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April 2017

Fix Windows has stopped this device because it has reported problems (code 43)

The following troubleshooting guide offers instructions on how to fix code 43 error messages that the Windows Device Manager may display.

The error message that you may see in the Device Manager reads Windows has stopped this device because it has reported problems (code 43).

Basically, what it says is that Windows has stopped the device, and device can be pretty much anything. for instance a Nvidia graphics card, or an USB device such as a printer, external hard drive, or media players.

How to disable Fast User Switching on Windows

Fast User Switching is a Windows feature that allows users to sign in to accounts while others are still signed in on the machine. Basically, what it does is allow multiple users to work with the Windows computer at the same time.

Microsoft introduces the functionality in Windows XP, and it is also support by all newer versions of Windows including Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8.x and Windows 10.

Vulkan Run Time Libraries information

Vulkan Run Time Libraries, sometimes also known as Vulkan Runtime Libraries or VulkanRT, is a 3D graphics and compute API by Khronos Group.

The cross platform Vulkan API is available for Windows, Linux, and Android, and was dubbed the "next generation OpenGL" initially.

Khronos launched the Vulkan 1.0 specification on February 16th, 2016 and Khronos members released Vulkan drivers and SDKs on the same day.

Windows Digital Rights Update Tool removes WMA DRM protection

Digital Rights Update Tool is a new application for Windows 10 by Microsoft that allows you to remove DRM protection from WMA audio files.

Windows users who use Windows Media Player to rip audio CDs to WMA audio files on devices running Windows may notice one day that DRM protection was added to the audio files.

The same may be true for WMA songs or albums acquired on the Internet, as they make use of DRM as well usually.

How to get Netflix 1080p or 4K on non-Windows 10 devices

The web browser and/or device determines the highest quality level (resolution) that you get when you play TV shows or movies on Netflix.

You get 1080p and 4k playback only in Microsoft Edge currently when it comes to web browsers. This means, that you get that only if your computer runs Windows 10, Microsoft's newest operating system.

Note: Internet Explorer and Safari support up to 1080p on Netflix, but Edge is the only browser that supports up to 4K playback.

Next uTorrent version to be browser based

In the latest episode of Torrentfreak's Steal This Show podcast, BitTorrent creator Bram Cohen reveals that the next uTorrent version will run in a web browser.

When it comes to popular BitTorrent clients, uTorrent is probably the most popular of them all. With about 150 million active users per month, it easily beats other popular Bittorrent solutions by a large margin.

Lightbulb: open source F.Lux alternative for Windows

Lightbulb is an open source program for Windows that provides you with options to reduce blue light automatically as the day passes by.

Programs that reduce blue light are nothing new. There is the grand daddy of them all, F.Lux for Windows which was released in a new version recently. Companies like Apple and Microsoft started to add the functionality to the latest versions of their operating systems as well.