Extend Your Xp Taskbar Across Multiple Monitors For Free

We’ve written about them before in this article, where we showed you how to make them look nice. But it seems that even we might be losing serious YouTube viewing seconds due to Windows’ restriction of the taskbar to the user’s primary monitor. This is an issue that MultiMonitor Taskbar attempts to address. Note: The free version may possibly work on Vista, but it doesn’t natively support the Vista theme....

December 31, 2022 · 2 min · 235 words · Minnie Westbrooks

Google S Vpn Finally Works On Iphone

“Today, we’re beginning to roll out the VPN to iOS devices. Like Android, the VPN will be available to Google One members on Premium plans (2TB and higher) through the Google One app on iOS. Plus, members can share their plan and the VPN with up to five family members at no extra cost, so they can all use the VPN, no matter whether they’re using an Android or iOS phone,” said Google in a blog post....

December 31, 2022 · 1 min · 207 words · Carl Friedrich

Here S When Samsung Will Announce The Galaxy S22

The invitation video features the number “22” and a large “S,” clearly pointing to the rumored Galaxy S22 smartphone. It’s hard to imagine any other device being the event’s headliner based on the teaser in the video. That would certainly make sense, as tons of leaks have emerged regarding the Galaxy S22. As far as what we know about the phone, there’s been no shortage of rumors about what it will bring to the table....

December 31, 2022 · 1 min · 163 words · Earnest Salter

How To Be A Healthy Hardcore Gamer

What Is a Hardcore Gamer? If you’ve stumbled across this article, chances are you are a hardcore gamer. To define one simply, it’s someone who invests a lot of their time into playing video games. Think about the number of hours you game each week. If it’s between 20-40 hours, that’s almost the same as a full-time job. There’s nothing wrong with being a hardcore gamer as long as you take care of yourself outside of the gaming world....

December 31, 2022 · 5 min · 861 words · Rafael Crane

How To Embed Google Calendar On A Website Or Blog

You might have a website for your venue, charitable organization, local sports team, or something similar where you’d share an event schedule. List those events in Google Calendar, and you can easily get the code to embed the calendar for all to see. RELATED: How to Share a Static Snapshot of your Google Calendar Get the Google Calendar Embed Code Head to Google Calendar in your browser, sign in, and click the gear icon on the top right to open the Settings Menu....

December 31, 2022 · 3 min · 551 words · Arleen Mems

How To Fix Network Blocking Encrypted Dns Traffic On Iphone

What Does “Blocking Encrypted DNS Traffic” Mean? Apple has supported encrypted DNS traffic since iOS 14, adding another layer of protection between you and anyone snooping on your browsing activity. DNS stands for “domain name system” and it functions like an address book for the internet. A DNS server links domain names (like howtogeek.com) with the corresponding IP addresses on which data is hosted. By default, you will be using your internet service provider’s DNS server, but you can switch to a third party like Google or Cloudflare for a potential boost in speed....

December 31, 2022 · 3 min · 469 words · Dawn Stevenson

How To Repair Grub2 When Ubuntu Won T Boot

Ubuntu and many other Linux distributions use the GRUB2 boot loader. If GRUB2 breaks—for example, if you install Windows after installing Ubuntu, or overwrite your MBR—you won’t be able to boot into Ubuntu. You can easily restore GRUB2 from a Ubuntu live CD or USB drive. This process is different from restoring the legacy GRUB boot loader on older Linux distributions. This process should work on all versions of Ubuntu....

December 31, 2022 · 4 min · 677 words · Annie Deberry

How To Spot A Fraudulent Website

Double-Check the URL Name There are two basic ways the cybercriminal, or “threat actor,” gets you to visit the fraudulent site. The first way is by a method known as “phishing.” Phishing is a form of cyberattack that is delivered mainly by email. The threat actor tries to entice you to click a link in the email that will then redirect you to a fraudulent copy of the real website....

December 31, 2022 · 5 min · 905 words · Sarah Moss

Install Enlightenment On Ubuntu Linux

Installing Enlightenment is a simple process. You will want to make sure that you have selected the alternate install repositories. Open a terminal window and use the following command: Once the install is complete, log out and click on the Options button in the lower left hand corner: You will see a menu listing all of the window managers installed on your system. Select Enlightenment from the menu, and continue to log in....

December 31, 2022 · 1 min · 148 words · Shawn Patter

Installing Monodevelop From Source On Ubuntu

The first thing we’ll need to do is install all the prerequisite development library packages so we can link against them when we build. This will take quite a long time, especially the monodoc installation. You should note that the mono runtime is installed by default in Feisty, which is why it doesn’t appear in this list. If you try this on a different release you’ll want to make sure to install that as well....

December 31, 2022 · 1 min · 202 words · Kathryn Arias

Keep Securecrt Ssh Sessions From Disconnecting

First, navigate to Options \ Session Options on the menu: Now click on the Terminal tree item, and select the “Send Protocol NO-OP” checkbox. This will send a message to the SSH server that your session is still alive, and shouldn’t be disconnected.

December 31, 2022 · 1 min · 43 words · David Edgecomb

Login Automatically On Windows Xp Home Professional

Note that for security reasons, you would usually want to have a password, but for a home computer you may not care. Go to the Start menu, click Run, and type in the following: You will be presented with a window similar to this one: Uncheck the box, and click the OK button. You will be presented with a password dialog for the currently logged in user. Now when you reboot your system, you will automatically be logged in....

December 31, 2022 · 1 min · 96 words · Francisco Cantua

Make A Shortcut To Start Task Manager In Minimized Mode

Right-click on the desktop and choose New \ Shortcut. In the location box, just type taskmgr and hit next. If you are using XP or this doesn’t work, you can also use the full path to task manager: Now that you have a shortcut, right-click and choose Properties. Now change the drop-down menu under Run to say “Minimized” and then close the dialog. If you want this shortcut to launch when you start up your computer, right-click on the Startup folder in your start menu and choose to Open, and then drag the shortcut into that folder....

December 31, 2022 · 1 min · 141 words · Jeffrey Geronimo

Make Gmail The Default Application For Mailto Links In Google Chrome

Getting Chrome Ready for Extensions The first thing that you will need to do is prepare Chrome to use extensions if you have not previously done so. Locate the shortcut(s) for Chrome and right click on them. Select “Properties”. Once you have clicked through, you will see the “Properties” window with the “Shortcut” tab displayed. In the address area for “Target:” you will need to add the following command to the end of the target path making certain to leave a single space in between the final quote mark and the enable extensions command....

December 31, 2022 · 2 min · 262 words · Joshua Heming

Microsoft Word Now Has Super Charged Search On Windows

Microsoft regularly rolls out new improvements and features for its Office apps, and now Word for Windows is testing an upgraded search function. Microsoft revealed in a blog post this week, “we’ve improved the Search experience in Word for Windows so you’ll get much better results. Like in Word for the web, the new experience brings together well-established web search technologies, such as indexing and query and document understanding. […] For example, search will find related matches that include different forms of words, synonyms, and close matches (including typos)....

December 31, 2022 · 2 min · 301 words · Edward Waltz

Music Anywhere Fm Beta

Anywhere FM includes an iTunes uploader to easily upload your iTunes library. The player acts and feels like iTunes. You can toggle different views as well. This is the default view with album art. You can also change the colors and styles of your player. There are various channels including Free Music and Friend Radio which allows you to share your playlists with others. You can create your own custom playlists as well....

December 31, 2022 · 1 min · 150 words · Karen Nabors

Open Obscure File Types With Openwith.Org Desktop Tool

Installation is basic following the install wizard but they try to sneak a program called PC Mighty Max (registry cleaning program) onto your system. Make sure to uncheck the box next to the agreement unless you want to try it out. After installed, Right-click on a file you’re not sure how to open and select OpenWith.org – How do I Open This from the context menu. It will search for a suitable program and list them with a download link to download that application....

December 31, 2022 · 1 min · 175 words · Kirk Marquardt

Our New Favorite Robot Vacuum Is On Sale Now Sponsored

The Most Suction Power Available in a Robot Vacuum Play Video The S7 MaxV Ultra is the pinnacle of Roborock’s comprehensive vacuum lineup. Achieving a 9/10 review score in our official review, it features the same vacuum + mop hybrid system that was pioneered in the S7, allowing it to sweep carpets and mop hard surfaces without having to swap vacuums or attachments. This is achieved thanks to Roborock’s VibraRise mop head, which automatically lowers to scrub floors when a hard surface is detected....

December 31, 2022 · 3 min · 521 words · Eric Sandoval

Own Your Domain Name Aggregate All Of Your Social Accounts With Chi.Mp

Would you love to own your personal domain name, be able to blog, create photo albums, and aggregate all of your social accounts in one place? As impossible as it may sound, you can have all of that goodness in one place with Chi.mp (Content Hub & Identity Management Platform). About Little Bit About Chi.mp You may be asking yourself “What makes Chi.mp special?” or “What do I get with an account?...

December 31, 2022 · 4 min · 729 words · Goldie Harris

Quick Tip Move Folders In Outlook

In the Navigation Pane under Mail Folders just right click the folder located in the wrong spot and select Move “folder name”. In the Move Folder dialogue box (you won’t be able to drag and drop) Highlight the correct location to move the folder. In this example I want it in my Inbox folder. Click OK and that’s it. The folder will now appear where you originally meant it to....

December 31, 2022 · 1 min · 70 words · Joyce Conley