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As a result of privacy concerns, Google is now gradually rolling out a new feature that users can select manually to automatically delete location history, web, and app activities from their accounts. You can always disable the collection of this data, but the new settings should help to have a more personal experience while using Google services, and protecting your privacy a little better. In this guide, you’ll learn to set how long Google is allowed to keep your data before deleting it....

However, the experience may not be a functionality for everyone. If you happen not to have any use for it, you can easily disable using the settings app. In this guide, you’ll learn the steps to disable Action Center on Windows 10. How to disable Action Center using Settings To disable Action Center on Windows 10, use these steps: It’s worth pointing out that disabling or removing the Action Center doesn’t stop the toasts notifications from showing up....

The Windows 10 ISO preview is meant for commercial customers to test and validate the OS before it becomes generally available to everyone. However, anyone can download it from the Windows Insider Preview Downloads page to upgrade early. The only problem is you will be doing a full installation of the November 2021 Update whether you choose to start with fresh installation or upgrade the current setup. In this guide, you will learn the steps to download the ISO file to get early access to Windows 10 21H2....

If you want to get hands-on with the new feature, you can use a third-party tool called “ViVeTool” created by Rafael Rivera and Lucas on GitHub, to enable the option on your computer. This guide will teach you the steps to turn on the new System Tray feature on Windows 11. Enable new System Tray in Taskbar on Windows 11 To enable the new System Tray and drag and drop feature for the Taskbar, use these steps: Once you complete the steps, the new System Tray will enable, and you will be able to drag and drop icons using the new experience....

PowerToys is an application that includes a set of utilities to improve the Windows experience. The app is aimed at advanced users, but anyone can use it. For instance, the app includes a window manager to make it easier to create different layouts. It also includes an image resizer, bulk file rename tool, keyboard manager to remap keys, and color picker, and with the release of version 0.62.0, you’ll find a tool that uses OCR technology to extract text from any image format....

Regardless of the reason, on Windows 11, you can find the Wi-Fi password of the current connection or saved wireless networks through the Settings app and Command Prompt or PowerShell. This guide will teach you two quick ways to find a Wi-Fi password on Windows 11. Find Wi-Fi password on Windows 11 Find Wi-Fi password from Command Prompt or PowerShell Find Wi-Fi password on Windows 11 To find the Wi-Fi password on Windows 11, use these steps: Once you complete the steps, the wireless password will be revealed so you can use it on other devices or save it for future reference....

0x80073712 is a common error on Windows 10, and usually means that one or more required files by Windows Update are missing or damaged. In this guide, you’ll learn the steps to fix error 0x80073712 when trying to upgrade to a new version of Windows 10 using Windows Update. How to fix Windows 10 error 0x80073712 Windows Update Troubleshooter While there is a number of ways to fix this issue, you can use the Windows Update troubleshooter quickly resolve this error....

However, if the printer sharing isn’t working, you’re unable to find the printer in the network, or for whatever other reason, you can use several troubleshooting steps to resolve this problem on Windows 11. This guide will teach you the different ways to troubleshoot and fix problems when sharing a printer on the network. Fix printer sharing by updating driver Fix printer sharing by removing recent update Fix printer sharing with Troubleshooter Fix printer sharing with firewall troubleshooting Fix printer sharing with reshare configuration...

Typically, problems like these happen because of driver compatibility, unwanted configuration changes, or bugs as a result of system changes with the new version. However, other times, there are many factors that can cause Wi-Fi problems. For example, the network adapter driver can end up damaged during the upgrade process. You may not have the latest driver installed, which happened to work with the previous version, but it doesn’t with the new version of Windows 10....

Something to keep in mind is that the time you get the update will primarily depend on your time zone and your console settings. Upgrade to the New Xbox One Experience As Microsoft begins the roll out users who have the configured their Xbox One console using the Instant-on power mode will get the New Xbox One Experience automatically when the console is on Connected Standby mode. If you don’t have the Instant-on power mode enabled, go to Settings > Power & startup on your Xbox One and change the settings....

If the feature sounds familiar, it’s because in previous versions, Microsoft Edge had a similar functionality known as pins. However, the ability to install web apps from the new version of the browser makes sites available from the Start menu and taskbar. In addition, if the website is capable, you can also use it offline. The most interesting part about web apps for Edge Chromium is that they literally install like normal apps, and you’ll even find them registered in the “Apps & features” settings page....

According to Chris Paterson, a program manager at Mozilla, explains that the problem isn’t the browser. It’s the sneaky decision of Google to use a deprecated shadow DOM API that you can now only find it in Chrome, and as a result YouTube can load up to five time slower in other browsers. If you’re a Microsoft Edge, Mozilla Firefox, or even a Safari user, it’s possible to force the old design to load YouTube as fast as when using Chrome....

The problem is that even after linking both accounts, you can still access your Skype account using your legacy sign-in information, which is less secure than using a Microsoft account that implements better security and two-factor authentication. If you want to make your Skype account more secure and reduce the number of credentials you have to remember, you can merge the accounts. Then you’ll only have one password to access all Microsoft services, including Skype....

You can’t move the Taskbar on Windows 11 because this is an entirely new design, and moving it around the screen is challenging. Microsoft has explained that only moving the Taskbar to the right side suddenly changes the entire design (including the Start menu and apps), and the current interface and animations are designed for the bottom placement. As a result, the work that implicates it was not worth the effort since there was not enough demand....

If you don’t change the settings, Windows 10 will automatically optimize your device for battery life by playing HDR (High Dynamic Range) videos in SDR (Standard Dynamic Range) when your laptop or tablet is not plugged in. However, if your device isn’t plugged in, and you still want the best video quality possible, the Settings app includes an option to customize the experience. In this guide, you’ll learn the steps to allow Windows 10 to use the best video quality when playing HDR content on your computer....

Usually, users would complain about Microsoft Edge freezing or crashing, or very slow performance while surfing the internet, and sometimes it will not open at all. Although Windows 10 has included an option to reset apps when they’re not working or syncing, users needed to resource to complex workarounds to reset and fix Microsoft Edge. However, starting with the Windows 10 Fall Creators Update, Microsoft Edge appears listed as an app installed in the Settings app, and while you won’t be able to uninstall it, the browser now includes two options: one to repair without affecting your data, and a reset option that will delete all your browser data and then reset the application....

If security isn’t a concern, Windows 11 has at least several ways to remove the account password for an automatic sign-in experience. In this guide, you will learn the steps to sign in automatically by removing the login password on Windows 11. (See also this video tutorial to complete this task.) Disable password login on Windows 11 Remove password login on Windows 11 Remove login password with Command Prompt...

If the Widget button is taking up unnecessary space or you don’t use the feature often, you can remove it from the Windows 11 taskbar since you can always use the Windows key + W keyboard shortcut to open the experience. In the same way, if the button is missing, you can quickly add it back from the Taskbar settings. In this guide, you will learn the steps to add or remove the Widgets button from the taskbar on Windows 11....

The problem is that you cannot choose to restore specific files from a Windows 7 image (full backup) after a Windows 8 upgrade using a clean installation. This means that if you are moving to a newer operating system, you need to create a full backup as well as a copy of all your personal documents. Although, there is not such a thing as one too many backups, you shouldn’t have to spend time doing the same thing twice....

In my opinion with Windows 8 isn’t very practical that manufactures still offer their own software to do something that works perfectly fine to begin with, they just added another unnecessary software layer. But if you don’t have another choice, the above video will walk you through the necessary steps to successfully recover your Windows 8 PC to its original state using the HP System Recovery tool. One thing worth noticing is that with the latest Microsoft’s OS the “HP Recovery Manager” now offers three types of recovery including: System Recovery, Factory Reset which erases the entire hard drive and restores the PC with the factory image; and surprisingly it also offers the Minimized Image Recovery, which restores only the operating system and drivers — equivalent to a Windows 8 clean install –, something the company faded out after they stopped shipping the restore discs with new computers, but now it seems to be back....