How to Use Storage Sense on Windows 11 To turn it on, click the Start button and open Settings. Alternately, you can use the keyboard shortcut Windows Key + I to open Settings directly. Once you have Settings open, click System from the list on the left. Then, on the right, scroll down and click Storage. Note: A quicker way to get there is to hit the Windows Key and type: storage sense....
Windows 10 Power Options By default, when you open the Start menu in Windows 10 and select the Power button, no Hibernate mode is listed. Alternately, you can right-click the Start button or use the Windows key + X keyboard shortcut to bring up the “power user menu” and go to Shutdown or sign out. Even there, you will not find a Hibernate option. Enable Hibernate for Windows 10 To enable Hibernate mode in Windows 10, head to Settings > System > Power & sleep....
Update: The Windows Live Essentials suite of apps is no longer available or supported by Microsoft. Getting Movie Maker (No Longer Supported) If you don’t already have it, download and install Photo Gallery and Movie Maker. Both programs need to be installed together because they share several of the same features. The two are part of the Windows Live Essentials 2012 suite of free software utilities from Microsoft. Open Movie Maker and click Add Video and Photos and browse to the location of the video file you want to get the audio from....
If you ever need to troubleshoot or diagnose a problem and provide appropriate information to help and support the source, knowing where and how to find it can make it beneficial. Also, areas such as the BIOS information is usually not something you quickly locate without knowing intimate details of your systems boot options. Let’s find out how you can get these details about your system from within Windows 10....
Dual booting lets you choose which operating system loads when you start up your computer. You’ll see a list of the available operating systems and can choose which one loads. If you don’t make a choice, the default option will load after a set period of time. Sometimes, however, you may find that the dual boot menu doesn’t appear, and you boot directly into the default OS. Here are some things you can try if you’re having problems with the dual boot option not showing in Windows....
If it can’t, you may get an error message informing you that you need to fix problems with Outlook not connecting to the server. You won’t be able to send or receive emails until the problem is fixed. You may be able to solve the problem with something as simple as rebooting your router, but you may also have to resort to more complicated fixes. If you’re unsure how to fix Outlook not connecting to server problems, follow this guide....
The good news is that it’s possible to fix this problem on your iPhone. It will work on any photo, although you’ll need to use a workaround for images that weren’t taken with flash. Here’s how to fix red-eye on iPhone. How to Fix Red Eye on an iPhone Photo Taken With Flash The red-eye correction tool on iPhone only appears when you edit photos taken with the flash. This mostly makes sense since flash is the leading cause of red-eye, although red-eye can occur even if you don’t use the flash....
If you’re having problems with Ring Live View, here are some potential solutions. Check Ring Wi-Fi Strength For Live View to stream video from your Ring device to your phone, there needs to be a strong Wi-Fi signal. If the signal isn’t strong enough, it may cause Ring Live View to stop working. To check Ring Wi-Fi strength: If your signal strength isn’t green, there are several things you can try:...
With a handy import feature, you can reuse slides from other PowerPoint presentations. And while the in process for using the feature differs slightly when you use Windows versus Mac, it’s still a convenient one. Reuse Slides in PowerPoint on Windows When you import slides from another PowerPoint file on Windows, you can choose which slides to use. For example, you can pick one slide or insert them all. With your current presentation open, go to the Home tab....
Whether you’re looking for the latest indie gem, or monster hits like CS:GO, Steam has it all. With some games taking up half your disk space, however, waiting for your new game to download can be a pretty tedious process. How to Speed Up Steam Downloads If you want to increase download speeds on Steam, you can (if you know how). Here’s what you’ll need to do. 1. Changing Steam Download Region One way to quickly improve your Steam download speeds is to change your Steam download region in the settings menu....
Assuming you’ve installed Python already, you may need to install or update PIP. There are a few ways to do this, depending on your level of risk. If you want to install PIP on a Mac, follow the steps we’ve outlined below. Using the Ensurepip Method to Install PIP on Mac for Python 3 If you’re using Python 3.4 or later, you can use the ensurepip command. This is the official method for installing PIP in Python, providing a secure method to install the application (if required)....
Luckily, it’s easy to open recently closed tabs in your desktop browser, just like it is on your iPhone. We’ll show you how in the four popular browsers on Windows and Mac. How to Restore Tabs on Chrome To restore tabs on Chrome, right-click on an empty part of the tab bar and select Reopen closed tab from the popup menu. You can also use the keyboard shortcut Ctrl + Shift + T on Windows or Command + Shift + T on Mac....
After all, an Android phone is just a small touchscreen computer—it can handle basic document editing (even if it is a little fiddly). If you need to view or make changes to Excel files in the XLSX format, you can quickly do it on Android. Here’s what you’ll need to do. How to Open XLSX Files in Android You can quickly open XLSX files in Android using Google Sheets, which (depending on your Android device) should be available on your device already....
If you are working with a replacement receiver as I am – if you plug in the receiver and turn on the mouse, that won’t work. If you try to add devices from the control panel, that doesn’t work either. With these darn mouses, you’re almost always going to be required to use Logitech’s custom connection software. Step 1 On Windows, you can use either the SetPoint Logitech Mouse and Keyboard software or the Logitech Connection Utility....
Now, did you know that when you installed SP1, Windows created what Microsoft calls Service Pack Backup Files on your hard drive, which roughly takes up about 500MB of data? The files are used if you ever want to uninstall Service Pack 1; however, if you never plan to do that (why would you want to?), that’s 500MB of dead/wasted space on your drive. Today I’ll show you how to free up that space and reclaim 500 megs on your drive....
You can adjust compatibility settings from the program’s shortcut or from the executable file itself. I prefer using the shortcut method; it gets the same job done, and there is less of a chance of messing something up. How To Run A Program In Windows 7 Using Compatibility Mode 1. Right-click your program shortcut then click Properties from the context menu. 2. Click the Compatibility tab, and now you choose the version of Windows you want to run it in compatible mode with....
Typically, you could do this by creating a complete virtual machine (VM) which takes time and resources. Instead of creating a VM in Hyper-V, you can easily set up Windows Sandbox on Windows 11 to test out suspicious files and apps instead. Note: To use the Windows Sandbox feature, you need to be running Windows 11 Pro, Education, or Enterprise. You’ll also need to ensure that Virtualization is enabled....
Update: Starting with build 1909, the My People App on Windows 10 is no longer supported or built-in with Windows 10. According to the company: Keep Contacts Between Windows 10 and iOS Synced These days, more users are choosing a more practical setup: a Windows 10 notebook and an Apple iPhone or iPad. But you probably want to keep some things like contacts synced between the two without getting sucked into either platform....
All of these features use battery power, however. The Apple Watch Series 7 offers an 18-hour battery life, so you’ll need to charge it every day. What happens if your battery is running low and you don’t have your charger to hand? If this is the case, you can use Power Reserve. This low-power mode will help you nurse the last few percent of your battery life until you can charge your Apple Watch up....
What You Miss Out On The disadvantage when you stray from Apple’s offerings is the lack of seamless integration. iCloud, for all its faults, works, especially when it comes to syncing. Until Apple increases its cloud storage defaults, I think it’s best to consider another service to supplement it. One viable option is Microsoft’s OneDrive. I am already invested in the service for storing all my Office documents; why not take the leap where other personal media is concerned?...
