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Jun
24
2024

How to Fix a Disk I/O Error in Windows

What Is An I/O Device Error? Input/Output device errors are quite common. They're usually a hardware issue, such as a faulty cable, a glitch with your hard drive or SSD, or a misconfigured driver. There are more than a few different methods to fix an I/O device error. Better still, most of these fixes only take a few moments and are quite easy to complete. 1. Restart Your Computer Before you start the I/O device error fixes, there is one thing to try first. Restart your system, then try again.

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Jun
24
2024

How to Cast to Roku From Your Phone

Before Casting From Your Phone To Roku Download the Roku remote app to your mobile device. Connect your phone and Roku device to the same Wi-Fi network. The Roku app won't work unless both devices are connected to the same Wi-Fi network. Make sure the mobile app you want to cast content from is installed on your Roku device as well. Note: If you are looking to cast a subscription-based app like Netflix, you must log in to the same user account on both your phone and the Roku device. This.

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Jun
24
2024

How to Mass-Forward Multiple Emails in Outlook

How To Send Bulk Emails With Outlook Need to mass forward tons of emails at once? Here's how to do that in Outlook, in case you need to back up your email account! As commonplace as email is, there are still lots of tricks you can learn to make it even more useful. For example, you may wonder if it's possible to forward multiple emails in Outlook at once. You might want to do this to copy some messages from one account to another for safekeeping, or maybe you need to forward a lot of mail to .

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Jun
24
2024

How to Check the Word Count on Google Docs

Check The Word Count In Google Docs On Desktop Google Docs on desktop offers both a menu item and a keyboard shortcut to let you see the word count. Here’s how you use both of these methods in your document. We'll show you how to find the word count for your entire document and for a particular selection. 1. Find The Word Count For Your Entire Google Docs Document If you want to find the number of words for your entire document, you can do it with just a couple of clicks in Google Docs.

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Jun
24
2024

How to Add Music to a Video on Your Computer

How To Add Music To A Video On Windows Windows has both built-in, as well as third-party, tools that let you add music to your videos. Depending on your personal preference, you can use either of these tools to get your task done. Add Music To A Video Using A Built-In Tool If you would prefer not installing an app to put music on a video, you can use Windows’ built-in tool to do the task. Windows 10 actually comes with a basic video editor, and it’s good enough for most basic edit.

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Jun
24
2024

How to Measure Your Blood Oxygen Levels with Your Apple Watch

How Blood Oxygen Monitoring on Apple Watch Works Apple states that the blood oxygen monitoring feature isn’t intended for medical use. Rather, it was designed for “general fitness and wellness purposes.” Unlike the EKG feature, the blood oxygen monitor didn’t go through rigorous FDA testing and certification. There’s a reason why Apple puts this warning upfront. The Blood Oxygen app on the Apple Watch isn’t completely reliable. Compared to a simple finger-ba.

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Jun
24
2024

How to Update Windows Drivers Easily With Driver Booster 8

The Problem With Out Of Date Drivers Old hardware will fail to work correctly. Devices can crash, resulting in accessibility issues. A USB wireless mouse, for example, may fail to work correctly following a Windows Update because there is a new driver to accommodate a relevant change in the update. Consider a similar scenario across all devices you connect to your PC and laptop. Then think about the devices inside disk drives, processors, display adaptors. It's a recipe for disaster, amplified.

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Jun
24
2024

How to Create and Join Parties on Your PS4

How To Create A Party On PlayStation 4 Once you're updated to version 8.00 of the PS4 system software, you'll still see the same Party icon at the top of the main menu. However, you can no longer create a party and simply leave it open for your friends to join as they wish. Instead, on the Parties screen, you'll now likely see that there are no parties you can join. Select Start Party to create a new one. When you do, you'll see the same list of your messages accessible on the Messages tab. T.

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Jun
24
2024

How to Add Python to the Windows PATH variable

Why Add Python To Windows PATH? If you fail to add Python to the PATH on your Windows OS, you can't run the Python interpreter, start a virtual programming environment,  or run commands like pip install from the terminal. That's because, when you run any non-default program from the command line, the machine looks for an executable in the current folder, or in the Windows PATH. If it's not in the PATH variable, the terminal returns a "command not found" error. Adding to the PATH is power.

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Jun
24
2024

How to Unlock Your Mac With an Apple Watch

What You will Need Locking your Mac is a great security feature to protect important data when away from the computer. Depending on the Mac, you need to enter a password or use Touch ID to unlock the computer when back at your desk. For the automatic unlocking, you'll need to have a mid-2013 or later Mac. The Apple Watch needs to have watchOS 3 or later installed. Your Mac and Apple Watch both need to be signed into the same iCloud account. Also, make sure Bluetooth is enabled on both the Mac.

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Jun
24
2024

How to Properly Disable Microsoft OneDrive in Windows

Why Remove OneDrive From Windows? Microsoft's cloud stores your photos, videos, and documents, usually without any problems. It offers various upgrades to storage limits (sometimes free) and can be accessed from any device. So why do you feel the urge to get rid of it? Perhaps you're a fan of a different system, such as Dropbox, Box, or Google Drive. If you have invested plenty of time into those services over the years, you would be rightly reluctant about switching. On the other hand, you mi.

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Jun
24
2024

How to Tether Your Smartphone to Linux for Internet

What Is Tethering? Tethering is the name given to connecting a mobile device to a computer such in order to share the mobile internet. While some carriers might restrict this activity, these days that is rare. Most smartphones have a data plan which allows tethering, making tethering an attractive way to get online. Strictly speaking, tethering refers to using a USB cable to share mobile internet. This means that you will need to carry your phone’s USB data cable around i.

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Jun
24
2024

How to Transfer and Share Files Across Linux and Windows

Ways to Transfer Files from Windows to Linux Transferring data between Windows and Linux operating systems is easier than you think. We’ve compiled three ways for you to do this: Share network folders Transfer files with FTP Securely copy files via SSH With each of these methods, you’ll be able to easily (and in some cases, effortlessly) move files between operating systems. Let’s look at them in turn and find out which one suits you best. 1. Share Network .

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Jun
24
2024

How to Check the CPU Temperature on Your PC

How To Check Your CPU Temperature Windows doesn't have a built-in way to monitor your CPU's temperature. You can check it in your BIOS/UEFI, but this is inefficient and doesn't let you keep an eye on the temperature over time. Download Core Temp from its website and install it like you would any other app. However, during installation, look out for bundled software. On the Select Additional Tasks page, uncheck the Build your kingdom with Goodgame Empire box to avoid installing extra garbage. .

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Jun
24
2024

How to Easily Find and Scroll to Old Messages on Your iPhone

Find An Old Message With The Hidden Scroll Feature In IOS We keep lots of old text messages on our iPhone or iPad. But can you find the ones you want when you need them? Unless you run low on space, you probably use the Messages app on your iPhone or iPad like an unlimited cache of conversations. There's only one small hitch: how do you quickly find and scroll to an old message when you need to? Here are two simple ways to quickly get to the message you want in iOS. Scrolling can become tire.

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Jun
24
2024

How to Clean Your Windows Computer

How to clean up your PC Cleaning up Windows can yield vast performance improvements. Here's the ultimate checklist for cleaning your Windows computer. Over time, computers slow down. Of course, aging hardware plays a part, but for most people, a more common cause is poor operating system maintenance. It's time to clean your computer. A clean install of Windows is the nuclear option. Getting rid of all the accumulated junk and starting afresh instantly makes your machine run faster and more sm.

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Jun
24
2024

How to Use PayPal to Manage Your Side Hustle

A Quick Introduction To PayPal PayPal was founded in the late 1990s. The company is larger than you might think; it also owns Xoom and Venmo. Initially, the platform was created for users to make purchases from established online retailers. However, within just the last five years, the company has expanded, and you can use PayPal to receive payments from anyone. You can access the service with any browser or use the dedicated apps for Android and iOS. The mobile apps don't have all of the fea.

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Jun
24
2024

How to Transfer Your Music From Spotify to Apple Music

What Can You Transfer From Spotify To Apple Music? Switching from Spotify to Apple Music doesn't mean you need to lose your music library. In fact, you can use third-party services, like TuneMyMusic, to transfer your entire library between music subscription services. We'll show you how to transfer almost all your music from Spotify to Apple Music. That includes every playlist you have ever created, every album you have added to your library, and every song you have Liked in Spotify. After th.

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Jun
24
2024

How to Change Your Home Screen Wallpaper on Android

Change your default wallpaper on Android Here's how to change your home screen wallpaper on Android, including Samsung and stock Android phones. Looking to add a personal touch to your Android device? The first place to start is your wallpaper. If you've already changed your lock screen background, you may be wondering how to customize your home screen wallpaper as well. Here, we'll outline all the different ways you can change your home screen wallpaper, no matter what type of Android phone .

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Jun
24
2024

How to Set Up and Use Parental Controls on Nintendo Switch

About Parental Controls On The Nintendo Switch Parental controls on the Nintendo Switch fall broadly into two categories: content restrictions and time limits. Content restrictions allow you to set maximum age ratings for the software on the Switch. You can also use the same restrictions to limit communication with other players or to restrict social media posting. Time limits allow you to set a limit for how long the Nintendo Switch can be used each day. You can set different limits for diff.

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