Click Start » All Programs and right-click on Windows Update and drag it to the desktop. When you release the icon, click Create Shortcuts Here. Even though you have the Windows Update shortcut on your desktop, you still can’t pin it to the Taskbar. First, right-click the shortcut and select Properties. Click the Shortcut tab. In the Target field type: cmd /c wuapp.exe then change the Run menu to Minimized....

At the Metro Start screen, simply use the Keyboard Shortcut Windows Key + R. That brings you to the Desktop with the Run line displaying. Type: control userpasswords2 and press Enter. The user Accounts screen comes up. Uncheck Users Must Enter a User Name and Password to Use this Computer. Click OK. The system prompts you to enter in each User Account password for security purposes. Click OK. The next time you log in to Windows 8, you still get the Login Screen, but the system logs you in automatically without having to enter a password, PIN or picture Gesture first....

Some of the new features allow you to easily pin Modern apps to the taskbar, split windows to the left or right of the screen, return of the title bar for Modern apps, SkyDrive rebranded to OneDrive, and more. Another important change worth mentioning is it will automatically boot to desktop when you install it on a traditional non-touch computer. No need to go in and change that manually like before....

Note: You’ll need to install Live Mesh on each computer you want to sync your data with. First download the Windows Live Installer and start the install process. The first screen you’ll see gives you two options. To install everything or choose the ones from the Live suite you want. I recommend selecting the second option. This way you won’t end up with programs you might not want. Next select Windows Live Mesh and any other programs you want to install....

On your iPhone, iPod touch, or iPad install the SkyDrive app from the App Store. After downloaded, you’ll find the SkyDrive icon on the home screen. Tap to launch it. You’re prompted to sign into your Windows Live Account. After typing your email address, it will auto fill .live.com or .hotmail.com after typing the @ symbol. Not a huge feature, but a nice time saver is you have multiple MS Live accounts....

Winx MediaTrans: Features Overview WinX MediaTrans has a very straightforward and fast-loading interface. Very few bells and whistles, just a menu with seven options on it: Photo TransferMusic ManagerVideoBookVoice & RingtoneFlash DriveSettings You get a little bit of info about the connected device, too. Compared to iTunes, Winx MediaTrans feels very lightweight and fast. Usually, whenever I launch iTunes, I feel like punching the wall as it struggles through loading all the extra crap that Apple thinks you want to see....

Get Rid of Gmail Tabs First of all, if you believe that the new Gmail tabs, which can be used to split your inbox into Primary, Social, Promotions, Updates and Forums, bring nothing useful to your Gmail account — get rid of them. While they are usually easy to manage, the trouble-causing Promotions tab. To get the old feel back, just nix them all. Check out Brian’s article on how to solve the tabs annoyance....

Overall this won’t take us more than a few minutes. The manual update process is relatively straightforward, but to keep you from becoming frustrated, however, make sure your computer has a way to read microSD cards. If you aren’t sure if your computer can, see Step #3 of this How-to. How To Manually Update Your Droid To Android 2.1 Download the manual update from the Android site: Direct Download Link This update is the signed update from both Google and Verizon....

Also, take a look at our article on how to clean install Windows 11. Step 1. Configuring your computer’s BIOS* Start by inserting your Windows 10 installation media into the PC — this can be a DVD or USB flash drive. If you haven’t created it yet, read our article on how to create a Windows 10 USB flash drive. Now restart the computer and enter the BIOS (F2, F9, F12, or Del on most PCs)....

Prepare for a Successful Windows 10 Upgrade There’s still plenty of time, so when you finally decide to pull the trigger, here are some things you can do before you start the upgrade to ensure everything goes as smooth as possible. 1 – Fix Hard Disk and OS Errors If you have been running an installation of Windows for many years now, it’s possible even though it’s running smooth; there might be potential blockers to a successful upgrade....

Log in to your Windows 8 system and launch the Microsoft Store. Right click the screen or swipe from the top bezel down with a touchscreen to bring up the menu bar and select Your Apps. A list of every app you’ve installed on different Windows 8 machines is displayed – both free and paid. You can sort them by apps not installed on your system and by date installed or app name....

Here’s the problem, you have a locked folder in Windows 7. Regardless of whether you can access it or not it has a lock icon. This can cause some confusion, but if you aren’t someone who does a lot of browsing around your system with Windows Explorer you probably haven’t even noticed it. Anyhow, let’s get rid of those lock icons. How To Remove The Lock Icon From Windows 7 Folders Step 1 Right-Click the locked folder and Select Properties....

Restore Deleted OneDrive Files We’ve shown you how to sync specific folders using OneDrive. Once you have that setup, you’re probably using File Explorer to create new files and folders and manage them. But what if you accidentally delete a file from your local OneDrive folder and even clean out the Recycle Bin, too? Hopefully, you have File History enabled on Windows 10, so you can at least get a file or modified version of a document back....

To get started, type CMD into the Windows Start search and then open the program. In the cmd window type in the following two commands: cd %windir%\system32\sysprep sysprep.exe The System Preparation Tool will open in a new window. Here there are two options, OOBE or Audit mode. Next, you can decide whether to quit, restart or shutdown. Now sysprep will run and you’ll be good to go once it finishes....

I’m sure you already have Windows Live Writer installed, but if you don’t, get it here. Then download Windows Live Writer Portable. Extract it to a convenient folder in Dropbox. Here I put it in my Dropbox root folder. The next step is the most important. Go to where Windows Live Writer is installed on your hard drive (if you’re using Windows 7, it’s in C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Live) and copy all the files in the Writer folder to the folder where you extracted Windows Live Writer Portable....

You can schedule a meeting for a later date and time or start a meeting immediately. Here, we’ll walk you through both options for getting your group together in Microsoft Teams. Schedule a Meeting in Microsoft Teams You can schedule a meeting from the Meetings section in Teams. Click either of the Schedule meeting buttons, choose a date and time, and click Schedule. You’ll receive a confirmation that your meeting has been scheduled with options to copy the invitation or share the meeting on Google Calendar....

Using Android Device Manager You may remember that the service has started showing up on Android devices a few days ago, but it didn’t have the web interface to go with it, so you couldn’t really use it. Well, the interface is now here, so you have everything you need to get things underway. First of all, make sure that the service is enabled on your Android device – go to Settings > Security....

Setting up Google Talk with Fring Step 1 Pop on to the iTunes App Store from your iPhone and download the Fring app. It’s free! Step 2 When you first launch the Fring app, you’ll be asked to create an account or log in with your existing account. Do so. Step 3 Once you’re logged in, touch the More button along the bottom and then touch Add-ons. Step4 Touch Google Talk....

We have covered how to share files over Bluetooth on Windows Phone 8.1, but here we’ll take a closer look at sharing files with Windows 10 and some troubleshooting steps, too. Enable and Use Bluetooth in Windows 10 First off, your computer obviously needs to be Bluetooth enabled. If it’s not, an alternative is to install a third-party USB Bluetooth Dongle. To find out if your computer has Bluetooth installed, press Windows key + X, then click Device Manager....

There are two ways you can do it. Either by installing the Microsoft Edge browser on your iPhone. Or, by using the Continue on PC app for iOS. Here we’ll take a look at both options. Share Web Pages from iPhone to Windows 10 with Edge To get things started the first thing you need to do is link your iPhone and Windows 10 through the Your Phone app. Then install Microsoft Edge on your iPhone....