How to remove password from Word and Excel files

In our daily work routine, we all use Word and Excel files and most of the people spend their time working on these files. But sometimes, we are provided with some files which are password protected or restricted and making any modifications in those files is not possible without the password. But what if you have created any file and password protected it but later you forgot what was the password to allow editing the file? For these scenarios, I am going to tell you the easiest and fastest way to remove passwords and restrictions from any Word or Excel file. Follow the steps below:

1. At first, make sure that you have turned off your antivirus software or windows defender.
2. Now download any office password remover from this link : Download Link 1 OR Download Link 2 (Make sure to click SKIP AD to be redirected to the download site)
3. Now install the software and once the installation is completed, run registration.reg file to register the program.
4. After the program is registered, open the software and click "Add Files" and select the password protected file which you want to crack.
5. Now click on "Start" and the unprotected file would be ready at the same source just in a few seconds.
6. That's it, you can remove restrictions from any Word/Excel file using the software.

The method is demonstrated in the video given below. You may watch it for further clarity.

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How to remove extra spaces from Microsoft Word document

While creating a document, we all make mistakes which we correct either immediately or during the proof-reading. A common mistake most of the people make is adding two spaces between two words and later on, they struggle to correct it.

I would tell you about the easiest and fastest way to remove extra spaces from any Word document. But this method works only with Microsoft Word desktop application, not with Google docs or Word online. Let's see what are the steps to remove the extra spaces from any Word document:

How to remove extra spaces from Microsoft Word:

1. Open your Word document and click on "Replace" which is at the rightmost of the Home tab.
2. Now click on "More" in the Find and Replace dialog box and check mark "Use Wildcards".
3. In the "Find What" section, type ( ){2,} and in the "Replace with" section, type \1
4. Now click on "Replace All".
5. That's it, all the extra spaces from the documents would be removed.

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How to rollback Microsoft Office to a previous build

Microsoft Office is the most popular software package which is used by millions of user worldwide. Usually, it works fine and security updates and bug fixes are installed for Microsoft Office automatically, but sometimes any auto-installation of any update with any bug creates a lot of problems and there is no simple way to roll back Office to the previous build once an update is installed. But in this article, I would tell you about the easiest way to rollback to the previous build of Microsoft Office without any hassles. Follow the steps below:

• Open command prompt with admin rights (in elevated mode).
• Type the following command and press enter.
  cd "\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\ClickToRun"
• Now type the following command and press enter.
  officec2rclient.exe /update user updatetoversion=16.012827.20470 (Replace the build number which you want to install in your machine. You can check the build numbers from here: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/officeupdates/update-history-office-2019)
• Now Office updated would be downloaded and installed.
• That's it. Now if you want to stop the auto-update fir Office, click on File > Account > Update Options > Disable Updates

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How to activate Pre-installed Microsoft Office in Dell/Lenovo/HP and other OEM devices

Most of the computers these days are shipped with Microsoft Office pre-installed license. Some of the manufacturers offer Microsoft 365 Home or Personal 1-year subscription and some of them offer Microsoft Office 2019 Home and Student, Home and Business and Pro versions. For most of the users, the activation process is hassle-free. They just have to launch Word in the machine and right after launching, they see the banner which shows that the machine came with pre-installed Office license and after clicking on Activate button, they are asked to log in with their Microsoft account and after signing in, the license gets redeemed with their Microsoft account and Office gets activated on the device.
But there is a big confusion among the users and the OEM technicians about the activation process of Microsoft Office in the OEM devices. These devices are shipped with pre-installed Office 365 applications which are usually MS Store apps or installed with Office Deployment Tool. Now, this is where the confusion begins, the devices which are shipped with Office 2019 licenses, they also have Office 365 applications installed in them and to redeem the license of Office 2019 also, we have to use the Word application which is already installed with the package of Office 365. But out of the confusion, users uninstall Office 365 from the computer and I have seen that not only users, even the OEM support technicians also ask the users to uninstall Office 365 from the machine which is completely wrong. If you uninstall Office 365 from the machine, you might lose your Office 2019 pre-installed license also which is bound in the machine through the Windows registry.

So no matter what license you've got with the device, never uninstall the pre-installed Office 365 applications. Redeem your pre-install license with the Word app which got installed with the Office 365 suite and you would be able to redeem your license for Office 2019 successfully. Once the redemption process is completed, you can install the latest updates of Office and the pre-installed Office 365 would be changed into Office 2019 automatically after updates are installed. If the installation doesn't get changed automatically, you can uninstall Office 365 and installed your redeemed product through https://account.microsoft.com/services
Now some times, it happens that most of the users miss to redeem the license after launching Word and then the banner disappears from the machine. When they relaunch Word or any Office application, the pre-installed offer banner doesn't come up. To fix this issue, you would need to run the OEM Office Activation Troubleshooter from the link https://aka.ms/diag_97275 and running this troubleshooter would reset the pre-installed license to its default state. After running the troubleshooter, if you would launch Word, the activation offer banner would again pop-up on the screen which you can use to redeem your pre-installed license.
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Activate Windows 10 For Free Using KMS Client Keys

Windows 10 is the latest and final Windows OS by Microsoft. Microsoft offered a free upgrade to Windows 10 for one year after its launch but luckily if you are using the genuine license of Windows 7 or 8.1, you can still upgrade to Windows 10 for free without paying a single penny (Using Windows media creation tool). But if you don't have a genuine Windows 7/8.1 license and you still want to use Windows 10 or if your device came with Linux and if you want to use Windows 10 then you can activate your copy of Windows 10 just by using a few commands. Microsoft offers KMS Client keys to install Windows OS as a volume license to try it and using the same keys, you can keep your copy of Windows activated forever. Following is the list of Windows 10 KMS Client keys which you can use with your machine:

• Windows 10 Home: TX9XD-98N7V-6WMQ6-BX7FG-H8Q99
• Windows 10 Home N: 3KHY7-WNT83-DGQKR-F7HPR-844BM
• Windows 10 Home Single Language: 7HNRX-D7KGG-3K4RQ-4WPJ4-YTDFH
• Windows 10 Home Country Specific: PVMJN-6DFY6-9CCP6-7BKTT-D3WVR
• Windows 10 Professional: W269N-WFGWX-YVC9B-4J6C9-T83GX
• Windows 10 Professional N: MH37W-N47XK-V7XM9-C7227-GCQG9
• Windows 10 Education: NW6C2-QMPVW-D7KKK-3GKT6-VCFB2
• Windows 10 Education N: 2WH4N-8QGBV-H22JP-CT43Q-MDWWJ
• Windows 10 Enterprise: NPPR9-FWDCX-D2C8J-H872K-2YT43
• Windows 10 Enterprise N: DPH2V-TTNVB-4X9Q3-TJR4H-KHJW4

Note: These keys are not pirated or stolen keys. They are officially shared by Microsoft in the KMS Client Setup documentation which can be accessed from this link.

Now let's see how can you activate your Windows 10 copy using these keys for free. First of all, you need to check which Windows version have you installed. In this article, I'll take an example of Windows 10 Home. So now as we know we have installed Windows 10 Home, we would need to install the KMS Client key for Windows 10 Home in our machine. To do so, follow the steps below:

1. Open command prompt in elevated mode (Search for cmd in Start and right-click over it and click on Run As Administrator)

2. Now run the following command as per your Windows edition to install the KMS Client Key:
slmgr /ipk TX9XD-98N7V-6WMQ6-BX7FG-H8Q99

Note: I have assumed we are using Windows 10 Home so I used the key for Windows 10 Home. You may use the key as per your Windows edition. Running this command will install Windows key in your machine.
3. Now we need to connect to KMS server. If you already have set-up your own KMS Server, you may use your own url for KMS Server. If you don't have it, then use the following command to connect to KMS Server provided by msguides:
slmgr /skms kms8.msguides.com

4. After running this command, we need to activate Windows. To do so, run the following command:
slmgr /ato

5. That's it. Your Windows 10 copy is now activated and you can use it without any issues.

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Why do we need an Antivirus software for our PCs?

Computers are very common these days and you would hardly be able to do your work without computers. Whether you are a student or a working professional, you would definitely require a computer to complete your assignments or manage your day to day tasks. But today, there are a lot of threats everywhere which would infect your computer and it could cause a serious problem, like data loss and OS corruptions, etc. Imagine you are a very busy businessman and you have several important meetings and appointments scheduled in Outlook and suddenly one day, all your appointments are deleted from Outlook and all your emails are gone. That would definitely be a nightmare! Just a single virus program can do this to you and you would be helpless once the damage is done. This is why we should always keep our PCs protected with any good antivirus software. Following are a few more points to explain why antivirus programs are required for our computers:

1. Keep your computer free from adware

You might have seen in some computers that after launching the web browser, some strange pop-ups start opening automatically which show ads related to random downloads, dating, and some adult stuff, etc. These are actually generated by adware which infects the web browser and installs unwanted extensions in your browser and changes the default search engine to any malicious webpage. The default Windows Defender antivirus can’t stop these adware and that’s why we need any other good antivirus program installed in our machine to protect it from adware.

2. Keep your data safe

Hackers can easily install ransomware in your machine and encrypt all your data. The recent wannacry attack was the best example of it. The ransomware changes the extension of all your files and locks the computer with a message on the screen which asks you to pay money to the attacker through cryptocurrency. There is no assurance that your files will be back again even after paying the amount. Suppose you become a victim of this type of attack and lose all your data, doesn’t it sound horrible? This is another reason why do we need to install a good antivirus software with ransomware protection enabled. Not only this kind of attack takes place on the internet. For ransomware to take over your PC, you have to download it first and open the file that contains it. As many may not know, there's a huge importance of security of the browser itself and the protections that each website that we visit has. There are many different online businesses that fall under heavy attacks of hackers. There are clear statistics that show a steady increase in the number of attacks. Among the targets you will find: E-commerce sites, Banks, Pharmacies, private companies, online casinos and many more. The user MUST first check the website. Some of the checks are user reviews, SSL, payment methods and more. Casinos are often a target if they are not secured correctly. The casino might do everything right, but if it has a lack of security, the transactions that are made may be exposed to third parties. A very popular game is online pokies, which gained popularity thanks to its low stacks and fast gameplay. That's why users are often doing many transactions that include deposits and withdraws. Some of these might be "sniped" by a third party and both the user and the casino will lose the money. That is why it's very important to check the website background, the same as you would do in a regular restaurant or business.

3. Avoid system slowdowns

Several malware run in the computer as background processes which impacts the performance of your machine. The RAM and Processor are utilized a lot by these malware which causes system slowdowns and system crashes. These malware gets linked with the important system processes and it becomes almost impossible to remove them from PC once they infect the machine. So to avoid these malware from getting installed in the machine, a good antivirus software is required to be installed on the computer.

4. Prevent automatic restarts and blue screen of death errors

Some viruses create several unwanted shortcuts in the machine and they come back automatically even if you delete those shortcuts. If you click on these shortcuts, either they create more copies of them or they restart the machine and sometimes it results in a blue screen of death error. It becomes really frustrating to distinguish between the original shortcut icon and the malware. So, these viruses fill your hard drive with multiple junk files and slow down the machine which impacts your productivity. This is also a good reason we need a good antivirus to prevent these viruses from getting installed in the machine.

5. Prevent keyloggers and screen capturing malware

This is a very serious issue which you could face if you don’t have any good antivirus installed on your machine. If any keylogger gets installed in your machine through any malicious email or through any infected USB drive, whatever you do in your computer would get recorded and would be sent automatically to the attacker. If any keylogger is installed in the machine, it would secretly capture the keystrokes and screenshots and would send them to the attacker remotely. All your user IDs, passwords, screenshots of your online activities and everything you do would be sent to the attacker which would compromise your privacy and would put you in a serious risk. The attacker would be able to login to your bank websites, he would have your card details etc which can be misused. This kind of data is already being sold by hackers on the dark web. So, it is always smart to keep a good antivirus installed on your machine to avoid these kinds of problems.

So, the overall idea of this article is, that if you want to be safe online and offline, you MUST use a good antivirus in your PC. Without any antivirus, you are prone to cyber-attacks and once you become a victim of it, there would be very fewer chances to recover from it. So, I would recommend using any of these antiviruses as your primary antivirus: AVG Internet Security, Quick Heal Antivirus, Norton Security, Kaspersky Internet Security, and McAfee Total Protection.

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