How To Disable Automatically Creating Contacts In Gmail

I just noticed it a few months back when I was setting up Google sync on my Android phone. Instead of names and telephone numbers, my phone address book was full of email; just plain emails with no other data associated with them! There is a setting on Android that makes the email-only contacts hide, but that only fixes the symptom, not the cause of this. The real culprit behind this is that Google automatically saves emails as contacts, and we’ll fix that below....

October 29, 2022 · 1 min · 213 words · Anastasia Luce

How To Disable Google Instant Search

The first, visit Google.com and click the Gear at the top-right and select Search Settings. Scroll about halfway down the settings page and click the bullet labeled “Do not use Google Instant.” Once you’ve done that, don’t forget to scroll to the bottom and click Save Preferences. Alternatively, you can visit Google with a function added onto the end of the URL to disable Google Instant. For those with U....

October 29, 2022 · 3 min · 473 words · Hubert Anderson

How To Disable Windows 8 1 Startup Programs

While Windows 8.x does boot noticeably faster than Windows 7 and earlier, you can make it boot even faster by disabling startup programs. Disable Windows 8.1 Startup Programs There are, of course, a couple of ways to get to the same place with Windows, and that’s no different in Windows 8.1. First, from the Modern Start screen From the Modern Start screen type: MSConfig and hit Enter. Or from the desktop, just like Windows 7, right-click the Taskbar and select Task Manager....

October 29, 2022 · 5 min · 915 words · Claudio Stivers

How To Discover New Music And Listen To Your Favorites For Free With Pandora

I am sure some of you groovyReaders have had the same experience right? But where do you go to get great music? Radio? Internet radio stream? Nahhh. Once again just more boring, repeating tracks and commentary. Fortunately, I have a groovy FREE solution for you; it’s called Pandora.com, and it works for both MAC, Windows and iPhone users! What is Pandora? Pandora is an Internet music streaming service that hooks directly into the Music Genome Project....

October 29, 2022 · 4 min · 682 words · Richard Stitt

How To Display Battery Percentage On Iphone Running Ios 5 1 1

Tap on Settings on your iPhone homescreen. Scroll down and go to General settings. Under General tap on Usage. There you’ll see the Battery Percentage option. Just switch it on and it will show battery percentage on your iPhone. Simple and easy. If you recently switched to iPhone from Blackberry, you can check out our guide to help you transfer contacts to your iPhone. Comment Name * Email *...

October 29, 2022 · 1 min · 87 words · Venita Hurd

How To Download Offline Maps On Windows 11

Of course, you want to get your map ahead of time before you travel. Once you download the map(s), you can use the maps as if they were online (sans a few features). If you want to know how to download offline maps on Windows 11, follow the steps below. How to Download Maps on Windows 11 Before heading out on your trip, use the following steps to download maps on Windows 11....

October 29, 2022 · 2 min · 399 words · Tina Kirtland

How To Drag Windows Around Using The Alt Key

Step 1 – Downloading AltDrag AltDrag is a free tool you can download from the official AltDrag website. It’s completely free, and is offered in English, Spanish and Galician. Step 2 – Installing Installing AltDrag is a piece of cake: You first pick a language …then you chose your features… …and finish off with the install location. Step 3 – Using AltDrag The name of the application pretty much gives it away – just hold Alt Key and click and drag to move a windows around your screen....

October 29, 2022 · 1 min · 116 words · Colleen Frizzle

How To Enable A Dynamic Refresh Rate On Windows 11

The good news is you can enable dynamic refresh rate on Windows 11 to do exactly that. If you have the right hardware, you can let Windows 11 decide when you would benefit from a higher refresh rate, and when it’s better to turn the refresh rate down to save battery. We’ll explain how to enable a dynamic refresh rate on Windows 11 using the steps below. What is Dynamic Refresh Rate?...

October 29, 2022 · 3 min · 616 words · Charles Cowan

How To Enable Enhanced Phishing Protection On Windows 11

In addition, you’ll receive a warning to change your password. Once enabled, it can warn about malicious sites while using Chrome or Microsoft Edge. The updated phishing protection feature works with a Microsoft Active Directory, Azure, or local PC account on your system. When you want to turn on this extra security protection, here’s how to enable phishing protection on Windows 11. How to Turn Off Windows Hello on Windows 11 Phishing protection on Windows 11 is only available when using a password or password to sign in....

October 29, 2022 · 3 min · 473 words · Jeff Hamed

How To Enable Pattern Lock Security On Your Android Device

A small measure of security can go a long way to keep people off your phone and away from your personal information. On nearly all droid devices there is a pattern lock feature that can be enabled, much like the password protected welcome screen on the iPhone. What groovy geek would let their device go without security? Let’s jump right into the how-to. Note that all of the screenshots for this how-to were taken using a Samsung Galaxy S (Sprint Epic 4g)....

October 29, 2022 · 2 min · 423 words · Vivian Bradley

How To Enable Usb Debugging On The Kindle Fire Hd Groovypost

Enable USB Debugging Kindle Fire HD First swipe from the top of the screen down to display the Notification menu and tap More. Next, scroll down the Settings menu and Tap the Security category. Now on the Security screen tap On for the Enable ADB option. That’s it! USB Debugging is now enabled for the Kindle Fire HD! Connect it to your PC requires a few more steps that I’ll talk about in my next Fire HD segment on connecting the device over ADB....

October 29, 2022 · 1 min · 133 words · Jesus Peck

How To Export And Import Bookmarks On Microsoft Edge

However, there might be times when need to manually move them over to a different computer. Or, you might want to export a copy and save it for use at another time. Whatever the reason, here is how to manually import and export your bookmarks on Microsoft Edge. Export Favorites (Bookmarks) in Microsoft Edge To get started, click on the Settings and more button (three dots) on the upper-right corner of the screen....

October 29, 2022 · 3 min · 454 words · Debbie Hill

How To Find And Share Your Spotify Wrapped 2021

If you’re curious to know how to find your Spotify Wrapped 2021 info, you can follow these steps. What Is Spotify Wrapped? Spotify Wrapped takes a look at your listening habits over the past year. It’s an often surprising overview of the songs you’ve loved, the artists you’ve binged, and the podcasts you’ve been addicted to. Like all streaming services, Spotify is carefully collecting data on your habits—this is what Spotify Wrapped is all about....

October 29, 2022 · 6 min · 1111 words · Anthony Johnson

How To Get Started Using Twitter Music

Twitter Music Site Head to the music.twitter.com page to start listening. It shows some top tracks on the page. Then there’s categories of music that are popular and trending, popular, emerging, and suggested. The service apparently has no idea what I like yet, because nothing it recommended I would listen to. But then I am a metal / rock / indie guy with no love at all for “popular top 40 stuff....

October 29, 2022 · 2 min · 312 words · Susie Wegener

How To Hide Emails In Gmail

It might be time to start sorting them out. If you’re sick of seeing certain emails, the best thing to do is hide them. If you decide to hide emails in Gmail, you’ll move them from the inbox, but you won’t delete them. Here’s how to do it. Archive Your Gmail Emails The quickest way to hide your emails in Gmail is to archive them. Archiving Gmail emails hides them from your inbox....

October 29, 2022 · 3 min · 471 words · Donald Duke

How To Hide Windows Live Mail As A Minimized System Tray Icon In Windows 7

Granted, with the new Windows 7 taskbar, you don’t need as much space as you used to. But if Live Mail is something you leave running for an extended period of time then it makes real sense to get it off of the Taskbar when not in use. In Windows Vista, there was a context menu option to minimize Live Mail to the system tray, but in Windows 7 I guess Microsoft just forgot about it....

October 29, 2022 · 3 min · 500 words · Randy Moore

How To Import Emails From Gmail To Google Apps Using Outlook Or Thunderbird

This works for importing Gmail to Google Apps, Google apps to Gmail, standard Gmail to standard Gmail and Google Apps to Google Apps. Let’s take a look at how to do it. Article Map: Instructions for Outlook Instructions for Thunderbird Importing Archived Gmail Messages with Outlook The basic premise is this: first, you download all of your messages from Gmail to your Outlook account, then you copy them over to your Google Apps account....

October 29, 2022 · 3 min · 521 words · Thomas Gibson

How To Insert Footnotes In Microsoft Word

Open the document you want to add footnotes. Now, click on the word or phrase in the document where you want to place a footnote. Click the Reference tab. Click on Insert Footnote. Add the information to the footnote and click anywhere on the document. Each footnote is given a specific number right next to each reference point. When you will place your cursor on the footnote for few seconds, it will display the footnote in the document....

October 29, 2022 · 1 min · 140 words · Mary Fernandez

How To Install Google Chrome Extensions For Microsoft Edge

Install Google Chrome Extensions on Microsoft Edge The first thing you need to do is enable Google extension support. Launch the browser and go to Settings > Extensions. Turn on the Allow extensions from other stores button at the bottom of the left panel and click Allow for the verification dialog. Now you can head to the Chrome Web Store and install any extension you want. Just click the Add to Chrome button and then Add extension to verify....

October 29, 2022 · 2 min · 283 words · Vera Ramos

How To Install The Free Vmware Fusion 8 5 For Mac Upgrade

VMware Launches Free Fusion for Mac Upgrade Version 8.5 VMware Fusion 8.5 is also optimized for the recently release MacOS Sierra, version 10.12. Features include support for Tabs and Siri. Users running VMware Fusion 8.1.1, can get the upgrade to Fusion 8.5 for free. If you are running an earlier version, you can take advantage of the upgrade pricing. Head on over to the VMware Fusion 8.5 download page, click the download that corresponds with your currently installed edition....

October 29, 2022 · 2 min · 242 words · Margaret Venkus