Important Note: This trick works at the time of this writing when the first version of the Windows 11 beta was rolled out to Insiders. There is no guarantee that this will continue to work as Windows 11 matures in its development process. Note: This trick also involves hacking the Registry which isn’t for the faint of heart. Make sure you’re an advanced user and back it up before proceeding....

It’s amazing to me how popular “texting” or Text Messaging has become over the last few years. Additionally, what’s even more amazing to me is the fact that a new language and possibly even a new culture appears to have spawned from this new technology! OMG, IMO it’s crzy LOL! ;) As fantastic as this all may be, I’ve found that if I want to send someone a text (especially a long one) while I’m working on my computer, it’s much easier to use Outlook rather than pull out my phone....

Using Sidebar Plus You can install the basic version of Sidebar Plus for free, from the Google Play Store, at this address. After installing the app, you’ll be able to decide the height and the width of the gesture area. This is very important, since you’ll be “calling” your bars by swiping your finger across that area of the screen. I suggest you experiment until you find a position and width which are comfortable without getting in your way when using the device....

According to the Facebook Press release, here’s the four main areas Graph Search will focus on. Sign Up for Facebook Graph Search Beta The new search service will start rolling out slowly to users and is currently in a “limited beta” stage. And you can get on the list! Log in to your account and go to the Introducing Graph Search Beta page, and scroll down to the bottom and click Try Graph Search....

Visit the SimCity Beta Sign Up Page and click the Sign Up for The Beta button. This will require an Origin account. If you don’t have one, then you’ll need to create one to sign up for closed beta. EA will ask you to fill out a brief questionnaire, and at the bottom it will ask for a DxDiag file. A Dxdiag is an automatically generated report with information about your system’s hardware....

Here’s how to stop videos from automatically playing in Microsoft Edge. Stop Edge from Autoplaying Videos To get started, enter the following into the address bar: edge://flags/ Then search for “autoplay” and change the “Show block option in autoplay settings” flag to Enabled. For the change to go into effect you will need to restart Edge by clicking the Restart button. After Edge restarts the next step is to type the following into the address bar: edge://settings/content/mediaAutoplay Now set the “Control if audio and video play automatically on sites” to Block....

SCOM 2007 is a huge release for SCOM (formerly known as MOM – Microsoft Operations Manager) with many new features and upgrades, including improved performance, support for NON-Windows Servers such as Linux and Unix, integration with their new System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 line, and a whole bunch of other stuff… Ok, gotta grab a copy and start playing. Comment Name * Email * Δ Save my name and email and send me emails as new comments are made to this post....

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Do You Take Your Mobile Phone? Most providers charge a fortune for phone service outside the US. For example, AT&T’s World Passport package gives you 120 MB of data and $1.00 per minute phone calls for $30 over a 30-day period. Each additional MB is 25 cents. The largest plan they have is 800 MB for $120. That gives you calling at 35 cents a minute and additional data at 15 cents per MB....

JustUnfollow JustUnfollow is a handy online utility that helps users find out if any of their followers has unfollowed them on Twitter. All you have to do is visit JustUnfollow’s website and authorize it with you Twitter account. After authorization, it will show you a list of everyone who was previously a follower, and no longer is. Another good thing about the service is that it helps discover how many current followers are no longer active on Twitter....

In other words, to use a technical marketing phrase, it was “a crapshoot”. But now we have this magical wondrous thing called “the Internet, ” particularly Google and Facebook. Google and Facebook are responsible for probably about 90% of online adverts. Other companies have a tiny slice of the advertising pie, but Facebook advertising simply can’t be beat. The Beginner’s Guide To Facebook Advertising Many people understandably get scared when it comes to using their credit cards online....

What Is It? Tsuro started as a board game, and it’s still available for analog play. Your goal is to move your stone token across a path along the board. You’ll pick cards, and those cards determine where your stone moves next. The game ends if you fall off the board. To win, you can pick either survival, length of the path, or high score. Tsuro lets you play against a virtual player or with friends on Facebook....

Now, after saying all that, although the Web Interface for GMAIL is not bad, many people (including myself) still prefer to use a full featured email client like Microsoft Outlook 2007 to access/manage their GMAIL account. Since GMAIL now allows us to use iMAP, we can use Outlook, but still keep all email on the server. So if you’re away from home or work, you can still access all your email from the GMAIL web interface!...

What is WBK? According to the Urban Dictionary, one would use the term WBK as “a response to indicate that whatever someone just said was obvious to a majority of people.” Additionally, the “phrasing is a play on the poor dialect that is spoken by the uneducated and ignorant.” In the most general of terms, WBK means, “I know.” The term is often used on Snapchat, WhatsApp, Facebook, and Instagram....

Did you know that you can harness the power of NFC technology to make your life a little easier? With an NFC tag and an NFC tag reader, you can automate your home, allow people to RSVP to your wedding, and a whole lot more. What is an NFC tag, and what is an NFC tag reader? We’ll explain the details below. What is NFC? NFC stands for Near Field Communication....

MMC, also known as “Microsoft Management Console,” uses host component object models known as snap-ins. These constitute various management snap-ins accessed from the Control Panel, such as the Device Manager. These management snap-ins often provide a graphical user interface for making manual changes to the Windows Registry. Below is a list of some of the snap-ins common in Windows 2000 through Windows 8. These can be launched by directly typing them into the Start Menu or a Run dialog (Windows + R)....

Make the Caps Lock Key Beep When Pressed In Vista and Windows 7, Click Start » Control Panel. Next, switch to Classic View and click Ease of Access Center. Scroll down under Explore All Settings, and click Make the Keyboard Easier to Use. Then scroll down under Make it Easier to Type and check Turn on Toggle Keys. Make sure to save your settings and close out of Control Panel. XP users can do this too....

This build includes the ability to run native Bash on Ubuntu on Windows, updated extensions for Microsoft Edge, Action Center improvements and a lot more. In fact, tons more. Windows 10 Preview Build 14316 Here’s a complete list of new features that are available according to the Windows Blog: Run native Bash on Ubuntu on Windows: In this build, you can natively run Bash in Windows as announced last week at Build 2016....

First, open the WHS Console from any PC on your home network. Click the Server Storage tab. From the list, right-click on the drive. Select Remove. The Remove a Hard Drive Wizard starts. Click Next. Now WHS will determine if there’s enough available space to copy over the data from the drive to the others you have in the storage pool. If you don’t have enough space, you’ll need to add another drive to your server....

This time last year, Microsoft and partners Dell, LG, Samsung and HTC rolled out the first Windows Phone 7 devices. You could smell the disappointment. Easily a generation behind competing Apple iOS, Google Android or even the BlackBerry QNX platforms, Windows Phone 7 floundered about from day one. No wonder most developers all but ignored it. Playing catch up, Microsoft is rolling out a beefy update to the system, Windows Phone 7....