Windows 10 Build 14342 Update KB3158988 According to an update by Gabe Aul in his blog post: If you’re part of the Insider program and testing the new PC builds, you can grab this most recent update by going to Settings > Update & Security > Windows Update. It’s also worth noting that the latest mobile version is getting an update as well. We covered the new Windows 10 Mobile Build 14342 on Monday....

What is the Search Indexing service? Think of it a program that runs constantly in the background writing a “table of contents” of every file on your computer. It does this so that when you use Windows built-in search the results appear faster. However, on a SSD the result speeds are about the same, and even on older computers I haven’t noticed much of an improvement with the service enabled....

Updating your Windows 8 apps is easy. From the Metro Start screen, click or tap the Store tile. You’ll see the number of apps that have updates ready. In this example there are 11. On the next screen, tap or click on Updates. These app updates included updates for Windows 8 Consumer Preview Weather, Mail, Calendar, SkyDrive and more. They are all checked by default. If you don’t want to updated an app, click it to remove the checkmark in the upper left corner of each....

A quicker Messenger – The time it takes to sign in and to refresh contacts and social feeds, as well as animation speed, are all faster than in previous versions of Messenger.More efficient video chat – Messenger video chat uses 30% fewer CPU resources by offloading work to the GPU.Better facial recognition – Photo Gallery facial recognition is improved significantly and works more quickly.Larger movie uploads – Movie Maker will upload higher resolution movies to SkyDrive (480×640 vs....

Here’s what the new update, one that has the charming name “Update 7.10.8107.79”, brings. It fixes an issue that caused the keyboard to disappear while typing, a Gmail syncing issue, an encryption issue, as well as a voicemail error that appeared on some Asian and European networks. If the ones above are just minor things, there are other more important issues that the new update fixes. Before this update, the know that the Me feature in the People hub would send info about access points and cell towers around your phone....

Windows Phone Store Microsoft recently updated Windows Phone 8 to 8.1, and on the heels of the 8.1 update, improved it with Windows 8.1 update that’s available now if you’re part of the Preview for Developers program which is free to join. The phone store seems to be adding approximately 100,000 new games and apps with 100,000 available in 2012, 200,000 in 2013, and now 300,00 in 2014. Hopefully that number will grow as the popularity of Windows Phone continues to grow, not only in the United States, but around the world....

Get Free Xbox Games To get your free copy of Fable III, fire up your Xbox 360 and go to Games > Browse Games > Free with Gold. Remember that these games are quite large. Fable III is a 5.61 GB download. If you have the Xbox 360 4 GB model, check out my article on how to add a 16 GB flash drive for extra space. These games are free and yours to keep....

While this might not sound that exciting to watch your typical YouTube video uploader, live entertainment such as concerts, sporting events, and interviews that normally aren’t professionally published online will now have an outlet. YouTube Live is stepping dangerously close to cable television, and thus far without any commercials; though DirectTV can rest easy until actual premium content starts showing up. YouTube has yet to announce an advertising plan for their live service, so we’ll have to wait and see....

One chart type in Excel that many don’t consider is a scatter plot, also referred to as a scatter graph, scatter diagram, and scatter chart. This type of visual lets you compare two data sets using plotted points. Microsoft Excel provides a handful of scatter plot types depending on how you want to display your data. Let’s have a look at each one and how to create the scatter chart in Excel....

Make Phone Calls with Google Home The great thing about Google Home is there isn’t any special setup required. It uses your phone’s contacts or nearby businesses that are close to your location. So, if you know of a pizza joint or other business nearby, you can usually just ask Google to call that location. Although, if you want to call a specific number, that person’s number needs to be stored in Google Contacts....

Instead of working with the old Location Aware Printing function introduced in Windows 7 Premium Business editions, it will default to the last printer used. If you don’t like this and would prefer to have it turned off, here is how you do it. Manage Default Printers in Windows 10 Launch Settings from the Start menu or press Windows key + I then click Devices. Select the Printers & Scanners tab, then scroll down....

How to Connect an Email Account in Gmail on the Web Head to the Gmail website and sign in if necessary. Then, follow these steps to connect your email account. If you are having trouble connecting your other email account, make note of this statement from Google: Manage Emails From Other Accounts in Gmail Online Emails from your connected account will appear in your inbox like any email to your Gmail address....

Manually Install Windows 10 1809 An easy way to manually install the new feature update is to use Microsoft’s own utility. To get started, head to the Windows 10 Download page and click the Update now button to download the Update Assistant tool. From this point on, the process of upgrading is straightforward. Launch the tool, and it will check your system for compatibility and download the update. Note that doing it this way, your current files, apps, and settings will be kept....

A network drive allows you to keep large or important files off your Mac’s hard drive. This frees up space for other things, but you’ll need to know how to connect to it over your network. Mac supports the common networking protocols used for NAS drives, making it easy to connect to them. If you’re unsure how to map a network drive on a Mac, follow our steps below....

If you’ve never merged cells in an Excel spreadsheet, groovyPost is here to help! We’ll walk you through how to merge cells into a single cell and then unmerge them if you change your mind. How to Merge Cells in Excel Open your Excel workbook to the spreadsheet you want to work with and follow the steps below to merge cells. Keep in mind that the upper-left or far-left cell data will remain, but any data in the other cells you’re merging will be deleted....

Move Photos Freely To position images in Word: Your image will now float above the text so you can put it anywhere without disrupting the rest of the document. More With Microsoft Word Not surprisingly, there’s a lot more you can do with Word, even with tables, including using different headers and footers for each page, adjusting the grammar settings, shrinking text to fit on one page, and more. You can find Microsoft Word inside the Microsoft 365 suite....

The internet can be a dangerous place to just “surf around on”. This is especially true when you start clicking on URL’s that have been shortened using services like is.gd or any URL shortener for that matter. For those of you using Internet Explorer 8, a simple solution exists which allows you to preview a Shortened URL before clicking on it. The Add-on or Extension as Microsoft calls their IE8 Add-ons is called Preview and Launch URL....

Several things determine the amount of mobile data your phone uses: streaming content, apps relaying data in the background, file uploads, and downloads. Your shiny new iPhone has a great camera that takes amazing photos and videos. But the file sizes are large, so it consumes a lot of bandwidth to back up and share. Enable Low Data Mode on iPhone for Cellular Starting with iOS 13, Apple has added a new Low Data Mode that helps save on the amount of mobile and/or Wi-Fi data your phone uses....

All app stores (iOS and Android) have a similar functionality. Maybe you have a Windows 8.x computer at work and a different one at home that you don’t want the same apps on each one. That is where this Windows Store feature comes in quite handy. Instead of hunting for all of the apps you previously installed, you can find each one you’ve purchased or downloaded in the past. And it’s all in one easy to find location in the Windows Store....

In a previous article from last week, we covered how to set up a user account in Windows 7 as well as defining the access of the Guest account. Let’s take it to the next level and improve security a bit by changing the name of the Guest account. Why? Well, renaming the Guest account is always a Security best practice because some malicious/virus software attempt to infiltrate your computer through an enabled Guest Account since typically no password is set for that account....