Using Types The aptly named Types can help you easily keep track of all of file types on your computer. It also makes it easy to edit associated software, actions, icons and more. If you want to do it manually you can. Here’s how to manage file associations in Windows 8 — which allows you to open files in desktop apps and not full screen Metro one. You can manually manage Windows 7 file associations too....
Each robot can play in ways that wouldn’t be possible for a human. This is due not only to extra limbs and fingers but because of flawless precision and timing. And while the band may not have many personalities, it has the animatronic moves and style to mimic it. So, in case you’re worried about these metal musicians taking over the world and destroying humanity, you have excellent reason to be....
The new mobile devices are the Nexus 6 phablet, Nexus 9 tablet, and Nexus Player. Here’s a quick look at each device. Nexus 6 Smartphone The Nexus 6 is Google’s first large-screen (6-inch) phone – often referred to as “phablets” and will start at $649 unlocked for the 32 GB version. There is also a 64 GB version that will go for $699. Unlike the previous Nexus phones, this one will be offered by the big four U....
Features No Longer Available or Under Active Development in Windows 10 1709 With each feature update, Microsoft is reviewing features it thinks are no longer needed or have been superseded by modern alternatives. In version 1703, features removed or deprecated were mostly under the hood and were more likely to affect enterprise customers than end users. The trend continues with version 1709, but there are more user facing features and technologies that are on the chopping block....
Microsoft Work & Play Bundle This year’s Work & Play bundle is a bit different than last years but is still a great value. Here’s a closer look at what’s included: Office 365 Home provides the latest version of Office 2016 that you can install on up to five different devices. You can use it to install Office on PCs, tablets, and Mac. The price of this subscription is usually $99....
Windows 10 20H1 Preview Build 18956 Redesigned Network Status. Today’s build includes a new Network Status page in Settings that gives you more info about your device’s connectivity at a glance. It includes a new view of active connections and data usage. Microsoft is also rolling out the new Cortana experience and new notification settings to all Insiders. The notification settings improvements include: If you hover your mouse over an incoming notification, you’ll now see a settings icon to make it easy to adjust that app’s notification settings....
Windows 10 Preview Build 19619 It does include a new COVID-19 banner in Search Home as well as more improvements to the Your Phone app. Here is the general changes and improvements: If the Sync button under Settings > Time & Language > Time fails due to network connectivity, the error now tells you that’s the issue. Here is the list of fixes contained in today’s build: We fixed an issue resulting in some Insiders experiencing bugchecks with error DPC WATCHDOG VIOLATION in the last few builds....
Windows 10 Preview Build 19631 ARM64 VHDX Available to download: Here is a look at the general changes and improvements in today’s latest build: We updated the configuration of Windows Hello to make sure it works well with 940nm wavelength cameras. Here is a list of fixes included in today’s build: We fixed the issue causing the IIS configuration being set to default after taking a new build.We fixed an issue that could result in a key press not waking up a device from connected standby in certain scenarios....
Windows 10 Insider Build 20175 Today’s new build includes new features like improved pinned sites in Microsoft Edge. Microsoft’s Brandon LeBlanc explains: “Clicking a pinned site on the Taskbar will now show you all of the open tabs for that site across any of your Microsoft Edge windows, just like you’d expect for any app with multiple open windows.” In addition, there are new icons for Sticky Notes and the Snip & Sketch app via updates from the Microsoft Store....
Windows 10 Preview Build 17101 and RS5 17604 The emoji experience has been updated to include redesigned emoji as well as more languages added to emoji search. You can now search for emoji by keyword in over 150 locales including France, Germany, Spain, and more. You will now have full UWP file system access. In her post, Dona Sarkar writes, “This capability will be granted on a per-app basis by Microsoft....
Windows 10 Redstone 5 Build 17623 The High Efficiency Image File Format (HEIF) is included with both RS4 and RS5 builds. According to the post, “HEIF is an image container that leverages modern codecs like HEVC to improve quality, compression, and capabilities compared to earlier formats like JPEG, GIF, and PNG. In addition to traditional single images, HEIF supports encoding image sequences, image collections, auxiliary images like alpha or depth maps, live images & video, audio, and HDR for greater contrast....
The video covers new personalization options, deeper SkyDrive integration, improved search capabilities, Lock Screen photo slideshow, and more. One thing that’s not highlighted in the video is the Start button that will be included in the new version. But if you watch closely, you can see it during the demonstration. Windows 8.1 will be a free upgrade for existing Windows 8 users, and the Preview version will be launch on June 26th to early adopters during Microsoft’s BUILD conference....
Get Started with Snagit and its Library for Symlinks The first thing you should do is completely exit out of Snagit (and the editor). This will let you modify the capture library, and also ensure that you don’t lose any data from it. Next, copy over the library to the location you want it. A robocopy with the proper parameters should move everything over while maintaining security settings. To do this open up the command prompt and type in the following command: robocopy C:\Users\YourUsername\AppData\Local\Techsmith G:\Destination /e /secfix /copyall /b /sl /xj Obviously, change the “G:\Destination” part to match up with the path of where you are moving the Snagit library too, and the username to match up with your Windows username....
Why Two Factor Authentication? Although we’ve covered it before, passwords alone aren’t secure enough to protect you and your data. Databases get hacked, people get tricked with email phishing, and sometimes you (gasp!) reuse passwords. Two Factor systems rely on something you know, like a password, and something you have, like a special code. That code can be texted to you, can appear on a keyfob, or you can use software to create that code....
PowerPoint Transitions I’ll start with the transitions. The transition is a short animation that you can place in between two slides. Transitions used more often than animations, which is why we’re giving you a full in-depth look at all 46 transitions PowerPoint 2013 has to offer. (Click the GIF image to view it larger in more detail.) Animations PowerPoint 2013 offers 40 Entrance, 24 Emphasis and 40 Exit effects to animate the contents on your slide....
On your Mac, navigate to System Preferences » Internet and Wireless and click the iCloud icon. Enter your Apple ID and password to set up iCloud for use with contacts, calendars, and bookmarks. In the iCloud control panel, make sure Calendars is checked. Next, open Safari, log into your Google Account and open your calendar. Click the gear icon then select Calendar Settings. In Calendar Settings click on Calendars....
Plex, the popular DVR, and media streaming service have been including a growing library of free on-demand content. It’s now debuting more than 80 live streaming TV channels that cover news and sports to cooking and kids networks. All channels are free but ad-supported. The company already has a way to allow consumers to record live over-the-air TV but that requires additional investments in equipment and Plex Pass. Now you get free TV with or without Plex Pass....
On your Android smartphone or tablet’s main menu tap on Settings. Scroll down the menu and tap About phone. Next tap on Software Information. There you go. Here on my HTC, you can see the Android version and the HTC Sense version too. And since we’re talking Android, here’s how to block calls from an annoying contact. Comment Name * Email * Δ Save my name and email and send me emails as new comments are made to this post....
However, it’s interesting to note that Photo Viewer is no longer included in Windows 10. So, if you do a clean install, you’re not going to find Photo Viewer. The only way to keep it is to do an upgrade to Windows 10 from an existing version. Replace Photo Viewer in Windows 10 The screenshots below, both show the same version of Windows 10, one is upgraded from a previous version, and the second is a clean install....
Over the next few days, I will dedicate a few articles to each of the new Office Live Web Apps – including Word, Excel, Powerpoint, and OneNote. To begin, let’s take a look at Microsoft Word Online. What’s different between the Word Web App and the Word 2010 Professional? The Office Web Apps Word Online is honestly pretty nice. Microsoft not only put Word on the web, but they’ve done a few other new things as well, which I’ve not seen yet with other online word processors – such as drag and drop into the browser as an upload function (excluding email....
