Archive for March, 2016

Fix “You’ve been signed in with a temporary profile” Error in Windows 10 / 8 / 7

March 24th, 2016 by Admin

After you log on to a Windows user account, you may face the temporary profile issue and some of your desktop icons & files are disappeared. A notification pops up in the right bottom corner of the taskbar, saying:

“You’ve been signed in with a temporary profile. You can’t access your files, and files created in this profile will be deleted when you sign out. To fix this, sign out and try signing in later. Please see the event log for more details or contact your system administrator.”

In Windows 7, the error message looks like:

“You have been logged on with a temporary profile. You cannot access your files and files created in this profile will be deleted when you log off. To fix this, log off and try logging on later. Please see the event log for details or contact your system administrator.”

So I did a quick Google search and it seems that this is a common issue. This problem usually occurs if the user profile was accidentally moved or deleted from the system. Any changes that you make to the current desktop are lost after you log off the system. In this tutorial we’ll explain the step-by-step procedure to fix temporary profile issue in Windows 10, 8 and 7.

How to Fix “You’ve been signed in with a temporary profile” Error?

Before getting started, you need to find the SID (Security Identifier) of your user account that is experiencing the temporary profile problem. To do this, just press the Windows + R keys to open the Run box. Type cmd and press Enter.

When the Command Prompt launches, type the following command, replacing Tom with the name of your affected account. Press Enter and you’ll see the SID that will be used in steps below.
wmic useraccount where name='Tom' get sid

After finding the SID, close the Command Prompt. Now we begin to fix the registry settings. Press the Windows + R keys to open the Run box. Type regedit and press Enter.

When the Registry Editor opens, navigate to the following registry subkey:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\ProfileList

Expand the ProfileList subkey, you will see the SID keys for all the users on the machine. As we’ve found the SID of your affected account above, just click that SID key (without .bak), you’ll see the “ProfileImagePath” entry in the right pane that points to a temporary profile.

Double-click the ProfileImagePath entry to edit the values data. Type the correct profile path and click OK. If you don’t know the correct profile location, open Windows Explorer and browse to C:\Users. In my example, I want to set the account to use the profile folder named Tom, so I point ProfileImagePath to C:\Users\Tom. If your profile folder was already corrupted or deleted, just delete the SID key.

Next, right-click on your old SID key that is maked as .bak, and then click on Delete.

That’s it. Log off or restart your computer. Windows will sign in to your account with a local profile instead of a temporary profile, and you will no longer receive the temporary profile error.

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How to Switch to Local Account from Microsoft Account with / without Login

March 23rd, 2016 by Admin

Did you end up with a Microsoft account after upgrading to Windows 10? Struggle to revert your Windows login from Microsoft account to local account but you forgot the password? This beginner’s step-by-step guide will help you switch a Microsoft account to a local account in Windows 10, even if you forgot your Microsoft account password.

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Method 1: Switch to Local Account with Logging in

Log into your Windows 10 computer with either a local admin account or your Microsoft account, then follow these steps to switch from a Microsoft account to local account easily:

Press the Windows + I keys to open the Settings charm, or click on the Windows Start button and choose Settings.
Click on Accounts.
In the Your account section, click on the “Sign in with a local account instead” link.
Verify your Microsoft account by entering your current email password. Click Next.
Once your password is successfully verified, then the system will prompt you to create a new local account. Enter the account name and password, then click Next.
Click Sign out and finish at the bottom of the screen. You will have created a new local account that you can log into instead of your Microsoft account.

Method 2: Switch to Local Account without Logging in

If you’re locked out of your Windows 10 PC or couldn’t remember your Microsoft account password, you need to use a recovery boot CD like PCUnlocker. Just boot your PC from the CD and it allows you to offline switch your Microsoft account to a local account.

Use a working PC to download the ISO image of PCUnlocker Enterprise. The downloaded file is in .zip format. To extract the pcunlocker.iso file from it, simply right-click on the zip file and choose “Extract All” from the pop-up menu.
Burn the ISO file to a blank CD using the free USB burning program – ISO2Disc. If your PC doesn’t have a CD drive, you can choose to make a bootable USB drive (Remember to select GPT partition style which is required for Windows 10/8 UEFI boot).
Boot your Windows 10 PC from the CD you burned. You might have to access your computer’s BIOS and change the boot sequence for booting from a CD/DVD. Once booting from the CD, it will launch the PCUnlocker program within one or two minutes.
From the PCUnlocker program, you can see a list of local accounts available in your PC. Your Microsoft email address should be displayed under the Description column of the linked local account.
Highlight the linked local account and click on Reset Password button. The program will revert your associated Microsoft account back to local account and remove the local password.
Reboot your computer without the CD. Now Windows 10 login screen will display a local account instead of Microsoft account, and you can login without typing a password! That’s it!

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3 Ways to Remove Microsoft Account from Windows 10

March 22nd, 2016 by Admin

Microsoft Account is an email address and password which could be used to sign in your Windows 10 PC. If you no longer want to use a Microsoft account with Windows, you can either switch back to a local account or remove it from Windows sign-in option. In this tutorial we’ll show you 3 simple way to remove Microsoft account login from Windows 10.

Note: You cannot delete an account from your machine while you are signed into it – you’ll need to create an alternative login with a local account first. These methods just remove the Microsoft account locally from your Windows 10 computer. If you want to close / delete your online Microsoft account, please visit the Microsoft’s account closing webpage.

Method 1: Remove Microsoft Account Login from Control Panel

Press Windows key + X on your keyboard to display WinX menu and select Control Panel.
From the Control Panel, click the View by drop-down arrow and select Large icons. Click User Accounts.
Click the “Manage another account” link.
This screen shows all the accounts currently on your computer. Click on the Microsoft account you want to delete.
From the list of options, Click on the Delete the account option.
The next window asks if you want to keep the files relating to this account. If you click on Keep Files, all your personal files are kept intact and you can decide to delete the profile folder at any time.

Method 2: Remove Microsoft Account Login from Netplwiz

Press Windows key + R on your keyboard to open the Run box. Type netplwiz and press Enter.
This will open the User Accounts window. if you have auto-login enabled, you have to check the “Users must enter a user name and password to use this computer” box.
Select your Microsoft account from the list and click on Remove.
You’ll be prompted to confirm, and if you really want to continue, click Yes and the Microsoft account login will be removed in no time.

Method 3: Remove Microsoft Account Login from Settings App

First of all, open Settings app by clicking the Start button and selecting Settings option. You can also use the “Windows + I” hotkey.
On the Settings page, click the Accounts option.
After that, select Family & other users option available on the left side of Accounts menu.
Click on the Microsoft account that you wish to delete, and then from the available options that open below, click on Remove button.
When the confirmation dialog box appears, click on “Delete account and data” button for deleting the currently selected Microsoft account.

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5 Ways to Delete A Local Account in Windows 10

March 22nd, 2016 by Admin

How to remove a Windows local account when you don’t need it any more? In this tutorial we’ll show you 5 ways to delete a local account in Windows 10, through Control Panel, Local Users and Groups, Netplwiz, Command Prompt, Settings Charm.

Note: If you’re currently logged in to the local account you want to delete, log off and sign in with another account in order to remove it. Deleting a user account requires you to log on as administrator, and the built-in Administrator account is undeletable.

Method 1: Delete Local Account Using Control Panel

First of all you need to access the Control Panel. Press the Windows key + X and then select Control Panel from the WinX menu.
Select the View by option at the top right of the Control Panel. Set it to Large icons and then click on User Accounts.
Select Manage another account in the list options.
Click on the account that you want to delete.
Click on Delete the account link from the left pane.
Next it will ask you whether you want to keep or to delete the user’s file. It’s up to you as to which option you want to choose.

Method 2: Delete Local Account via Local Users and Groups

Press the Windows key + R to open the Run box. Type lusrmgr and press Enter.
In the Local Users and Groups window, click Users from the left pane.
Right-click on your unused user account in the center pane, and then select Delete.
Click Yes and the user account will be removed immediately.

Method 3: Delete Local Account Using Netplwiz

Press the Windows key + R to open the Run box. Type netplwiz and press Enter. If prompted by UAC, then click Yes.
Check the “Users must enter a user name and password to use this computer” box. When this box is unchecked, the user list below and the Remove button will be greyed out.
Highlight the user account you want to delete and click on Remove.
Click Yes to confirm your account removal.

Method 4: Delete Local Account Using Command Prompt

To open an elevated Command Prompt, press the Windows key + X to access the WinX menu and then click on Command Prompt (Admin).
Now you can run the net user command to delete a local account. For example, to remove a local account named Joe, type:
net user Joe /del
Once the account is deleted, it will disappear from Windows 10 login screen.

Method 5: Delete Local Account from Settings Charm

Press the Windows key + I to open the Settings charm. You can also access it by clicking the Start button and then select Settings.
From the setting window, click on Accounts.
Click on “Family & other users” tab on the left pane, click on the user account you wish to delete and the Remove button will be shown. Click on it.
You’ll be prompted to confirm, and if you really want to continue, click “Delete account and data“.
This will remove the user account from the login screen, as well as any files, settings, and program data associated with that user account.

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4 Ways to Disable Windows 10 AutoPlay

March 18th, 2016 by Admin

When you insert a CD or USB drive into your computer, an AutoPlay menu appears and asks how you want Windows to handle the device. In Windows 10, you can configure AutoPlay to automatically open photos or play videos on a removable media when you plug it into your PC. If AutoPlay annoys you, here are 4 simple ways to turn off / disable AutoPlay in Windows 10.

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Method 1: Disable Windows 10 AutoPlay Using Settings Charm

Press the Windows key + I to open the Settings charm app.
In the Settings app, click on Devices.
Click on AutoPlay on the left side, and switch off “Use AutoPlay for all media and devices“.

Now you will never see the AutoPlay window pop up when you plug in a USB or insert a disc to your Windows 10 PC.

Method 2: Disable Windows 10 AutoPlay Using Control Panel

Press the Windows key + X to open the WinX menu. Click on Control Panel.
By default, the Control Panel opens to the category view. Change it to display with Large icons. Next click the AutoPlay icon.
In order to turn off AutoPlay, uncheck the the “Use AutoPlay for all media and devices” box. No need to select the default action for each type of media and device listed below it, because those options only work when you turn on AutoPlay.
Click Save and you’re done!

Method 3: Disable Windows 10 AutoPlay Using Registry Editor

Press the Windows key + R to open the Run box. Type regedit and press Enter.
Navigate to the following registry key:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\AutoplayHandlers
Double-click on the DisableAutoplay entry on the right pane, change its value from 0 to 1.
Close Registry Editor and you’re done!

Method 4: Disable Windows 10 AutoPlay Using Group Policy

Press the Windows key + R to open the Run box. Type gpedit.msc and press Enter.
When the Local Group Policy Editor opens, browse to:
Computer Configuration > Administrative Templates > Windows Components > AutoPlay Policies
In the right-hand side pane, double-click “Turn off AutoPlay” to open the Properties box.
Click Enabled, and then select “All drives” from the “Turn off AutoPlay on” box to disable AutoPlay on all drives.
Reboot your computer. Now you’ve turned off AutoPlay for all media and devices in your account in Windows 10.

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2 Ways to Enable / Disable Automatic Login in Windows 10

March 17th, 2016 by Admin

How to disable login screen when booting into Windows 10? There are also times you want to turn on automatic login to save your time to enter a password each time you switch on your computer. In this tutorial we’ll show you 2 simple ways to enable / disable automatic login in Windows 10. Both methods work with local account and Microsoft account.

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Method 1: Enable / Disable Automatic Login Using netplwiz

Press the Windows key + R to open the Run box. Type netplwiz and press Enter.

netplwiz

The User Accounts dialog box will appear. From there you can easily turn on / off Windows automatic login.

Turn Off Automatic Login:

If you want to turn off automatic login, check the “Users must enter a username and password to use this computer” option and click Apply, you’re done. Restart your computer and the system will prompt you to enter password at the login screen.

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Turn On Automatic Login:

Highlight your user account (a local account or a Microsoft account). Uncheck the “Users must enter a username and password to use this computer” checkbox. Click Apply.

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Then enter your password and confirm it. Click OK.

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Restart your PC and when Windows loads it will automatically log you in.

Method 2: Enable / Disable Automatic Login Using Autologon

Autologon is a small, portable utility developed by SysInternals that makes the job of setting up Windows automatic logon even more simple. After you’ve downloaded it, unzip it and run the executable file.

unzipped-autologon

The first time you run it, you have to accept the license terms. By default, Autologon automatically fills out domain and the username of the currently logged in account, with an option to change them if required. If you want to automatically log into a Microsoft account, you need to type the name of the associated local account.

autologon

Turn Off Automatic Login:
If you want to turn off automatic login for a specific account, just type your account name and click Disable, and you’re done!

Turn On Automatic Login:
If you want to turn on automatic logon, type your account name and password. Click Enable. Finally restart your computer and Windows 10 will boot straight into your desired user account without asking for a password.

Conclusion

The Autologon utility works the same way as netplwiz. If you’ve turned on automatic login in Windows 10 with netplwiz, you can then revert your system back to the login screen using Autologon.

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How to Remove Windows 10 / 8 and Install Windows 7

March 16th, 2016 by Admin

“My laptop came with Windows 8 preinstalled. I really don’t like the new interface of Windows 8. I want to uninstall Windows 8 and install Windows 7. How to go about it?”

If you don’t like Windows 10 / 8, or the new OS doesn’t work as you expected, you might want to downgrade to Windows 7. In this tutorial we’ll walk you through the steps of removing Windows 10 / 8 and then install a fresh copy of Windows 7.

How to Remove Windows 10 / 8 and Install Windows 7?

Before get started, you need to prepare a Windows 7 installation disc. Make sure any important files already on your PC are backed up on a portable hard drive or an online backup solution.

Part 1: Disable UEFI and Enable Legacy Boot

New Windows 10/8 PCs come with UEFI firmware and Secure Boot enabled. Starting with Windows 8, Microsoft replaced BIOS with UEFI. Secure Boot will prevent Windows 7 installation disc from booting, so you need to disable the Secure Boot option and enable Legacy/CSM boot.

Here’s how to enable Legacy boot on a Windows 8 ASUS notebook:

When powering on the computer, quickly and repeatedly press F2 to enter BIOS Setup.
In the Security menu, use the arrow keys on your keyboard to select the Secure Boot Control option. Press Enter to set it Disabled.
Go to the Boot menu, enable Launch CSM.
Press F10 to save and exit.

Your BIOS may be different. If you don’t know how to access the UEFI/BIOS or couldn’t find the UEFI secure boot option, please check out the following articles:

Part 2: Convert Partition Scheme from GPT to MBR

Now we need to convert the hard drive from GPT to MBR, because Windows 7 couldn’t be installed on GPT partition. Follow these steps:

Put the Windows 7 installation disc in your optical drive and restart to boot from it. You may have to change the boot sequence in your BIOS if it doesn’t boot to the CD. Watch for the “Press any key to boot from CD or DVD” message. Press a key as indicated.
When Windows 7 Setup appears, you’re asked to choose your preferred language and keyboard method. Just press Shift + F10 to launch the Command Prompt.
In the Command Prompt, type the following commands one by one, press Enter after each.
diskpart list disk select disk 0 clean convert mbr exit
This will delete all partitions on your hard drive and convert it to a MBR disk.
Now close the Command Prompt. You’ll return back to Windows 7 Setup screen.

Part 3: Install Windows 7

Once you come back to Windows 7 Setup Screen, select your language and click Next.
You will be now taken to the Install now menu. Click on Install Now to proceed.
Review the license agreement, and click “I accept the license terms“.
On the Which type of installation do you want? window, click Custom (advanced).
The next step is to choose where you want to install Windows 7. Inexperienced users can simply highlight the unallocated space and click Next.

If you want to split the hard drive into two or more partitions, click on “Drive options (advanced)” which allows you to create new partitions, format or delete them. When it’s done, select the partition you want to install Windows 7 on and click Next.
Windows will begin installing. Now you can sit back and relax for a while, because this part is automatic. During this process, the PC will also restart on its own—don’t panic, that’s just part of the installation process.
When the installation is complete, you’ll go through the first-time setup process: type your computer name, set up a user account and password, enter product key, etc.

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3 Ways to Fix “Windows 10 Start Menu Not Working”

March 15th, 2016 by Admin

Start Menu not working or showing up? Many Windows 10 users faced the issue that Start Menu is not opening when clicking the Start button or pressing the Windows key on the keyboard. Luckily there are simple ways to solve this problem and in this tutorial we’ll show you 3 ways to get Start Menu back to work as expected.

Method 1: Using System Configuration Utility (MSConfig)

Press the Windows key + R to open the Run box. Type msconfig and press Enter to launch System Configuration.
Click on the Boot tab at the top. Check the Safe boot option and select Network. Leave all the other settings to default. Click Apply and then OK.
You’ll prompted to restart your computer. Click Restart.
The computer will automatically reboot into Safe Mode. After logging in, you need to open the System Configuration utility again, by pressing the Windows key + R and then type msconfig in the Run box.
Uncheck the Safe mode option. Click Apply and then OK. Restart again and hopefully the Start Menu will work now.

Method 2: Using PowerShell

Press the Windows key + X to open the WinX menu. Click on “Command Prompt (Admin)“.
When the elevated Command Prompt opens, type powershell and press Enter.
Copy the following PowerShell command and paste it into the Command Prompt, press Enter.
Get-AppXPackage -AllUsers | Foreach {Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register "$($_.InstallLocation)\AppXManifest.xml"}
Wait for PowerShell to execute and complete the command. Ignore the few errors (in red color) that may pop up.
When it finishes, try hitting the Start button and hopefully it’ll start working.

Method 3: Using System File Checker Tool

Press the Windows key + X to open the WinX menu. Click on “Command Prompt (Admin)“.
In the Command Prompt, type sfc /scannow and press Enter.
It will scan all protected system files, and replace corrupted files with a cached copy. This process may take a while.

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4 Ways to Turn Off Windows 10 Automatic Update

March 14th, 2016 by Admin

By default, Windows 10 will automatically download all updates and install them without notifying the user. Users who use slow Internet connection, can face slowdown problem in Internet speed when Windows is downloading updates in background. In this tutorial we’ll show you 4 ways to turn off automatic update in Windows 10, or set Windows to notify you before downloading or updating.

Method 1: Turn Off Automatic Update from Settings Charm

Click on Start button. Select Settings when the Start Menu appears.
The Settings charm should open. Click Update & security.
Click Advanced options at the bottom of the Windows Update pane.
Select “Notify to schedule restart” instead of “Automatic (recommended)“. It’ll stop Windows from automatically restart your computer after downloading and installing updates.
Now enable “Defer upgrades” option. New Windows updates will not be downloaded and installed for several days or months. But security updates will be downloaded immediately.

Method 2: Turn Off Automatic Update By Disabling the Service

Press the Windows Key + R, type services.msc into the Run dialog, and press Enter.
When the Services Manager opens, scroll down and search for the service “Windows Update” in the list.
Double-click on the Windows Update service and open its Properties window. Stop the service and choose Disabled from the Startup Type drop-down menu. This will disable Windows Update entirely.

To re-enable Windows Update simply repeat these four steps, but change the Startup Type to Automatic and restart your computer.

Method 3: Turn Off Automatic Update Using Group Policy

Press the Windows Key + R, type gpedit.msc into the Run dialog, and press Enter.
When the Group Policy Editor opens, navigate to:
Computer Configuration\Administrative Templates\Windows Components\Windows Update
Now in the right pane, double-click on Configure Automatic Updates.
From here you can set the updates to Disabled or set the following options:
- Notify for download and notify for install
- Auto download and notify for install
- Auto download and schedule the install
- Allow local admin to choose setting
Click Apply and then OK. Reboot your computer for the changes to take effect.

Method 4: Turn Off Automatic Update Using Registry Editor

Press the Windows Key + R, type regedit into the Run dialog, and press Enter.
When the Registry Editor opens, navigate to:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows
In left-side pane, right-click on the Windows key and create a new subkey and set its name as WindowsUpdate.
Right-click on the WindowsUpdate key and create another subkey named AU.
Now select AU key and in right-side pane create a new 32-bit DWORD value NoAutoUpdate and set its value data to 1.
Restart your computer and Windows won’t automatically download and install any update any longer.

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How to Disable Caps Lock Pop-up Notification in Windows 10 / 8 / 7

March 11th, 2016 by Admin

Every time you press the Caps Lock key, you might see a popup notification near the bottom-right corner of your screen. This can be a big problem since it takes focus off of the window/app you’re typing in. If you’re playing a game and accidentally press Caps Lock, clicking the popup will minimize the game.

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In this tutorial we’ll show you all possible ways to disable Caps Lock notification that pops up at the bottom right of your screen. The methods differ depending on the manufacturer of your computer.

Method 1: For HP computers

Here’s how to turn off Caps Lock notification on HP computers:

Press the Windows logo key + R to bring up the Run box. Type regedit and hit Enter.
After the Registry Editor opens, navigate to:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Hewlett-Packard\HP HotKey Support
In right pane, double-click on the CapsLockOSD entry and set its value to 0.

Method 2: For Dell computers

Dell Quickset is supposedly a helpful little program that helps you keep track of your power management and other system settings. To disable Caps Lock notification on Dell computer, you can uninstall Quickset, or make a registry change by following the steps below:

Press the Windows logo key + R to bring up the Run box. Type regedit and hit Enter.
After the Registry Editor opens, navigate to:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Dell Computer Corporation\QuickSet
In right pane, double-click on the QuickSetControl entry and set its value to 1.

Method 3: For Lenovo computers

Open the Control Panel. Set the View by option to Large icons.
Click on Display icon, then click on Change display settings on left panel.
Click on the Advanced settings, then click on On-Screen Display tab.
Check Enable on-screen display.
Under “Indicator settings for NumLock and CapsLock” section, look for “While the numeric lock or caps lock is ON” section, choose the “Show the indicator for a few seconds” option.
Click Apply, then click OK.

Method 4:

The Caps Lock notification might be handled by BlueTooth (BTTray.exe) process. You must edit the following registry entries to ged rid of this ugly alert:

Press the Windows logo key + R to bring up the Run box. Type regedit and hit Enter.
When the Registry Editor opens, navigate to:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Widcomm\BTConfig\General
Change the value of KeyIndication from 1 to 0.
Reboot your computer and the Caps Lock pop-up notification is gone!

Method 5:

This is a common method to decrease the display time for Caps Lock notification:

Open Control Panel. Set the View by option to Large icons.
Click Ease of Access Center.
Select “Make it easier to focus on tasks“.
Scroll down to the “Adjust time limits and flashing visuals” section, Check the checkbox to “Turn off all unnecessary animations (when possible)“. Under the option “How long should Windows Notification dialogue boxes stay open“, select 5 seconds.
Click Apply/OK.

The end result is that you will still see the notification that Caps Lock has been turned on or off, but it will not cause a pause in your typing.

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