Come back often to see what develops! Computer Deals Prime Day is a great time to look for deals on computers and accessories. Be careful though, as these deals don’t last for long! Note: Prices and supplies can change at any time.
Exactly one year ago, Microsoft discontinued their product search incentive Bing Cashback. Over the last 9 months or so they’ve been testing the waters with a new way to entice shoppers: Bing Rewards! When I first looked at Bing Rewards back in September, I didn’t bother with a write-up as it required you to install the Bing Toolbar. Sorry, I’m not a fan of adding a tracking device to my browser....
Here at groovyPost we like keeping our data safe. From basic methods of protection, like a password, key, or a hidden directory, to heavy encryption methods and professional solutions to keep our data away from the wrong hands. Today we’ll review an incredibly easy to use encryption software, called BoxCryptor. Note from groovinJackman: This groovyReview has been in our hopper for some time, but I thought I’d push it up in the queue in light of the recent major Dropbox security SNAFU, where accounts were left wide open for as long as four hours due to an authentication bug....
Update: This app is no longer in service and no longer works. To get started, visit the Pinview on Facebook app page (Link Below). Then click the Get Started button. Pinview will request permission to use and view your profile information. Click Go to App. On the next screen the permissions are optional. However, for Pinview to be fully functional, it requires access to these additional permissions. If you’re ok with giving these permissions, Click Allow....
Open Event Viewer in Windows In Windows 7, click the Start Menu and type: event viewer in the search field to open it. For Windows 8, you can open Event Viewer from the Power User Menu from the Desktop. Expand Windows Logs and click on Security. Now, look for event ID 4624; these are successful login events for your computer. Double-clicking on the event will open a popup with detailed information about that activity....
If you have an issue with Chrome sound not working, you’ll want to fix the problem. There are several troubleshooting steps you can take to get sound working. Sometimes the sound works on one tab but not another one. If you’re having a problem with Chrome sound not working, here are eight fixes to try and fix it. 1. Check Sound Card Hardware Issues Note: On this test system, we’re using EarTrumpet because it makes audio management easier....
Windows Media Player For watching videos on Windows 10, Microsoft has introduced the modern Movies & TV app. And you may have noticed that the new default music player is Groove Music — although it did retire the Groove Music Pass streaming service in favor of Spotify. Microsoft Groove is the default modern music app to play your local music files and songs stored on OneDrive. But if you’re moving from Windows 7 to 10 and are a long-time user of Windows Media Player (WMP), don’t worry; it’s still available....
The method I’ve found that works best (which I learned from my Mom btw), is using a dryer sheet! STOP! Before you run off and experiment, don’t use a fresh dryer sheet out-of-the-box. Those have too much of the softener and goop on them, and will smear them up. Instead, use a sheet you’ve ran through a load of laundry and use it to clean your glasses! No chemicals are required, and I’ve found it actually does a remarkable job....
Capturing Screenshots from Your Devices Windows There are multiple ways to capture a screenshot natively in Windows or using third-party tools. I use a mix of native functions in Windows and a third-party app. To capture the active screen in Windows, press the Print Screen button on your keyboard. If you just want to capture the active window, press Alt + Print Scrn. If you are using a laptop, you might not be able to use that command, try using Fn + Prt Scn....
Convert Rows to Columns in Excel with Transpose In Excel 2013 select the entire table that you want to convert to either column or row format. Now copy the table by right-clicking it and selecting Copy, or using the Ctrl + C keyboard shortcut. Note that “Cut” won’t work for this particular function. Now either from the right-click menu or the Home tab on the Ribbon, select Paste Special… In the Paste Special box check the Transpose box and then click OK....
AT&T TV NOW While considered one of the major live streaming services, AT&T TV NOW has had a rough going out of the gate. It has been plagued by performance and service issues. Some people have complained of channels not working, major freeze-ups, or complete outages. The company has fixed some of those early issues and now it offers a fairly stable service. I have been using it for several weeks now and here is what I’ve found....
Avoid Subscription Fatigue by Cancelling Everything Already feeling the fatigue? Do you have more services that you are subscribed to than you even watch? If you’re already feeling the pinch it’s a good idea to go through and cancel everything. Yup. Everything. Then, depending on what you want to watch go ahead and subscribe to the service that carries your show. That service and that service only. For example, if you want to watch The Mandalorian you subscribe to Disney Plus....
The first thing you need to do is verify your hardware is capable of running Hyper-V. Your computer’s CPU needs to support SLAT. The best tool to test if your AMD or Intel CPU supports SLAT is CoreInfo by Mark Russinovich. Next, you need to Enable Hyper-V in Windows 8, which isn’t on by default. Now that Hyper-V is enabled, launch Hyper-V Virtual Machine. You can get to it from the Metro Start screen by searching for Hyper-V and clicking the Hyper-V Manager icon....
So this time around, I thought I would try the free utility called Rufus. Here’s a look at using it, and in the end, I had a faster experience using it than the older Microsoft tool. Update: To get the ISO for the official release of Windows 10, head to this Microsoft page and download the 64 or 32-bit version of the media creation tool. It will allow you to upgrade your Windows 7 SP 1 or Windows 8....
Disable the Windows 10 Welcome Experience To get started, open the Start menu and click on Settings. Or, if you are a keyboard kung fu warrior use the shortcut Windows Key + I. When the Settings app window opens up select System from the menu. When the System window opens up click Notifications & actions from the list on the left panel. Then on the right, scroll down and uncheck the “Show me the Windows welcome experience after updates and occasionally when I sign in to highlight what’s new and suggested” box....
We’ve also got news on some classic Marvel series, the next Pixar movie, a live-action Pinocchio, West Side Story, and more below. Disney Releases New Obi-Wan Kenobi Teaser Trailer Highly anticipated, Obi-Wan Kenobi brings back Ewan McGregor in the starring role, along with a host of other names. This is the first time Ewan McGregor has starred in this role since the Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith movie back in 2005....
The only negative aspect of the application is the small Advertisements which are displayed from time to time (during updates for instance.) So perhaps that’s why they say Nothing is Free ;) So where is it? I’ve found it can be a little tricky to find at times so, here’s a quick How-To on grabbing a copy. http://www.free-av.com/ Once at the site scroll down and click the big red Download Your Free AntiVir image button...
Facebook will be publicly trading on the NASDAQ on May 18th or 19th under the “FB” ticker. Over 180,000,000 Class A common stock shares will be sold directly from Facebook, with an additional 157,415,352 shares available from private investors. This IPO price comes after Zuckerberg has been busy with spending a billion on Instagram, and over 500 million on patents from Microsoft. In other rumors Zuckerberg will remain in a key role at Facebook, however he may be appointing a new CEO....
Previously, when you were sent a friend request by someone you had two options; confirm or ignore. Now, instead of the ignore button you will see the “Not Now” button. Pressing this button will send the would-be-friend into friend purgatory, the place where they are only half your friend. We’ll call people in this category “Half-Friends.” Why are they called a Facebook “Half-Friend?” As mentioned above, these are the people in limbo mode....
The Basics We’ll start off easy. Let’s say you want install and play some games you have on a DVD or maybe from your Steam library. Here’s a look at what I tried in order to test performance in Windows 10. Portal 2 What may seem like an old game actually had my computer lagging for a while. At the usual maxed out settings I was getting a measly 15 FPS....
