There are two practical ways to access the Power User Menu. Access the Power User Menu with a Keyboard Shortcut One way to access the Power User Menu is by pressing Windows+X, which is why it is sometimes called the “WinX” menu. The Power User Menu will appear in the bottom left corner of your screen, just above the Start button. Access the Power User Menu with the Mouse You can also access the Power User Menu with just the mouse if you prefer....
If you use Outlook to check and manage your email, you can easily use it to check your Gmail account as well. You can set up your Gmail account to allow you to synchronize email across multiple machines using email clients instead of a browser. RELATED: Email Basics: POP3 is Outdated; Please Switch to IMAP Today We will show you how to use IMAP in your Gmail account so you can synchronize your Gmail account across multiple machines, and then how to add your Gmail account to Outlook 2010, 2013, or 2016....
Setup Blog Account Open Word 2010 and click on the File tab to access Backstage View. Click on New then double click Blog post. You’ll be presented with the option to register your blog account, find compatible blog services, or register later. When you register your blog, select the provider from the dropdown menu. Next enter the blog URL, User Name, and Password. Writing Blog Post Creating your blog post is similar as it was in Office 2007, but now there are additional features....
Use an External Database or Object Store This is the method that most people will recommend. Storing state as a file on disk isn’t in line with Docker’s model, and while it can be done, it’s always best to consider—do you really need to? For example, let’s say you’re running an a web application in Docker that needs to store data in a database. It doesn’t make much sense to run MySQL in a Docker container, so you should instead deploy MySQL on RDS or EC2, and have the Docker container connect to it directly....
Reposition the Router or Cameras It’s tough to pick a specific tip to lead this list, but adjusting the position of the router or the cameras is a good one simply because of how easy and low-tech it is. Do read through the entire article to see which suggestions might be the best for your particular situation, but if you’re only going to try one fix, this should probably be it....
One of the biggest complaints with previous versions of Rainmeter was that your awesome desktop widgets hide when you use Win+D or the Show Desktop shortcut to see your desktop—defeating the purpose. Here’s how to make them stick there. The new setting is part of more recent versions of Rainmeter, and the default Gnometer skins are already set to use the new parameter—the problem is that older skins aren’t necessarily updated, so we figured we’d show how it works....
Tables enable you to structure data efficiently in a report, essay, or research paper. However, after you create a table, you may realize you need to move it elsewhere. We’ll show how to move a table in Google Docs. Just like moving a table in Microsoft Word, you have more than one way to make the move in Google Docs. In addition to moving a table to a different location, you may also want to align it in your document....
AWS Lightsail is a simpler subset of AWS intended for IT beginners. This week, AWS announced support for CloudFront CDNs in Lightsail, with fixed monthly pricing starting at $2.50. We’ll walk through setting up a high-performance website on Lightsail. A Content Delivery Network (CDN) speeds up your website by caching it closer to users around the world. It ensures that even if you only have a server in one location, users in other regions can still access it quickly....
Redux is a convenient way to manage state in complex web apps. Your Redux store isn’t synced across tabs though, which can lead to some awkward scenarios. If the user logs out in one tab, it would be ideal for that action to be reflected in their other open tabs. You can add cross-tab store synchronisation using the react-state-sync library. This provides a middleware which automatically syncs the store across tabs....
Most new netbooks today ship with Windows 7 Starter, which is the cheapest edition of Windows 7. It is fine for many computing tasks, and will run all your favorite programs great, but it lacks many customization, multimedia, and business features found in higher editions. Here we’ll show you how you can quickly upgrade your netbook to more full-featured edition of Windows 7 using Windows Anytime Upgrade. Also, if you want to upgrade your laptop or desktop to another edition of Windows 7, say Professional, you can follow these same steps to upgrade it, too....
A cavalcade of references and memes and the current thing fly with greater rapidity over your thinning hair. For some, the feeling induces panic and a sense of growing irrelevance. But it doesn’t have to be that way. It can be quite freeing, and eventually, you may find yourself blissfully uttering, “I don’t know who any of these people are, and it’s great.” Who Are These People? We’ve all been there: A viral headline flashes across your feed along the lines of, “Can you believe what JAC4D*hole said to Sweet Maloy?...
Just like a hard drive on a normal computer, the virtual hard drive on a virtual machine can become defragmented over time. In fact, if your virtual disk is setup to dynamically expand over time, then fragmentation can become a serious problem, especially if your hard drive is low on free space. You may notice your virtual machines running slower or being less responsive, and VMware itself may even notify you that your virtual disk is too fragmented....
What Does the Latest Apple TV Offer? Not to be confused with the streaming service called Apple TV+, the third-generation Apple TV 4K (technically the seventh Apple TV model released) arrived in 2022 with a few improvements over the previous generation released in 2021. The biggest upgrade is a “new” system-on-chip (SoC), with the set-top-box now sporting the A15 Bionic first seen in the iPhone 13 (and then used again in the iPhone 14)....
Once SiteLauncher is Installed After installing the extension it is recommended that you go into the settings first to make any desired changes or modifications. Here you can see the “Launcher Hotkey, Direct to Site Hotkey, & Default Shortcuts”. To remove a website from the list, click on it to select it and then click on the “x” that will appear at the end of that listing. To change a current shortcut click on the appropriate listing, make the desired changes, and click on the “Revise Button”....
With only 64Kb of ram and an 8 bit processor, the Commodore 64 is light-years behind today’s computers. But with a Windows 7 themepack, you can turn back the years and give your computer a quick overhaul to look more like its ancient predecessor. Age Windows 7 with a click Download the Commodore 64 theme from PC World (link below), and unzip the files. Now, double-click on the Themepack file to apply the theme....
Microsoft first launched its Surface brand all the way back in late 2012. Nearly a full decade ago, the company focused primarily on the hybrid tablet/laptop form factor that still exists today, targeting both iPad and MacBook users with a single device. It wasn’t until 2017 that the first Surface Laptop came to market. Since then, Microsoft has continued to iterate upon its design, utilizing premium materials—including aluminum and suede-like Alcantara cloth—while upgrading its performance and capabilities with each version....
The rules, put together by India’s Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) in a bid to fight cybercrime, will force VPNs—among other computer service providers—to implement know-your-customer protocols. This includes registering each user’s full name, address and telephone number, as well as customer activity while using the network. This flies directly in the face of what VPNs are supposed to do, so it’s small wonder, then, that ProtonVPN—among others—is leaving India....
Athena is an AWS service that can scan data stored in S3 and return results based on queries, using standard SQL statements that you would use for a traditional database. It’s particularly useful for extracting data out of CSV and large text files. How Much Does Athena Cost? Athena only has one charge: GB of data processed. The going rate is $5 per TB, or about $0.005 per GB. That’s already quite cheap unless you’re processing gigantic files (which Athena certainly can), but there are a few ways to reduce this cost even more....
Many web apps today, such as WordPress, MediaWiki, and more, are open source and can be run for free from any computer with even a simple local web server. They are often very difficult to install on your computer, since they require a number of dependencies such as PHP and MySQL. Microsoft has worked to make this easier, releasing the Windows Web Platform Installer. This lets you install many popular web apps and free tools in Windows with only a few clicks....
It can be very annoying having to move your folder windows every time you re-launch them in Windows 7. Here we take a look at Vista with a bunch of different folder screens open, and when we close them, they will come back to the same location and size when we open them again. In Windows 7 it seems to remember the last one you closed and you’ll need to adjust them again....
