Many users embraced the software as a service model promoted by Microsoft during its early launch, expecting new versions of the OS to be smooth sailing. It has turned out to be quite the opposite in many cases. Which brings us to the subject at hand—how do you obtain older releases of Windows 10 that do support your hardware and applications? It turns out, your options might be limited, but let’s investigate....
Download Movies and TV Shows Next, choose the download quality you want. A screen will pop up with your options and lets you know approximately how much space will be used. For example, Data Saver takes up the least amount of space, while “Best” takes up more. Once you figure out the quality of the video you like, you can set it as the default, so this screen isn’t popping up all the time....
How to Edit PDF Files Using Microsoft Word for Free | groovyPost TV How to Edit PDF Files Using Microsoft Word for Free | Step-by-Step Screenshot Tour When you try to copy anything from a PDF file and paste it into Word, it pastes the text, but you lose all the formatting. PDF Reflow allows you to convert PDF content to a Word format and keep the original formatting. You can avoid using any third-party converter or Office add-on....
Enabling the Out of Office Auto Response feature in Outlook (also called Vacation Mode by some) is a handy way of letting co-workers or customers know you’re away from the Office (vacation/holiday etc..) and not checking email regularly. Turning on the feature is very simple both from the Outlook desktop client (outlook 2000/2003/2007) and remotely using the Outlook Web Access client. Out of Office Assistant Auto Reply Outlook 2007 How to Screencast: How to Enable the Microsoft Outlook Out of Office Assistant (Auto Response) Note: This is for Outlook 2007....
Using a Photoshop script written by Mathias Scheutz, you can assign your very own hotkey to open up the color palette from anywhere in Photoshop. Keep in mind this isn’t natively supported since Adobe still has their head in the sand, so using a script is the only way to do this. According to Mathias, this script should work with CS1, CS2, CS3, and CS4. However, I’ve only tested it with CS4, and that’s what we’ll be looking at in the groovy How-To below....
While this might seem like a quicker way to delete your files, it isn’t perfect. You may end up moving something to the Recycle Bin inadvertently. Luckily, Windows 11 includes a feature that you can set which will make a delete confirmation dialog appear. Enabling it will add another step to the deletion process, helping you to avoid accidental deletions of files. Here’s how to make Windows 11 display a confirmation message when you delete a file or folder....
Enable 2FA for LastPass Sign in to your LastPass account and click the Settings button from the Actions list at the left of the control panel. An Edit Settings window will pop up. Click the Security Tab and then click “Print your Grid”. LastPass will take you to a page with a number-by-letter grid. This grid is unique to your account and can only be used by you. Right click the page and select Print....
Prep to Export Contacts Moving contact information from Excel to Outlook requires saving your spreadsheet as a .csv file. Be sure to click the worksheet within a multiple-sheet spreadsheet before getting started. You now have a copy of your spreadsheet in .cvs format; the original file has not been affected and is closed. You should now close the .cvs file. Importing into Outlook Follow these directions to bring the contents of the recently created ....
We’ll show you a few different ways to locate emails by date in Microsoft Outlook and then delete them. If you prefer to archive any older emails you find instead of getting rid of them for good, you can do that, too. Find and Delete Emails by Date Using Search Unless you use it regularly, you might not even notice the Search box at the top of your Outlook window....
If you’re running Windows 11, you can find your available memory slots in a few different ways. Whether you can upgrade them or not will depend on your device. Laptops are typically harder to upgrade, but desktop PCs are fairly straightforward. If you want to know how to find the number of available memory slots on Windows 11, follow the steps below. How to Find Available Memory Slots on Windows 11 To check if your PC has RAM slots available on Windows 11:...
You open Task Manager to begin troubleshooting and you find that disk usage on your PC is at 100 percent. If your drive has a high load like that, it doesn’t have spare cycles to perform routine operating system tasks. If you’re experiencing such an issue, you’ll want to fix 100 percent disk usage on Windows 11. Here are some helpful tips you can use to resolve the problem....
Thankfully, this can be a very quick fix. If you’re struggling with keyboard issues, here are some tips to resolve Excel keyboard issues. How to Check if Scroll Lock is Enabled in Excel One of the most common reasons for the arrow keys not working in Excel is because the scroll lock has inadvertently been turned on. This causes the arrow keys to scroll the spreadsheet instead of moving between cells....
Fix Annoying Windows 10 Setup Errors While some of these mistakes might be self-explanatory or provide links to a solution, others can be obscure; you are often left perplexed. I’ll do my best to explain what’s going on and what you can try to resolve the issue. It goes without saying I won’t be able to cover ALL the issues you might encounter so if I don’t list the issue you’re running into, feel free to post it at our free Windows 10 Discussion Forum – Windows10Forum....
If you want to make it come back from the dead, all you need is a very easy to use app. While Skype offers IM capability, a lot of people just aren’t happy with the way it works and prefers the old way of doing their messaging. Get Windows Live Messenger Back First of all, go to this address and download this little app called Messenger Reviver; save it somewhere you can easily get a hold of it, like your desktop....
Step 1 In PowerPoint 2010, click the File ribbon and then click Options. Step 2 Click the Advanced tab and then change the Maximum number of undos box to a higher number. In the example below, I set it to 50. Click OK to save changes and exit. Done! Now you can make up to 50 mistakes in a row while using PowerPoint! Hopefully, you won’t ever need to undo that much!...
Insert a YouTube Video into a Word Document Open the Word document you want to add the video into. Then place the cursor at the section where you want to put the video. From the ribbon click on the Insert tab. Then click the Online Video button in the “Media” section. That will open a dialog to input the link to the YouTube video you want to use. Just enter it in the URL field and click Insert....
However, you might not want to create a Microsoft account and instead have a more traditional offline experience. Or, you may need to set up your PC and don’t have internet. Luckily, there is a workaround you can use to bypass the internet requirement. So here’s how you can install Windows 11 without an internet connection. Install Windows 11 without Internet If you need to install Windows 11 without the internet, there are a few steps to take....
Now before you get started — take a look at our Windows 8 Keyboard Shortcut Guide. You will want to have that handy after you get the install completed. Ok ready for install? First, download the 32 or 64-bit version of Windows 8 Consumer Preview ISO file. Then burn it to a blank DVD with Windows 7 Disc Image Burner or use a third-party tool like ISO Recorder for Vista and XP....
Find the Model You can find the model number for iPhones and iPad through the operating system and look at the physical device. By Software The easiest and most consistent way of checking for the model number on your device is through the operating system. Regardless of the device you have: From this page, you can see the model name and number at the top of the device. And here is how to find it on the iPad:...
Apple SmartWatch Rumors Emerge We’ve heard rumors of some wearable Apple devices. This may have been triggered by consumer love for the last-gen iPod nano as a watch. Now it’s said that Apple is working on a smartwatch. If the rumors are accurate, it will be curved glass and run on iOS. Let’s see if Apple doesn’t scrap this one. Link Teases at new PlayStation games A few PlayStation developers have already teasing at new games, according to reports....
