Signing Up for Honey There is no cost to join Honey or to save money. Instead of charging you for its services, Honey earns commissions from stores when you find savings. The easiest way to sign up for Honey is through the official website, although you can also do it through the iOS or Android app. To sign up: That’s it! You’re now a member of Honey. All that’s left to do is install the Honey extension on your web browser....

If you want to make it come back from the dead, all you need is a very easy to use app. While Skype offers IM capability, a lot of people just aren’t happy with the way it works and prefers the old way of doing their messaging. Get Windows Live Messenger Back First of all, go to this address and download this little app called Messenger Reviver; save it somewhere you can easily get a hold of it, like your desktop....

Here’s an example of what the Apps list looks like when you launch the Start menu: Hide the Apps List on Windows 10 Start Menu If you want to hide that Apps list you need to make a change in Windows Settings. Open Settings by clicking the gear icon from the left side of the Start menu. Or, use the keyboard shortcut Windows Key + I. Then from the main Settings screen click on Personalization....

VMware Launches Free Fusion for Mac Upgrade Version 8.5 VMware Fusion 8.5 is also optimized for the recently release MacOS Sierra, version 10.12. Features include support for Tabs and Siri. Users running VMware Fusion 8.1.1, can get the upgrade to Fusion 8.5 for free. If you are running an earlier version, you can take advantage of the upgrade pricing. Head on over to the VMware Fusion 8.5 download page, click the download that corresponds with your currently installed edition....

In 2017, the company made the suite available for free for Mac computers and iOS devices. This means that many users are probably using it rather than opening their wallets for a Microsoft 365 (formerly O365) subscription. That also means users of Microsoft’s suite are likely to come across an Apple Pages document occasionally. If you need to view it, you have a few options. The easiest option is to upload the file to Apple’s iCloud, which is great if you use Apple’s service....

Like any well-oiled machine, however, Windows 10 can be optimized with several settings, features, and tools you can use to improve the gameplay experience. If you want to optimize Windows 10 for gaming, here’s what you’ll need to do. Using Game Mode in Windows 10 Above any other setting or feature, the Windows 10 Game Mode offers the best enhancements for gameplay. With Game Mode enabled, your PC instantly activates many built-in settings and enhancements for gaming....

Step 1 Navigate to the website that you’d like to pin as an app. For this example, I’m going to use Google Docs. (Because let’s face it–as great an effort as LibreOffice is, Docs is simply less quirky.) Step 2 Click on the Wrench icon in the top-right and choose Tools > Create Application Shortcuts… Step 3 In the Create Application Shortcuts dialog, Check Desktop and Click Create. Step 4 Go to your desktop and Launch your new Google Docs application shortcut by Double-clicking it....

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....

How to Record Your Computer Screen with VideoProc To get started with a screen grab, launch VideoProc and click on the “Recorder” button from the menu. When the next screen comes up, initiating a recording is truly a two-step process. Click the Camera button at the top to record your computer’s screen. That will display the activity happening on your screen. It’s also worth noting that here is where you can choose to record your webcam, or the screen with a webcam if you’re doing narrations....

Although it might seem obvious to some, if you’ve never redeemed a code before from the Apple App store, it can be a little tricky so we appreciate this great question! There’s a couple of ways to do it on your device or via iTunes on your computer. Let’s take a look! The easiest way to redeem a code for an app is directly on your device. Launch the iTunes App Store on your iPhone, iPad or iPod touch....

The last WordPress update introduced a new feature, the admin bar. By default, the admin bar is enabled; probably so encourage users to take it for a test drive. But, I’ve found that it is quite annoying and it slows down performance while browsing my blogs if I’m logged in. With that said, the WordPress admin bar is getting the boot, and here is how to do it. Note: You’ll need to be logged into your WordPress account for your blog in order to do this....

Windows 10 Search Box If you’re new to Windows 10 or have been using it for a while now, you will like this trick. It makes more room for other items you might want on the taskbar. When you search for an app, file, or other items, a search results box will pop up with the best matches. It also includes features at the top that allow for more in-depth and specific searches if you need them....

Everything looks fine, except for one thing—your cells show the time and the data, which your boss simply doesn’t want. Most of the time (and that isn’t a pun), the time isn’t important, but the data value is. Since the timestamp contains both, Excel will display both, until you decide to remove the time manually. If you want to remove the time from a date in Excel, here’s what you’ll need to do....

Getting the Chromebook While you can create separate accounts, and all Steve had to do is log out, his name and picture always showed up on the login screen. This applies to all Samsung Chromebooks. Factory Reset Chromebook Method 1 The Chromebook will reboot and this time you’ll get the following screen. Click the Powerwash button then confirm the action. You can optionally check the “Update firmware for added security” box...

Update: You should stay on the latest version of Windows 10 for security’s sake. Microsoft no longer supports Windows 7. And it’s ending long-term support for Windows 8.1. Plus, Windows 11 is being released in the last quarter of 2021. Here is what Microsoft says about Windows 8.1: I have made sure that all of my important files, photos, and other important data are backed up. So, finally, I am ready to go back to my previous version of Windows....

I’m sure you already have Windows Live Writer installed, but if you don’t, get it here. Then download Windows Live Writer Portable. Extract it to a convenient folder in Dropbox. Here I put it in my Dropbox root folder. The next step is the most important. Go to where Windows Live Writer is installed on your hard drive (if you’re using Windows 7, it’s in C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Live) and copy all the files in the Writer folder to the folder where you extracted Windows Live Writer Portable....

Lo and behold after only a few minutes of digging, I found a Firefox plug-in which allows you to update your Windows System with the Microsoft Update site through Firefox. Thanks to this add-on, I no longer have to open Internet Explorer just to check the Microsoft Updates site. Okay, well honestly all it is doing is loading up IE within a Firefox tab, but it still beats running two different browsers altogether....

How to Email Contact Groups or Distribution Lists as Email Attachments from Outlook 2010 Step 1 In Outlook 2010, compose a new E-mail. Step 2 In the new e-mail, click Attach Item from the Message ribbon and select Outlook Item. Step 3 From the list under the Outlook Data File, click Contacts. In the bottom pane, a list of your contact groups will appear, and you can select the ones you would like to attach to the email....

Signal Disappearing Messages Ever since the WhatsApp privacy policy change, a lot of people have decided to move to Signal, as there are many good reasons for doing so. Signal is easy to set up, as you can see here. It also has a lot of features and offers secure communication, without compromising your privacy. Now, while Signal may encrypt all of your messages, you still might want an additional layer of security added to your communication....

A nice perk of Gmail’s Vacation Responder is that you can set it up on either the Gmail site or the Gmail app on your mobile device. So if you forget to enable the feature before you leave, you can do so on the go. How to Set Up Vacation Responder in Gmail Online To set up your out-of-office reply online, head to the Gmail website and sign in if necessary....