Personalizing your icons is a great way to make a PC uniquely yours. Let’s take a look at the different ways Windows lets you customize your icons. RELATED: How to Make an Icon for Windows 10 or 11 Out of Any Image Windows has some built-in icons you can choose from, but there is also an untold number of icons you can download from sites like IconArchive, DeviantArt, and Iconfinder—all of which have loads of free icons....
What’s the Difference Between Deactivation and Deletion? There are two ways for you to remove your presence from Facebook. You can deactivate your account or delete it entirely. The former allows you to come back and reactivate your account, while the latter is the permanent option—there’s no going back. Deactivating your account is useful for when you want to go into hiding for a while with the ability to come back online without having to set up a whole new account....
If you’ve been playing some embarrassing games recently on your Nintendo Switch and you don’t want them to show up in your Play Activity where your friends can see it, you can delete your play activity completely. Here’s how to do it. First, navigate to the “Home” menu (push the “Home” button), then select your user profile icon in the upper-left corner of the screen. Your profile settings page will open....
Digital cameras have gotten really good. Most of the time, you can put them in Auto, press the shutter button, and, click, you’ve a perfectly adequate photo of what’s in front of you. It won’t be anything special (and it’ll be the exact same photo that everyone who was standing nearby took), but you’ll have something to share with your friends on social media. The first step to taking better pictures is getting to know your camera and getting out of Auto mode....
We’ve shown you how to hide cells, rows, and columns and how to hide worksheets/tabs and entire workbooks in Excel. Additionally, you can hide items such as comments, formulas, overflow text, and gridlines. We’ll show you how to hide these items. Hide Comments When you add a comment to a cell in Excel, a small red triangle displays in the upper-right corner of the cell to indicate a comment was added....
Sony does a good job of pushing regular updates to the PlayStation 4 family, most of which install without a hitch. If you’re having issues getting an update to download or install, however, it’s time to do it manually. Why You Might Need to Manually Install an Update The majority of the time, you can count on your PlayStation to download any system updates automatically, which is nice. But if an update ever fails—and it does happen—then you’ll need to grab the download and flash it yourself....
Windows finally offers a built-in way to mount ISO disc image files on Windows 10, Windows 11, and Windows 8. If you’re using Windows 7, you’ll need a third-party tool. Mounting an ISO Image in Windows 8, 8.1, or 10 On Windows 8 and 10, Windows has the built-in ability to mount both ISO disc image and VHD virtual hard drive image files. You have three options. You can:...
Like other modern browsers, Microsoft Edge includes some features that send your data over the Internet. A few of them even send your browser history to Microsoft. We don’t advise you disable all these features, as they do useful things. But we’ll explain what the various options do so you can make informed decisions. To just browse without leaving tracks on your local PC, open a private browsing window by clicking menu > New InPrivate Window....
If you want better control over how bright or dim your lights get, installing a dimmer switch is a great way to make that happen, especially if you want to adjust them regularly. Here’s how to replace a regular light switch with a dimmer switch. Warning: This is a project for a confident DIYer. There’s no shame in getting someone else to do the actual wiring for you if you lack the skill or knowledge to do so....
The Nintendo 64 was the first home game console that featured a mini-joystick, or “thumbstick,” on the controller for 3D motion. But the console is now over two decades old, and while the cartridge-based hardware is practically indestructible compared to modern consoles, the same can’t be said for that thumbstick. Even with Nintendo’s generally high-quality materials, the N64 analog stick is prone to loosening and drifting. But there’s an easy fix....
It’s pretty easy to edit Facebook posts. While that’s handy when you’re doing the editing, it can trip you up if you’re replying to someone who will edit their post later. To avoid embarrassment or trolling, Facebook lets you see the edit history of any post that’s been changed. RELATED: How to Edit Facebook Posts To find the history on a Facebook post, click the arrow on the top right corner of any post....
If you’re going to be out of the office for a while, you can set up Mail in Windows 10 to reply automatically to any emails you receive, letting people know that you won’t be reading or answering emails during that time. Currently, automatic replies in Mail are only supported for Outlook.com, Live.com, Hotmail, and Office 365 accounts. To set up an out of office reply in Mail for one of those accounts, click the gear icon in the lower-left corner of the window....
Your Nest Cam can help you keep an eye on your home from anywhere you are, but more eyes you trust to watch your stuff is more comforting. If you want someone else to check in once in a while, you can share your Nest Cam feed with a simple, password-protected link. To generate the link you use to share your Nest Cam, head to Nest’s website or open the app on your phone (the steps are the same for both)....
Why Does Android KIll Background Apps? Android manufacturers have a choice. Allow apps to freely run in the background, which may harm battery life, or judiciously kill apps running in the background they think you don’t need. If your phone takes the latter approach, you’ve probably missed notifications from apps being killed. It’s very annoying. This problem is so well-documented that the website “Don’t Kill My App!” was created by app developers....
If you’ve ever been denied access to a file or folder in Windows, chances are you need to take ownership of them with your user account. Here’s how. Right-click the object and choose “Properties. ” In the Properties window, on the “Security” tab, click “Advanced. ” Next to the listed Owner, click the “Change” link. Type your user account name into the “Enter the object name to select” box and then click “Check Names....
Starting with iPadOS 13.4, you can connect any Bluetooth mouse and trackpad to your iPad to enable the new cursor feature. Pairing Apple’s Magic Trackpad or any other third-party option is just like pairing any other Bluetooth accessory. RELATED: How to Connect a Bluetooth Mouse or Trackpad to Your iPad Once the trackpad is paired and active, you’ll be able to use it just like you use the trackpad on a Mac—it even has some of the same gestures that you might already be used to on the Mac....
Netflix recently introduced a welcome feature: you can download Netflix movies and shows for later offline viewing. But is there a limit to how much content you can download? Shortly after that feature came out, we started pondering: exactly how much stuff could you stash? What if we were going for a nice jaunt around the Arctic Circle, and wanted to ensure that we had enough shows to stay busy if we bored of gazing at the northern lights?...
As a standard mouse used for common two-button functionality, it’s difficult to justify spending the extra money on Logitech’s G502 X Plus. However, gamers will find value in several of its more useful features, including a smooth scroll toggle that unlocks the wheel for speedier scrolling and a DPI (Dots per inch) shift that switches to a user-set DPI when pressed. The ample features are unexpected, considering how lightweight and inexpensive the mouse feels....
When it comes to setting up your home media center, be it modest TV with a sound bar or a 60″ 4K HDTV monster with premium surround sound, splash all the cash you want on the TV and speakers—but don’t spend a dollar more than necessary on HDMI cables. RELATED: How to Enable HDMI-CEC on Your TV, and Why You Should The HDMI standard has been out since 2002, and while a lot has changed—HDMI cables can now carry more data, display higher resolution video, and even control devices over HDMI-CEC—there’s one thing that hasn’t: cable manufacturers and electronics retailers are more than happy to fleece the hell out of you with high price cables....
When Chromebooks first hit the scene, I’m not sure anyone could’ve predicted how popular they’d become. They’ve gone from ultra-low cost, overly-simplistic laptops to legitimate daily-use machines—they even outsold MacBooks in Q1 of 2016. The real question most people have about Chromebooks, however, is “Can I live inside Chrome?” RELATED: The Best Chromebooks You Can Buy, 2017 Edition Google’s browser-based laptop is a tough device to pin down. Whether you can be happy with a Chromebook—and which Chromebook to buy—really depends on what you need to do with your laptop....
