Tech Tricks

For the past month, I was getting very slow downloading speed when I was trying to update my Linux, so slow that I literally wasn't able to update my pc. First I thought that the problem was with my internet but soon I realized, that wasn't the case. So I figured the problem must be with the servers. So I started searching for the alternate repositories. After applying the alternate repositories, my downloads were significantly higher.

Hello everyone, how are you guys? Good? Cool. Quick question, Do you like our new theme? Let us know in the comments. so this article is for you if you are running Linux and your Bluetooth is not working. So I am here to help you fix that. It will be up and running in no time.

Hey everybody, today I am here with 10 useful CMD commands that you should know about. These command are easy to use and will provide you with lots of information about your computer and even will help you do things fast.

When you are out in the market searching for the best wireless router for your home or office, you need to check for these seven tips to make sure your router gives you the best experience possible. Follow this guide and choose the best router that suits your need.

Developing a website is one thing, but developing one without bugs is another. Before going launching you must ensure that whatever you have developed works fine. So, keeping that in mind TeckQuest have collected some tools that will help you in creating new websites such as code editor, Mobile Emulators, website activity monitoring tools and more...

Hey Guys, today I am here with another VLC trick. VLC is a very powerful media player. It plays every media file you fed to it, but, it also comes pre-packaged with so many other useful tools, one of which is media converter. You can convert media files to different format using VLC, which is awesome because you don't have to install any other media conversion software or anything like that. Why go through the trouble of downloading and installing a new software when your favourite media player can do it, Right?

In this  digital era everyone is moving toward Net Banking but still there are those who hesitate from using online services. The main reason for not using online payments are security risks, unknown of what kind of security measures to take to avoid any online fraud. Now-a-days fraudulent attempts became more professional and cybernetics, but with right precautions all those frauds attacks can be avoided. Here are some net-banking security tips to keep in mind for online banking transactions.

The days of worrying about your data allowance are gone, courtesy to faster broadband speeds and generous tariffs. But that doesn't mean you should forget about who is using your Wi-Fi. Identifying who and what is on your network is as important as ever. An unauthorized user could be streaming pirated content, hogging your bandwidth and potentially landing you in a spot of legal bother. They could be indulging in more illegal activities, maybe even trying to hack your system. Avast recently scanned over 4.3 million routers and found 48% have some sort of vulnerability. Thankfully TechTricks is here to tell you who is on your connection and how to get rid of them.

Freezing, weird noises and the blue screen of death, Is your PC gasping its last breath? Imagine spending hours on an important document or presentation, getting toward the end and then watching in horror as the computer seizes, the screen goes blue and the machine resets. with non-auto-saving programs that can be disastrous. Even if the consequences of a computer crash are rather mild  - perhaps an error while u are looking at video of cats - its still rather annoying. So why do our computers crashes, and are there any steps you can take to ensure a trouble-free life in front of screen? here we are going to look at number of reasons why our machines decide to throw a wobbly.

Instead of the traditional technique of storing backups on the external hard drive, an popular remedy is to use an online backup service that saves the data on the server in the cloud. You don't need any extra hardware and once it's been setup, the computer can automatically do the deed when the computer is idle. Here are 5 best cloud storage solutions for an organisation.

Do you find yourself confused while choosing the right smartphone that suit your need? Today I am here with a guide to choose the right smartphone that fits your need. This article will explain all the basic criteria to choose a right smartphone for you. The smartphone must look cool, have a slim profile, great display, lens to capture real life images and a massive battery. Let's look at the latest developments and the key parameters to keep in mind while choosing a smartphone these days. With the progression of the smartphone industry, gradually more features are continuously being added/upgraded to do multiple tasks and there is always a question as "which smartphone should one buy and for what price". So " TechTricks "   present you a comprehensive smartphone buying guide to choose the right smartphone....

Being a part of the internet generation, business professional have mastered the art of optimising time. But it takes a lot to be organised in this busy schedule. Getting some of the best mobile apps can help automate tasks that can not be completed on the go owing to time constraints. As a business executive's life is always considered one that includes good management and organisational skills. These following apps can help you maintain that organised life.

Google released a web client for its messaging app Allo, Now you can chat with your friends right from your desktop. Allo for web supports only chrome browser and will not work with any other browser you may use. Currently Allo for web is only available for Android devices, but google will be releasing it for iphone soon enough.

Hey Guys, today I am gonna walk you through the process of creating a WordPress website for free. Creating a WordPress website is very easy. If you don't know what WordPress is, then you must be wondering What is WordPress? let me tell you what WordPress is. What is WordPress? WordPress is an Open source Content Management System based on MySQL and PHP. You can install WordPress on your local system or you can use a hosting service. Think of it as a tool that will let you manage your website without actually having to write any code. If you are writing a blog you can use WordPress to add new post new, Page to your website, and you can do so many other cool stuff, their are tons of free tools available on wordpress for you to use for free.

Microsoft launched its new design for outlook yesterday, which bring nice new UI and features. Although it is in beta but the new interface worth checking out. So it isn't available to you right now if you are not a beta tester but there is a cool trick that can let you use the new UI right now.

Hi guys, So last night I was working with my Linux and then I realized that there are updates available for it, so I ran the command apt upgrade which surprisingly showed an error something like "could not get lock /var/lib/dpkg/lock", and then I started searching for a solution and the solution I found is the one I am sharing with you here. Source for the solution is Ask ubuntu .

Hey guys, If you are reading this, then I know that you wanna know that how to run Google Chrome as a root user on Linux. Well, this is the right place to know that. You already know that Chrome can't run when you are using your Linux as a superuser, but it can run with "-no-sandbox" flag. So, we have to options here which we will be discussing in this post. So let's get started...

Let me guess, you are annoyed by having to enter your password every time you turn on your PC. Yeah, that can be annoying, but it also protects your precious data. After the launch of windows 10 Microsoft added this feature to link your Microsoft account with Windows, due to which security became more important, because all of your data is now in sync with your Microsoft account. That is why when you start your PC you are asked for your password, every single time.

Hey buddy! How you doin? Did you notice something? Yup, we got ads, Awesome... Let's talk about fonts, how to install them on Linux? Installing fonts is very easy, all you gotta do is copy the font file to some folder ("I will tell you which folder, later in this post.") and done. Yup, that easy.

Hey guys, I am here with another post. Today I will guide you on how to set up proxy to pass all of your network traffic through TOR. If you don't know what tor is, well, Tor is free software and an open network that helps you defend against traffic analysis, a form of network surveillance that threatens personal freedom and privacy, confidential business activities and relationships, and state security. This is quite easy to set up and shouldn't you more than 10 minutes. Let's get started.

Hello Guys, today I am here to tell you how to install WhatsApp Web client on linux. If you want a straight forward way to use whatsApp without having to go to browser and then WhatsApp web website, all you need to do is follow this post. It's extremely simple. After installing the application, just double click to open and bammm, you are on.

Hey Guys, How are you? I know, it's been a while since I last posted here. And I know you were all waiting for something awesome to show up. Guys, the wait is over. By the way, Are you using windows 10?  And do you have a transparent Start Menu? If you are using windows 10 and you don't have a transparent menu, then you are gonna love this post. Today gentleman, I am gonna teach you how to convert that boring solid coloured Start menu into a sleek, transparent and beautiful Start menu. You are gonna love it.

 When it comes to customization first thing we do is change desktop wallpaper. If you have changed desktop wallpaper with your custom image before you may have noticed that its quality changes when you use it as a desktop wallpaper. This happens because when you set an image to your desktop wallpaper windows will automatically compress it to reduce image size so that it takes less space in memory. This feature was first introduced in Windows Vista. So go ahead if you want to control what happens to your image.

Today I am here with 5 amazing websites that everyone should know about. Please note that these website are not in any specific order they all rocks. By the way number 1 is my favorite.

Last night I was using linux mint and it was working fine until I rebooted my pc and saw this And I was like What? What the hell is that? And mint wasn't booting up. So I did what we all do. Yup, Google! And I found this working solution. Now you must be wondering if there is already a solution available on the internet why the hell did you write this post? Mainly because it was all scattered around in pieces and I wanted to put it all together. Now let's fix this.

Hi guys, I am back with another flashing guide. I had this Samsung phone lying around, so I thought about experimenting on it with custom rom. So I started searching for custom recovery, and I find out that this device is not officially supported by TWRP, but I got my hands on unofficial build of TWRP. Well I have to tell you, flashing TWRP on this device wasn't an easy task (mainly because, their isn't any simple guide available).

Windows Taskbar is very hand when it comes to multitasking. It already contains a shortcut to Windows File Explorer, but we can make it more useful if we can just add a custom folder shortcut which we use most. Well guess what! today's article is all about that.

As the title says, this is a flashing guide for LeEco Le1s. I am using le1s for about a year now and honestly I am exhausted with eui (it sucks), So I flashed it with Resurrection Remix OS and now I am literally starting to like it and now I am posting this flashing guide like an expert (which I am not) but don't worry, even though I am not an expert this guide will definately work (you can trust me).

Do you happens to have extra wifi router lying around eating dust somewhere in your closet? If yes? then you can use this router as a range extender for your existing wifi network to enjoy long range connectivity, and it is really easy to set up. To achieve this all you need is a router, a Ethernet/network cable, a existing wifi router with Internet connection and a PC. All righty then, Let's get to it.

I believe that most of you have heard about Gmail (If you haven't then I have to ask, Do live under the rock? uhh). So today I am going to share some Gmail tips that will help you with using Gmail to its full potential. So without wasting time let's move to the tip no one.

If you want to host a website for free then today's article is for you (actually it is for everyone). While building my website I wanted to try my website over different devices, so I started searching for free website hosting service and I found one. As I won't be getting any traffic on it so free web hosting was perfect for me. So here I am telling you how to do that if you want to host/test your website for free. So without wasting any more time let's get started, shall we...

Sometimes we might want to add subtitles to a video or a movie, now searching for the subtitles by going to your browser and searching online can be exhausting, what if I tell you there is a feature built right into VLC media player to automatically search and add subtitles to your video without having to leave your favourite video in the middle (Yes, it would be amazing). So let's get to it.

After updating my Windows 10 to the creators update I find out that microsoft have removed the "Open Command Window here" from the context menu and replaced it with windows PowerShell Which by the way I did not liked (I like working with that black background), sure I could have just opened the command prompt and changed the directory to where I wanted it to be, But who the hell has that much time. So in order make my life easier I started searching how to get it back. And yes! you guessed it, I found what I was looking for. here I am sharing that with you guys.

Hey guys, I know its been a while since my last post here, Sorry for that. But here I am today with a brand new YouTube trick. There is a hidden Dark Mode in YouTube and you can access it right now, and it is so cool. So next time you watch late night YouTube then turn this mode on for the sake of  your eyes. This trick is discovered by reddit .

Ever wanted to find out if someone used your computer behind your back? Sometimes we gives our computer's password to people for a short time and then don't change it. Which enables them to use your pc anytime they want, even when you are not around. So if you want to know if someone used your pc when you were not around, then this article is for you.

If you lives in India then you must have heard about the telecom game changer Jio. What you might not know is Jio provides free Hello tune service to all its customers along with data and premium access to all its app. One of those apps is Jio Music from which you can stream any song free of cost.

More and more ads are coming to Windows 10, what the hell are you trying to do Microsoft? (Now there is ads in file explorer too!!!). File explorer is the core part of the windows operating system and we all are used to seeing our files in there, but ads??? And that is why I am pissed today, so here I am with another trick to prevent those bloody Irritating ads from showing up. Let's knock them out, Shall we?

After I installed Linux Mint on my Dell Inspiron, One function that was not working was brightness control feature. I was not able to change the brightness settings using function keys. After searching online for the issue I find out that there is a bug related to Intel Graphics  card.  So I searched for the fix and found a solution that worked for me and can work for you too, If you have the same problem.

Hey guys, today I am here with the ultimate wifi hacking guide. Today I will be showing you how to hack wifi password using phishing attack with the help of a tool called Fluxion. You can check out the GitHub page for the same here . 

If you are a Linux user than you are probably tired of always seeing that black screen on boot time before your operating system boots up. Don't worry guys because today I am here with an article that can help you beat that boredom by changing the GRUB loader background with a picture of your choice.

In this article I will review the top 10 linux distributions that you can try. For those who don't know linux , Linux is the Free and Open Source operating system modelled on UNIX. Linux is the most secure operating system out there. Linux has a number of different versions to suit nearly any type of user. From new to hard-core users, you'll find a "flavor" of linux to match your needs. These versions are called distributions (or "distros" in short). The most amazing thing about linux is that you can run the software from a CD or a USB thumb drive even without ever having to install it on your machine, so that you can take a test drive of the OS.

You can change your windows password without knowing your current password (Yeah, that's correct). You can always create a password reset disk to reset your password but, this trick does not need that you can reset windows password without any disk or current password. I don't know why Microsoft did that but it is here.  I have tried these tricks on windows 7 and XP and they work on the both versions however I couldn't get them to work on windows 10, You can give them a go and if worked just let me know in the comment section.

There comes a time when you have to share bulk of data between PC. Now you can surely use a pendrive copy data in it and again copy from it and if you have a pendrive with low memory you might have to repeat the process several times, which consumes a lot of time. So there is another option which is hand, easy to set up, takes less amount of time and looks super cool. So today gentleman I am going to show you how to transfer data between PC over the lan cable.

Some of you might want to share our Internet Connection across devices using WiFi hotspot feature. Good news is we can do that using the command prompt. So in this post, I will show you how to create Wi-Fi hotspot using command prompt on windows (Obviously!).

Sometime we might wanna download the complete playlist from a YouTube channel but doing it manually one one by one is exhausting! So today gentleman I will be showing you how to download complete playlist/channel from YouTube using IDM.

Hey guys, today I am here to tell you another trick in windows. imagine this situation, if you want to download drivers for your machine from your machine's manufacturer site or you have a problem in your machine and calls the technical support team and the person on the other side requires a serial number (also known as service tag) of your device, then in those situations you can find your machine's serial number if you are logged in to your windows operating system.

For those who don't know about voicemail, Voicemail is a service that we use to stay connected to our loved ones, even if your phone is switched off, not reachable in remote locations, busy or in a flight. Voice mails are familiar in western countries , but in India most of us haven't even heard about it so nobody uses this service much.

Hello guyz, If you are a linux user and want to find out your WiFi password then this article is for you. Today I will be showing you how to retrieve your WiFi password on linux using terminal. If you wanna do the same on Windows, Please follow this link.  Please note that this is not a hacking guide, however if you want a hacking guide on WiFi then please click here .

If you wanna know the password of your own wifi network that you are connected to or have connected before, then this post is for you. Today I will show you how to find the wifi password on windows  using cmd. Please note that this is not a hacking guide, however if you want a hacking guide on WiFi then please click here .