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Lazy loading isn’t completely new, as million of websites already include a lazy load mechanism to load pages to users, but bringing the feature to the web browser should help to speed up pages that don’t offer such feature. In this guide, you’ll learn the steps to give Chrome’s lazy loading a spin on Windows 10, macOS, or Linux. How to enable lazy load in Chrome To speed up page loading times in Chrome with the lazy load feature, use these steps: Once you’ve completed the steps, Chrome will only load images and iframe elements when needed to be displayed on the screen....

The app also responds to the system color scheme, which means that whether you’re using the light and dark theme, the new Cortana app will change its color accordingly. And unlike the previous version, the new experience ditches the side rail for three-dotted button to access the settings or sign out of the experience. Although it’s interesting to see the new experience after Microsoft broke Cortana and Search into two separate features, it’s not clear if the app will be available for everyone (just yet)....

This is an opt-in feature, and Microsoft is aiming this feature for user learning English, education, and accessibility. Once enabled, as you type with a hardware keyboard, you’ll see a new caret with text candidate that you can select using the mouse or keyboard. In this guide, you’ll learn the steps to enable text suggestion as you type using a hardware keyboard on Windows 10. How to enable text suggestions for hardware keyboard using Settings If you want to get word and emoji suggestions as you type anywhere on Windows 10 using a hardware keyboard, then use the following steps: After completing the steps, as you type anywhere using the hardware keyboard, you’ll get three text suggestions, including a suggestion of emoji if it’s relevant....

If you’re setting up a password manager, or you’re switching to a new web browser, the Chromium version of Microsoft Edge also includes an option to export your saved passwords to CSV file that you can then import into another application or download for safekeeping. In this guide, you’ll learn the steps to export all your passwords with their respective account information saved on Microsoft Edge on Windows 10. (You can also perform the same task on Google Chrome....

At one point in time, you’ll need to find the MAC address assigned to your network adapter on your computer. For example, when setting up your Wi-Fi router and you’re setting up network access filtering, or when you have a number of devices connected to a router and you want to find out exactly which device is which. Similar to previous versions, Windows 10 offers many ways in which you can find the MAC address assigned to a Wi-Fi or Ethernet network adapter....

As the guys from Lifehacker pointed out, if you are using the “Windows 8 Upgrade Assistant”, you are all set. But if you had a legitimate previous version of Windows and you mistakenly formatted the hard drive, moved to a new drive (e.g., Solid State Drive) or if you installed one of the “Previews” or “Windows 8 Enterprise RTM” not knowing that these versions of the operating system cannot be upgraded to Windows 8, you cannot do the “Custom” install, even though you may still have the product key sticker on the side of the PC....

Starting with preview build 19603, Windows 10 is adding a storage analyzer tool known as User cleanup recommendations, which analyzes the entire system automatically to identify unused files and apps you can remove to free up space. The option will display the amount of data that Windows 10 may be able to reclaim by deleting certain large or unused files, uninstalling apps that you not use, and clearing copies of files already uploaded to OneDrive making the task of freeing space a lot easier....

The only thing you need to do is to add the proper account information on the People app and the rest is automatic. In this guide, you’ll learn the steps to sync your Gmail, iCloud, and Exchange contacts to the People app on Windows 10. How to import contacts to People app Make sure after completing the steps to check the list of accounts to see if your Gmail, iCloud, or Exchange account is syncing....

However, an early preview of Skype for Windows 10 Mobile has leaked onto the web, and thanks to Jeremy Sinclair at the XDA Forums, you can now download and sideload the app to get an early look of what is to come in the Universal Skype app for Windows 10 Mobile. In this guide, you’ll learn the step by step process to install the Skype app on your Windows phone running the latest test version of Windows 10 Mobile....

If you want to upgrade early to the Windows 11 2022 Update, you have to enroll the computer in the Release Preview Channel to download and upgrade to the latest feature update through Windows Update. Or you can download the official ISO file (preview) to create a USB media to perform a clean installation. This guide will teach you two ways to upgrade to Windows 11 22H2 right now before it becomes available to everyone....

Getting into one of the sides is pretty easy, you simply go to https://www.google.com/starwars/, sign in with your Google account and drag your user profile picture to the Light Side or Dark Side. However, after a while of having all your services themed with Star Wars visuals, you may want to restore your default settings just because you want things the way they were before or because after some time, it can get annoying having to hear YouTube with the lightsaber sound....

The only caveat is that once you save the settings, it’s not possible to retrieve the password if you forgot it and you need this information to set up a new connection on another device. However, you can use third-party tools, such as Dialupass, to quickly recover the saved password for all virtual private network (VPN) connections. In this guide, you’ll learn the steps to retrieve a saved password for a VPN connection on Windows 10....

No surprising the company does not mention the reason of the limited time to roll back to Windows 7 or Windows 8.1 after upgrading to Windows 10. In part is because the company is betting big in its operating system and wants users to stay on Windows 10. The other reason is that a copy of the previous version takes up a lot of valuable space in your PC’s hard drive, as such after that one month Windows 10 assumes you’ll stay in the new version and it deletes the Windows....

This option will come in handy in many situations. For example, if you have a leading accountant who needs to view and modify documents, and then you have two interns that only need to view the documents. In this case, you can share the same folder as “AccountingManager” and “AccountingInterns” with different permissions, network paths, and settings. In addition, the ability to add and remove share names allows you to change name of the share without having to modify the local folder in any way....

Printer sharing is nothing new, it’s a feature that has been part of the operating system for a long time, and you can still use it on Windows 10. In this guide, you will learn the steps to share a printer on Windows 10 over the network. Share printer on Windows 10 Install shared printer on Windows 10 Share printer on Windows 10 To connect a USB printer to a Wi-Fi network without extra accessories, you can use Windows 10 “printer sharing” with these steps: Once you complete the steps, the USB printer will now be available in the network for anyone to connect....

Although Firefox isn’t an app available from the Microsoft Store, it’s been updated to automatically follow the color theme you set on Windows 10. However, if you want Firefox to use a specific theme color no matter the mode you use in the operating system, you can quickly accomplish this by changing the browser settings. In this guide, you’ll learn the steps to set a permanent default color theme on Firefox to prevent the browser from changing colors when you switch to light or dark mode on Windows 10....

On Windows 11 or 10, winget is a command-line tool to save you time and frustration by automating the process of searching, downloading, installing, upgrading, and configuring software on your computer. It has been designed with developers in mind, but anyone can use it to install apps using simple commands quickly. This guide will teach you the steps to uninstall applications using the Windows Package Manager command-line tool on Windows 11....

The only caveat is that Windows 11 only gives you ten days to roll back after an upgrade. After ten days, the only way to undo the upgrade is to perform a fresh install of the older version. This guide will teach you the steps to uninstall the Windows 11 2022 Update when your device does not start correctly after the upgrade. Uninstall Windows 11 22H2 when it doesn’t boot To uninstall Windows 11 22H2 when the computer doesn’t start after the upgrade, use these steps: Once you complete the steps, the system will uninstall the Windows 11 2022 Update from the computer, and it will roll back to version 21H2 or the previous version of Windows 10 in a process that should not take more than 10 minutes....

If you want to make sure that you’re using the latest version of an app, or you learned about a new feature and want to start using it right away, you can update apps from the Microsoft Store at any time manually. In this guide, you’ll learn the steps to check and download updates for apps available through the Microsoft Store on Windows 10. Update apps on Windows 10 Enable automatic updates for apps on Windows 10 Disable automatic updates for apps on Windows 10...

Although it is not recommended to rush and install a new feature update as soon as it becomes available to avoid potential bugs and other problems during the early days, you can upgrade manually in at least two ways using the Windows Update settings and Media Creation Tool. If you have a device with version 20H2 or 2004, the best way to install version 21H1 is using Windows Update. The reason is that the new release of Windows 10 is a small update based on the two previous versions, and you only need an enablement package to upgrade without reinstallation....