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Another thing to dislike about Suggested Sites is that it takes up room on your favorites bar. When I’m scrolling through my long list of favorites, this is seriously the last thing I want to click on accidentally. Since it’s happened a few times and the results were NOT groovy or anything close to what I was looking for, let’s nuke it. How To Disable And Delete Suggested Sites From Internet Explorer 8 In Internet Explorer 8 – Click Tools and Select Internet Options Now Suggested Sites is disabled, but the shortcut is still there, so let’s get rid of it!...

Setting up a VPN app on your iPhone is easy to do. Once up and running, many VPNs can be set up to automatically connect, so that your VPN is always running whenever you connect to the internet. There may be times, however, when you need to turn your VPN off. The good news is that it’s fairly simple to do, although you may need to tweak some settings to stop your VPN from automatically reconnecting again as soon as you turn it off....

However, this doesn’t always go to plan. A Windows update can sometimes cause your system to become unstable or break down entirely. For example, a recent Windows 10 update caused printers to stop working. While you can’t permanently disable Windows 11 updates (and we wouldn’t recommend you try), you can remove updates and pause them temporarily. This allows you to remove the troublesome update until Microsoft releases a fix or until you figure out the problem....

Augmented Reality AR stands for Augmented Reality. In simple terms, AR on your smartphone will superimpose information or graphics over what its camera “sees.” What this feature does is to show you navigation indications straight over the reality around you. This can help make walking to your destination easier. Currently, it’s only available for walking navigation, though. There are just a couple of conditions that go with using AR on Google Maps....

Use Cortana with Xbox One On your Xbox One console, head to Settings > Kinect & devices > Digital assistants and check the “Enable digital assistants” box. If you’re using the Harman Kardon speaker, make sure you have the Invoke set up before getting started. Once you have it set up, it’s really just a matter of starting to use commands. For example, you can say: “Hey Cortana, turn on/off Xbox” to power the console on or off....

Using Quick Look Launched with Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard, the quick viewing tool really hasn’t changed since it was first released. That’s not a complaint. Rather, it proves just how durable the feature has remained. To date, Quick Look can preview most types of files, including PDFs, plain text, Microsoft Office files, RAW camera images, HTML, and many more. The size of the preview depends on the size of the document relative to the screen resolution....

The good news is that it’s fairly easy to insert subscripts into Excel, although the methods you will use will vary depending on whether you’re working with text or with numbers. As with most things in Excel, you also have a choice of methods to achieve your goals. Learn more about how to use superscript in Excel. How to Apply Superscript to Text in Excel The methods you will use to apply a superscript in Excel will differ depending on whether the cells you are applying it to contain text or numbers....

Bing Smart Lookup for Office 2016 Smart Lookup utilizes Microsoft’s Bing to find relevant data about information within your documents. So users will have to agree to this before you can start using it. The feature is built-in and to use it, highlight some text, right-click it then select Smart Lookup. This will open the Insights task pane that will display information found through sources such as Wikipedia, Bing images, and more....

Connect Xbox One Controller with Windows 10 To connect your Xbox One controller, first, make it discoverable. To do that, you need to hold down the “bind button” for three seconds. That is the small button on the front of the controller. Next, on your Windows 10 PC, head to Settings > Devices > Bluetooth & other devices and make sure the Bluetooth switch is turned on. Then select “Add Bluetooth or other device” at the top of the Settings screen....

Remember the HTC J Butterfly I covered a few weeks ago? At the time we were hoping that HTC would use the display in smartphones that would be available somewhere else than just Japan. HTC has done just that, in the form of the Droid DNA that’s already available at Verizon. It has a quad-core CPU – 1.5 GHz Snapdragon, 2 GB RAM and runs Android 4.1 Jelly Bean. What makes this phone stand out is the Full HD 5 inch screen – 440 ppi (compare that to the iPhone 5’s Retina display only has 326 ppi)....

— Mike Murphy (@mcwm) November 6, 2017 Do I make typos? Of course, but so do you and with your autocorrect. Do I type faster? I think so when you factor in the overall words per minute. See, there are two things that I always hated about autocorrect and autocomplete. Typing with autocorrect is like bowling with bumpers. After a while, it’s an entirely different game. Instead of trying to bowl straight down the lane, you learn to bounce off the bumpers in expected ways....

When it comes to keeping your computer secure, installing a modern Anti-Virus application is a basic first step to building any new PC. What people don’t realize however is Anti-Virus (AV) applications, if not configured properly can both degrade PC performance and and corrupt important systems files. Today I’ll show you the files and folders to exclude from AV software to protect and optimize Windows. Although the steps below are specific to Microsoft Security Essentials, if you’re running a different AV software package, you can still go into the app and fairly easily find the exclusion settings....

Internet Explorer 9 (IE9) has come a long way since first introducing their beta last September. After lots of testing, Microsoft is now distributing the first Release Candidate of the web browser. According to Microsoft, they are very close to the final version and this RC is “feature complete.” All that is left to do at this point is minor tweaks and bug removal. We took a quick look at the IE9 RC and it has a lot of promise....

Fortunately, this is an issue that can be fixed! In this article, we’re covering all of the ways you can fix a slow-charging iPad, as well as how you can charge your iPad faster than normal. 6 Fixes For An iPad Charging Slow 1. Check Your Adapter, Cable, And Wall Outlet The first way to fix your iPad is to pinpoint the problem. Your initial thought might be that something is wrong with your iPad, but it’s more likely that something is wrong with your charging equipment....

It’s worth mentioning that while LastPass was available for Windows 10 Preview Build 14352 on Friday, today, the requirements have changed. LastPass for Microsoft Edge One of the most anticipated extensions we’ve been waiting for is the password management tool, LastPass. And another favorite and essential extension (for me anyway) is Pocket. At the time of this writing, extensions only work with the Windows 10 preview version of the Anniversary Update, which currently is on Build 14352 when released on Friday....

Kindle This is the basic Kindle and the most affordable of the line. It has a starting price of $89.99, and a great starter eReader. The latest model (unlike previous ones) now includes a front light so you can read indoors and outdoors. It will allow you to be able to read your eBooks in more places throughout the day. Just remember it won’t be available until April 10th but you can pre-order your Kindle now....

Quick Access on Windows 10 It’s also handy if you need to pin a folder in the cloud or on a server for faster access. This, in my opinion, is a nice change to File Explorer, and makes it easier to get what I need without creating shortcuts, or navigating my way to a file or folder buried deep in a directory. Make File Explorer Open to This PC When you open File Explorer, the default view is Quick Access, but you might not like the new feature, or prefer that it opens to This PC (formerly called My Computer in Windows 7) instead....

First, hover the mouse over the fight corner of the screen to pull up the Settings Menu. At the bottom click More PC Settings. The Control Panel opens. Click Notifications, then turn off what you don’t want to see or hear. You can turn off individual app notifications. Or completely turn off all Notifications. It’s completely up to you. Comment Name * Email * Δ Save my name and email and send me emails as new comments are made to this post....

CopyTrans Contacts is a very useful application that allows you to manage your iPhone contacts. You can edit your contacts, import/export them, and transfer them to other devices (iOS and Android), iCloud, Gmail and many other services. You can even import contacts from other online services to your iPhone. Using CopyTrans Contacts Just download CopyTrans Contacts and extract the contents of the zip file. Connect your iPhone to your PC and launch the program....

Bing Lyrics Experience In this example, I searched “Blondie Rapture lyrics” and got the beginnings of the song lyrics. Then you can just click See More to see the full song. Or in this test I searched for “dream theater pull me under lyrics” and on top of getting the lyrics to the song, it also displays the album the song came from, more information about the song and the band, and related search results....