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What Does “AFK” Mean? The term means “away from keyboard,” and it’s typically seen in messaging apps such as Telegraph, Messages, WhatsApp, and social networks like Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook. The abbreviation can have a literal meaning or state that you’re offline. It’s up to you whether to include a time frame for your return. For example, you could write, “AFK for 30” or “AFK until after lunch.” Similar cyber speak includes BRB (“be right back”) and TTYL (“talk to you later“)....

What’s Important About Panel Technology? The technology behind display panels affects what the monitor can do, with each type having its own set of benefits and drawbacks. Ultimately, performance is heavily influenced by the type of LCD panel as it can affect response time, view angle, coloring, contrast radio, and black levels. IPS Display Technology Short for “in-plane switching, IPS displays use liquid crystals arranged in rows between two glass surfaces to produce rich colors....

Did you know that you can harness the power of NFC technology to make your life a little easier? With an NFC tag and an NFC tag reader, you can automate your home, allow people to RSVP to your wedding, and a whole lot more. What is an NFC tag, and what is an NFC tag reader? We’ll explain the details below. What is NFC? NFC stands for Near Field Communication....

The Accessories folder contains traditional apps like Paint, Notepad, Sticky Notes, Steps Recorder, Snipping Tool, etc. In this new version of the OS, Microsoft has renamed the folder to “Windows Accessories.” Find Accessories Folder in Windows 10 If you are running Windows 10 version 20H2 or below, the easiest way to find the Windows Accessories folder is on the Start Menu. Click the Start button or hit the Windows key on your keyboard to launch it....

Sometimes older applications won’t install or run correctly because they require the older .NET runtime versions. However, Windows 10 doesn’t have them enabled by default, which is a problem you might have. Here we’ll take a look at how to enable and troubleshoot the installation. Enable the .NET Framework in Windows 10 If the .NET Framework version a program needs is not installed, you’ll get an error message like the one shown below....

Windows 10 Mouse Settings To enable scrolling inactive windows, open Settings > Devices > Mouse & Touchpad. From there toggle on Scroll inactive windows when I hover over them. This comes in handy for research and writing documents. For example, if you snap two or more screens side-by-side you can scroll through each one without having to click it to put focus on it. You just simply hover your mouse over the window you want to scroll and start....

Why Won’t My Windows 10 PC Boot? The Windows 10 boot process is quite simple. When your computer starts, the BIOS or UEFI Firmware is loaded, which performs a small set of checks on your hardware called the Power On Self Test (POST). The BIOS then scans the hard disk master boot record, which loads an essential file into main memory called WINLOAD.EXE. This kicks off the start-up process by loading the NTOSKRNL....

Burn ISO Image on Windows 7 or 8.1 A default feature available in Windows 7 and the Windows 8 Developer Preview now in pre-beta is its Windows Disc Image Burner. It lets you easily create boot discs. You burn ISO images to disc without having to rely on any third-party software. Here’s how to do it. First, pop a blank CD, DVD, or Blu-ray Disc into your drive. Then right-click on the ISO image you want to burn....

Just about all of the core activities you may need to use in either a private or a business environment, you can do with PDFelement 7. These include: Markup existing PDFs and print themEdit nearly any element inside the PDFConvert PDF documents to other popular formats like Word or HTMLPassword protects your PDF filesCreate PDF documents with form fieldsDigitally sign documentsPerform OCR analysis on images with textBatch process multiple PDF docs to convert them or fix simple formatting...

If you’re a YouTube junkie, you know about some of the annoyances on YouTube. Every user wishes they could change or disable, advertisements, autoplay options, and more. If you want to change it to your own preferences, give YouTube Options for Google Chrome a try. With YouTube Options for Chrome, you can disable advertisements, change screen resolution, disable comments, and much more. The extension also works with many other video hosting websites including Vimeo, DailyMotion, Metacafe, and others....

Before we begin, note that any keyboard shortcuts are based on the US keyboard. They may not work the same in your keyboard layout. You can try shortcuts from one Office 365 app in another one, and it may work there too. There are hundreds of shortcuts, and we can’t list them all here. Let’s get going. You probably knew about these shortcuts… But did you know about these Word shortcuts?...

One thing you might want to do is add links to more folder locations than what is offered by default, say Videos, for example. The locations we’re talking about here are the ones that appear on the left column under the Most used and Recently added groups. In the shot below, you can see it displays links to Documents, Music, File Explorer, and Settings. Here’s how to change that up according to your needs....

If your AirPods keep pausing, try these troubleshooting fixes to resolve the problem. 1. Out of Range AirPods Your AirPods don’t have to be right next to your device for them to work. In fact, you might be quite surprised at just how far you can go from your iPhone without noticing any interruption in your listening. If you go too far, however, eventually the connection is going to drop....

This fall, Apple plans on enhancing the paid iCloud tiers it offers, rebranding them iCloud Plus (or iCloud+). No, this won’t give you more storage or let you back up your entire Mac drive in the cloud. And yet, iCloud Plus is packed with some significant new features, and best of all, they won’t cost you any more money. Here’s a look at the differences between the current iCloud service and upcoming iCloud Plus offerings....

BLUETTI Power Week There’s exciting news coming ahead of BLUETTI Power Week that will save you money while also allowing you to check out the company’s newest products. BLUETTI AC200 MAX The BLUETTI AC200 MAX is the company’s upgrade to the long-loved AC200P. By adding two B230 or B300 battery modules, this beast can provide a total capacity of 8192Wh. It also offers 900 watts of solar input, which is a 28% increase over its predecessor....

The power settings are located deep in the OS. You can get to them either by digging into Control Panel or the new Settings app in Windows 10. Depending on the power profile you pick, it adjusts different aspects of your system, such as screen brightness or apps and processes that run in the background. Windows 10 Creators Update does make getting to the power settings easier. For instance, you can right-click the battery icon on the system tray to get direct links to power options....

Disable Animated GIFs Firefox Type: about:config in the address bar and hit Enter. If the “This might void your warranty message comes up, click that you’ll be careful. Next type: anim in the search box to find image.animation_mode. Double-click on image.animation_mode and type in none and click OK. Or, type one if you want the GIFs to play them once). Disable Animated GIFs Google Chrome Chrome is a bit different, so your best results are to use an extension....

My kids, though, are not as easily amused. When our Google Home converts grams to ounces in the kitchen, I’m like, “Amazing!” and they are like, “Great, what else can you do?” Fortunately, Google has packed a ton of kid-friendly easter eggs into the Google Home. Here are just a few. 1. OK, Google: Tell me a story. This launches your Google Home into a narrated, kid-friendly tale. When we tried this, we got an abbreviated version of Snow White....

Groove Music for Windows 10 Mobile Updates Microsoft employee Ellen Kilbourne posted the following changelog for Groove Music version 3.6.1719.0. We made a significant improvement to the way we find your local music and sync your cloud music collection that makes this process much faster. This will cause a one-time rebuild of your collection when you first launch the app after this update.We also simplified our logic for hiding duplicates so managing your collection is easier....

However, if you want a more secure system, especially on shared PCs, one thing you can do is hide that data. Hiding that data makes it much harder for another person to gain access to your data. Currently, Windows 10 doesn’t have a way to do it in its native settings. But you can hide the data by using Group Policy in Windows 10 Pro or a registry hack in the Home version....