The holiday deal for today comprises a traditional mechanical keyboard paired with software that looks to turn the RGB per-key lighting into visual notification alerts for the user instead of more conventional PC notifications that you may choose to ignore from excessive bombardment. It’s an interesting idea, and I’m sure it has its uses, but, more importantly, the keyboard itself is a quality-built device that’s on sale for a fraction of its original MSRP....

Why you may trust Tom’s HardwareOur expert reviewers spend hours testing and comparing products and services so you can choose the best for you.Find out more about how we test. Grayscale, Gamma and Color Many OLEDs like the FO32U2P come with factory calibrations. This is appropriate given their premium status and high price tags. Grayscale and Gamma Tracking Our grayscale and gamma tests use Calman calibration software fromPortrait Displays. We describe our grayscale and gamma tests in detailhere....

Why you can trust Tom’s HardwareOur expert reviewers spend hours testing and comparing products and services so you can choose the best for you.Find out more about how we test. Grayscale, Gamma and Color Calibrating the G34WQCP is purely optional. But you can improve the default Standard picture mode with a few clicks of the RGB sliders. And a usable and accurate sRGB mode is available for those who need it....

Virtual memory acts as an additional memory resource on your system if it runs out of RAM. For that, it uses some reserved disk space, which you’ll find as a hiddenpagefile.sysfile. Since virtual memory uses upadditional disk spaceautomatically, it’s not necessary to manually limit its size unless you experience any system instabilities. If however, you do run into some issues, check thetotal memory resources you needfor your work. Then,specify the virtual memory (pagefile) sizesaccordingly....

TheC:\Users\usernamefolder contains the user profile of your account. When you create an account, your system makes a folder with your username on theC:\Usersdirectory. Even if you change your account name, the profile name remains unchanged. Directly changing this name is also impossible if you don’t have admin privileges. We have created this guide to show you how to safely change theC:\Users\usernamefolder in Windows. Here is the step-by-step process for changing yourC:\Users\usernamefolder in Windows: Step 1: Log in With Another Admin Account You can’t change your user profile name from the same account....

Your screen displays images as a collection of pixels whereas the resolution determines how many pixels it can use for each image. The higher the resolution, the better the picture quality. A high-res screen can make certain tasks (gaming, or photo/video editing) less taxing. So, you may want to check your current resolution to see if you may change it to a more suitable option. It is also a good thing to know anyway just to have more information about your devices....

No matter how high-capacity your storage drive is, you always need to see how much space you have used and what files are using it. While there are ways to do this from the GUI in Linux, as always, you get more detail by using the terminal command line. Terminal tools are especially useful for users who are monitoring remote systems, for example busy system administrators connecting over a secure shell connection....

Whether you move your laptop often or just keep it stationary somewhere, it is bound to gather tons of dirt and grime. You wipe the screen, and it quickly gets dusty again! Some of us are so busy with our everyday work that we do not get enough time to clean our laptops. Unnoticeably, food crumbles, pet hairs, and dead cells accumulate over the different components. The fans and vents can get clogged, the keypad/touchpad becomes filthy, finger stains appear on the palm rest, and many more....

You may need to factory reset Lenovo laptop if you plan to give it away orrecycle it. Besides reverting user settings, a factory reset can also remove old files, malware and anypotentially unwanted programsfrom the laptop. To factory reset, you can do it from Windows Settings, the Lenovo OneKey Recovery or from the Windows Recovery Environment. Since retaining data is a priority for most users, we have compiled methods which give users the ability to save personal files or remove them from their laptop....

Chromebook has replaced regular function keys with someuseful shortcut keysin the top section of their keyboard. Indeed, this has attracted everyone as it makes our tasks easier. Despite that, Chromebook users are finding faults in their keyboards. Reportedly, some face freezing issues while some say their particular key is not working. Fixing the Chromebook keyboard depends on how big your problem is. In this section, we’ll cover simple techniques so anyone can try them at home....

The PCI Encryption/Decryption Controller, that comes pre-built in the motherboard is responsible for keeping the data secure and preventing hackers to steal your data. It continuously encrypts/decrypt data during the transfer of data to make sure that no 3rd-party source could locate the data. PCI Encryption/Decryption Controller significantly adds to the security measures of the computer. However, if you’re seeing PCI Encryption/Decryption Controller error, your computer would be vulnerable to cyber threats....

Whenever we use our monitor, we want a clear and uninterrupted display. But sometimes, you may encounter unnecessary vertical lines on your screen. The lines may be black or white or even colorful. Whether you can remove the vertical lines on your monitor or not depends upon the cause. You can easily solve software faults, but damaged hardware requires dedicated technicians or even full replacement. Read through the article to figure out the cause and fix the problem....

Synchronizing Windows time is crucial for smooth operation of many Microsoft services and several Line-of-business(LOB) applications. This is why Windows automatically syncs it’s time with the selected server once a week to get the current date and time information. When Windows runs intocomplications connecting with time servers,the OS fails to synchronize with Windows time and gives you a “Time Synchronization failed” error. These complications could be anything from request timeout error to the OS failing tostart the right services....