Without further ado, here’s a nice screenshot of it in action. In the screenshot, you’ll notice the stars in the background. If you want to customize the background picture, you can replace the jpg image in the program folder: If you want each desktop to have it’s own wallpaper, you can change the wallpaper for that desktop by switching to the desktop and then set the wallpaper the normal windows way....

You can switch between the default tiled view that we’re all used to: Or you can go with the Dock view, which shows the current window in a larger tile, and hitting the tab key will switch between the tiles. The standard customization screen gives you most of the common options, but you can use the advanced screen to let you change just about anything you want. The default shortcut key is Win+Tab, which replaces the Flip3D key, but you can customize it if you’d like to use something else....

This tip will only hide the drive from being displayed, applications and the command prompt will still have access to it, and you can still manually browse to the folder if you type in the path. Now what’s that floppy drive doing there? Configure the Hidden Drives Open up regedit.exe by using the start menu search box, and then browse down to the following key. If the Explorer key does not exist, you can right-click on Policies, select New Key and name it Explorer....

What Are You Connecting? A modern home theater system can be one of a few things. Soundbars are single units that may have an external subwoofer and satellite speakers. These are easier to set up and often affordable, but they’re not going to have the same performance as a more traditional home theater system. A full system includes an A/V receiver or amplifier and two or more speakers, plus a subwoofer....

So, How Long Does Charging an EV Really Take? The short answer? It depends. Several factors come into play when it comes to your EV’s charging time, including battery size and the power output of the charging station you use. It can take anywhere from half an hour to multiple days to charge an EV’s battery enough for a long drive. If you’re using a type 1 charging station, which is basically a normal wall outlet, you’re looking at days of charging time....

Below we’ll go over some of the best ways in which you can bypass blocked sites. There’s no one way that will work for everybody all the time as all have their pros and cons. However, each has their uses. Let’s get started. Proxies The first method is to use a proxy, a lightweight tool, usually operated in a browser window, that reroutes your internet connection and gives you a fake IP address—called “spoofing....

Windows can be pretty aggressive with security warnings, to the point that it warns you about your own files on your own home network. Here’s how to calm Windows down so you can use network shares and your NAS in peace. Why Is Windows Warning Me? When it comes to the “These files might be harmful to your computer” Windows Security warning, Windows has its heart in the right place....

Virtual desktops are an excellent tool for anybody who likes to multitask. They allow the user to run multiple desktops simultaneously from any laptop or desktop computer, which you can switch between at the touch of a button. Each of these desktops can have its own background and have its own applications loaded. I like to use it as an easy way to separate my business applications from my leisure ones....

First click on the Cell you want to add the symbol to. Next you will want to go to The Ribbon and click on the Symbol Icon. This brings up a Virtual Keyboard full of Symbols and Special Characters. Simply select the one or several you wish to use and double click to enter them into the selected cell. So in this example you can see I am getting carried away and trying out various fonts and languages… However, this is a great tip to know if you need to get that spreadsheet done by 5pm for Mr....

You can also open a Google Chat from Meet for those attendees who haven’t shown up yet. See if they’re coming or give them a gentle reminder that the meeting has started. View Calendar Attendees in Google Meet Instead of just seeing who has joined your Google Meet, you can see who else you invited and other details. When the Google Meet begins, select the participant icon on the bottom right....

Whether someone isn’t worthy of your connection anymore, or you are close to hitting your connection limit, it’s easy to remove connections from your LinkedIn profile. Here’s how to do that on desktop and mobile. RELATED: Fake LinkedIn Profiles Are Impossible to Detect What to Know When Removing a LinkedIn Connection When you remove a connection, LinkedIn won’t notify the user about it. You and the removed user can still see each other’s profiles even after getting disconnected....

RELATED: How to View System Performance Statistics on Your Chromebook The sar Command The sar command, or System Activity Reporter, is part of the sysstat package. It captures a set of statistical information such as CPU load, memory paging, memory utilization, swap usage, network I/O, and much more. It makes this data accessible to you in real-time snapshots—showing you what’s happening on your computer right now—and in historical reports....

Outside of the absurd battery life, the headset also features DTS Headphone:X, which DTS describes as “an incredible technology that simulates the 3D environment of the audio’s original mixing stage.” That means you’ll get a more accurate simulated surround sound experience from this headset, which is exactly what you want to get immersed in a game. The company promises that the sound will remain as good as the wired version....

Open up a new or existing Excel worksheet that you want to add the data to and click Data Get External Data From Access. Next, browse to the Access database you want to get table information from and double click. Now you will be able to scroll to the table within the database you want to add to Excel and double click. The Import Data dialog box will open up for you to make various selections, in this example we are importing the table data so we can leave the default settings and select the cell to start the data import....

The problem is that if you are killing the same process repeatedly, it’s very tedious to have to figure out the process ID every single time so that you can kill it… so here’s the easier way to do it. The Old Way The classic way of killing processes meant you’d first need to use the ps command piped through grep to find the process you are trying to kill:...

Using Executor After installation use the Appearance Wizard to choose the skin or look of Executor and you can always change the look later on. In the next configuration screen select how Executor will behave for indexing type, search type, and miscellaneous options. This works very similar to other application launchers allowing you to easily find what you’re looking for. When you start typing in what you’re looking for you get a drop down list of different matches....

Lenovo ThinkPad X13s The Lenovo ThinkPad laptops are some of the most beloved for getting stuff done and the ThinkPad X13s carries on that legacy but with some major improvements. Perhaps most notable is the Snapdragon 8cx Gen 3 compute platform running everything under the hood. This is the first world’s first 5nm platform for Windows PCs. Using this chipset allows the laptop to achieve up to 28 hours of battery life, which is just absurd....

This will show you a list of the partition tables.

Windows 11’s system requirements have caused a lot of issues, as Microsoft required TPM support. Unfortunately, this left a lot of users unable to install the operating system officially. However, Microsoft did make it possible to install Windows 11 on unsupported PCs, which let more people sample the latest version of the OS. Now, Microsoft is adding a watermark to some unsupported PCs running Windows 11, letting them know that their PC doesn’t meet the minimum requirements....

“Our Nighthawk WiFi 6E routers help these customers deliver Gigabit+ speeds to their WiFi 6 and latest WiFi 6E devices for the best performance possible,” said David Henry, president and GM of Connected Home Products and Services, Netgear. The most significant selling point of the Nighthawk RAXE300 is support for WiFi 6E, which is the latest in terms of wireless internet technology. It expands speed, capacity, and bandwidth by up to 200% over WiFi 5....