Disable Windows Defender Service in Windows 1: Click the Start Button and type Services. Click Services once it appears. 2: Scroll down and right-click on Windows Defender, then click Properties. 3: Click the Down Arrow under Startup type: and click Disabled. Then click OK a few times to apply the changes. That’s all there is to it. The next time you reboot your machine, Windows Defender will not start. Looking back, this is what I should have recommended first....

Facebook Graph Search Beta When you’ll get it, you’ll get a notification at the top of your Facebook page and you’ll be able to turn it on and see a quick tour. After the tour, the first thing you’ll notice is that the top bar of Facebook pages is larger, looking something like this. Once you click that area (a highlighted search bar wouldn’t have hurt), a list will appear under it....

The changes Facebook is planning are set to roll out at the end of this year, so don’t do what I did and start searching for them now. The most notable is it’s adding a privacy settings button on the main page, next to the home button, on the top right side. It will allow you to tweak who can see your posts and contact you without having to go to another page....

First, was Adele. Next, was Space Quest III: The Pirates of Pestulon. Space Quest was made by Sierra in the late 80s, but it’s set in the distant future in space. In the final chapter of the game, the hero Roger Wilco has to infiltrate the enemy base to rescue two game developers who have been imprisoned in lime Jello. Part of the plot involves foiling an access door that’s protected by a facial scanner....

These problems are mainly affecting version 20H2 aka “October 2020 Update” and version 2004 aka “May 2020 Update.” If you are having problems, here is a look at how to fix it by uninstalling KB5001330. Fix Problems Caused by April Patch Tuesday Updates To fix the issues caused by the update you’ll need to uninstall the cumulative update. Start by going to Settings > Update & Security > Windows Update > View update history....

Note: You can also install these is you have the Office 365 subscription, as well as Office 2013 Home and Student Edition on Surface’s running RT. How to Add Bing Office Apps to Office 2013 Installing the apps is simple. From the page where the Bing app is located, click the Add button. After that, open your Office application you want to use the app in, and you’ll find it under the Insert tab the Apps for Office....

Although not all of Getty’s photos are available yet via the free embed service, tens of millions of its photos, including thousands of images it just captured from the Sochi Winter Olympic Games are available now. This is really a historic moment for many of us in the blogosphere who historically have never had access to quality digital imagery. Primarily this has been due to cost vs. availability which now, won’t be a problem for many moving forward....

Glitch is the highly-anticipated online game from the TinySpeck.com, creators of the famed photo sharing site, Flickr. Over this last weekend, the still-in-development game hosted an Alpha test for selected invitees. One on our team was lucky enough to gain access to a coveted invitation-only spot, and we enjoyed the game so much we figured it was worth a sneak-peek review. So, if you’re dying to see what this game is about, look no further –at least until they update it again....

One of my favorite things about Outlook is the reading pane. Emails can be opened instantly and switched around quickly. With Gmail, each message has to be opened individually or in a new window/tab. Sure, Gmail isn’t exactly “slow” but with this new lab feature it can be even faster. Additionally, if you have a wide-screen monitor now you can make use of some otherwise unused space. If you use Outlook on a regular basis, you are probably already used to having your emails listed and then viewed in an adjacent box....

Remember my Google Music screenshot tour a while ago? I was telling you then about the possibilities of storing your music in the cloud that the service offers and that you can basically listen to your music anywhere you go, via the service’s web interface. A post on the Android Google Plus page says that you can now download your music from the Google Music cloud, be it your own tracks or music you purchased via the service....

Before I explain how the rules for our giveaway, here’s a quick screenshot tour of this awesome iPad app! White Noise plays a variety of 40 professionally recorded ambient sounds. Having the sound environments playing in the background is nice for relaxing, going to sleep or focusing on your work. It has an intuitive cover flow interface. Swipe through the catalog of ambient sounds to hear how they sound. Open Mix Pad to access the catalog of ambient sounds....

Friday 2/21/2014, Apple released security update iOS 7.0.6 for its iPhone, iPad and iPod devices to fix a vulnerability which allowed an attacker to capture and modify secure web traffic from the devices. Yeah, not good. The update is available from your device via Settings –> General –> Software Update on iPhone 4 and later, iPod Touch (5th Gen) and iPad 2 or later. Apple also released iOS 6.1.6 for the iPhone 3GS and iPod touch (4th Gen) devices....

What is Sidechain Compression? Sidechain compression is a pretty simple concept, but it can really save your mix when you don’t want two elements to collide. The most basic example, again, goes back to the kick and the bass, but you can use sidechain compression for any two elements once you learn how it’s done. Let’s get started. First, open up your song. For the purpose of my tutorial, I am going to hide all tracks other than the kick and the bass....

First, you need to install both PocketCloud apps for your Android device and your computer. Download and install the PocketCloud Remote RDP/VNC Android app from the Play Store — the app is free. Upon opening the app, it will prompt you to sign in. If you don’t have a PocketCloud account yet, tap the New User icon to create one. After entering your Google account credentials, the app will ask you to install the PocketCloud software on your computer first....

Open the Excel worksheet in that you want to add a Header/Footer to and click on Insert tab. Then click on Header and Footer button in the Text section. It will shift from Normal to Page Layout view with a cell selected where you can add Header. Type whatever you want in the header section and click on any other cell. Not only can you add text as a header, but also images, page numbers, file path and more....

Add Holidays to Windows 10 Calendar App To insert the holidays for your country and others, launch the Calendar app and in the left pane select More Calendars. Then you’ll be presented with a list of countries to choose the national holidays you want to have added to your calendar. That’s it! Now all of the major holidays for the country or countries you selected are added throughout the calendar....

Add Videos to Windows 7 Start Menu Right click on the Start button in Windows 7 and select Properties. Then click the Customize button on the Start Menu tab. When the Customize Start Menu screen comes up, scroll down to Videos and select Display as Link and click OK. That’s it! Now you’ll see Videos on the Start Menu. It’s nice to have access to all of your digital media folders from one spot....

Open Firefox, click on Firefox button on the Top Left and click Options from the drop-down menu. Click on Privacy tab. Under History section, Click the drop down menu as shown below and select Use Custom Settings for History. Now, select the check box that says Clear History when Firefox Exits. Click Ok. If you want to customize the settings and delete only specific data, click on Settings right next to clear history on exit option....

Portable App to Bypass Start Screen Skip Metro Suite is a free utility that’s dead simple to use. The latest version is a portable app that doesn’t require installation. You can run it from a flash drive and carry it with you. This is handy when using other Windows 8 systems and don’t want to install anything. When you go to download it, make sure to click the Download button shown here....

Fortunately configuring Firefox to prompt me where to save files is a very simple process. You can also change the default location if that’s what you’re after. Here, let me show you how: How to set the Firefox default download folder or Prompt for a custom location 1. Open Firefox, then Click the Tools menu. Under the Tools menu Click Options. 2. In the Options window, Click the Main tab....