Or, if you purchase a new Windows 10 PC, the manufacturer will already have the PC named. And you might want to rename it to something more personal that allows you to manage your systems. Whatever the reason you need to rename your computer, there is a new way to do it via Windows 10 Settings. The old way to do it still exists, too. Here’s a look at both ways to rename your Windows 10 computer....

Macros allow you to record multiple actions and then quickly execute those actions by clicking a button or pressing a keyboard shortcut. Word and Excel allow you to record actions into macros, but Outlook and PowerPoint do not. You must manually create macros by writing the code yourself or copying or importing code from somewhere else. If you’ve recorded macros in Word or Excel or manually created macros in Outlook or PowerPoint, and you need to move them to another computer, you can save the macros and then restore them....

In this article, I will review a few ways you can scan a document using a physical scanner or the free Office Lens app for Windows 10. After all, who wants to be buried under a mountain of unsearchable paper documents? Windows 10 – Scan Documents, Business Cards, or Photos using a Scanner Windows 10 includes a built-in scan utility, which you can access from the printer context menu. Click Start, type: devices and printer then hit Enter....

Signal is a free chat app, extremely similar to WhatsApp. The difference is it is not owned by a for-profit company, and every message and phone call you make is heavily encrypted. Signal keeps no logs either, so if the government came calling for your phone logs, there would be nothing to give them. Set Up Signal On Your Smartphone For More Secure Conversations There is one inherent weakness with Signal....

You need to be the system administrator and use your account to purchase apps. So for instance, if you’re the parent and creating accounts for your kids. Add a User Account to Windows 8 Before you configure app sharing options, you need to add a user if you haven’t already. You can set them up with their Microsoft Account, or you can create a Local Account. If it’s your kid’s account, you might want to check the option to turn on Family Safety....

YTShowRating displays rating information beneath the view count, and it works for any video in the Related sidebar. It doesn’t display ratings anywhere else, unlike YouTube Ratings Preview. YouTube Ratings Preview displays the rating bar directly beneath the video thumbnail. However it has the advantage of displaying ratings in both the Subscription, Search and Related video area; it sets up under any video thumbnail, anywhere on YouTube. Download either of them and add them to your browser below:...

Google Keep for Android In case you don’t already have Google Keep installed on your smartphone or tablet, you can get it here, in the Google Play Store. It installs just like any other Android app, be it from your computer or Android device. First of all, let’s see what it is. Google Keep is nothing more than clean-looking, easy to use note-taking app that syncs your notes in the cloud....

Google’s multilingual translation service can translate text, speech, images, websites, or even real-time video. You can access it via its web interface, mobile apps for iOS and Android, or browser extension. Translate Text with Google Translate If you need to translate a bit of text quickly, you can type: Google Translate into search to get the basic translation tool. This provides an easy way to quickly copy and paste some text and get the translation to and from the language you need....

For example, a number of keyboard shortcuts exist for Windows users that allow you to quickly perform a task without using your mouse at all. You can also switch on certain Windows features that involve your keyboard to make it easier to navigate—including filter keys. What are Filter Keys on Windows? The filter keys functionality is an accessibility feature available for Windows PC users (including Windows 10 and 11). The feature allows you to control the repetition speed for keys you press....

There may be times when you need to access the data in those hidden columns. If you’ve hidden a lot of columns, going through and unhiding each one can be very time-consuming. Luckily, you can easily unhide all of your hidden columns at once. Here’s how to unhide all columns in Excel. How to Unhide All Columns in Excel using Right-Click A quick way to unhide all columns in Excel is to use the context menu....

Note: This How-to only applies to YouTube accounts that were pre-existing before being connected to a Google account. If you log in to YouTube using a Google account you will not see the option to unlink it. Step 1 First of all, you will want to go to YouTube.com and sign in to it with your Google account, as seen below. Step 2 After logging in, on the top right side of the page, click the arrow next to your username and, in the menu that pops below, click Account....

Since Microsoft introduced its free Office Web Apps, anyone with a browser and Internet connection can use SkyDrive.com to create and share Office documents. That includes anyone on a PC, Mac, Linux, Android, BlackBerry, and of course, iOS. The benefit of the new Mobile Office app on the iPhone is that it’s optimized for smaller displays. But, if you can get past that and pinch and zoom your documents, using Web Apps via a browser might be enough to get things done on the go....

While PWAs have been around for a few years already, the Chrome support on Windows 10 gets them into a much larger user base. Here is a look at how to install and get started with PWAs on Windows 10 with Chrome 70 or above. Install PWAs with Chrome on Windows 10 Google doesn’t offer a PWA store yet, but you can still get PWAs, you just need to know which services offer them as well as the site....

Update: Microsoft Kills Its eBook Store Microsoft killed off its eBook portion of the Microsoft Store. Since April 2019, the books category has closed, and you can no longer buy eBooks from Microsoft. Here is what the company wrote about it in a blog post: It’s also worth noting that Legacy Edge was the default browser when this article was originally written. The legacy Edge has been killed off, too. There is now a new Chromium-based version of Edge that works on Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS, and Android....

Add a Virtual Desktop on Windows 11 To create a new virtual desktop, hover the mouse over the Task View button on the taskbar. It’s the button between the Widgets and Search icons. Then click Add Desktop from the menu that pops up. Do that each time you want to create a new virtual desktop. When you have a new desktop, you can create a work environment for it. For example, you can create different desktops for various projects you’re working on....

Note: Internet TV on Windows Media Center is only available in some countries. U.S.A. residents should have no issues, however. How To Watch Your Favorite TV Shows Online Using Windows Media Center In Windows 7 Click the Windows Start Menu Orb, then Type in windows media center and Press Enter. Click the TV > internet tv button within Windows Media Center. Note: If this button doesn’t appear/exist, see our groovy article here for a fix....

Open the document you want to watermark and click on Design tab. Under Page Background, click on Watermark option. Open the Watermark menu and it will show you some basic watermarks and formats like Confidential, Disclaimers and Do Not Copy. Just select the one you want to use on your documents. You can even use custom watermarks like your company logo. From the Watermark menu, click on Custom Watermarks....

Your iPhone has a screen lock passcode set up, so all of your data is safe… right? Think again, there is a new exploit for the iPhone 4 or iPhone 3G(S) running iOS 4.1 that allows people to easily break in and access your contact list, photos, voicemail, and call history. The iOS exploit works as follows on a locked iPhone: From this point anyone performing the exploit will now be in the Dialer application of the phone....

Windows 10 Version 1607 Coming Early August 2016 Microsoft is pivoting the traditional desktop operating system as a service, by delivering regular updates every six months. The Anniversary Update includes improvements to apps such as Microsoft Edge, the next generation browser now supports extensions. Users can install add-ons that enhance the web browser with third-party functionality such as password managers and language translators. Over the past six months, we have been covering many of the new exciting features coming in the Windows 10 Anniversary Update — currently on Build 14376....

Download the iTunes U app to your iPhone, iPad or iPod touch. You’ll get a message to sync iTunes U courses across your devices. The interface is the familiar bookshelf you get with the iBooks and Newsstand apps. Tap the message to subscribe to courses. Now you can browse through all of the available courses by topic, university and other schools. When you find a course you like, check out the description and materials included....