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Starting with the latest version of the Edge browser in the Dev channel, Microsoft is enabling the option to sync your web activities history to your Microsoft account, and then to your other devices, making it easier to pick up websites you were browsing on other computers. However, since this option could be considered a privacy concern, it’s an optional feature that you must enable manually. In this guide, you’ll learn the steps to sync your web history on Microsoft Edge for Windows 10....

Extracting Wallpapers from a Windows 7 Theme When you download or create a Windows 7 Theme the installation file would be theme-name.themepack. Knowing that the first thing you are going to do is to right-click the theme-name.themepack, select Rename, and change the extension name from .themepack to .zip. When you are asked that if you change the extension, the file might become unusable, just click Yes. Note: If you cannot see the file extension, we got you covered with this article How to show file extension in Windows Open the theme-name....

Microsoft hasn’t yet acknowledge the problem, but it appears that there are multiple workaround using the Group Policy Editor (via Reddit and Windows Central) and using the Registry (via The Windows Club) In this guide, you’ll learn the steps to mitigate the shutdown and restart problems after installing the last update for Windows 7. How to fix shutdown bug on Windows 7 using Group Policy How to fix shutdown bug on Windows 7 using Registry...

Google said that is slowly rolling out the update and it will take days — even weeks — before every supported phone or tablet gets the Nougat update. The update will download and install automatically on all supported devices. However, if you don’t want to wait there is an easy way to download the Android 7.0 on your device. If you have a Nexus device, you can simply sign up for the Android Beta Program using Google account connected to your phone or tablet to get the update....

If you need more information on this new disk pooling feature in Windows 8 visit this previous article. Now, you already connected one or more drives to your PC and created a pool with one or more spaces, next is to learn how mange the new feature, and there are various aspects that you can control with Storage Spaces. We are going to start with “Storage Pool” and its options:...

Since the “View” tab is no longer part of File Explorer, most of the commands and options have been relocated to three new menus, including “Sort and group options,” “Layout and view options,” and “See more.” Although the ribbon is gone, you can still access the Folder Options within the File Explorer or Control Panel. In this guide, you will learn two ways to open the Folders Options settings for File Explorer on Windows 11....

Starting with the Windows 10 Anniversary Update, Microsoft introduces a new “Refresh Windows” tool that let you very quickly do a clean install of Windows 10 to start with a fresh copy of the operating system with the latest update available at that time. In this guide, you’ll learn the steps to reinstall Windows 10 with the latest update using the “Refresh Windows” tool. About ‘Refresh Windows’ How to use ‘Refresh Windows’ to reinstall Windows 10 What’s different between ‘Refresh Windows’ and ‘Reset this PC’ When you should use the ‘Refresh Windows’ tool...

Whatever the reason it might be, on Windows 10, there are at least two ways to erase and start from scratch with a fresh copy of the operating system. You can use the “Reset this PC” feature, which allows you to reset the system to the factory default settings removing everything from all the drives without a USB installation and additional steps. Or you can use a USB bootable media to start the computer to manually wipe out the hard drive and perform a clean installation of the operating system....

The Superfish adware is capable of creating a root certificate in Windows and resign all SSL certificates presented by HTTPS websites with its own certificate, which in technology is define as a man-in-the-middle attack. While Lenovo is no longer installing the adware in its computers, this security hole could allow attackers to gain access to user’s private data, including bank information, passwords, and much more. Today after the level of concern from consumers is raising, Lenovo has issued a simple method to remove the Superfish adware....

The only problem about this approach is that sometimes new versions of Microsoft Edge can rollout with bugs or cause unexpected problems. Although there’s no longer an easy way to uninstall the browser on Windows 10, there’s an option to rollback to a previous version that allows you to troubleshoot problems or revert to an earlier version when everything was working correctly using an .msi file or Group Policy. The feature is meant for organizations, but anyone can use it to rollback to a previous version of Microsoft Edge....

If you do not assign a static IP address, services or a port forwarding configuration may eventually stop working. The reason is that, by default, connected devices use dynamic IP addresses assigned by the Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) server (usually the router), which can change anytime, as soon as you restart the machine, or after the dynamically assigned configuration lease expires. In this guide, you will learn the steps to set a static IP (version 4) address to a Windows 10 device when providing a service on the network or simply configuring port forwarding to your device on the router....

However, since you can use Office for free online or using an Office 365 subscription, or other word processing solutions, such as Google Docs, most people don’t have much use for WordPad anymore. As a result, instead of removing the app completely, Microsoft is now making it an optional feature, which you can uninstall or reinstall using the Settings app. In this guide, you’ll learn the steps to uninstall (and install) the WordPad app on Windows 10 (20H1)....

The first thing we can expect in the next version of IE is a new look, and indeed, the browser will look a lot different from how it looks today. First, IE 12 will have a more flat modern design and it will look to what is described as a cross between Firefox and Chrome. Tabs will be located in the far left of the window and each opened link will have a rectangle tab....

If you’re unfamiliar, Kodi is an open source media player application that has been around for years, and it gained its popularity thanks to its media format support and extensibility using third-party add-ons. (Though, a lot of its popularity also came from the large number of add-ons from third-party developers that allow people to stream copyrighted content without paying.) It was previously known as Xbox Media Center (XBMC), because it was designed for the original (hacked) Xbox console, but then it was ported to Windows and Linux, and because the name was no longer suitable, it became Kodi....

How to organize conversations Turn conversation view on and off From the View tab, click Conversations, and in the sub-menu click on or off. Expand/collapse conversations From the View tab, click Expand/collapse, and in the sub-menu click Expand or Collapse. How to add and remove multiple email accounts From Mail inbox, click the Accounts tab, then click Email and complete the form, click Next, and Finish. Notice that you can also click Properties to change all the necessary email account settings....

The LG 38UC99 is the widest display you’ll find in the market this year with a diagonal size of 37.5 inches. This curved monitor has an impressive resolution of 3840 x 1600, and supports 99 percent of the sRGB color gamut. LG’s 38UC99 was designed for works — especially for film makers –, as well as for gaming includes support for AMD FreeSync technology. The 3840 x 1600 resolution display has a 5ms GtG response time, peak brightness of 300 nits, and the contrast ratio is 1000:1....

These strong towers guiding mariners on their adventures are the center of attraction for visitors and also for talented photographers who capture their charm to share with us. Ready to download free for Windows 10, you are going to enjoy 11 images on this theme. If the images rotate too quickly on your desktop, after applying the theme on Settings > Personalization > Background, and use the Change picture every drop-down menu to adjust the image rotation frequency....

The phenomenal lights from an angry sky illuminating the horizon an accentuating the dark gray clouds are probably something you just want to appreciate on your desktop background. That’s why you shouldn’t miss the collection of wallpapers for this week and download them right away free for Window. You can find more great themes in my Desktop Fun section. Theme direct download link All content on this site is provided with no warranties, express or implied....

Although, the setup is easy is somehow a straightforward process there are many settings you can adjust in your new Microsoft Band, such as changing the theme color and wallpaper and enable or disable notifications and haptic alerts. Some settings you can configure right from the tiny touchscreen, but other changes have to be made using the Microsoft Health app, which you can install on your Windows Phone, iPhone, or Android phone....

The final release of Windows 10 21H2 is available now to anyone with devices enrolled in the Release Preview Channel of the Windows Insider Program and an optional update. If you want to be among the first people to get it, open Settings > Update & Security > Windows Update, and click the “Download and install” button. If you choose to update early through the Release Preview Channel, the device will continue to get maintenance updates through Windows Update as long as version 21H2 is supported....