If your version doesn’t have the easy option you can still do the same thing in many versions of Linux with a simple command line. Setting the Hotkey on Ubuntu Simply go to System \ Preferences \ Keyboard Shortcuts and then assign a hotkey to the Sound \ Volume mute item. Once you use the hotkey you’ll see a little dialog pop up to show you what the current volume state is (You can quickly hit the hotkey again to toggle back and forth)...

Today we’ll show you how to create a shortcut to this utility, and even how to use it in Vista if you have an old XP installation laying around. Create Clipboard Shortcut In XP First right click an empty area on the Desktop and select New Shortcut. Next, type in “%windir%System32clipbrd.exe” without the quotes and click next. You will then be asked to name the shortcut and continue. After you’re done anytime you want to check what is on the Clipboard just double-click the shortcut....

PermaTabs Mod Startup As soon as Firefox restarts after installing the extension, there will be some temporary sample permanent tabs displayed. The tabs will have an orange-tan color marking them as permanent tabs. As a demonstration, we checked to see if these two tabs would close using the normal methods. Clicking on the Close Buttons did not work and neither did using the Context Menu. Notice that there is a new PermaTabs listing in the Context Menu....

The method we are going to use is by creating a batch file to defragment all of the drives, one after the other. The disk defrag utility in Windows XP can be triggered from the command line with the following syntax: First, we’ll create a file named defragall.bat, and place it anywhere you like, as long as you’ll remember where it is. If you want to run it from the command line, you could place it in the \windows directory so that it will be available in the system path....

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Using Photo Gallery First let’s take a look at this photo management application included with Vista, which provides an easy to use graphical interface to manage your photos. There is an easy to use toolbar at the top for accessing to different tools such as emailing photos, burning photos and home video to disk, and making quick home movies. If you want to make a home movie clip Windows Movie Maker will open up....

The Ultimate Boot CD for Windows is a recovery CD with loads of useful software for repairing or fixing almost any Windows problem. Because it’s based on Windows XP, there are many really helpful tools included that you are likely already familiar with. Note that the installation will create the ISO/CD from your Windows XP CD… you can’t download the boot CD directly. Building the Ultimate Boot CD The first thing you’ll want to do is download and install the Ultimate Boot CD (UBCD4Win) software, which is just the toolkit for creating your own CD version....

“At temperatures below freezing, the lithium-ion battery in your Google Nest camera or doorbell won’t be able to charge. Many devices, including popular models of doorbell cameras and cell phones, use lithium-ion batteries for their high power and long life, but these batteries are also affected by temperatures below freezing,” reads Google’s support page. This seems like a bit of an oversight by Google, as a large portion of the population lives in places that routinely see temperatures below 32 degrees....

We first learned that Google was fixing the annoying way Android and iPhone interacted with these reactions a while ago. Now the company is rolling it out to Google Messages users in beta form, as reported by 9To5Google. That means we’re one step away from the emoji reaction feature reaching all Google Messages users. Oddly, Google didn’t use the symbols that match the exact reaction on iPhone. For example, the heart reaction is changed to the face with heart eyes, which sends a slightly different message than the heart by itself....

Google announced today that the Google Play Movies & TV app for iPhone and iPad is being updated to Google TV, matching the look and (most of the) features found in the current Android app. You can search for shows and movies from most major streaming services (similar to Plex’s new search), create and organize watchlists, and watch and download content from your Google TV library. The new app also has a built-in remote for Google TV/Android TV devices, which will presumably replace the outdated Android TV app — Google discontinued the Android version when the Google TV arrived....

The download size of Xion is only 2.5MB and installation is a breeze. While installing there will be an option to enable automatic checks for new builds. When the player first start it definitely has a unique interface that can also be minimized. One of the boasted features is the ability to skin the player with over 540 skins at the time of this writing. Just go to their site to browse the various skins and click one to download and install....

Why Split a Mesh Pack? Although mesh networks are almost always sold in multi-packs because, you know, multiple access points are a pretty key element of setting up a mesh network, you don’t actually need multiple access points for the router to work. The mesh system might not be mesh if there is only one access point in play, but the hardware in a single mesh node is powerful enough on its own to serve a small home....

Switching your DNS servers on your Mac can speed up your internet experience; it can make translating domain names into IP addresses faster. If you’d like to change your DNS server, we’ll show you how to do it. First, open System Preferences by clicking the Apple icon in the upper-left corner of your Mac’s screen and selecting “System Preferences” in the menu that appears. When System Preferences opens, click “Network....

When you use Google Forms for surveys and other types of forms, viewing responses is important. If you have a document in Google Docs or Slides where you want to share those responses, you can simply embed the response chart. The responses in Google Forms come in a variety of forms. You may have a pie chart or a bar graph, depending on the question type. You can choose which chart to embed and by doing so, you can update it as you receive more responses....

When you want a list of customers, email addresses, product IDs, or something similar where each one is distinct, Excel has a function to help. We’ll show you how to use this function to list unique values and text. You can already use functions in Excel to total the number of distinct values. But here we’ll show you how to list those values instead using the UNIQUE function. Plus, we’ll throw in easy ways to sort the list and combine values....

“Material You” was introduced in Android 12, and it applies the colors from your wallpaper to things like the Settings, Phone, Messages, and more apps. Android 13 builds on that with the ability to theme the home screen icons as well. RELATED: How to Change the Theme Color on Android Themed Icons on Samsung Galaxy Phones Samsung gives you two options for theming your phone—“Themes” and the “Color Palette.” The “Color Palette” is Samsung’s implementation of “Material You,” and it’s what we’ll be using....

Adding values in Google Sheets is easy enough to do using the SUM function. But what if you only want to add numbers that meet certain criteria? Using SUMIF in a Google Sheets formula, you can add the exact values you want. SUMIF is one of those functions that can save you time from manual work. Rather than scouring your data and manually adding the numbers you need, you can pop in a formula with the SUMIF function....

When you work with decimal numbers, rounding might be part of your equation. Microsoft Excel offers a few functions to help you quickly and easily round to perfection. You can use the simple ROUND function, always round up or down with ROUNDUP and ROUNDDOWN, or round to a specific multiple with MROUND. Let’s take a look at how to use each of these ROUND functions in Excel. The ROUND Function The most basic of the functions is ROUND....

How did I accomplish this? AutoHotkey, a small scripting framework that allows you to automate anything in Windows. Before we begin, I’m going to assume that you’ve downloaded and installed it. I’ve created a small function that you can add to a script which will do the hard work of finding and toggling the window. All you have to do is assign the hotkeys you want at the top of the script....

To see this in action, you can click the link to the really nice Ubuntu wallpaper. You’ll notice that you have to click on the image to show the full size version. 1280×1024 Ubuntu Wallpaper To change this setting, follow these steps: Type about:config into the address bar in firefox. Type in browser. enable in the Filter bar and hit enter When you see “browser. enable_automatic_image_resizing”, double click it and the value should change to false, as shown....