Giveaway Details From now until November 20th, just visit the groovyPost WinX MediaTrans Giveaway page to receive a free copy of WinX MediaTrans (normally $29.95). The free license is the latest version of the product we reviewed. Although you won’t be entitled to free upgrades of future versions, it’s 100% free today through 11/20. For those of you looking to also receive free upgrades for life, we negotiated a discount price of $29....

Find Apps on Windows 10 Start Menu by First Letter Open the Start menu by clicking the Start button or pressing the Windows key on your keyboard. When the Start menu opens you’ll find a long list of the apps you have installed listed alphabetically in the left column. To narrow down what you’re looking for, select any letter from the list. That brings up a full menu of all the letters in the alphabet....

If you’ve played the original NES Mario game, then you’re probably going to love this new flash game that came out on Wednesday. That’s right; it’s the original Mario NES in your browser but with a twist. They’ve brought in a roundhouse cast of other famous Nintendo characters. Super Mario Crossover by explodingRabbit is a fun browser based flash game that allows you to play through the old (and great) 1985 Super Mario Bros NES....

Gamemaker Valve Software, known for its online game publishing site Steam and game titles like Half-Life, Counter-Strike and Portal, is turning over to the public for free the tools it uses to create its 3D games. Having noticed that many gamers get as much enjoyment out of modifying games as they do playing them, Valve said Wednesday it had decided to give players all the same resources the company uses so anyone can create original games and animated movies....

I showed you one solution called Start8 from Stardock. Start8 gives you the best of both worlds, the Start menu with the Metro UI. ViStart is another free program that brings back the Start menu to Windows 8 in a more traditional fashion. When you start the installation, uncheck all of the boxes for the crapware it tries to install. Select Advanced Installation, then click Decline. You don’t need any of the extra software it tries to install....

If you don’t have it, download GOM Player. Make sure to uncheck the options to install the Ask Toolbar. You don’t need it. Launch GOM Player and start watching your movie. When you want to bookmark a spot hit [B] on your keyboard. You’ll get a small menu like the one shown below. Click Add to Bookmark and give your bookmark a name if you want. Now, when you want to return to your movie, just open the file in GOM Player....

Last night I left an update on our Google+ invite post that I managed to kick out a few dozen invites to those who left a comment however I just tested out one of those invites on my test account and it looks like even if you have an invite, Google has once again locked down the service in order to keep from exceeding their capacity (for the time being…)....

Download and install the Tabulate extension for Google Chrome. Once installed, a small anchor icon appears in the upper right corner of Chrome. Click the icon and Tabulate will generate a link for all of the open tabs you have in Chrome. Copy the link and share it with everyone collaborating on your project. When the person opens the link, it shows a list of links to the tabs you have open....

Higher Quality Search Results Google’s bee farms aren’t the only ones that have been busy these past few months. in February Google introduced an extension for the Chrome web browser that allows users to block low-quality websites from their search results. Then a few weeks later they followed that up with an algorithm change that “improved” 11.8% of all results. Google has also added the ability to create a block list of websites from your Google Account, so as long as you are logged in you won’t see them in the search results anymore....

Step 1 – Picking An Icon OK, so in order for this to work you’ll need a flash drive or a USB External hard drive. Start off by picking an icon. The icon needs to be an .ico file with a maximum resolution of 256×256 pixels (Vista and 7). Tip – if you have a .png file and want to make an icon out of it you can use websites like ConvertIcon and ConvertIco (yes, it’s just 1 letter different but, the two websites are quite different)....

Using GIFs in your PowerPoint presentations can add some interest to break up the text, as well as giving you the opportunity to throw in a few pop culture references, or just to add a bit of humor. Adding GIFs to your presentations is also incredibly easy to do—here’s how. Add a GIF From a Saved File To add a saved GIF to your PowerPoint presentation, open your presentation, then navigate to the slide and position where you’re looking to insert the GIF....

Once your up and running on Google Apps, the first logic step is to start creating some users. MrGroove covered this in his earlier groovyPost however today I’m going to dig a little deeper with a bit more detail and screenshots so we can easily refer back to the steps in future Google Apps groovyPosts (yes… more are definitely on the way!). First, Login to your Google Apps account by going to http://google....

Add Another Mailbox in Outlook 2016 1. To add another mailbox, launch Microsoft Outlook 2016, then click the File tab > click Info tab > Account Settings. 2. In Account Settings, select your current Mailbox and click Change. 3. On the next screen, select More Settings. 4. Select the Advanced tab and click the Add button. 5. Type in the name of the mailbox, then click OK. 6. Once the name of your mailbox is created, click Add and Apply....

Set Up Touch ID for iPhone or iPad Tap Settings and then scroll down and tap Touch ID & Passcode. Being that you’re changing the security settings on your device, Apple wants to make sure it’s you. Type in your passcode when prompted. After typing in your passcode tap Add a Fingerprint. Then your phone will prompt you to place your finger on the Home button several times. Your iPhone or iPad will capture all aspects of your fingerprint....

When you have a busy desktop it can be difficult to go back to the taskbar and find that last window you were working in before you switched apps or minimized. To help with this, in Windows 7 Microsoft graciously included the same taskbar previewer that we grew to love in Vista. The only problem that some people might have however especially those on small screens, is that the taskbar previews are very small be default....

That’s where EULAlyzer comes in (link below). It scans through the long agreements and highlights the most important parts that deal with advertising, pop up ads, and personal tracking. Scan Software and Web Service Policies with EULAlyzer Using EULAlyzer is easy to use and it’s free for personal use. When you’re installing a program and get to the part of the wizard where you need to agree to the terms of service, drag the “+” icon to the text to copy it over....

This will allow you to quickly open up the sites you visit the most, but you’ll need to use a Chrome extension to make it work. If you want to assign a keyboard shortcut for Chrome bookmarks, here’s what you’ll need to do. Assigning Keyboard Shortcuts to Google Chrome Bookmarks Unfortunately, it isn’t possible to assign a keyboard shortcut to a Chrome bookmark directly. The only built-in Google Chrome bookmarks shortcut is Ctrl + Shift + O, which opens the Chrome bookmarks manager, but you still need to click each bookmark to open it....

How To Save Wireless Network Settings To A Portable USB Drive Step 1 Click the Windows Start Menu Orb then Type manage wireless into the search box and Press Enter. Step 2 Right-Click the network you want to backup and Select Properties from the context menu. Step 3 In the connection tab of the Properties window, Click Copy this network profile to a USB flash drive. Step 4 The setting backup tool will appear, just Click Next to complete the backup....

If you run a server with people from different time zones, however, then things can get a little confusing. That’s especially true if your Discord time zone becomes out of sync with the real world—rare, but it can happen. If this happens, you’re going to need to put it right. If you want to change your Discord time zone, here’s what you’ll need to do. How to Change Discord Time Zone on Windows If you’re using the Discord app, it will take the time zone from the operating system that it’s running on....

In previous versions of Mozilla Firefox, to change your default RSS reader took a lot of work. However, new in version 5.0, adjusting the Firefox Reader to pull from Google Reader is a simple task since the settings can be changed right from the options menu GUI! How to Change Your Default RSS Reader In Mozilla Firefox 1. From in Firefox, Click Tools then Select Options Now whenever you attempt to open a Feed using Firefox, it will automatically redirect the feed into Google Feed reader....