How To Customize Autoplay Actions In Windows 7 Click the Windows Start Menu Orb then Type autoplay into the search box. Click the Autoplay control panel link or Press Enter on your keyboard. The autoplay control panel menu will appear. Here you can adjust what happens when several different types of media load onto your PC. Click a drop menu under the media type where you want to change autoplay settings....

One of the things I like about the Kindle Fire HD is its HDMI out port. Plenty of other Android tablets and phones also have this. However, unlike the HDMI port you typically find on a television or computer monitor, the HDMI out on these mobile devices is a lot smaller. It’s known as HDMI-mini, and to use it, all we have to do is get a cable that fits....

Update: After reading our review, Michael Schmidt from the ShareMouse Team got in touch with me with a few reactions to some of the points I made in this post. Where pertinent, I’ve updated and amended some of the content to incorporate his input. ShareMouse Feature Rundown ShareMouse is yet another application that lets you share your mouse and keyboard with multiple Windows or Mac computers. It’s free for personal use but $24....

On Monday (Jun 14th) Starbucks announced via their twitter stream that they would be offering “Free. One click. No registration WIFI at all US locations!” Coffee addicts, load up your mobile devices and get ready to inject caffeine into your veins and free internet onto your electronics. Personally, I don’t drink coffee, but Starbucks does make a few mean other drinks. Plus being that you can find a Starbucks pretty much ANYWHERE, all good news starting July 1st....

What is HDR? HDR stands for High Dynamic Range and to quote the Wikipedia definition: Just like the example below, some of these images look far more spectacular than their “normal” counterpart and, with help from the app I’ll show you how easy taking them is. I exaggerated this image example, but you get the picture — pun intended. Pro HDR Camera is not a free app – you can get it from the Google Play Store here, but for what it does, the $1....

Perhaps you don’t like Safari or can’t wait for macOS Monterey. Regardless of the reason, there are other secure web browsers for Mac on the market. Here are our favorites. Best Secure Web Browsers for Mac Each of the six Safari alternatives below scores high marks across the board, although our focus is primarily on the type of security each provides. Other factors might also be important to you, including speed, the ability to sync across multiple devices, and more....

The Roku Channel This is a bare-bones app that provides movies and some curated content from other services. On the main menu, the movies are listed in different categories like Thrillers, Drama, Comedy, etc. It uses your Roku account to keep track of what you have watched and where you left off. While the movies are ad-supported, when you select a flick, it launches directly into the movie. It doesn’t require that you sit through three to four commercials before seeing the movie....

Groovy Android Apps Thermometer There are lots of thermometer apps in the Play Store that measures an area’s temperature, but this app does more than that. In addition to telling you how hot or cold a room is, it can also tell you the temperature of your battery, or your device. Both Celsius and Fahrenheit can be set as a unit of measurement. PeaceSnap Tired of setting your camera’s timer to take a photo of yourself?...

Mercenary Ops In Mercenary Ops, you’re playing the character of a mercenary. Your task is to complete missions as you take on infected creatures that are affected as a result of a biological crisis in Europe. This game is free and offers many different levels to complete, with in-app purchases too. As you complete levels, you will be able to upgrade your character with latest equipment so that you can complete harder levels....

New to the idea of mind mapping? If you’ve ever planned a project by writing a topic in the center of your page, using lines to connect related ideas: congrats—you’re actually a mind mapping expert! Mind mapping apps work much the same way. You add the main idea, then connect nodes to it as “children” (sub-branches) and “siblings” (branches originating from the same point). It winds up resembling a web, letting you easily visualize the flow of your ideas and the interesting new connections between them....

Here’s a look at some settings you can easily tweak to make the modern UI less annoying when you’re working on the desktop in Windows 8.1. New Windows 8.1 Navigation Options Although there’s not a traditional Start menu, which undoubtedly won’t be enough for haters, Microsoft has decided to include a configurable modern Start button. Clicking the Start button or hitting the Windows Key will bring you to the tile based Start Screen, or you can configure it to display all of your installed programs and apps....

Twitter recently announced it will support the Do Not Track (DNT) initiative by honoring requests from Twitter users who do not want their online behavior recorded. The announcement appeared this morning in the Twitter Help Center. “We are committed to providing you with meaningful choices about the information we collect to improve your Twitter experience,” the announcement said. The Federal Trade Commission has endorsed DNT as a simple way for users to tell web services that offer content across the Internet–such as buttons, widgets, and other embedded features–that they do not want information about their web page visits collected across web sites....

Microsoft has recently improved how you can access and manage some of your data including the privacy and data collection on Windows 10. Microsoft announced an improved Privacy Dashboard. It allows you to view and delete your activity history including searches, voice activity with Cortana, browsing history, locations, purchased media, and apps and services. View and Delete Data Using Microsoft Privacy Dashboard To get started, head to the Microsoft Privacy Dashboard History page and log in with your Windows account credentials....

Reserved Storage on Windows 10 1903 The reserved storage feature for Windows 10 changes the way the OS manages disk space for smoother upgraded processes. It will reserve around 7GB of storage space on your drive for updates, temp files, apps, and system cache. However, the amount of reserved drive space will vary over time – based on how you use your system. Sometimes the amount will be more and sometimes less....

iCloud Folder Sharing The most significant new feature in iOS 13.4 is the long-delayed introduction of iCloud folder sharing. Once expected to launch with iOS 13 last fall, and first announced at the Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) last June, the feature will likely become a must-have for many users. With iCloud folder sharing, you can give friends and family access to areas of your iCloud directly, while keeping them out of other sections....

The Accessories folder contains traditional apps like Paint, Notepad, Sticky Notes, Steps Recorder, Snipping Tool, etc. In this new version of the OS, Microsoft has renamed the folder to “Windows Accessories.” Find Accessories Folder in Windows 10 If you are running Windows 10 version 20H2 or below, the easiest way to find the Windows Accessories folder is on the Start Menu. Click the Start button or hit the Windows key on your keyboard to launch it....

What gives? In all my research on the topic, I think the most credible explanation is this: When a packer gets a box that’s too big, they can flag it in the system and recommend a smaller box size. This will be reviewed and corrected going forward, but oftentimes, at least one of the items will go out in the incorrect box size. The system relies on humans to correct the error in the system....

Should You Upgrade? Maybe. Your PC has been working fine under Windows 7 or 8, so why rock the boat? Andre makes some excellent points about keeping your PC just the way it is. Clients I work with tell me horror stories about upgrading to Windows 10. Since I do computer repair for a living, I usually only hear about the problems. If you’re upgrading from Windows 8, I never see problems....

So, if Windows 10 File Explorer is not responding for you or other parts of the Windows interface are not working as expected, you can refresh the explorer.exe process by restarting it. This usually has no negative side effects on other running programs. Today, we’ll show you four ways to restart the explorer.exe process in Windows 10. Restart the explorer.exe Process using Task Manager If Windows is still responsive, the easiest way to restart the explorer....

I get the error message: A specified logon session does not exist. It may already have been terminated. That’s funny. I don’t recall ever being asked to log in. I suspect that this issue is due to the Microsoft account I used to log in. It must be trying to authenticate using those credentials, rather than the user I created for my Samba share. If it would just prompt me to enter my credentials, all would be right in the world....