Pinning a comment lets you pick the one you like the most, placing it at the top of the list. The idea of pinning quality comments to the top helps avoids negativity and trolls. If you want to manage your social media content a little more closely, here’s how to pin a comment on Instagram. How to Pin a Comment on Instagram on iPhone The ability to pin a comment from the Instagram mobile app is semi-hidden, but we’ll show you where to look and what to do on iPhone and Android....

Stop Driver Updates from Installing Automatically Before you connect a device to your computer, press Windows key + X, then click System. Click Advanced System Settings under Control Panel home. Select the Hardware tab, then click Device Driver Installation. Select the No radio box, then click Save Changes. This will prevent Windows 10 from automatically installing drivers when you connect or install new hardware. Users who choose to do this might prefer downloading drivers directly from the manufacturer’s website....

Record Audio or Video with Microsoft OneNote First, you need to have the OneNote desktop or Universal app installed; you can download it for free from Microsoft here. Once you have OneNote installed, fire it up. Another task I would suggest you complete is to set up a Microsoft Account, so you can have access to your OneNote sections on virtually every device platform, including OS X, iPhone or iPad, Android, Windows Phone, or OneDrive, and keep them synced....

With Presenter Coach, you rehearse your slideshow and receive feedback. You’ll see tips on the screen during your rehearsal and can then review a full report afterwards. This is a great way to make sure you’re prepared and ready to roll when you start your presentation for real. PowerPoint Presenter Coach Requirements Before you use Presenter Coach in PowerPoint, review these items to make sure you have everything you need....

Using the Windows 10 Movies & TV App To get started, click the Start button or hit the Windows key on your keyboard to open the Start menu and launch the Movies & TV app. The Movies & TV app will open to the Explore tab. There you will find a carousel of highlighted movies and TV shows and special deals that are new and available. It’s intuitive to use and works like other video stores you have used....

Discord is available on the desktop, Android, iPhone, and iPad, but restarting it isn’t as straightforward as you’d think. The reason is that Discord continues to run in the background even after you’ve closed it. We’ll explain how to restart Discord below, whether you use the desktop or mobile version. How to Restart Discord on Windows 11 When you close the Discord app on Windows, it continues to operate in the background where it’s available from the system tray....

Here, we’ll show you how to review, download, print, and share responses in Microsoft Forms. Review Microsoft Forms Responses If you’re familiar with working with responses in Google Forms, those in Microsoft Forms are similar. Open your form, and you’ll see the number of responses on the Responses tab. Click the tab to have a look. At the top, you’ll see a summary of the number of responses. You’ll also see the average score if you create a quiz and assign points to the questions....

You can adjust compatibility settings from the program’s shortcut or from the executable file itself. I prefer using the shortcut method; it gets the same job done, and there is less of a chance of messing something up. How To Run A Program In Windows 7 Using Compatibility Mode 1. Right-click your program shortcut then click Properties from the context menu. 2. Click the Compatibility tab, and now you choose the version of Windows you want to run it in compatible mode with....

The Send to Kindle feature isn’t anything new. In fact, we showed you how to use it on Windows in our article: How to Read Microsoft Word and PDF Documents on Kindle. According to the release notes for the iOS Kindle app version 5.9: Save Items on Safari to Kindle First, make sure you have the latest version of the Kindle app for iOS which is 5.9. Then launch Safari and find a page you would like to read on your Kindle, tap the Share button, and then More....

Scan and Mark up Documents with iOS 11 Notes Here I am using the Notes app on an iPad running iOS 11, but the process is virtually the same with iPhone. Launch the Notes app and create a new note. Then tap the plus (+) symbol just above the keyboard and choose Scan Document from the list. Then line up the document you want to scan and when you’re ready, hit the shutter button to take the shot....

It’s a relatively new but overlooked feature that has been with the consumer Gmail since the summer of 2018. Note that the feature is not yet available for G Suite for businesses at the time of this writing. Here is a look at how to send and receive messages using Confidential mode. How to Use Gmail Confidential Mode Launch Gmail and hit Compose to start a message. Then, click the “Confidential mode” button in the lower-right corner of the compose screen....

You can always click the Keep text only icon in the menu that comes down when you click the arrow below Paste in the Ribbon, but doing that every time can gets redundant. It’s easier to set the default Paste preference. From the Ribbon click the Home Tab, then Paste » Set Default Paste. Now, in the window that comes up, scroll to Cut, Copy and Paste. Then select Keep Text Only for each option if you want to keep everything plain text....

However, many people desire this because it lets you make better use of external screens or a TV you may have your computer connected to. Imagine the ability to display a live fireplace or a virtual fishbowl on those screens when you’re not using them! Drawbacks to Live Wallpapers & Animated Desktops in Windows 10 There are certainly benefits to having an animated desktop, but it can also adversely affect your system in the following ways:...

Go to Settings on your iOS device. Tap on General. Under General, go to Passcode Lock. You will have to enter your passcode. Now, you can select Turn Passcode off. This is more ideal on an iPad, because most of us keep them at home or may not lose it as easily as we do a smartphone. For my iPhone, I prefer to go to Require Passcode and set it for After 1 Hour....

Thankfully, it’s easy to cut your videos down to the appropriate size directly on your iPhone using one of the pre-installed apps. Here’s how to shorten a video on your iPhone. How to Shorten a Video on iPhone Using the Photos App If you just want to trim down a video to leave a single shorter continuous section of the original, you can do this directly in the Photos app on your iPhone....

How to Stop Yahoo’s Email Data Mining Whether you have free or premium Yahoo mail, head to the Ad Interest Manager page and log into your account. From there, click the opt-out button in the “Your Advertising Choices” section for both the “Across the Web” and “On Yahoo” tabs. Yes, you must opt-out of both. If you only do it for one, your emails are still subject to scanning. To verify you are indeed opted out of both....

Your phone is continually scanning for a Wi-Fi network to connect with. But disabling Wi-Fi saves battery juice, and you must remember to turn it back on when in range of the network you need to connect. To help with the issue, you can make your phone turn Android Wi-Fi on automatically and connect to the available network. How to Enable Wi-Fi Automatically on Android You need to enable a little-known setting to make your phone automatically turn on Wi-Fi....

There’s a time and a place, however, for notifications to appear. If you’re in a busy meeting, or you want to play a game in peace, you’re not going to want to see notifications pop up. If that’s the case, you’ll need to know how to turn off Discord notifications. Thankfully, you can disable Discord notifications pretty easily—here’s how. Disable Discord Notifications for Individual Users Want to mute a chatty friend on Discord?...

And now, Google allows you to edit your Google Maps profile directly from the Android app. Here’s how. The Google Maps Public Profile As users contribute more and more to Maps (adding photos, descriptions, and even businesses), they get points for it. In the past, your public profile was only showing these points. You now have much more control over the way others see your profile. For example, compose a short bio that explains why you like to make contributions to Maps....

Google Keep and Assistant If you’re not already using Google Keep, you definitely should start now. Google’s note-taking app is multi-platform – it works not only on Android but also on iOS and the desktop, in a browser. It can take notes, even audio and handwritten ones, create lists and it also works easily with wearable devices. While quite a simple tool, it does its job very well. Keep even has a dark mode if that was the last thing needed to convince you....