How To Retain Explorer Location While Transferreing Programs

Though it’s not every day that we need to move an installed program from one partition to another, when you do have to take care of this task, the best way would be to use this neat utility called SymMover. SymMover is a nifty application for Windows that can move a folder from one disk to another without loosing its connectedness, or I should say the original location in Windows Explorer....

May 20, 2023 · 3 min · 500 words · Anthony Thomas

How To Rip High Quality Music From Cd With Exact Audio Copy

Nostalgia or not, I think they’re still of great use: CDs are physical backups of all the music that you can’t live without. Also, they’re a source of great, high quality, lossless music. Now you’ve ripped CDs before, and they’re far from lossless. Can you make those digital files copied from your CD sound better? You bet. Exact Audio Copy (EAC) calls itself an “audio grabber” for audio CDs. I think that’s an accurate way description — basically, it copies (or “rips”) music from your CDs to your hard drive....

May 20, 2023 · 2 min · 394 words · Catherine Mendoza

How To Schedule Out Of Office Mail In Outlook

You can easily set up and schedule out of office mail in Outlook web, Windows, and Mac apps. Unfortunately, you can’t do the same from Outlook mobile apps. In this post, we will cover all three platforms and show you how to schedule out of office notifications in Outlook. Schedule Out of Office Mail in Outlook Web Outlook desktop apps are fine, but Outlook web remains the most feature-rich among the trio....

May 20, 2023 · 4 min · 718 words · Julie Beier

How To Search The Internet From Your Windows 7 Taskbar

This brief tutorial would show you how you could add the browser address bar to your Windows 7 taskbar and then use it to search the internet without the need to open a browser. Here are the steps. Right click the blank area of taskbar and select “Properties” to open the “Taskbar and Start Menu Properties” window. Switch to “Toolbars” tab, check the “Address” toolbar to add to the taskbar....

May 20, 2023 · 1 min · 173 words · Mildred Kauffman

How To Set Up Parental Control In Windows 8

how to set up parental control in Windows Vista and 7 to ensure safety of your children by applying restrictions on the type of website they surf, time they spend on the computer and other such settings. Today we will demonstrate how to set up parental control on Windows 8 when you upgrade from previous versions of Windows in the near future or buy a new one altogether. Set up Parental Control in Windows 8 To get started, we will have to create a new Windows user account for the child....

May 20, 2023 · 3 min · 454 words · Samuel Wilson

How To Stop Google Photos From Uploading Screenshots

One usually wants to save photos of their family in the Google Photos. When screenshots keep adding automatically, it disturbs the overall experience of using it, unless you want to share or transfer them to other devices. If you are going through the same problem, let’s see how to disable screenshots from uploading to Google Photos on Android. Why Are Screenshots Going to Google Photos To keep the files organized on your phone, the operating system classifies them in different folders....

May 20, 2023 · 5 min · 973 words · Helen Allen

How To Transfer Contacts Sms From Iphone To Android For Free

The next thing you know, I was given the task to migrate all the data from her iOS to Android before she leaves for work in the morning while she was busy reading Quora on my Nexus 6P. Now, there are apps that can help you with the migration, but most of them don’t work while the others ask you to pay a lot of money. Now, I was not in the mood to pay a penny for it and then started to look for ways using which the migration can be done with freeware....

May 20, 2023 · 4 min · 736 words · Diane Langley

How To Translate Messages In Telegram

Being part of several interest-driven Telegram groups, you’re bound to make friends with people who might struggle with typing in proper English. Telegram’s new translation feature lets you see translations of messages you’ve received in your non-native language without even leaving the chat window. Here’s how you can take advantage of the feature. How to Turn on Telegram’s Translation Feature Telegram’s translation feature is nested inside the Settings. As a good practice, update the Telegram app on your phone before enabling this option....

May 20, 2023 · 4 min · 652 words · Valerie Bailey

How To Turn Off Auto Playing Video Ads On Facebook

Turn Off Native Videos: If you’re looking to disable auto-play native videos on Facebook, then we’ve got you covered on that too. So, today we are going to see how we can stop these sponsored video ads from auto-playing across all the devices and save our mobile 3G/LTE data. We will start with disabling ads on desktop browsers first and then move on to Android and iPhone. On Desktop Browsers To turn off ads on the desktop browser, open the Facebook homepage and click on the small arrow on the menu at the top, to open a dropdown box....

May 20, 2023 · 3 min · 463 words · Laura Lalonde

How To Turn Off Twitter News For You Notifications

For instance, some people have been receiving news notifications about football when they haven’t watched a single football match in their lives. While Twitter calls these notifications ‘News for you’, in reality they don’t seem they are actually for us. If you are also bothered by these updates, you can turn them off in the Twitter settings. Here’s what you need to do. Disable News For You Notifications Step 1: Open the Twitter app and tap the profile picture icon at the top-left corner....

May 20, 2023 · 4 min · 787 words · Rebekah Porter

How To Turn Off Windows 10 Updates

But Microsoft got rid of this feature from the Update and Security settings in Windows 10. While Windows updates are of paramount importance as not only do they bring about bug fixes for older versions but also update the built-in security software for Windows — which helps in averting malware attacks. These updates become irritating when they slow down your PC, especially when you’re working. Although the creators of Windows have gotten rid of a direct option to defer the Windows updates, there is still a work around this problem....

May 20, 2023 · 2 min · 339 words · Michael Allbritton

How To Unblock Action Blocked On Instagram

While Instagram’s main motive behind blocking people is to keep a check on bots and reduce spam, many innocent people have also come under its wrath. If you are one of them, we are here to help. What Does Action Blocked Mean on Instagram When Instagram detects that a particular profile is indulging in spam activities, it blocks them for some time and shows you the ‘Action Blocked’ error. It is Instagram’s algorithm punishing spammers for conducting nefarious activities like spamming inboxes, posting spam comments, liking too many posts quickly, using automation for likes in posts or reels, etc....

May 20, 2023 · 6 min · 1183 words · John Jackson

How To Use Add To Queue Feature In Youtube On Web And Mobile

YouTube brings a new feature called ‘Add To Queue’ to help you add videos to a queue for a continuous streaming experience. In this post, we will show how to use Add To Queue feature on YouTube on web and mobile. The YouTube’s new ‘Add to Queue’ feature is under testing phase till January 28, 2023. That means, Android and iPhone users will have to opt-in to test this feature....

May 20, 2023 · 4 min · 742 words · Kristian Wisneski

How To Use Android As Wireless Gamepad On 64 Bit Windows

Today ,we are going to discuss an all new app called Mobile Gamepad which you can install on the latest versions of Windows and use it to control your game wirelessly via Android. The app was just featured in the XDA portal and is still in its early stage of development. You might find the options very limited, but the developer has promised some amazing features in the future releases....

May 20, 2023 · 3 min · 500 words · Vera Fitch

How To Use Background Sounds On Iphone Ipad And Mac

In this post, we will show you how to use Background Sounds on your iPhone, iPad, and Mac so that you can get back to focusing on your important tasks at hand. Of course, the tune options are quite limited at the time of writing this in January 2023. To use the feature, you need to be using iOS 15 or above on your iPhone, iPadOS 15 or above on your iPad, and macOS Ventura or above on your Mac....

May 20, 2023 · 4 min · 755 words · Geraldine Ellison

How To Use Firefox Lockbox On Ios Like A Pro

However, calling Firefox Lockbox a ‘password manager’ can be a bit of a stretch, since it lacks many of the features present in services such as LastPass. Rather, it’s a complementary utility that you need to use alongside Firefox. If you are struggling to get to grips as to what exactly Firefox Lockbox is or how to use it effectively, then don’t worry. Below, you are going to find all that you need to know for making the Lockbox shine on your iOS device....

May 20, 2023 · 7 min · 1317 words · Judith Campbell

How To Use Focus Mode On Iphone

The previous DND mode was unintuitive in certain ways. The limited customization options weren’t exactly useful. The Focus Mode carries the standard Do Not Disturb mode as well as other Focus profiles to use as the situation demands. What Is Focus Mode on iPhone Focus mode is an improved version of the old Do Not Disturb (DND) mode. The Focus mode carries multiple Focus profiles such as Do Not Disturb, Work, Home, and more to let you customize the notification and calls behavior on the iPhone....

May 20, 2023 · 4 min · 836 words · Kevin Warren

How To Use Google Location History Enable Or Disable It

Google’s Location History was launched with Latitude, but little did we know about it back then. But now, even though Latitude has become a thing of the past, the location history still stands. If you carry an Android device and while configuring the smartphone, if you chose to share your location data, you are in for the service. For iOS users, if they have installed the Google Search app and confirmed to location sharing, they’re in....

May 20, 2023 · 3 min · 551 words · Nancy Liptak

How To Use Internet Explorer 10 For Mobile On Windows Phone 8

for mobile isn’t just another browser that can open web pages. It is better, simpler, cleaner and has many new interesting features when compared to the previous versions. Most importantly, it shares the core engine with its desktop cousin, Internet Explorer for Windows 8. And that means, support for HTML 5 is one among many other good things. However, we aren’t in the browser comparison mood today. We will rather take a look at what it offers to its users....

May 20, 2023 · 3 min · 621 words · Mark Grimes

How To Use Migration Assistant To Set Up A New Mac

System Requirements First you’ll need a Mac to copy the data too. Ideally, you are setting this up as a new Mac. You don’t have to. If you already setup your Mac, you can still use Migration Assistant. Unless there is an existing user with that same name, Migration Assistant will just set up a different user with all the new data. If there is already a user with that name, it will require you to change the name of the user you’re migrating....

May 20, 2023 · 9 min · 1807 words · Gina Bone