Occasionally, however, VPN can be used by home users to connect back into their home network (or on the other side of Mom’s firewall when she needs tech support) to access their files or photos on their home boxes. To help with this, Microsoft built both the VPN client and server into Windows 7. Earlier today, I wrote about the Server / Host side, so let’s jump into the client side....

Not only is this a great place to store your own photos and videos, but it’s perfect for creating joint photo and video collections. If you want to share your photos in Google Photos, here’s how to do it. How to Share Photos and Albums in Google Photos Google Photos is available on mobile and desktop devices. It allows you to share individual photos and videos, as well as entire albums....

While the option to bring these legacy icons back isn’t as simple as it was on previous versions of Windows, you can restore them using the Desktop Icon Settings menu. You can also customize the appearance of these icons to make them fit in with your chosen Windows 11 theme. If you want to make these classic desktop icons visible on your Windows 11 desktop, you’ll need to follow these steps....

Google’s multilingual translation service can translate text, speech, images, websites, or even real-time video. You can access it via its web interface, mobile apps for iOS and Android, or browser extension. Translate Text with Google Translate If you need to translate a bit of text quickly, you can type: Google Translate into search to get the basic translation tool. This provides an easy way to quickly copy and paste some text and get the translation to and from the language you need....

You can still use a button sequence to turn off your iPhone, and we’ll show you an option for turning off your iPhone without using the buttons. We’ll also show you a few methods for restarting your iPhone. Turn Off Your iPhone Using the Buttons There are two ways you can turn off your iPhone X or iPhone 11 using the buttons. One method is to press and hold either the Volume Up button or the Volume Down button and the Side button simultaneously until you see the Slide to Power Off slider....

It’s pretty easy to do. I’ll show you how. Setup the Command Key on a Windows Keyboard Note that if you have a keyboard with a Windows key, that will usually type the command key by default. If not, experiment with the other options to see which one works best for you. Did this tip help you out? Tell us what kind of keyboard you used in the comments. Comment Name * Email *...

Thankfully, popular webmail services such as Outlook.com and Gmail have built-in tools that can help you manage these unsolicited messages. Sometimes, some of these emails will still get through. Here is how you can ensure your email address is removed from their databases or automatically deleted before you see it. Remove Unsolicited Emails from Your Inbox First, we are going to look at using a webmail service automated method for unsubscribing from a mailing list....

Note: Only your data files will be kept when upgrading XP Pro to Windows 8; some of your programs and drivers will need to be reinstalled and/or upgraded. Prepare XP for Windows 8 Upgrade Before upgrading from XP to Windows 8, make sure your system has the hardware to upgrade. According to Microsoft, you’ll need the following: Processor: 1 gigahertz (GHz) or fasterRAM: 1 gigabyte (GB) (32-bit) or 2 GB (64-bit)Hard disk space: 16 GB (32-bit) or 20 GB (64-bit)Graphics card: Microsoft DirectX 9 graphics device with WDDM driverTo access Windows Store, you need a screen resolution of at least 1024×768....

Do Not Disturb on Mac Do you need to focus on an upcoming project or a specific task and don’t want to be disturbed? Are you tired of hearing notifications as they arrive on your Mac? Do Not Disturb on Mac is a great way to shut everything else out and focus. On iPhone, Do Not Disturb is ideally suited at night when you wish to relax or go to sleep....

The tool, available in iOS 15 on iPhone and iPadOS 15 on iPad, also includes a features called Visual Look Up. This tool makes it easier to identify objects found within photos. Here’s a look at both features and how they work. What is Live Text on iPhone? Live Text is an incredible new tool with various new features packed inside. Acting like a built-in OCR feature for your iPhone, it allows you to scan and copy text within your photos....

The “Smart Downloads” feature will automatically delete downloaded episodes you’ve watched and then replace them with the next new episode in the series. This is content you are already subscribed to and watching. The “Downloads for You” feature will choose and download content based on what the algorithm thinks you will like. These are things you have not watched yet. In the announcement Netflix notes, “Three years ago, we introduced Smart Downloads so you can find the next episode of your favorite show – even when you’re on the go....

Enable Virtual Desks on Your Chromebook Depending on when you’re reading this, you might not see the feature. Google didn’t officially tout the virtual desktop feature in its release blog. But it’s there. You need to enable it. To do that, launch Chrome and enter the following into the address bar: For the changes to go into effect, you will need to restart Chrome OS. Just click the Restart Now button at the bottom of the page....

View Saved Password in Google Chrome To get started click the Options (ellipsis) button in the upper-right corner of the screen. Scroll down and click Settings from the dropdown menu. On the following screen scroll down to the Autofill section and select Passwords. Next, under the Saved Passwords section, you will see a list of websites that you have saved passwords for. Click the eye icon next to the site’s password you want to view....

One way to overcome this issue, however, is to wrap text in Excel. This pushes the text onto another line, increasing the cell size without overlapping with other cells. There are a few ways you can do this, from using the Wrap Text tool to adding a manual line break. If you want to know how to wrap text in Excel, here’s what you’ll need to do. How Text Wrapping Works in Microsoft Excel There are three ways that a cell containing a text string can appear in Excel....

What this extension does is let you browse Instagram, check out photos uploaded by other Instagram users, comment on them and more. To get started, just go to Chrome Web Store and install Instagram for Google Chrome. Do note that the extension requires access to your Instagram account in order to work properly. Once installed, you must authorize the application to access your account. Click Authorize. Now a small Instagram icon will appear on the Chrome task bar....

Internet Explorer 11 Preview As well as under the hood features that improve overall performance enhancements, it also uses a new JavaScript engine that the company claims in four percent faster than Internet Explorer 10 in Windows 7 and 8. It also supports 3D hardware accelerated web graphics and processional quality video experiences,. After installing it, a restart of your computer will be required. After installing it you’ll get an introduction page to what is included in the new version of the browser....

The offline installation files for Internet Explorer 9 (IE9) are 20-40MB in size depending on which version you need. While this might not seem like a large download for everyone, if you are trying to load this on a 56K dial-up connection it could take a couple of hours. Instead, download it to a disk or thumbdrive using a highspeed connection at another location; such as a library, Starbucks, school, or friend’s house....

In fact, I’ve had a RememberTheMilk Pro account for about a year now. Originally, the reason I upgraded from RTM Free to RTM Pro was that the latter gave you access to the iPhone app (the RTM iPhone app is now available for RTM free accounts). But even then, I found the iPhone app somewhat heavy as a collection tool. There were just too many button presses, say, if I wanted to quickly jot down a book name or grocery list item in the middle of conversation without spending too much time fiddling with my phone....

Life Without a Laptop Battery I had a laptop that had a faulty battery, so I removed the battery and continued to use the laptop on AC power, as it rarely left the house. The fact that it seldom left the house made me give up on the idea of buying a new battery for it. It’s mainly being used as a desktop replacement. Did it affect the computer performance or harm it in any way?...

As great of an OS Windows 95 was at the time, it lacked key features required for business class applications. More specifically, it lacked pre-emptive multitasking, memory management, journaling file system and a large memory address space. For this category of user, Microsoft introduced Windows NT 3.1 in July of 1993, followed by Windows NT 3.5 and NT 3.51. Less than a year after Windows 95’s release on July 31, 1996, Microsoft launched Windows NT 4....