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Oct
20
2020

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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Oct
20
2020

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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Oct
20
2020

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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Oct
16
2020

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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Oct
16
2020

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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Oct
15
2020

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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Oct
15
2020

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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Oct
15
2020

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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Oct
14
2020

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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Oct
13
2020

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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