While on a webpage you want to search, click the menu icon at the bottom of the screen. Then tap Find on Page. Then at the top of the page tap the search field to bring up the keyboard and type in your search term. As you type in the letters to your word or phrase, they start to be highlighted on the page. Then when you type in the entire word, you’ll see that term highlighted throughout the page....

Reset Advertising ID on Android The steps for resetting your ad ID and turning off ad personalization are essentially the same for all versions of Android, though things may vary slightly. Head to Settings > Google > Ads > Reset advertising ID and click OK when the confirmation screen appears. It would be best if you also wanted to make sure to opt-out of ads personalization. Or, on other versions of Android, it might say “Opt-out of interest-based ads,” and you may find a toggle switch or checkbox to enable it....

You’ve probably been hearing non-stop news about the Gulf Oil spill lately, but have you seen it? A few weeks ago Google launched its crisis response site in an effort to actively inform the world on the progress of the spill. Because of pressure from congress, today you can watch the Oil Spill live as they try to fix the leak. Today BP is going to attempt to stop the source of the leak, the project is codenamed “Top Kill”....

Logitech notes that its “newest flagship products are designed for advanced users, such as software developers, engineers or designers, who want to be more productive,” which is true, but the MX Master 2S is an incredible wireless mouse for anyone. Logitech MX Master 3 Wireless Mouse The Logitech MX Master 2S is arguably the best wireless mouse on the market for power users. Logitech notes that its “newest flagship products are designed for advanced users, such as software developers, engineers or designers, who want to be more productive,” which is true, but the MX Master 2S is an incredible wireless mouse for anyone looking to be more productive....

Mouse without Borders As well as being a virtual KVM switch, there’s also a setting that sets the Logon Screen background as the Bing image of the day. For more on its main function, check out our article on the full details of Mouse without Borders. To make the Bing image your Lock Screen background, right click the Mouse without Borders icon on the system tray and go to Personalize Logon Screen > Bing....

Make Windows 10 Preview Faster Transparency is enabled by default, and uses more resources than using a solid background – which is the same as previous versions of Windows. Head to Settings > Personalization > Colors and scroll down. Then turn off Make Start, taskbar, and action center transparent. If that doesn’t work, remember that this is still a Preview build, and the official version is coming out on July 29th....

Note: This tip requires you to make a change to the Windows Registry. Before making any changes, be sure to back it up first! To make all users show up at once, go into the Registry and navigate to the following: Then change from 0 to 1 click OK and close out of the Registry. Now the next time any of the users restart or power on your Windows 8 computer, all user profiles will show up....

At some point, you might have encountered the famous memory dump screen, which displays a cryptic error message on a blue background. Once archaic but now iconic, the blue screen of death is synonymous with catastrophic (and sometimes comedic) PC failures, and it has remained largely unchanged over the years. Microsoft did make minor updates to the appearance starting with Windows 8 in 2012. These days, you will be greeted by something less intimidating: a sad emoticon followed by an error code....

Overall the install was very simple, and within about 30 seconds after downloading the tool I had the scanner running gathering information on the following areas: Network ConnectivityActive Directory Site ConfigurationActive Directory Subnet Configuration Active Directory ReplicationFile Replication and SYSVOL AdministrationDNS VerificationNetwork Adapter ConfigurationDomain Controller HealthNetwork Time Protocol ConfigurationExchange Server ConfigurationNetwork ConfigurationEvent Log Entries The Health Check runs about 100 separate checks and provides a detailed HTML report on its findings including Links to KB Articles on issues it finds....

But this week’s build is much lighter on new features other than improvements to the Korean Input Method Editor (IME). It does, however, contain a small number of changes and overall improvements to the system. Here is a look at what you can expect. Windows 10 20H1 Preview Build 18941 In addition to Korean IME updates, here is the list of the changes and other improvements you can expect in today’s new build:...

Windows 10 Preview Build 20170 Microsoft’s Brandon LeBlanc writes: “We are excited to announce the rollout of Microsoft Launcher v6 (download here!) to the general public. This launcher is built on a new codebase allowing us to bring multiple new features to you – such as Personalized News, Landscape mode, Customizable App Icons, Bing-Supported Wallpaper, Dark Theme, and numerous performance improvements like speed to load, low memory utilization, battery optimization, and fluent animations....

Windows 10 Build 21343 The new icons in File Explorer that you’ll find are known folders, Recycle Bin, and more have a completely new look. According to the blog post: “Several changes, such as the orientation of the folder icons and the default file type icons, have been made for greater consistency across Microsoft products that show files. Notably, the top-level user folders such as Desktop, Documents, Downloads, and Pictures have a new design that should make it a little easier to tell them apart at a glance....

Fortunately, the majority of the 36 updates released yesterday focus on stability fixes and hotfixes for Windows 7, Vista and Server 2003/2008. Not being security updates, there’s no need to rush out and install them however, they should appear in Windows Update over the next few days so you can patch your system easily. A few however will probably not be added to Windows Update so you will need to pick through the list below and decide which you want to install manually....

But because sometime in a future existence we may be called up on to justify the things we did in this life, here are some of the facts that make possible the video you’re about to see. The snake is the creation of the Titanoba project, which is attempting to recreate the project’s namesake, a 50-foot, 1-ton beast that slithered on earth 60 million years ago. Then the world was 6 to 8 degrees warmer than today, and it was only in that sheltering climate that the cold-blooded beast could reach such a monstrous size....

The Channel Guide feature allows you to keep track of show time and the schedule for the following two weeks. This is a welcome feature because previously users would need to use a separate device like a phone or laptop to find show times. These new features do work with Alexa, so you can control them with your voice. You can say things like “Alexa, tune to HBO Family.” Or “Alexa, go to the Channel Guide....

How to Setup and Use the New OneDrive App for Windows 10 Initially, I experienced trouble installing OneDrive on my Windows 10 laptop. It turns out you need to be running the most up-to-date commercial Windows 10 Build 10586.314 or later to use it. The new OneDrive app is improved and optimized for Windows 10. It features an interface that is friendly to both touch and traditional mouse and keyboard. OneDrive integrates nicely with the upcoming Windows 10 Anniversary Update changes this summer, such as the new Dark Theme....

Microsoft has acknowledged the outage in a blog post by lead engineer, Rajesh Jha. According to Microsoft the first outage on November 8th was caused by malicious emails flooding its anti-virus engine. The issue yesterday was caused by a combination of hardware failure, increased server load (600,000 user Veteran Affairs contract), and lack of error alerts. Customers responding to the update are unhappy on Microsoft’s lack of communication and service status reporting....

When someone shares a document with you via email, click the link to open the document in SkyDrive. You’ll need to log in to your SkyDrive account if not already, then the document will open in Web Apps in Read only view. Click Edit Document » Edit in Word. A new Windows comes up notifying you some files are harmful, since you know the person sending this document, click Yes....

Remove Windows 8.1 Default Apps Download Win 8 App Remover from SourceForge. It’s a free utility that allows you to remove several of the default apps in one fell swoop. It’s a small exe file and doesn’t require installation, so you can run it from a flash or network drive. It works with Windows 8 and 8.1 and was recently amended to include support for Windows 8.1 update. Keep in mind that this is a desktop program so you can’t use it on a Surface or other device running Windows RT....

If you have a new computer, or you don’t install much, then you probably don’t have a context menu full of junk. A quick way to check is to just right click a folder or application somewhere in Windows. As you can see from the screenshot below, I have a bloated and confusing context menu. It’s filled with a lot of extra entries, and I don’t use most of them....