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Windows 7 Sticky Keys can be useful for people with faulty keyboards, or individuals who don’t like to press more than one key at a time..??? For everyone else, Sticky Keys is hands down one of the biggest annoyances Microsoft has ever implemented IMOP. Along with Sticky Keys comes its ugly cousin, Filter Keys. By default in Windows 7, Sticky Keys and Filter Keys are turned off but the built-in keyboard shortcuts to activate them are not....

You can customize the Lock Screen to suit your own requirements—for example, you may decide to change the wallpaper. Still, some users might not care to click through the Lock Screen to get into their system. If that’s the case, you’ll want to disable the Lock Screen on Windows 11. To disable it, you can use either the Group Policy Editor or you can modify the Registry. However, these options are only available to certain Windows 11 versions (unless you decide to upgrade)....

Note: If you also want to remove the icon from your desktop, check out this article here On your desktop, right-click the Recycle Bin icon, left-click on Properties. Once you’ve clicked Properties, a window will appear called Recycle Bin Properties. By default, it will open on the Global menu tab. Changing the settings under this menu is recommended; however, if you wish to configure each drive separately follow these same steps for each drive....

Partition Windows 7 Hard Drive First, click Start and type: disk part into the Search box and hit Enter. The Disk Management utility comes up. Here you’ll see the drives and partitions currently on your computer. Right-click the C:\ drive and select Shrink Volume. Windows will query the drive to find available space to shrink. Now select the amount of space to shrink the C:\ drive by. If you’re installing the 64-bit version of Windows 8, you need a minimum of 20GB....

Either way, duplicating a page can be a massive time-saver whether you make changes after copying it or leaving it as-is. While Word doesn’t offer a built-in feature to duplicate a page, you can still accomplish this task in just minutes. We’ll show you how to copy a page in the same document and over to a new one. How to Duplicate a Page From a Single-Page Document If your current document has only one page, copying and pasting it within your document is simple....

Some programs will want to download an older version of the .NET Framework, but this doesn’t work. You still need to enable it. From the Windows 8 desktop, open the power user menu and select Control Panel. On Windows 10, hit the Windows key, type: control panel, and choose the top result. From the Control Panel, click Programs and Features. When the Programs and Features window comes up, click Turn Windows Features On or Off....

Keep the Number Keypad Indicator Enabled at All Times To make Num Lock enabled on boot up, you’ll need to tweak some system settings. If you aren’t familiar with accessing your BIOS, check out our post on the BIOS UEFI interface. Once you’ve figured it out for your computer, go to your BIOS setup page. Finding the option to enable Num Lock will vary by manufacturer, but you can usually check the advanced options of your computer’s BIOS....

Enable Two-Step Verification on Twitter Step 1. Login to your insecure Twitter account, Click Profile image > Settings. Step 2. On the left, Click Security and Privacy. On the right, check the box Verify Login Requests. Step 3. Twitter will next ask you to confirm your Phone Number. Click Send Code. Note: If you’ve not yet added a mobile device to your account, Click Mobile from the Settings menu to walk through the steps....

Encrypt External USB Flash Drive Windows 10 Plugin your flash drive (you can do this with an SD card, too) and wait while Windows recognizes it. If AutoPlay comes up, select “Open folder to view files.“ From the Ribbon, select the drive you want to encrypt. Then from the Ribbon, click the Manage tab then BitLocker > Turn on BitLocker. Alternately, you can open This PC, right-click the drive, and select Turn on BitLocker....

On the left-hand side, there’s a navigation pane where you can browse coupons by item categories. When you find something that interests you, just click on the “Clip this Coupon” button. Every coupon you “clip” is saved to your profile and can be used when you check out. Just like if you were handing coupons that you cut from the Sunday paper to the cashier. In the cart details, you’ll see that the coupons you clipped will show the amount deducted from your total....

You can use several Microsoft Teams built-in backgrounds, but if you want to do something different from everyone else, we’ll show you how. You can use one that’s sporty, nostalgic, or perfect for the current holiday. Explore and Download Backgrounds for Teams Visit the Microsoft Teams backgrounds page and browse through the options. There are currently several categories of images for all tastes and styles. FOX Broadcasting Company: Use a background from your favorite FOX show like The Masked Singer, LEGO Masters, The Simpsons, Family Guy, and more....

Free Apps For iOS 7 Features and Look Start with the Yahoo Weather app. The Weather app shown off by Apple for iOS 7 looks virtually identical to it. In fact, Yahoo provides the weather data for the built-in app. Email App The new Mail app for iOS 7 has been cleaned up and is more streamlined. You can get the same look and feel by installing Mailbox for iPhone. One caveat to the Mailbox app is that it currently only works with Gmail....

Every iPhone should be able to survive spending up to 30 minutes in water one meter deep, with the most recent models being able to survive a 30-minute dip at depths of up to six meters. Provided you rescue your iPhone within 30 minutes, it shouldn’t experience any lasting damage. If your iPhone does get wet, however, then you’ll want to ensure that you expel any water from it before it can cause problems....

Hide User Accounts on Mac Out of the box, your Mac’s login screen will display the user icon and username for everyone with an account. You can remove the icons and usernames from the macOS login screen. Instead, you’ll see two blank text boxes. This solution doesn’t just remove the clutter. It also adds a security level since anyone with access to the computer can no longer see the usernames associated with the Mac....

Unlike charts and graphs where you need to fill in the data, the stock price and geography tools in Excel let you import (and update in real-time) live data from the web. Let’s take a look at how this works. Note: The following features are only available in Excel for Microsoft 365 (for desktop and web), and Excel for iPad, iPhone, and Android devices. How to Import Stock Prices Into Excel Before trying to create a full dashboard, it’s a good idea to learn how to do a simple data import first....

Break up your sentences, use bold text, throw a few indents in. That’s how you make it easy for your recipients to read—but you’ll need to know how. Thankfully, Gmail makes it easy to add indents to your text, making your emails easier to read. Here’s how to indent in Gmail. What is a Text Indent? A text indent is the space between your text and the margins of a document....

Install iOS 12 Public Beta Once you’re set up in the Apple Public Beta Program and have backed up your device, you will need to enroll your device. To do that, from your iPhone or iPad, go to beta.apple.com/profile and log in with your Apple ID. Then tap on the “Download Profile” button and “Allow” to the message that pops up about the site trying to open Settings. Next, tap the Install button, agree to the terms, and a restart will be required....

Windows 10 21H1 May 2021 Update Microsoft announced version 21H1 availability on Tuesday with Microsoft exec John Cable writing: Here are just a few of the highlights included with version 21H1 May 2021 Update: Windows Hello multicamera support to set the default as the external camera when both external and internal Windows Hello cameras are present.The Windows Defender Application Guard performance improvements including optimizing document opening scenario times.Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) Group Policy Service (GPSVC) updating performance improvement to support remote work scenarios....

Business cards provide a first and sometimes lasting impression for potential customers and colleagues. There are plenty of websites out there that offer pre-made templates where you just have to jot-in information and press print, but what if you want something more unique? Photoshop is one of many tools that excel with making exactly that; custom business cards. In this groovy tutorial, we’ll take a look at the basics for designing a Business card in Adobe’s Photoshop software....

1. Insert the Time and Date Press F5 or choose Edit and Time/Date to insert the time and date automatically into Notepad. Handy for all those captain’s logs you’ll be keeping on your next starship journey. 2. Switch to Right-to-Left Reading Order Right-click in Notepad and choose Right to Left Reading Order to change the way the text is displayed. This is useful if you’re typing in a language that is read from right to left, such as Arabic or Hebrew....