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It is something to get excited about, the service not only will be able to hold tons of the music from your personal library, but also from music that you purchase from the new Google Music store, which you can share with your friends. The break down You will be able to upload the music you already own, either from iTunes or from any other library, including random folders to the giant Google Cloud, where they will be always available for you to stream to any supported device with an Internet connection....

Although you can upgrade most computers to Windows 11 for free, the operating system is not technically free. For instance, if you have a custom computer that never had Windows, you will have to purchase a product key to activate the product and unlock all the features. On the other hand, if you have a laptop or desktop computer running Windows 10, the upgrade to Windows 11 is free – that is, of course, as long as the hardware meets the minimum requirements....

If the Xbox Skill is enabled on your voice-enabled device, you can simply say a command like: “Alexa, start Rocket League” and the command will turn on Xbox One, sign in to Xbox Live, and launch the game. How to enable Xbox Skill on Alexa How to enable Xbox Skill on Cortana How to enable Xbox Skill on Alexa If you want to control your Xbox One using Alexa, use these steps: Once you’ve completed the steps, you can start using voice commands with Alexa to interact with your Xbox One....

If your computer also includes a recovery partition, you can copy it to the recovery drive, which you can then use to reset your computer to the default factory settings. Additionally, after copying the recovery partition, you’ll get the option to delete it from your hard drive to free up some space. In this guide, you’ll learn the easy steps to create and use a Windows 10 recovery drive to troubleshoot, fix, and reinstall the operating system as necessary....

With Windows 8, we are moving toward a new kind of installation method where a physical DVD or even a USB flash drive is practically not necessary. If you buy a new PC, chances are that it will come with a built-in recovery partition that you can use to reset the PC to its original factory settings. But how about when you really run into problems, where you can’t boot or the hard drive dies?...

As you may have seen by now, Microsoft is reinventing Windows from an icon based OS to a live tile based OS, hundreds of new features and changes are being added, and even though there are a lot of things that are new, they are not too complicated to relearn and customization still somehow simple. Now what happens when you want to add your own tweaks, for example, in this case shortcuts to perform and specific task such as launching an application, or something that would be useful, like including the missing Shutdown or Restart capabilities back — of course, you can use + I keyboard shortcut in Windows 8 too, but many people are used to shutting down from the classic Start menu....

Facebook’s most valuable asset is your information, including your personal data, likes, comments, posts, and friends you make, as it allows the company figure out more about your personality to make billions of dollars using that information. Further, things can get even worse when companies fail to protect your data, and your information falls into the wrong hands. As we’ve seen with the Cambridge Analytica fiasco, where the data company was able to gather information from 50 million users through an app that Facebook claims was built as a research tool, data that can be used in a number of malicious ways....

Although this could be a useful feature for repetitive searches, it could be a privacy concern for many users. If you don’t want to see recent searches in the Taskbar, Windows 11 22H2 includes an option to disable this behavior. This guide will teach you the easy steps to prevent the Taskbar from showing recent searches on the Windows 11 2022 Update. Disable recent searches on Windows 11 To stop showing recent searches in the Taskbar, use these steps: Once you complete the steps, when hovering over the search button in the Taskbar, you will no longer see a list of your recent searches....

Windows 11 is now the default version of the operating system that manufacturers configure on new devices. However, while the new Windows introduces a redesigned interface and packs a slew of new features and improvements (even more on version 22H2), it’s still not a system everyone wants to use. In case you are among those who are still not ready to upgrade, you can downgrade to Windows 10. This is possible since Windows 11 is based on Windows 10, which means that the product key works to activate either version....

Usually, when you need to change advanced settings on your Windows 10 device, you use the Group Policy Editor (gpedit), but because it’s a feature designed for network administrators, it’s only available on Windows 10 Pro and higher versions. As a result, many Windows 10 Home users end up having to make changes to the Registry to implement the same settings, which could have been more easily configured using the Group Policy Editor....

DNS over HTTPS is a networking protocol designed to encrypt Domain Name System (DNS) queries using the Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure (HTTPS) protocol. The main purpose of DoH is to protect these queries to increase user privacy and security by stopping malicious individuals from viewing and manipulating DNS traffic originating from your computer to prevent things like man-in-the-middle attacks. Web browsers like Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox already support this additional layer of security, but now, Windows 11 now supports DoH natively, and you can configure it in the Settings app....

The most noticeable benefit of this change is a more consistent visual experience between Microsoft Teams and the operating system and the ability to control notifications through using the Settings app and Action Center integration. In this guide, you will learn the steps to enable or disable Windows 10 notification style for Microsoft Teams. Enable Windows 10 notification style on Microsoft Teams Disable Windows 10 notification style on Microsoft Teams...

The new feature is similar to Nvidia G-Sync and VESA DisplayPort Adaptive-Sync, but it doesn’t replace these technologies. Instead, according to Microsoft, VRR is a feature to complement these other technologies to improve the gaming experience. In this guide, you’ll learn the steps to enable variable refresh rate for games on Windows 10 version 1903 and later. How to enable variable refresh rate using Settings Use these steps to enable variable refresh rate for supported games running in full-screen on Windows 10: Once you complete the steps, the new feature will be enable helping to reduce stuttering and tearing while playing games....

If you have to access another computer’s resources, File Explorer is the primary application you should use on Windows 11. However, you first need to enable the feature to discover network devices in the network. This guide will teach you the easy steps to quickly find other computers connected to the local network on Windows 11. Find network computers on Windows 11 Enable network discovery on Windows 11 21H2 Enable network discovery on Windows 11 22H2...

Usually, it can be obvious to determine the app using the file, but other times, you will get a warning when you don’t have any application running on Windows 11. When this happens, you can use the File Locksmith tool available on PowerToys 0.64 and higher to identify the process and unlock the file. This guide will teach you the easy ways to find out the process (program) locking a file on Windows 11 with the PowerToys File Locksmith....

If you’re trying to update the Office apps and the error 30088-26 appears, then you have two solutions. You can repair the installation, or you can uninstall and reinstall the apps. This process should work whether you’re using Microsoft 365 (Office 365), Office 2019, or Office 2016. In this guide, you’ll learn the steps to resolve problems when trying to update Office to the latest version on Windows 10....

Unlike USB cameras, network cameras are devices that stream the data through the local area network (LAN) using a TCP/IP (Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol) configuration. Usually the preferred choice for security and surveillance purposes. Windows 10 supports discovery, pairing, configuring, and stream TCP/IP-enabled for major ONVIF Profile S compliant camera brands. As you connect new network cameras, the stream can be easily routed through the existing camera APIs, making it possible to capture images, stream, or record videos using the default Camera app or third-party solutions....

However, Microsoft isn’t integrating the new package with the ISO file for Windows 7, which means that after the installation, you’ll still need to use Windows Update to download and install the Convenience Rollup update. If you’re a computer technician or a user that performs installations of Windows 7 in the regular basis, it can be a waste of time and bandwidth having to download the same update over and over....

When mapping a network drive, the system technically only creates a “shortcut” or “pointer” that allows Windows 11 to locate the shared folder and access its contents as if it was a drive physically attached to the computer. After the mapping process is complete, the storage will appear on “This PC” under the “Network locations” section in File Explorer. If you no longer need access to the network resources, Windows 11 also provides quick ways to disconnect the network drive using the same tools....