Learn how to fix Valorant vcruntime140.dll missing error with our compiled steps and tutorials that would fix this issue.

Valorant has been giving out lots of error codes which fortunately most of them have a corresponding workaround. However, just recently, reports from players hinted this new kind of problem that is related with the dll on our system. Stick around in this article and follow through our troubleshooting instructions to be able to fix Valorant vcruntime140.dll Missing Error and be able to get back playing the game!

This DLL problem in Valorant is common not only in the game but also in other applications that depend on this particular runtime dll component on Windows. Good news is, there are various ways on how you can fix this kind of issue in Valorant!

Fix Valorant Vcruntime140.dll Missing Error

The solutions that will be shown in this article might or might not work on your end. Hence, we recommend to try out each and every solution that are listed on this guide or follow through our video tutorial if you find anything confusing! You might think why not just simply download vc runtime DLL and place it on the game directory of Valorant? This might work but it’s not the proper way of installing this DLL component on Windows hence the error might still occur even on other software, games and applications so better do the fix right in the first place.

Solution #1: Enable/Install .NET Framework 3.5 (includes 2.0 and 3.0)

Before installing any other pre-requisite, it is best to ensure that the .NET Framework 3.5 (including 2.0 and 3.0) are enabled/installed on your Windows since by default, Windows 10 no longer have these frameworks installed along upon the initial installation of the Operating System.

To enable the .NET Framework 3.5, simply follow these instructions:

Enable using Programs & Features .NET Framework 3.5 (including 2.0 and 3.0)

1. Go to Start Meu > Search for Control Panel.
2. Open Programs > Programs and Features.
3. Click on the Turn Windows features on or off on the top left pane.
4. Tick the “.NET Framework 3.5 (includes 2.0 and 3.0)“
5. Hit the OK button to apply and install .NET Framework.
   • Note: You need to have a working internet connection to be able to install .NET Framework.

Solution #2: Reinstall Visual Studio 2015 C++ Redistributable

After enabling the .NET Framework 3.5, you might still encounter the same error. However, it is best to have .NET Framework 3.5 installed first before proceeding with this solution to make sure that you will be able to install the Visual Studio 2015 C++ Redistributable component.

To install Visual Studio 2015 C++ Redistributable, follow these steps:

1. Download Visual Studio 2015 C++ from Microsoft.
2. Get both the x86: vc_redist.x86.exe and x64: vc_redist.x64.exe.
3. After downloading both installers, proceed and install the two redist installers one at a time.
4. Follow along the instructions shown in the screen.
5. After installing, restart your computer, and re-launch Valorant.

Hopefully that would fix Valorant vcruntime140.dll missing error and you’ll be able to play the game now!

Solution #3: Re-register Valorant vcruntime140.dll component using CMD

If in any case that even after installing the Visual Studio 2015 C++ Redistributable and you still get the same error on Valorant, one solution that might fix this problem is to de-register and re-register the VCRuntime140.dll component on your system.

To do so, follow these steps:

1. Open the Start Menu > Search for “Command Prompt“
2. Right-click the Command Prompt on the results > click Run as Administrator.
3. Enter these commands to de-register and re-register the dll component on your system:
   • De-Register: regsvr32 /u VCRUNTIME140.dll
   • Re-Register: regsvr32 VCRUNTIME140.dll
4. Restart your computer and see if that worked!

Hopefully at this part, you are now able to play and launch Valorant! If still in any case, you’re unable to play Valorant and still experience the vcruntime140.dll error, try these next steps.

Solution #4: Run System File Checker Tool

If you’re still unable to fix the problem in Valorant, there could possibly be a corruption on your system or Windows. One way to make sure that your operating system files and components are properly installed and are working properly, you can run the System File Checker (SFC) Tool.

To run this tool, follow through these instructions:

1. Open the Start Menu > Search for “Command Prompt“
2. Run the command: sfc /scannow
3. Wait for it to complete, restart your computer once done.

After that, try running the game and hopefully Valorant is now working properly!

Hopefully these solutions would be able to help you out and at least one of these solutions would work for you and fix Valorant vcruntime140.dll missing error. Leave your comments and feedback below let me know if this worked our for you! Also, again, feel free to watch and follow the video tutorial if any of these parts are confusing for you!

Today, I will provide an in-depth and honest UpCloud Review and tell you at the end of this discussion whether or not UpCloud is a good Vultr Alternative.

Other cloud hosting providers such as Digital Ocean, and Linode will not be included in this review as this will mainly focus on the strengths and weaknesses of UpCloud over Vultr.

UpCloud, similarly to other cloud hosting company which you might already be familiar with such as Digital Ocean, Linode, and Vultr, also offers on-demand cloud servers which can be turned off, deleted, restarted, upscaled, or downscaled, depending on your needs and requirements.

UpCloud started in their business for quite a while now, they launched their online cloud platform in 2011. UpCloud is a European cloud hosting company and their main quarters is located in the capital city of Finland, Helsinki.

UpCloud Review

The main points for evaluation here are the price, performance, and features offered by UpCloud.

By the end of this review, you will be able to know whether or not UpCloud fits in your budget, and if the performance of UpCloud is the right for your computing needs, lastly, the features that are UpCloud offers over Vultr and the key features that it lacks as a cloud hosting provider.

So, let’s take a look first at the pricing of UpCloud and compare it with Vultr pricing.

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Pricing

Before we can say that UpCloud’s a good Vultr Alternative, it is important to determine whether or not UpCloud even deserves to be compared with Vultr’s competitive pricing for its cloud server plans.

Luckily, UpCloud’s pricing is as competitive as Vultr and other cloud hosting companies.

FIXED PLANS	UpCloud Price	Vultr Price
1 CORE/ 10GB SSD / 512MB MEMORY	—	3.5$
1 CORE/ 25GB SSD / 1 GB MEMORY	5$	5$
1 CORE/ 50GB SSD / 2GB MEMORY	10$	10$
2 CORES/ 80GB SSD / 4GB MEMORY	20$	20$
4 CORES/ 160GB SSD / 8GB MEMORY	40$	40$
6 CORES/ 320GB SSD / 16GB MEMORY	80$	80$
8 CORES/ 640GB SSD / 32GB MEMORY	160$	160$
12 CORES/ 960GB SSD/ 48GB MEMORY	240$	—
16 CORES/ 1280GB SSD/ 64GB MEMORY	320$	—
20 CORES/ 1920GB SSD/ 96GB MEMORY	480$	—
20 CORES/ 2048GB SSD/ 128GB MEMORY	640$	—

Looking at the pricing both providers offer, UpCloud offers big cloud packages over Vultr.

Vultr’s bare metal servers are sold out during the writing of this article.

UpCloud allows you to also customize your server using the “flexible plan” which would cost a little bit higher compared to the fixed plans.

So far, when it comes to pricing, UpCloud is highly competitive with Vultr.

The pricing used on the comparison above is the cloud compute servers and not the high-frequency servers.

UpCloud allows you to customize your plan, add cores and memory if you prefer to have a custom setup, however using the flexible plan over the simple plan would cost you more.

When it comes to pricing, I can say that UpCloud can be a pretty decent if not a good Vultr alternative especially if you want flexibility of upscaling or downscaling your projects.

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Performance

As for the performance, we will look at the response times, CPU performance, and Disk I/O Performance of UpCloud plans over Vultr plans. The data that is used here are from VPSBenchmarks tests and runs.

Response Times

The cloud server response times measures the responsiveness of a website/server when it is put under load.

For this test, a database intensive application was used to put each setup on a load to determine the average response times of each server.

With regards to the response times, it is shocking that UpCloud performs at par with Vultr here! The response times difference between the two is not that significant however the response times of 1GB Vultr Plan is extremely poor. At the same price bracket of 5$ plan, UpCloud outperforms Vultr’s 5$ plan when it comes to response times. Upgrading the server specs reduced their differences however making their response times right just near of each other with difference of 3-10 milliseconds.

The data that is used here are from VPSBenchmarks tests and runs.

CPU Performance

The CPU performance measures the rate of operations that each server configuration is able to sustainably operate given a CPU stress load.

The higher operations per second the better as the CPU is able to process more operations and instructions at a time.

Again, looking at the CPU performance benchmarks between UpCloud and Vultr, UpCloud dominates the performance over price ratio as it performs much more operations per second when compared to Vultr plans.

The data that is used here are from VPSBenchmarks tests and runs.

Disk I/O Performance

The Disk I/O performance tests the amount of system input and output operations that each cloud server plans is able to perform using the random read tests in MiB.

One of the main feature of UpCloud that it confidently compares with its competitor is the fastest disk I/O performance. They have called this MaxIOPS as their technology is able to surpass common average ssd speeds offered by Vultr, Digital Ocean, Linode, and is even being compared with Amazon and Google Cloud storage performances.

Looking at the results, it is indeed true what UpCloud claims that it obviously outperforms Vultr when it comes to Disk I/O performance. UpCloud shown up to 2x more transfer operations per second when compared to Vultr cloud instances.

Higher Disk I/O Performance is important especially when transferring files and media exchanges between users and the cloud instance. The faster the disk I/O performance, the bigger and the more files you are able to send and receive during peak operations / load.

The full technical details with the benchmarks performed by VPSBenchmarks can be found here.

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Features

When it comes to features, we will compare the essential features that is expected to be available when using cloud servers and the additional features that one might offer compared to the other.

Features	UpCloud	Vultr
Backup	Available	Available
Cloning Instances	Available	Available
+ Cloning as Template	Available (Paid per hour of storage)	Available (Snapshots, Free; Price subject to change anytime)
Storage
+ Attach additional SSD	Available	Available
+ Attach additional HDD	Available	—
+ Ready ISOs	Available	Available
+ Custom ISO	Manual	Available
Locations	9 Locations	17 Locations
Support
+ Email	Available	Available
+ Ticket / Live Chat	No Ticket; 24/7 Live Chat	Ticket Only; No Live Chat
Billing
+ Credit Card / Debit Card	Available	Available
+ Paypal	Accepted	Accepted
Uptime	100% Uptime SLA	100% Uptime SLA

Verdict: Is UpCloud a good Vultr alternative?

To end this review, I believe that UpCloud deserves to be recognized. Having a live chat support which is lacking in Vultr and other companies like DO provides a good impression that the company is up for the competition. UpCloud also delivers unique features which I personally find useful such as adding additional hdd (lesser cost per hour) if you need a hefty amount of storage just for backups and less frequently accessed files. It offers more flexibility in setup, configuration and at the same time provides better performance/price ratio.

One thing that needs to be improved in UpCloud is the custom ISO upload feature. Uploading custom ISO’s in your instances in Vultr is as simple as pasting the ISO link and Vultr will automatically grab the ISO file and store it for you. UpCloud on the other hand, you’ll have to create a separate drive, download it using wget or a tool using command line, and then mount it on the system.

Also, cloning a server instance from one location to another needs to be improved in UpCloud. It took 2-4 hours to clone a 10$ server hosted in Singapore to US while in Vultr it took only around 30-1 hour tops.

However despite these additional feature flaws, what matters is the performance you get with the price you pay, reliability and support.

Vultr support system only relies on ticket submission while UpCloud gives you a free 24/7 support that you can contact anytime to help and assist you with your cloud instances.

Overall, UpCloud is a no-brainer the best Vultr alternative and if not also a good alternative for big cloud providers such as Digital Ocean, Linode, AWS, Google Cloud.

If you decide to give UpCloud a try, you can signup and get 25$ free credit for you to try the service. Credit card is required as proof and to prevent trial abuse.

UPDATE:

September 14: As of September 14, the URL import function is already available in UpCloud! I believe they really do listen to customer feedback. You need to deploy a server first however then go to your server > resize > under storage you’ll see “Add from URL”. This will allow you to import ISO files remotely and store it in a hdd drive or maxiops drive.

You might be wondering how to fix DNS_PROBE_FINISHED_NXDOMAIN on Android, luckily here’s the perfect guide which you can follow along and get that error fixed in no time on your smartphone or android devices. Stick along and read through the step-by-step guides down below detailing all possible tried and tested solutions that will fix this error in no time!

This particular error that you might be experiencing is an issue related with your domain name server (DNS). If the DNS server fails to resolve the dns request, the error shows up hence prevents you from reaching certain or all websites. It is a common issue when using the default DNS servers set by your Internet Service Provider (ISP) which are known to be unreliable.

Fix DNS_PROBE_FINISHED_NXDOMAIN on Android

There are various fixes which we can apply to solve this particular error on your android device such as using the Google DNS / Cloudflare DNS over your ISP provider’s default DNS servers or using a DNS changer app to provide a more easy to configure setup whenever you encounter the same error on any of your Android devices.

To fix this, go ahead and follow the solutions below:

Fix 1: Change DNS to Cloudflare / Google DNS

Google and Cloudflare DNS servers are one of the biggest and most reliable services out there. These DNS server’s uptime is at around 99-100% reliability hence using them are one of the most practical solution to fix this dns error on your android device. To fix DNS_PROBE_FINISHED_NXDOMAIN on Android you can change the DNS setting to Google or Cloudflare DNS servers.

To change the DNS setting on Android, follow these steps:

1. Go to the Settings. Open WiFi settings
2. Press and Hold currently connected WiFi network. Click on Modify Network.
3. Check the Show advanced options, change the IP Setting to Static.
4. Enter the IP Address (eg. 192.168.1.35 or 192.168.1.50, etc).
5. Set the Gateway to (192.168.1.1) usually depends on your router.
6. Scroll down, on the DNS 1 and 2 set it to 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4 (Google DNS).
7. Or, you can set it to Cloudflare DNS, 1.1.1.1, and 1.0.0.1 Save once done.

Once done, close all your browsers and relaunch them. Go ahead and see if the problem got fixed. If you’re unable to follow along the steps above, you can try the next fix for this particular error down below.

Fix 2: Install 1.1.1.1 DNS Changer on Play Store

Does the first solution sound too complicated? Another similar approach which you can do to to fix DNS_PROBE_FINISHED_NXDOMAIN on Android is to change your DNS without having to configure each WiFi networks or when using mobile data is to install 1.1.1.1 DNS changer. With a click of a button, it will automatically change the DNS server used on your device.

Installing the Cloudflare DNS app is quite easy, simply:

1. Open the Play Store app.
2. Search for 1.1.1.1 and install the app.
3. Open the 1.1.1.1 app and click on the toggle option.

Once done, try and see if the error DNS_PROBE_FINISHED_NXDOMAIN on Android still persists. Hopefully one of the solutions worked out for you and you’re now able to load up and browse through the internet without any problems.

Feel free to share this article with your friends or share your thoughts, comments and feedback down below!

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Ever wondered how much space does Windows 10 take on your laptop or desktop computers? In this article, I’ll be detailing every aspect of how much storage does Windows 10 take upon a fresh installation, and the ideal storage consumed by Windows after using and installing programs on it.

You might probably have hard disk drives (HDD) or solid-state drives (SSD) as your primary storage on your computers. Regardless of which type of technology you are using, you still want to end up minimizing the amount of unnecessary files stored inside these drives for optimal performance! Let’s go ahead and analyze the storage consumed by Windows 10 in detail!

How much space does Windows 10 take?

The storage capacity consumed by Windows 10 has a lot of factors affecting it. Starting from the device drivers, software updates, pre-installed software installations, and so on. However, generally speaking, we will look into the actual HDD or SSD capacity needed by Windows 10 given the most “general” kind of Windows 10 setup.

#1: Fresh Installation

On a fresh Windows 10 installation, the Windows folder itself already consumed a hefty 27.2 GB of storage alone. This storage does not include the Program Files and other user data folders that could also consume a few gigabytes of storage. Microsoft’s minimum free disk requirements when installing Windows 10 Operating System is at least 32 GB of free disk capacity.

Windows updates could also increase the storage consumption of Windows upon initial installation. Thus, the minimum requirement of at least 32 GB of free disk capacity is quite reasonable.

#2: Actual Usage

The actual storage capacity usage of Windows 10 will definitely increase over time as you will have to store your documents, files and folders as well as software installations such as productivity and office, photo and video editors, document processor, or even games on your computer.

However, there’s actually no definitive amount of “enough” storage as the actual storage consumption varies depending on user activity. In my case, having all the software and programs installed on my device, Program and Files alone already consumes 48 GB of storage! That 48 Gigabytes of storage already includes the entire collection of Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Premiere, After Effects, Audition, Illustrator) along with other productivity software such as Microsoft Office, etc.

It is advisable to have at least 50 GB of free storage space if you’re a minimal user that doesn’t do heavy tasks on Windows 10. Take note also that the storage consumption doesn’t include any games on my computer as typically, modern games nowadays use 20 GB up to even 150 GB of storage space or even more! It is advisable to keep these games on a hard drive as it’s much more cost-effective and only keep the frequently used apps and programs on your system drive that’s hopefully already on a solid-state drive (SSD).

Conclusion

There is no definitive way of answering how much storage space is practically enough for you or for someone as again, it depends on the user activity. However, having an idea on how much storage space does Windows 10 take is crucial to have a baseline on the minimum system storage space do you really need to have on your laptop or desktop computers. Ideally, in the terms of storage, the more the better.

Hopefully this article will help you better understand the usage consumption of your operating system specifically Windows 10! Share this article or leave your comments, feedbacks or questions down below.

You might have wondered how can you play Among Us on PC without having to purchase the game from Steam? Luckily, you’ve come to the right place! I will show you the step-by-step guide on how you can play Among Us on PC FREE without having the need to purchase a license on steam!

Among Us has recently grown its popularity on mobile devices as it is a game that doesn’t require much resources and also fun at the same time to play with your friends, or even strangers! Although, it is fun to play Among Us with your friends, playing the game can lead to end to your friendships! Anyway, hopefully not!

Play Among Us on PC Free

Here is the step by step guide on how you can play Among Us on PC for FREE. It is quite simple to setup. This guide will use android emulators to be able to provide an interface for your computer and Among Us that’s available for free on Google Playstore. Obviously, one of the main advantages of playing Among Us on PC over a mobile or tablet device is that you can have a bigger and wider display and much more comfortable controls if you’re accustomed to playing using a keyboard and mouse. So let’s start doing these simple steps!

Step 1: Download Bluestack Emulator

Bluestack Emulator is a popular and widely used android emulator that allows you to install android apps and simulate a working android device that can do basically anything that you would normally do in a smartphone. The first step to Play Among Us on PC FREE is to install this emulator on your computer.

Download BlueStacks Emulator (Official Website)

After downloading the BlueStacks Emulator, follow the installation instructions as it is pretty straightforward.

Step 2: Install Among Us

To install Among Us on BlueStacks, simply follow these steps:

1. Open up BlueStacks.
2. Go to the Home tab > Game Center, then search for Among Us.
3. Click Among Us > Install
4. Configure Google Play (Sign in your Gmail account)
5. Download the game and start playing

Viola! There you go, you can now play Among Us on your desktop, laptop or any personal computer! You get to have a wider screen and better controls keyboard and mouse if you’re accustomed to it 🙂 Feel free to post your questions or feedbacks below if you have anything in mind!

Share this article to your friends and start playing Among Us and see who’s the traitor amongst your friends!