A Surge Protector Provides a Decent Defense Your smartphone or any USB chargeable device may be at risk of surge damage unless it is adequately protected. Adding a surge protector to your power chain certainly can’t hurt, especially one that is built into a power bank that can protect multiple devices There are plenty of examples of smartphones and tablets being damaged by power surges on the internet, and there are even portable “travel” surge protectors you can use to protect your devices while you’re on the move like this Belkin Wall Mount Surge Protector with three AC ports and two USB ports....

Open the Advanced User Accounts panel by typing in netplwiz into the start menu search box, and hitting enter. Then click the Advanced tab, and you’ll see this: Just check the box, and the next time you login, you’ll see the old familiar prompt. Update For a method that works all the time, type in secpol.msc into the start menu search box and then navigate to Local Policies \ Security Options....

When DLC (Downloadable Content) first comes out for games, it’s usually fairly expensive. Even when it isn’t particularly pricy by itself when you’re buying this DLC and that DLC it all adds up pretty quickly. But after a game has been out for a spell and when there is a big sale afoot on Steam, you’ll easily find piles of DLC at deep discounts. So even if you’re not in the market to pick up a new game it’s a great time to add some content to the games in your library you’re currently enjoying or would like to get back into....

Dia is capable of creating electronic circuit diagrams, computer network diagrams and even simple flowcharts for business projects. You can export these diagrams with a number of image formats, or even in a format readable by Visio. Using Dia Dia may not be as graphically glamorous as MS Visio (hence saving a lot of system resources) but you can certainly get detailed diagrams created for your needs. When you launch Dia you will get a view of the Toolbox....

The System.Diagnostics.Process object gives you access to functionality enabling you to manage system processes and threads. Add this line to your using list: You can get a list of ProcessThreads in a process by using the Process.Threads property, which returns a ProcessThreadCollection object. Here’s a code example for you, assuming that you already have a Process object named theProcess.

The Samsung Galaxy Watch 4 shipped without the ability to use Google Assistant, even though it used the same Wear OS software experience included Assistant (and Google Now before that) on every other watch model. Samsung and Google never provided a clear answer on why it was initially missing — Samsung probably preferred you use its own Bixby voice assistant — but an update in May added the ability to use Assistant....

Apple released the first version of Siri in 2011, but Google wasn’t far behind with the release of Google Now in 2012. However, the Google Assistant we know now is much more like Siri than Google Now. Back in 2012, Google was doing something very different. Like many Google products, Google Now was changed and repurposed over the years until it eventually was killed off. Let’s take a look back at Google’s first assistant....

From the home screen, open “Settings” and select “Preferences. ” Choose “Time Zone” followed by “Time Zone” again. Select your region, then your preferred time zone. Note that the Fire TV system will not let you set it to precisely any time. Your Fire TV Stick does offer, however, several time zones to choose from. You aren’t limited to the ones in your region, either. You can choose any that you prefer, making jumping ahead or backward in time a cinch....

Introduced in Android 13, you can make the wallpaper dim when your phone is using the dark theme. The feature is available on Samsung Galaxy and Pixel phones, but it works differently on each. We’ll show you how to set it up. Dim the Wallpaper on Samsung Galaxy Phones Samsung makes it very easy to dim the wallpaper when Dark Mode is enabled. First, swipe down once from the top of the screen and tap the gear icon....

Competitive Gameplay vs. Matchmaking Before you try getting recruited on a professional esports team, you need to understand the difference between competitive gameplay and matchmaking. The reason is that you may not be prepared to play against professionals, even if you’re at the top of the leaderboards. In almost every game, competitive gameplay is far more difficult than matchmaking. The playstyles may be significantly different also. When you compare videos of the two side by side, they may look like completely different games!...

Sometimes, adding an indent to your text or numbers makes them look nicer. Microsoft Excel lets you add an indent to an entire cell, as well as to a specific line within a cell. Here’s how. RELATED: How to Indent Paragraphs in Google Docs Add an Indent to a Cell in Excel To indent an entire cell, first, open your spreadsheet with Microsoft Excel. In the spreadsheet, select the cell in which you want to add an indent....

If there’s is a device with a screen somewhere, somebody will want to take a screenshot on it. Most streaming media players for TVs have the ability—such as Android TV. Does that include Roku? Technically yes. How to Take Screenshots on a Roku the Hard Way There is an official way to take screenshots on a Roku, but it’s very, very limited. The feature is only intended to be used by developers for taking screenshots to use in their Channel Store listings....

Everything was going well right up until it wasn’t — maybe your computer suddenly started getting blue screens of death (BSODs), Windows is unstable or won’t boot correctly, or Windows has become inexplicably bogged down. The Advanced Startup menu might have the tools you need to fix your Windows 11 PC. Here’s what you need to know. Accessing The Advanced Startup Options Menu The first thing you need to do is boot into the Advanced Startup Options menu....

It’s quite simple: We’ll need to take a peek inside the /proc/cpuinfo file and look at the flags section for one of two values, vmx or svm. vmx – (intel) svm – (amd) You can use grep to quickly see if either value exists in the file by running the following command: If your system supports VT, then you’ll see vmx or svm in the list of flags. My system has two processors, so there are two separate sections:...

Design and Feel: Portable Powerhouse At 74g (just under three ounces), the MSI Clutch GM41 Lightweight Wireless mouse is easy to throw in your laptop bag for gaming on the go. You will immediately feel the weight difference on your hand and wrist if you’re used to playing with a much heavier mouse like the Logitech G502 Hero. You’ll certainly see noticeable effects when playing fast-paced first-person shooters like Overwatch or Halo: The Master Chief Collection....

Featherweight Keystrokes The keyboard’s brilliant RGB LEDs may catch your attention, but the MSI Vigor GK71 Sonic’s exclusive Sonic Red Switches will hold it. Seasoned gamers will appreciate rapidly jumping between menus and performing game-winning maneuvers with speedy, nearly silent, and consistently smooth keystrokes. Performing crucial actions a moment quicker than your opponent with the slightest touch of this extra-clicky keyboard feels great mid-game. Its Hybrid 6+N-key rollover support ensures that it registers every key you press, even if you press six at once....

When Is the Artemis 1 Test? NASA plans to fly the Space Launch System rocket sometime in a two-hour window on Saturday, September 3 at 2:17 PM. The flight window opens at 2:17 PM Eastern Daylight Time (click here for more time zones). The test flight will start from Launch Pad 39B at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Space launches are dependent on thousands of factors, including weather conditions, so it’s possible NASA could scrub the test flight again....

I just came across the AOL/AIM gadget today, and I did have some buggy issues with it, so be warned that it may not work perfectly. First, you’ll need to install the gadget from here. Once you’ve installed it, right-click on the sidebar, and choose Add Gadgets. You should see the icon in the list: Double-click on the icon, and it will add itself to the sidebar. You can then login and see something similar to this:...

The reason why article titles and search terms aren’t included in the spell checker is because Firefox only enables the spell checking on textarea fields, not text input fields. Lucky there’s a quick fix for this. To change this setting, just type about:config into the Firefox address bar, and then filter by this: Just double-click on the item in the list and change the value to 2, as shown. No restart needed....

You could probably use this in a logon script to set to home page on all users when they login to the network. Here’s the registry hack. You’ll potentially want to change the home page listed. Here’s a downloadable version: Set IE6 or IE7 Home Page