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Technology Hacks

Tips to improve PC performance in Windows 10

If your PC is running slowly, the following suggestions might help speed things up. The tips are listed in order, so start with the first one, see if that helps, and then continue to the next one if it doesn’t.

  1. Make sure you have the latest updates for Windows and device drivers
  2. Restart your PC and open only the apps you need
  3. Use ReadyBoost to help improve performance
  4. Make sure the system is managing the page file size
  5. Check for low disk space and free up space
  6. Adjust the appearance and performance of Windows
  7. Pause OneDrive syncing
  8. Disable unnecessary startup programs
  9. Check for and remove viruses and malware
  10. Restore your PC from a system restore point

How to Access the BIOS on a Windows 10 PC

  1. Navigate to settings. You can get there by clicking the gear icon on the Start menu.
  2. Select Update & security.
  3. Select Recovery from the left menu.
  4. Click Restart Now under Advanced startup. The comptuer will reboot to a special menu.
  5. Click Troubleshoot.
  6. Click Advanced options.
  7. Select UEFI Firmware Settings.
  8. Click Restart.

Windows Master Control Panel (God Menu)

  • list of shortcuts to almost every settings in menu in windows
  • create a folder anywhere and rename it to the following string GodMode.{ED7BA470-8E54-465E-825C-99712043E01C}

Windows 10 Login Bypass (for forgotten password)

  • A CD or USB with bootable Windows
  • restart to the boot menu according to your bios
  • on windows Setup click 'Next`
  • then Repair your computer
  • Choose an option, click Troubleshoot
  • on Advanced options, click System Image Recovery then Windows 10
  • on Select a system image backup popup, click on Cancel, then Next
  • Re-image your computer window, click Advanced..
  • then Install a driver, click OK
  • Popup window will show, go to windows folder -> C:\Windows\system32\
  • then rename sethc into sethc.bak for backup, if not renamed automatically on refresh that's fine
  • after that, duptlicate cmd and rename it as sethc, then click Cancel all and restart the machine, click Continue
  • press shift 5 times will open sticky keys and cmd as Administrator sethc.exe
  • type in cmd, control userpasswords2, User Accounts window will popup.

Add Users from CMD

  1. Open Start. Click the Windows logo in the bottom-left corner of the screen.
  2. Search for Command Prompt. Type in command prompt to do so.
  3. Right-click Command Prompt. It should be at the top of the Start window. Right-clicking it prompts a drop-down menu.
  4. Click Run as administrator. This is in the drop-down menu.
  5. Click Yes when prompted. Doing so opens the Command Prompt window.
  6. Type in the "add user" command. The "add user" command uses the net user username password /add format, where "username" is the name you want to use for the user and "password" is the password you want to assign to the account.
  • For example, to add a user named "Michael" with the password "hello123", you would enter net user Michael hello123 /add here.
  • If you don't want to use a password for the account, don't type in a password, just enter net user username /add instead.
  1. Press Enter. Doing so runs the command and begins creating the user account.
  • Once you see the phrase "The command completed successfully" appear, your user has been added.
  1. Grant the user administrator permissions. If you want to turn the user account into an administrator account, type net localgroup administrators username /add into Command Prompt, making sure to replace "username" with the name of the account you want to change and press Enter.
  • For example, to make a user account named "Michael" an administrator, you would type in net localgroup administrators Michael /add and press Enter.

Update Windows 10 1709 to 20H2

  1. Download and Run Creation Media Tool
  2. Select Upgrade

Enable long paths on Windows 10 and Git

  • Windows 10 Home users could change Registry to enable Long Paths.
    • Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\FileSystem in regedit and set LongPathsEnabled to 1.
  • Windows 10 Pro or Enterprise users could also edit Local Group Policies.
    • Go to Computer Configuration > Administrative Templates > System > Filesystem in gpedit.msc, open Enable Win32 long paths and set it to Enabled.
  • In git, we can do: git config --system core.longpaths true

Get Windows 10 Product Key

  1. Press Windows key + X
  2. Click Command Prompt (Admin)
  3. At the command prompt, type: wmic path SoftwareLicensingService get OA3xOriginalProductKey

Alternative: Save this script as .vbs file

Option Explicit
Dim objshell,path,DigitalID, Result
Set objshell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
'Set registry key path
Path = "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\"
'Registry key value
DigitalID = objshell.RegRead(Path & "DigitalProductId")
Dim ProductName,ProductID,ProductKey,ProductData
'Get ProductName, ProductID, ProductKey
ProductName = "Product Name: " & objshell.RegRead(Path & "ProductName")
ProductID = "Product ID: " & objshell.RegRead(Path & "ProductID")
ProductKey = "Installed Key: " & ConvertToKey(DigitalID)
ProductData = ProductName & vbNewLine & ProductID & vbNewLine & ProductKey
'Show messbox if save to a file
If vbYes = MsgBox(ProductData & vblf & vblf & "Save to a file?", vbYesNo + vbQuestion, "BackUp Windows Key Information") then
Save ProductData
End If
'Convert binary to chars
Function ConvertToKey(Key)
Const KeyOffset = 52
Dim isWin8, Maps, i, j, Current, KeyOutput, Last, keypart1, insert
'Check if OS is Windows 8
isWin8 = (Key(66) \ 6) And 1
Key(66) = (Key(66) And &HF7) Or ((isWin8 And 2) * 4)
i = 24
Maps = "BCDFGHJKMPQRTVWXY2346789"
Do
Current= 0
j = 14
Do
Current = Current* 256
Current = Key(j + KeyOffset) + Current
Key(j + KeyOffset) = (Current \ 24)
Current=Current Mod 24
j = j -1
Loop While j >= 0
i = i -1
KeyOutput = Mid(Maps,Current+ 1, 1) & KeyOutput
Last = Current
Loop While i >= 0

If (isWin8 = 1) Then
keypart1 = Mid(KeyOutput, 2, Last)
insert = "N"
KeyOutput = Replace(KeyOutput, keypart1, keypart1 & insert, 2, 1, 0)
If Last = 0 Then KeyOutput = insert & KeyOutput
End If
ConvertToKey = Mid(KeyOutput, 1, 5) & "-" & Mid(KeyOutput, 6, 5) & "-" & Mid(KeyOutput, 11, 5) & "-" & Mid(KeyOutput, 16, 5) & "-" & Mid(KeyOutput, 21, 5)
End Function
'Save data to a file
Function Save(Data)
Dim fso, fName, txt,objshell,UserName
Set objshell = CreateObject("wscript.shell")
'Get current user name
UserName = objshell.ExpandEnvironmentStrings("%UserName%")
'Create a text file on desktop
fName = "C:\Users\" & UserName & "\Desktop\WindowsKeyInfo.txt"
Set fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
Set txt = fso.CreateTextFile(fName)
txt.Writeline Data
txt.Close
End Function

How to Find Your Windows 10 Product Key Using the Command Prompt

Open Command Prompt and "Run As Administrator”. Once open, copy and paste the following command and then hit the Enter key: wmic path softwarelicensingservice get OA3xOriginalProductKey

Display Windows Script Host

  1. Press Windows key + X
  2. Click Command Prompt (Admin)
  3. At the command prompt, type: slmgr /dlv
  4. or type: slmgr/dli

Windows 10 activation Guide

Method 1

  1. Type regedit then click OK to open Registry, and open cmd as Admin
  • Paste Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop in registry address bar
  • Change the value to 4
  1. Type gpupdate /force in cmd
  • Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\svsvc
  • @start change value to 4
  • under svsvc right click then type KMS
  • then under KMS, type kms_4 in value data field then enter
  • Type gpupdate /force again in cmd
  1. Type slmgr /ipk W269N-WFGWX-YVC9B-4J6C9-T83GX in cmd
  2. Type slmgr /skms kms8.msguides.com in cmd
  3. Type slmgr /ato in cmd
  4. Paste Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop in registry address bar
  • Chnage value back to 0
  • Type gpupdate /force in cmd

Win10 KMS client setup KEYs

Method 2

  1. Open cmd as an Administrator
  2. Type dism /Online /Get-TargetEditions
  3. Type sc config LicenseManager start= auto & net start LicenseManager
  4. Type sc config wuauserv start= auto & net start wuauserv
  5. Type changepk.exe /productkey VK7JG-NPHTM-C97JM-9MPGT-3V66T
  6. Don't turn off your PC, it will restart and upgrade it successfully

Show "Most Used Apps" Option Grayed Out in Windows 10 Start Settings

Fix the "Show most used apps" option in Start settings, following steps will help you:

  1. Open Settings app from Start Menu. Alternatively, you can press WIN+I keys together to open Settings directly.
  2. Now click on Privacy icon in Settings app and in General tab, look for following option: Let Windows track app launches to improve Start and search results

Make sure this option is turned ON. If its set to OFF in your computer, click on the toggle button and set it to ON.

Settings

That's it. Now go to Personalization -> Start page and the "Show most used apps" option will become available. Now you can turn on/off this option without any problem. Also now the RUN dialog box will start remembering recently used commands in its history list.

Remove 3D Objects folder under This PC in Windows 10

The 3D Objects folder of File Explorer basically contains .3mf files which can be opened with Mixed Reality Viewer. The folder’s location address is C:\Users\Username\3D Objects.

To remove this system folder, open the ‘Run’ dialog box, type regedit.exe, and hit the Enter key to open the Windows Registry editor.

Next, navigate to the following location by pasting the address into the address field:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\MyComputer\NameSpace

Locate:
{0DB7E03F-FC29-4DC6-9020-FF41B59E513A}

Now, to remove the folder from File Explorer, right-click on the entry, and select Delete.

If you are using Windows 10 64-bit, also visit the following key and do as instructed:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\MyComputer\NameSpace

Then, locate the following, right-click on the entry, and select Delete option:
{0DB7E03F-FC29-4DC6-9020-FF41B59E513A}

That’s it! You will no more find ‘3D objects’ entry under ‘This PC’ heading of File Explorer.

How to disable Windows Defender using the Registry

  1. Use the Windows key + R keyboard shortcut to open the Run command.
  2. Type regedit, and click OK to open the Registry.
  3. Browse the following path:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows Defender

  1. If you don't see the DisableAntiSpyware DWORD, right-click the Windows Defender (folder) key, select New, and click on DWORD (32-bit) Value.
  2. Name the key DisableAntiSpyware and press Enter.
  3. Double-click the newly created DWORD and set the value from 0 to 1.
  4. Click OK. After completing the steps, restart your device to apply the settings, and then the Windows Defender Antivirus should now be disabled.

If you no longer want to keep the security feature disabled, you can enable it again using the same steps, but on step No. 6, make sure to right-click the DisableAntiSpyware DWORD and select the Delete option.

Item Not Found When Trying To Delete in Windows 10

  1. Open command prompt with admin
  2. Type cd /d and the path of the folder you are wanting to delete.
  3. Type dir /x to list all the folders in that directory.
  4. Look for the name for the folder and you should see something like FIXUSB~1 or you name of folder.
  5. Type rmdir /q /s and folder path
  6. That's it, folder should be removed.

How to Clear Windows Update History in Windows 10/7

How to Delete Windows Update History in Windows Explorer

Step 1: Stop Windows Update service.
Press Win+R to open Run box, then type in services.msc in it and hit Enter to open the Services Manager.

Open Service Manager

In Service Manager, scroll down the service list to Windows Update service, right-click on it and select Stop.

Stop Windows Update Service

Step 2: Open Windows Explorer, then, copy and past the following path into address bar, hit Enter key.

%windir%\SoftwareDistribution\DataStore

Open Windows Update Log

Step 3: In DateStore folder, delete Logs and DataStore.ebd.

Delete Windows Update History

How to Clear Windows Update History via Command Prompt

Step 1： Open Command Prompt as administrator.

Click Start, type cmd in the Search box. Then, right-click Command Prompt, select Run as administrator.

Open Command Prompt

Step 2: On command prompt, type in net stop wuauserv and press Enter to stop Windows Update service.

Step 3: Copy and paste command below and hit Enter.

del "%systemroot%\SoftwareDistribution\DataStore\Logs\edb.log"

Clear Windows Update History

It will delete the log file that stores your Windows update history.

Update History Empty

Step 4: Type net start wuauserv and press Enter to start the Windows Update service again.

Start Windows Update History

Turn on AutoComplete in Windows Command Prompt

Activate auto-complete in CMD temporarily

To activate auto-complete in CMD for the current user for the current command session, open Run box, type cmd /f and hit Enter. The /f switch, enables or disables file and directory name completion characters.

Now press Ctrl+D to complete the folder name or Ctrl+F to complete a file name. Keep pressing this key combination and see the file names change.

To deactivate automatic complete, type cmd /f:off.

Turn on auto-complete in CMD permanently

To enable auto-complete permanently in command prompt, run regedit to open the Registry Editor, and navigate to the following registry key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Command Processor

You will have to edit the CompletionChar value. The default is 40 in Hexadecimal. Set the value of REG_DWORD to 9. This will enable folder name completion.

Next, double-click on PathCompletionChar and change its value to 9.

This will set the TAB key as the control character.

If you want to use the same control characters that you use for a single command session as mentioned in the first part of this post, then set the values as follows:

  • 4 for Ctrl+D
  • 6 for Ctrl+F

The file name auto-completion feature will work on folders too, because Windows will search for the complete path and match against both file and folder names.

Go on to read more Command Prompt Tips Tricks!

Modify /etc/hosts on Windows

  • Run Notepad (or any editor) as administrator
  • From Notepad, open the following file: c:\Windows\System32\Drivers\etc\hosts
  • Make the necessary changes to the file.
  • Click File > Save to save your changes.

Steps to fix the issue- Laptop Touchpad Not Working:

If it is a New Laptop:

  • If it is a new laptop and the touchpad is not working after installing the operating system, then we need to install the touchpad drivers related to the laptop model.
  • There should be a option in Bios Settings which is “Disable or Enable the Touchpad”, if it is disabled by default then we have to enable it.
  • There should be a option in Bios settings like Basic or Advanced Touchpad mode in some laptops. We can enable the touchpad by changing those options and restarting the laptop.

If it is a old laptop:

  • If laptop touchpad is stopped working suddenly, then we can try restarting the laptop and once and check the status.
  • If still touchpad is not working then check whether the touchpad button is turned off on the keyboard. If it off then turn it to on and check the status
  • If still touchpad is not working, then go to control panel and go to Device Manager which is under Devices and Printers
  • Click on Mice and other pointing devices
  • You can see the touchpad option listed there, right click on that
  • Go to update driver software
  • Click on browse my computer for driver software
  • Click on Let me pick from a list of device drivers on my computer
  • Select the touchpad driver and click on next
  • Now the driver will be updated
  • Restart the laptop once and check the status
  • If still the touchpad is not working then, go to bios settings when the laptop is turning on and there should be a option in Bios Settings which is “Disable or Enable the Touchpad”, if it is disabled then enable it and restart the laptop and check the status.
  • If still touchpad is not working, then we can try reinstall the operating system
  • If the problem is still exist, it might be a hardware problem, so visit the laptop service center and show it to them. All the above steps are to fix the issue laptop touchpad is not working.

Office repeatedly prompts you to activate on a new PC

Update the registry to remove the Office 365 activation prompt

  1. Close the activation window and all Office apps.
  2. Right-click the Windows Start button on the lower-left corner of your screen, and select Run.
  3. Type regedit, and then press Enter. Select Yes when prompted to open the Registry Editor.
  4. On the left side of the Registry Editor, under Computer, navigate to the following key in the registry: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Office\16.0\Common\OEM
  5. Right click the OEM value and click File>Export.
  6. Save the key.
  7. After the key is backed up, select Edit>Delete.
  8. Repeat steps 3-7 for the following key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\16.0\Common\OEM
  9. Close the Registry Editor and start Office again.

Your input can't be opened: VLC is unable to open the MRL

  1. Right-click the video, click Properties, and then click the Security
  2. Click the Advanced button, then Advanced Security Settings window will appear
  3. Click Change link, next to the Owner: label, the Select User or Group window will appear
  4. Select the user account via the Advanced button or just type your user account in the area which says Enter the object name to select and click OK. Add the Everyone
  5. Optionally, to change the owner of all subfolders and files inside the folder, select the checkbox Replace owner on subcontainers and objects in the Advanced Security Settings window. Click OK to change the ownership

If no Security Tab

  1. Go to Details Tab
  2. Click Remove Properties and Personal Information
  3. Tick Create a copy with all possible properties removed
  4. Click OK

Can Connect to Wireless Router, but not to the Internet?

  • Method 1 – Reset TCP/IP Stack
    • netsh int ip reset reset.log
    • netsh winsock reset catalog
  • Method 2 – Update Driver in Device Manager
  • Method 3 – Reset Wireless Network
  • Method 4 – Update Computer Hardware Drivers
  • Method 5 – Unsupported Wireless Security Settings
  • Method 6 – Internet Connection Troubleshooter
  • Method 7 – Reset Windows PC
  • Method 8 – Check Proxy Server Settings

How To Find Wi-Fi Password Using CMD Of All Connected Networks

  • Open the command prompt and run it as administrator.
  • In the next step, we want to know about all the profiles that are stored in our computer. So, type the following command in the cmd: netsh wlan show profile
  • Type the following command to see the password of any WiFi network: netsh wlan show profile WiFi-name key=clear
  • Under the security settings, in the ‘key content’, you see the WiFi password of that particular network.

The 7 common PLDT Default passwords & usernames

  1. admin & 1234
  2. adminpldt & 1234567890
  3. homeultera & homeultera
  4. homebro & homebro
  5. voip & 1234
  6. telecomadmin & admintelecom
  7. admin & admin

For PLDTHome MyDSL subscribers the default username and password is user: admin & password: 1234. How about the PLDT default Admin password? It must be user: adminpldt & password: 1234567890.

Getting the Default Wifi Password for PLDT and Smart

Default Wifi Password for PLDT HOME DSL

  1. This guide will work on PLDTHOMEDSL, PLDTmyDSLPAL, and PLDTmyDSLBiz.
  2. Download the Wifi Analyzer program (Android)
  3. Get the Mac Address of your target Wifi.
  4. Take the last 5 digit of your MAC Address. If you MAC is 00:4a:00:d0:44:c0, get 044C0. Convert all letters to upper case.
  5. Combine PLDTWIFI + 5 digit MAC. Your password will be PLDTWIFI044C0.

Default Wifi Password for PLDTHOMEDSLxxxxx

  1. Some PLDT HOME DSL wifis have their MAC address as a suffix.
  2. Make sure that the suffix only contains numbers.
  3. Take those 5 digit numbers and multiple them by 3. Example, PLDTHOMEDSL12345, take 12345 x 3 = 37035.
  4. You password will be PLDTWIFI37035.

Default Wifi Password for PLDTHOMEFIBR_xxxxxx

  1. Make sure the SSID has an underscore since there is another similar SSID without the underscore.

  2. Take the xxxxxx portion of the SSID and convert them with the table below.
    0 = f 1 = e 2 = d 3 = c
    4 = b 5 = a 6 = 9 7 = 8
    8 = 7 9 = 6 a = 5 b = 4
    c = 3 d = 2 e = 1 f = 0

  3. For example if we have PLDTHOMEFIBR_cdf123, then we take cdf123 and convert them with the table above. That will give us 320edc.

  4. Now attach the resulting conversion to wlan (wlan + converted code). Your password will be wlan320edc.

Default Wifi Password for PLDTHOMEFIBRxxxxxx

  1. Make sure the SSID does not contain an underscore else follow the previous guide.
  2. Get the code that represents the xxxxxx in the SSID.
  3. Follow the conversion in the previous guide.
  4. Attach the converted code into PLDTWIFI.
  5. If your SSID is PLDTHOMEFIBR_cdf123, your password will be PLDTWIFI320edc. Take note of the capitalization of the password, the code should be in lowercase while PLDTWIFI is in uppercase.

Default Wifi Password for HomeBro_Ultera

  1. Please see the first guide on how to obtain the MAC Address of your target wifi network.
  2. Take the last 5 characters of the MAC address, for example, if we have 00:4a:00:d0:44:c0, get 044C0.
  3. Attach the previous code as a suffix in “HomeBro_”.
  4. You password will be HomeBro_044C0. Codes are in uppercase format.

Recover files

You can recover them using CMD by following these steps:

  • Go to Start -> Run -> cmd.
  • Go to your pen drive, memory cards or mobile phone directory.
  • Type del *.lnk` (to delete all link files in the directory)
  • Type attrib -h -r -s /s /d G:*.*
  • Replace G with your drive letter.
  • And then press a gentle Enter.

Solved! Google Drive Limit Download Sorry, you can't view or download this file at this time

  1. From the drive URL remove the "&export=download" and replace "uc" with "open" then click "Enter".
  2. Now click on that "Add to My Drive" button.
  3. Go to your Google drive's homepage.
  4. Then right click on that added file and click on "Make a copy". Now you can see that ownership of that copied file has been changed.
  5. Now you can download this file.

How to Format a Hard Drive Using the Command Prompt

Formatting a hard drive or SSD is the same as buying a new hard drive since the process erases all the data in one fell swoop. When you format your hard drive, you can clean internal as well as external storage media.

  1. Open Command Prompt As Administrator
  2. Use Diskpart type diskpart and press Enter.
  3. List Disk to list all the available drives, type list disk and press Enter.
  4. Select the Drive to Format specify the drive number which needs to be formatted, type select disk <disk number>.
  5. Clean the Disk to permanently delete all files and folders, and successfully clean up the disk, type clean.
  6. Create Partition Primary to make the drive accessible again, type create partition primary.
  7. Format the Drive with FAT or NTFS file system, type format fs=ntfs (or format fs=exfat) and press Enter.
  8. Assign a Drive Letter type assign.

How to Fix/Repair a RAW Drive

A RAW drive is a hard drive on which the reference data (master boot record, partition records, etc.) is corrupt.

  1. At the command prompt, type DISKPART
  2. type LIST DISK
  3. type SELECT DISK 1
  4. type LIST VOLUME
  5. type SELECT VOLUME 2
  6. type CLEAN
  7. type CREATE PARTITION PRIMARY
  8. type ACTIVE
  9. type LIST PARTITION
  10. type SELECT PARTITION 1
  11. type FORMAT OVERRIDE QUICK LABEL=FixedDrv

Change Drive Label

  1. Press WIN key or click start bottom, type CMD, run cmd.exe as administrator. It's required to run it as administrator to change drive label.
  2. Type label C: System, Press Enter; > Type label E: Tools, Press Enter; > Type label F: Programs, Press Enter;
  3. Double click This PC on desktop to check new labels.

WIFI Icon Shows Not Connected but the Computer is Connected in Windows 10 (Solved)

Wifi icon not showing the correct signal status in Windows 10? It's simple to fix this problem. Right click on Taskbar I Task Manager I Services I Open Services (Bottom) and set these five services to "Automatic" and Start all of them (If they are not already running)

  1. DHCP Client
  2. Network Location Awareness
  3. Network List Service
  4. Network Store Interface Service
  5. Windows Event Log

How to Fix ERR_CONNECTION_RESET in Google Chrome | The Site Can't Be Reached

Method 1: DNS Server Addresses

  1. Type Preferred DNS Server: 8.8.8.8 and Alternate DNS Server: 8.8.4.4

OR

Type Preferred DNS Server: 1.1.1.1 and Alternate DNS Server: 1.0.0.1

  1. Tick the "Validate Box" & then press "OK" button to save changes.

Method 2: Open "Command Prompt" as Admin.

  1. ipconfig /release, then press Enter Key.
  2. ipconfig /flushdns, then press Enter Key.
  3. ipconfig /renew, then press Enter Key.
  4. netsh winsock reset, then press Enter Key.
  5. Type exit, then press Enter Key. 6 Once you execute all cmds, Restart your PC/Laptop to apply changes.

How to Bypass Age Restrictions on YouTube Videos

  • Method 1: Replace watch?v= with /embed/
  • Method 2: Add nsfw right after https://www.
  • Method 3: Add repeat right after https://www.youtube

How to make image transparent

  1. Right click the image layer in Photoshop. Select Layer From Background.
  2. Select the Magic Wand Tool from the left panel in Photoshop
  3. Select the image area you want to be transparent using the Magic Wand Tool
  4. Once selected, click Delete on your keyboard. With that done you should see the transparent background around the image.
  5. Save the image as .png to keep the transparent.

HOW TO CROP A CIRCLE IN PHOTOSHOP

  1. Open your image in Photoshop
  2. Double click on the Background layer and make it a Normal layer – just click OK.
  3. Select the Elliptical Marquee Tool
  4. Create the circle
  5. Inverse the layer
  6. Delete the outer layers
  7. Crop your image to save
  8. Save as .png

How to Remove Unwanted Things from Images in Photoshop

  1. Select Clone Stamp Tool, press Alt key on the keyboard and click the thing you want to clone, the start moving the cursor over the object you want to remove.
  2. Select Spot Healing Brush Tool and click on a small object, the smart filter will remove the object and blend in the surrounding environment.
  3. Once done, select the Healing Brush Tool, click on the area while holding the Alt key for the tool to pick up what to clone and apply it on a canvas like in the Clone Stamp Tool.
  4. Now select the Patch Tool, click on the area you want to remove and drag it to a spot, which you want to clone. It will simply blend in the two selected areas, you can use the Spot Healing Brush Tool to fix up the area a bit.
  5. In the end, select the area which you want to remove, go to Edit menu and click the fill option, choose the Content-Aware option from the drop down list, select normal for the mode, opacity to 100%, and click OK.

This will remove a selected area of the image and blend the selection according to its surrounding pattern.

Improve low resolution images quality in Photoshop

  • Image -> image size
    • reach 3000 at least with height or width
    • check resample: Automatic
  • duplicate the layer to keep a reference to campare later
  • Filter -> Camera Raw Filter -> Detail Tab
    • Sharpening all to 0
    • Luminance: 65
    • Luminance Details: 0
    • Luminance Contrast: 0
    • Color: 100
    • Color Detail: 0
    • Color Smoothness: 100
    • Sharpening
    • Amount: 100
    • Radius: 1.5
    • Detail: 10
    • Masking: 0
  • Image -> Ajustments -> Hue/Saturation
    • Saturation: +6
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