Before you start make sure you have a blank CD/DVD or a minimum 250MB thumb drive. Then download the 32 or 64 bit version of MS Standalone System Sweeper. Save the file to your desktop. Double-click and run it. Microsoft says you’ll need 250 MB of free space on your thumb drive. Click Next. You can burn the image to a CD, DVD, USB or create and burn an ISO file....
A little while ago, we told you about Microsoft releasing the Windows RT Surface, its very interesting-looking tablet, on October 26th, the same date Windows 8 will be available. Now it seems that there could be a price to it, too. And if it confirms, it could give the software giant’s competitors nightmares. IF being the key word folks. According to Engadget, quoting an inside source, Microsoft has held a session at its TechReady15 event, detailing the launch details....
Here is a look at the keyboard shortcuts you need to know to do just that. Word Keyboard Shortcuts to Find and Replace Text While you’re in a large Word document, you can easily find text by hitting Ctrl + F. Then, type the word or phrase you’re looking for in the navigation pane. When the word or phrase you are looking for is found, each instance will be highlighted in the document....
Of course, you won’t be able to allow its posting yourself (that would be something); one of your trusted friends will have to take this responsibility. First, install the app to your Facebook account by clicking here and then allowing it to access your basic info, post to Facebook as you and send you e-mail. Then, choose between leaving a video or a text message – obviously, you need a webcam for the first option (you can also upload a previously recorded video file)....
Within minutes Google took it down — a “it was a mistake,” a Google PR person said — but not before mirror sites and YouTube postings were up. Check out the video we captured from one mirror, below. Cornwell says “we’ve completely redesigned the look and feel of Gmail to make it as clean, simple, and intuitive as possible.” A radically revamped Gmail affects tens of millions of computer users globally, analysts say....
This isn’t the big Windows 10 Fall Update that’s expected to be launched sometime this month. It is, however, important to grab all of these updates as they provide critical security patches as well as bug fixes. Another Adobe Flash Player Update Another notable update to point out is KB3103688, which plugs vulnerabilities in Adobe Flash Player in Internet Explorer and Microsoft Edge in Windows 10. This also patches Flash vulnerabilities in the most recent Windows 10 Preview Build 10586....
Last week, Microsoft rolled out Windows 10 Insider Preview build 16199 for PC and build 15215 for mobile. No new Insider preview builds for PC or Mobile this week due to the team dealing with what Dona referred to as a “blocking bug”. — Dona Sarkar (@donasarkar) May 24, 2017 Also, the Windows Insider team is taking time off for a long Memorial Day weekend (Monday is a holiday here in the U....
Google AdSense App If you’re a webmaster using AdSense to obtain revenue from the content on your website or blog, this new app, which you can get for free in the Google Play Store, can only be useful. Also, the fact that it’s official, made by Google, ensures you’re ideally getting accurate stats from the company. After you’ve installed the app, start it and, if the account you’re using for AdSense is the same one on your Android device, you’ll see earnings data right away....
Open Outlook 2010 and Click File » Options Click the Calendar Tab and under Calendar options, adjust the default reminders from 15 minutes to your desired time. I hate being late for appoints which is why I personally set 1 hour as my default on all Outlook installs. Comment Name * Email * Δ Save my name and email and send me emails as new comments are made to this post....
Open Outlook 2010 and right click the folder you want to change. In my example I’m going to change the Inbox. On the General tab, Click the radio button Show total number of items. Click OK to save. As you can see from the screenshot below, my Inbox is now showing the total emails in the folder vs. total unread. As you can see from my screenshots, I changed the default color of Outlook 2010....
It was just the other day that a friend of mine noticed all of his Picasa albums were set to public. We went in to try and make them private, but it turns out that each album had to be done individually. And, when you have 87 albums it makes it nothing short of a long and annoying afternoon; after marking the first 10, we gave up with doing it manually....
I first read about RockMelt in my newspaper. No, not in an RSS feed–in my dead tree version of the Pittsburgh Post Gazette, via an AP story announcing “Internet pioneer backs new way to surf.” The fact that I read about a new way to surf in the old media raised a flag for me. It meant either A) this revolution would be so freaking huge that the AP would be the one giving it heavy coverage (rather than say, TechCrunch or Arstechnica) or B) this was mainstream news targeted at a non-geeky mainstream audience....
The Roku Channel on the Web To start watching, launch your browser and head to therokuchannel.com and sign in with your existing Roku account if you have one, or create a new account. The interface is barebones, but you’ll have access to its catalog of movies, TV shows, and live news. You aren’t going to get the latest blockbuster movies and hit TV shows, but you will have unlimited access to award-winning classic comedies, dramas, thrillers, and more....
The ruling of a court says that license reselling is legal, even if the software has been downloaded from the internet, according to the Wall Street Journal. Oracle had sued UsedSoft, a German company making a living off selling used software licenses it buys from Oracle’s customers, or license keys from those licenses. According to the court’s ruling, the German company was not in breach of license agreements, as the exclusive right to sell the software, even digital software is “exhausted on its first sale”....
Sound Serum isn’t your usual music streaming site Sound Serum is an online music library chock full of creative commons licensed electronic music. This means that if there is a song that you like, you can download it without any worry of the RIAA coming after you. Sound Serum incorporates a Java based music player that works directly in your web browser. The interface is simple, and as you know us groovyPost’ers are huge fans of simple....
The trick is knowing the best ways to invest your spare time to save time in the future. Here are my top tips for staying productive. Keep Lecture Slides, Notes, and Memos in One Place What I noticed in one of my first weeks of tuition was how scattered everything was. Slides on Moodle. Notes in my notebook. Memos scribbled on .txt files on my desktop. Clearly a mess. But admitting the problem is the first step to solving it....
We covered how to roll dice or flip a coin using Cortana on Windows Phone 8.1 (and rumored to be coming to Windows 10). But since the majority of the population has an iPhone or Android smartphone, you can now have a similar feature. Google Tricks To get rolling, just enter: Roll the Dice, Roll Die, or roll a dice in the search box either by voice or typing it in....
This week join host Josh Windisch, and groovyPost editor-in-chief Brian Burgess as we talk about the official Twitter app released for Windows 8, trending Twitter topics, the Samsung Galaxy S4 and what can make smartphones evolutionary again. Huge Windows 8 18-inch all-in-one PCs / tablets trending, including the Asus Transformer AIO that dual boots Windows 8 and Android. What the heck is the Twitter Music service going to be anyway?...
Path, the personal photo sharing app, was updated today. Significantly. It’s not the same app anymore, and has a completely different agenda. If you’re not familiar with what Path was before, I’ll explain. Path was there to take photos with some contextual information (time, weather, location) and share those photos with a small group of friends using push notifications and email. That was all it did. The only thing it could be compared with was Instagram....
Groovy Android Apps Thermometer There are lots of thermometer apps in the Play Store that measures an area’s temperature, but this app does more than that. In addition to telling you how hot or cold a room is, it can also tell you the temperature of your battery, or your device. Both Celsius and Fahrenheit can be set as a unit of measurement. PeaceSnap Tired of setting your camera’s timer to take a photo of yourself?...
