Step 1 Log in to your Google Voice account and Click Settings and choose Voice settings. Go to the Phones tab. If there’s a link that reads Change / Port next to your phone number, Click it. If not, then Google hasn’t let you in on this feature yet. You’ll just have to wait. Step 2 Click I want to use my existing mobile number instead. Step 3 Type your existing phone number into the box and Click Check....
System drives can also become corrupted for non-mechanical reasons. In both cases, Windows includes tools that will scan your disk for errors and attempt to fix them. Depending on your computer and hard drive, you may even be able to use a manufacturer’s diagnostic tool or a tool built-in to your BIOS. We’ll show you how to use all three in this tutorial. Error Checking Hard Drives in Windows 10 If you can boot to the Windows desktop, you can start a hard disk scan from within File Explorer....
Print Passport Size Photos Using the Photo Printing Wizard in Windows 10 Select the photo you would like to print, right-click on it, then click Print. Select your printer, paper size, quality, and the number of copies. On the right side of the window, scroll down to the bottom, then choose Wallet. Click Print. Wait while your passport photos are printed. If you need to make adjustments to the photo’s dimensions, first check your country’s immigration website for details about picture size....
Doing this, however, restricts any changes to the document as a whole. Thankfully, Microsoft Word includes additional controls that allow you to protect parts of a Word document from editing. You can restrict changes by limiting the available formatting options or by restricting the areas that can be edited. If you’re part of a Windows domain, you can also use the Rights Management Service (RMS) to restrict document editing, based on your user account....
Rebuild Outlook Search Index In Outlook 2013, click the File ribbon and then select Options. Once the Outlook Options window appears, click the Search tab from the left column. At the right side of the right pane, click the Indexing Options button. Another smaller window should appear titled Indexing Options. Click the Advanced button here. Note: This may require administrator privileges. Next on the default Index Settings tab click the Rebuild button....
OBS stands for Open Broadcaster Software. OBS Studio is a free, full-featured, open-source video recording and live streaming application. It’s perfect for live-streaming games, creating how-to videos for YouTube, and much more. In this article, you’ll learn how to create a screen recording using OBS Studio, how to live-stream, and how to save your videos in the right format for different online platforms. Setting Up OBS Studio You can download and install OBS Studio for Windows, macOS, or Linux....
What happens if this doesn’t fix the issue? Something else could be wrong with the Roku remote itself. You can give it a fresh start by resetting and re-pairing the remote to the Roku device you’re using. If you’re unsure how, here’s what you’ll need to do to reset a Roku remote. How to Reset a Roku Remote If you need to reset a Roku remote, the process is straightforward, but it requires you to follow a few simple steps....
The Google Messages app, which you can install from the Google Play Store, is a feature-filled texting and MMS app. It started off as a Google Pixel-only app, but it has made its way onto most Android smartphones. Messages even has a web interface, if you text a lot and would rather use a full keyboard. Since Gmail has been offering something similar for a while now, it only made sense for Google to bring this into the world of texting....
Select the hamburger menu in the upper-right corner, select Pandora from the list, and select Link your account. From there, either create a Pandora account if you don’t have one or select I have a Pandora account and log in with your email and password. After that, your Pandora will be associated with the Echo app, and your list of stations will appear. Just select whatever you want to play to the Echo....
The new OOBE is more than a cosmetic update. For one, as we covered earlier, users can modify their Windows privacy options in more detail. Microsoft has made the process more transparent for users who want more control over the information they share with the developers. There are some other changes as well. In this article, we’ll walk through the new setup experience and explain each step. How to Configure Your Windows 10 Device During the Out of Box Experience – OOBE If you perform an in-place upgrade from a previous version of Windows 10, Windows 8, or Windows 7, you won’t see the new OOBE....
Use Skype Screen Share on Android or iOS To start, open the Skype app on your Android or iOS device and start a video call with one of your contacts. After the call has started, tap the options button (three dots) at the bottom-right corner of the screen. From there tap the “Start Broadcast” button. That’s all there is to it. Now your contact will be able to see your phone or tablet’s screen and you can show them what you need to....
How Your TV Spies On You The feature is called Automatic Content Recognition (ACR). It is used to spy on your viewing habits, regardless of what you’re watching. It attempts to identify what you watch via cable, over-the-air, streaming services, as well as DVDs and Blu-rays. In addition to determining what you’re watching, it is used to target ads and other marketing purposes. As an example, Vizio was fined $2.2 million for not properly disclosing how it shares tracking information on 11 million of its TV sets....
You can easily access a list of Chrome tabs open on each device and open any of those tabs on any of your devices. Today we’ll show you how to access open Chrome tabs in Windows, Mac, and Linux, and on iOS and Android devices. Set Up Chrome Sync To sync Chrome tabs across devices, you first need to set up Chrome sync and log in to the same Google account you used for Chrome sync on all devices....
In Windows 8, press Windows Key + PrtScn on your keyboard. This takes a screenshot and saves it as a PNG file in the default Pictures folder. Windows 8 gives each shot a generic name of Screenshot, followed by a number in the order you take the shots. It works on the Metro Start screen and desktop too. This keyboard shortcut will take a screenshot of the full desktop. Note: If you want an individual window, you can still use Alt + PrtScn — but that copies it to the Clipboard and you’ll still need to copy it into Word or other image editors....
How To Take Screenshots Using Office 2010 In a Microsoft Office 2010 application (Word, Outlook, Powerpoint, Excel, Onenote, etc.), Click the Insert ribbon and then Click Screenshot. Note: To use the Screenshot feature in Outlook 2010, you need to be composing your email in either HTML or Rich Text format 2. From the screenshot button, there are two options. Available Windows will allow you to capture a screenshot of an entire window you already have open, and the Screen Clipping option will let you draw a box around an area to pick and choose what you want in your screenshot....
Well, we’ve got a solution for you – today we will show you how to test drive Android on your computer for free. Step 1 – Download the Android SDK (Software Development Kit) The first step is to download the emulator. To do so, just click here, and choose the type of Operating System you’re on. UnZip the contents anywhere you want. Just to point out, even though originally for developers, the Android SDK can be used for testing purposes....
First, open the BlackBerry browser and go to m.google.com/sync. Then install the Google Sync application on your device. Once installed, open Google Sync and log in with your Gmail account. In the next screen select Configure Sync. It will take you to Google Sync settings. Select the items you want to sync, press the menu button and select Save As. Here I checked the Sync Contacts options. Change When To Sync to Manual if you don’t want it to sync every time you add or delete a contact....
It’s also possible that your work or school administrators have switched Restricted Mode on for YouTube You might want to turn it off to watch the more mature podcasts and other content you are used to, however. If your organization has it enabled, you’ll need to contact the IT department to turn it off. If you’re the admin of your own device, you can turn off Restricted Mode on YouTube using these steps....
Note: Windows 8 has quietly removed this feature, but you can still do this with XP – Windows 7. And if you are running Windows 10, make sure to read our article on making Windows 10 a Wi-Fi hotspot. What You’ll Need A Laptop with built-in WiFi capabilityA mobile device with WiFi capability (For example Kindle Fire HD, iPod touch, Nexus 7)A hard-wired Ethernet connection Turn Your Windows 7 Laptop into a WiFi Hotspot Click the wired network connection icon in the System Tray and select Open Network and Sharing Center....
Using the Mail Merge Feature in Microsoft Word 2016 for Mac Mail merge is not just for documents; you can use it for brochures, newsletters, or materials for mass mailings. Setting up a document for mail merge is a two-part process, which includes the main document and the data source consisting of the names and addresses of the individuals for each document. Word uses information stored in the data source to combine then generate documents for each....
