of Windows 10. Set target version of Windows 10 using Group Policy Set target version of Windows 10 using Registry...

So now, if you are a Thunderbird user and you want to set up an Outlook.com account using IMAP settings, here are the steps you need to follow in Windows 8 (but it should also work with previous versions of the operating system): Instructions While in Thunderbird, from the menu button in the top-right corner, choose Options, and then Account Settings Click Account Actions, enter your email account information, and choose Add Mail Account....