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What Is Oleophobic Coating? What is this coating that you may or may not be removing, anyway? “Oleophobic” literally means “oil fear,” which is a pretty good description of what an oleophobic coating does. The oleophobic coating on your phone is there to repel the oils on your fingers. It makes fingerprints and smudges easier to wipe off and can prevent oils from transferring to the display entirely. Without the coating, your screen would get super greasy very quickly and it wouldn’t feel as nice to swipe and scroll....

I’ve not personally verified that this tweak really changes anything with regards to performance, so just like disabling SuperFetch you’ll have to check it out for yourself. We’re just trying to keep you informed. Manual Registry Tweak Open regedit.exe through the start menu search or run box and browse down to the following key: Find the EnablePrefetcher key on the right-hand pane, and change the value to one of these:...

Google announced in a blog post today, “many USB-C cables look identical, but function differently. Now you can get your extra monitor up and running with less headache. Eligible Chromebooks will notify you if the USB-C cable you’re using won’t support displays, or isn’t performing ideally for your laptop. You’ll also get a notification if the cable you’re using doesn’t support the high performance USB4/Thunderbolt 3 standards that your Chromebook does....

The Biggest Discounts in Roborock’s Anniversary Sale The S7 arrived early last year as a next-generation upgrade to what the robot vacuum should be. It introduced a brand new rubber main brush designed to hug closer to the ground while also reducing tangles. There’s a retractable vibrating mop head that scrubs hard surfaces when deployed and gets out of the way when carpets or rugs are detected. Finally, it features plenty of power with 2,500 Pa of suction, an extra-large 5,200 mAh battery for prolonged cleaning sessions, and a dual high-capacity dust bin and water tank....

With your Excel document open click on the cell where you want to create the hyperlink and under the Insert tab click on the Hyperlink button. The Insert Hyperlink dialog box will pop up and here is where you want to add the text to display and browse to the location of the file you want to link to. Now you will notice the text in that cell is displayed as a link....

First open Notepad and create your desired signature. Save this text file in a familiar location on the hard drive. I put mine in Documents. Next open Thunderbird and click on Tools Account Settings. Keeping the default dialog box open, in Default Identity check Attach this signature: Then browse to the location where you kept the signature text file and click OK. Now the signature will show up any time you create a new email message....

Note: You should probably have antivirus software installed. You will want to open up your control panel, and then open the Security Center icon. On the left hand side of the security center window, you will see a resources section. Click the bottom link, “Change the way Security Center alerts me” You can choose which alert to disable here. Since I don’t have antivirus software, I unchecked the bottom checkbox....

Note: For those of you unaware of what it is, you can use Win+Tab to bring up Flip3D to see what the fuss is about. It looks like this: Disable Flip 3D Extract the zip file to your hard drive and then double-click on DisableFlip3D.reg to enter the information into the registry. Next, you will have to open an Administrator mode command prompt by right-clicking on the command prompt and selecting Run as Administrator....

If you really want a better boot screen, you can check out my article on creating a custom boot logo. Here’s the default boot screen: And here’s the hidden one, called “Aurora” All you have to do is type msconfig into the start menu search box, and hit enter. Click the Boot tab, and then check the “No GUI boot” checkbox. Hit OK and reboot the computer. You should see the new boot screen immediately....

Important Parts of the Installation As you are installing Spybot Search & Destroy, there are two windows that you should pay special attention to. Here you can see the Components Selection Window. It is recommended to make certain that “Download updates immediately” and “Security Center integration” are selected. Note: After installation, there may still be a few minor updates that can be downloaded. In the Additional Tasks Window, it is definitely recommended to make certain that “Use Internet Explorer protection (SDHelper)” and “Use system settings protection (Tea Timer)” are both selected....

**EDIT: Thanks to all of the readers who pointed out AOL’s Xdrive is up for sale and all development for it has stopped. At least you can take a look and get an idea of what it is all about. ** Uploading files to the Xdrive is pretty straight forward. Click on Upload from the Xdrive menu interface. Shown here is the classic interface of the Xdrive. A separate window will open for your download....

uptime The uptime command shows how long a system has been running. Example: who -b The who -b command will tell you exactly when the system was last started up, as opposed to telling you how long it’s been up. Saves you some math. Example:

Disney+ currently has one subscription plan, with no advertising and a total cost of $7.99 per month (or $79.99 per year). However, there’s a cheaper plan in the works that will be subsidized with advertisements — much like the base Hulu plan or HBO Max’s $9.99/mo option. Netflix is also working on a less expensive subscription with advertising, which is expected to arrive near the end of 2022. Disney executives told The Wall Street Journal that the cheaper Disney+ plan will have an average of four minutes of commercials per hour of watch time....

In my quest to keep a clean inbox, I’ve created a small application that notifies me directly on my desktop when new comments come in to the moderation queue. It accesses the WordPress XML-RPC API by means of a small WordPress plugin that I’ve created. First, screenshots… notice the icon in the system tray. You can quickly launch your comment moderation page via the right-click menu. When there are new comments, you’ll see this little message pop up, and then the icon will change to some random icon alert icon I found somewhere....

The Need for Firewalls Network connections have an origin and a destination. Software at the origin requests the connection, and software at the destination accepts or rejects it. If it is accepted, packets of data—generically called network traffic—can pass in both directions over the connection. That’s true for whether you’re sharing across the room in your own home, remotely connecting to work from your home office, or using a distant, cloud-based resource....

If you’re looking for a unique way to spruce up your slideshow, check out the 3D model feature in Microsoft PowerPoint. You can insert a 3D image then resize it, rotate it, and even animate it with a nifty effect. If you have your own 3D model, this is a great way to present it to your client or show it off. But you can also pick one from the online library with plenty of categories to match your slideshow’s theme or mission....

Microsoft will end support for the Windows Essentials 2012 suite on January 10, 2017. If you use any of the suite’s component apps—Movie Maker, Photo Gallery, OneDrive, Family Safety, Mail, or Live Writer—here’s what you need to know. Windows Essentials 2012 has been a popular suite of apps since its release, and a surprising number of people still use some of those component apps today. On January 10, 2017, Microsoft will end official support for the suite....

To install, first open a terminal window and enter the following command: We’ve got samba installed, but now we’ll need to configure it to make it accessible. Run the following command to open the configuration file, substituting your editor of choice: Find this section in the file: Uncomment the security line, and add another line to make it look like this: “security = user” is always a good idea. This will require a Unix account# in this server for every user accessing the server....

Why Worry About the PS5 SSD? Since the PS5 SSD is essentially part of the mainboard, any failure of the drive means replacing the entire board along with the CPU and GPU. Strictly speaking, you can manually remove components and solder new ones into a system. However, it’s usually not cost-effective and certainly not something the average user would do, even if they had the necessary parts and equipment. Why Do SSDs Wear Out?...

For monthly Prime subscribers, the price went from $12.99 to $14.99, so there’s a pretty noticeable increase there as well. Students will have to shell out a little extra cash for Prime, too, as the price went from $6.49 to $7.49. EBT and government assistance recipients will see the price jump to $6.99 per month, so the increase is definitely hitting the wallet of all Prime subscribers. If you’re a current Prime member scheduled to renew, the price will remain $119 until March 26, 2022, at which time you’ll also have to pay the new $139 per year price....