Window 10  has the feature notification system that let you be notified of the news, updates, and some actions of specific apps. This features in Windows 10 is customizable. We can manage that whether we get notifications or not and as well as we can manage its sounds as well. Sometimes we  Windows 10 notification sounds are annoying, you can change or disable it with this guide. Here is the answer to both change or disable Windows 10 notification sounds.

Change Windows 10 Notification Sounds

1. Open the sound dialogue box by pressing Windows+R keys it will open you the run dialogue. Type mmsys.cpl  and press enter

2. The above command will open you the sound dialogue where you can customize all sounds related settings. On the Sounds tab, you can change or disable Windows 10 notification sounds settings.

3. After the sound settings opened, navigate to the sounds tab, you will see the dialogue box as above.

4. Scroll down and find the notification. Then to change the notifications.

1. If you want to use Windows 10 system sounds click on the tab under the sound and choose one.
2. If you want to use your sound, click on the browser and pick up what you would like.

Disable Windows 10 Notification Sounds

1. To disable notification sound click on the ∨ under the sounds and instead of music choose none.

Related article: Reset Windows 10 Lost Password Correctly.

The purpose of this guide was how you could change or disable notification sounds in Windows 10. But it’s not all about the notifications. Further, you can customize whether you should get the notification, or not, and from which one you like to receive notifications and from which one not.

Related: Windows 10 Themes with Custom Sounds.

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Probably You like me and many other tech enthusiasts after working a few hours on your computer, have so many programs or tabs that are running, and you have to break for a while you want to do the rest of the task later. So if you shut down your pc, all your tabs and programs will go away. fortunately, Microsoft has offered the Sleep and Windows 10 Hibernate option along with the shutdown option. Here is how to add Windows 10 hibernate option in start menu.

However, by default, the Windows 10 hibernate option is not available under the Start>Power. We have to play a little bit with options bring it back under the Start>power

Hibernate Vs Sleep

Sleep Mode: In Sleep Mode the computer technically stays on while all actions on the computer are stopped and any open documents and applications are put in memory while the computer goes into a low-power state

Hibernate: Hibernate mode is very similar to sleep, but instead of saving your open documents and running applications to your RAM, it saves them to your hard disk. This allows your computer to turn off entirely, which means once your computer is in Hibernate mode, it uses zero power. Once the computer is powered back on, it will resume everything where you left off. and instead, it will take longer to start again.

Add Windows 10 Hibernate Option to Start Menu

1. To add Windows 10 hibernate option to start>power navigate to Start>Settings>System and the following screen will be open.

2. From here go to  Power & sleep option. and you will be guided to the following page.

3. From here go to Additional Power Settings>choose what the power buttons do

4. Then go to Change Settings that are currently unavailable and scroll down to the bottom

Now click the Checkbox of Hibernate option. Next, click save changes and you are done.

Now go to Start>power you should now see the Windows 10 Hibernate option among others power options.

Video Guide: How to Add Windows 10 Hibernate to Start Menu

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The error “The program can’t start because api-ms-win-crt-runtime-l1-1-0.dll is missing from your computer” occurs when running the Autodesk AutoCAD 2017. It’s not issued with Autodesk AutoCAD 2017, It might occur with other Windows software as well.

The problem is the KB2999226 (Universal CRT) Windows update, which is part of the Visual C++ Redistributable, failed to install. The Universal CRT fails to install if the necessary prerequisites have not been installed yet.

Update for Universal C Runtime in Windows

The Windows 10 Universal CRT is a Windows operating system component that enables CRT functionality on the Windows operating system. This update allows Windows desktop applications that depend on the Windows 10 Universal CRT release to run on earlier Windows operating systems.

This update applies to the following operating systems:

• Windows Server 2012 R2
• Windows 8.1
• Windows RT 8.1
• Windows Server 2012
• Windows 8
• Windows RT
• Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1 (SP1)
• Windows 7 SP1
• Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2 (SP2)
• Windows Vista SP2

Note The update for Windows RT 8.1 or Windows RT can be downloaded only from Windows Update.

This update is not needed to install on Windows 10. Windows 10 already come with the latest update of Microsoft Universal C Runtime.

For more information about how to download Microsoft support files, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Microsoft scanned this file for viruses. Microsoft used the most current virus-detection software that was available on the date that the file was posted. The file is stored on security-enhanced servers that help prevent any unauthorized changes to the file.

Fix The program can’t start because api-ms-win-crt-runtime-l1-1-0.dll is missing

To fix The program can’t start because api-ms-win-crt-runtime-l1-1-0.dll is missing error, you must install the latest update from the below links.

Download the Visual C++ Redistributable:

• For Windows 64-bit
  Visual C++ Redistributable for Visual Studio 2017 (64-bit)
• For Windows 32-bit
  Visual C++ Redistributable for Visual Studio 2017 (32-bit)

If the problem not solved, try to update the Windows and install all new Windows updates from update section of Windows settings.

1. Install Windows Updates:
2. Go to Start – Control Panel – Windows Update
3. Check for updates
4. Install all available updates.
5. After the updates are installed, restart your computer.
6. After the restart repeat the steps above again until no more updates are available.

In the case of failed the above solution, upgrading to Windows 10 will mitigate the problem because starting with Windows 10, the Universal CRT is part of the operating system.

Related: How to Reinstall Windows 10 without Losing Files?

Hope it finally solves and fixes The program can’t start because api-ms-win-crt-runtime-l1-1-0.dll is missing from your computer issue.

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This issue “This app has been blocked for your protection” comes when I want to install my HP printer on Windows 10. The Windows 10 security mechanism brings a host of security enhancements to prevent unauthorized intrusion into the operating system. This will block or flag legitimate old and unsigned programs and apps from installing and functioning properly on Windows 10. 

Fix This App has Been Blocked for Your Protection

This is how to fix and install securely the old devices drivers on Windows 10. This app has been blocked for your protection is the best option to prevent installing none trusted apps on your computer. Try to apply this article to a trusted apps or programs. Don’t install the apps and drivers if you are not sure the apps publisher.

Let’s try how we can circumvent the protection errors in Windows 10. From this prompt “An administrator has blocked you from running this app. For more information, contact the administrator” we find out that the built-in system administrator can install these types of apps.

Note: You can’t bypass this error by running apps as an administrator account.

1. On Windows 10 press Windows key+R to open run and type “lusrmgr.msc“. This will open you local users and groups manager

2. On the Local Users and Groups window click Users to expand it. Then right click the disabled Administrator account and select Properties. On the Administrator, Properties unchecked the Account is disabled option and click OK to apply changes.

3. Log out from the current user and login with a new enabled Administrator account. When the administrator account profile loaded successfully, install the drivers or apps. This time the user account controller will not prompt your the This app has been blocked for you protection error.

4. When everything is done, log out and disable the administrator account for security reasons or keep it secure.

Enable Administrator Account with Command line

Easier than using the graphical interface like Local users and groups manager. Just press Windows and type CMD and press Ctrl+Shift then press enter to open CMD as administrator privilege.

1. Type the following command to enable the disabled Administrator account.

“net user administrator /active:Yes”

To disable Local Administrator account, simply type “net user administrator /active:No” command. Finally, close the command prompt.

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