To get the deal, log into your Google account and head to the Movies & TV section of the Google Play Store on your computer or Android device, scroll down a bit and select the promotional banner. Then you can pick any movie you want from a classic to the newest release. The discount will be reflected on the checkout screen. Unfortunately, this only applies to one rental per account....
Hello groovyReaders. As many of you probably noticed this morning, I’m making some changes to my Daily Newsletter here on groovyPost.com which caused most of you with a Daily Email Subscription to receive several emails. The reason for this is because I’m moving away from my current Email Newsletter service and over to Aweber. Sorry for the confusion… Over the next few days I’ll be making tweaks to the formatting so if you have any comments, feel free to drop a comment on this post or send me an email – mrgroove@groovypost....
Microsoft offers several free Panoramic Themes that are optimized to work with dual monitor setups. For example, the desktop background scenes stretch across both monitors. Windows Themes also include rotating backgrounds, window colors, and a new sound scheme. You have the ability to control how the desktop background behaves too. First, Right-click the Desktop, then Personalize > Desktop Background. Then you can select only the backgrounds you want to display and control how long each one is displayed for....
Open Settings from your device Home Screen and tap General. Scroll down and tap Keyboard. There it will show you the number of keyboards you’re currently using. Tap Keyboards to add a new one. Tap Add New Keyboard and select from the list of pre-installed keyboards. Ready to try it out? Open any application like Messages or notes etc and tap on the Globe Icon as shown below. If you have only two keyboards, tapping the Globe Icon will change the keyboard automatically....
Add Any Program to Context Menu Open the registry and navigate to the following path: HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\Background\shell then right-click on shell and select New > Key. Give the new key the name of the program you’re adding to the context menu. I’m going to add Internet Explorer for this example. After you’ve created the new program key, you need to add another key for it. So right-click on the program key you added and select New > Key....
You have two simple ways to add accent marks in Word. You can use a button in the ribbon or a keyboard shortcut. We’ll show you both so you can use whichever is most convenient for you. Using Symbols in the Word Ribbon Letters with accents are available in the Symbols collection in Microsoft Word. You simply select a font style, locate the letter, and pop it into your document....
Add Holidays to Outlook Calendar Launch Outlook and head to File > Options Calendar. Then under the Calendar Options section click on the Add Holidays button. Next, check the box for each country’s holidays that you would like Outlook to download and add to the Calendar. That’s all there is to it. Now the National Holidays for the countries you checked will show up in your Outlook Calendar. Apparently The calendars multiply if you repeat the procedure....
In Windows 7 you can access the Run command by going through the Start menu. On Windows 8 you can right-click the Start button and find it. Of course the easiest way to launch the Run command is with the keyboard shortcut Windows key + R in Windows 7 or Windows 8. If you find yourself opening the Run dialog often during the day, and prefer using your icons rather than keyboard shortcuts, why not pin Run to the Taskbar for easier access?...
Another change you may want to make when using a list in Microsoft Word is to adjust the indent for the bullet points or numbers. For instance, you can adjust how far the points are indented from the left margin or alter the distance between the text and the bullet points. Here, we’ll show you how to change indents in Word for an entire list and a single item....
Appear Offline on Facebook Log in to your Facebook account and click on the Options icon in the lower-right corner of the chat box on the Friends sidebar and click “Turn off Active Status” from the menu. Next, you have three choices. You can turn off active status for all contact, all contact except certain ones, or turn off active status for only some contacts. Whichever selection you make, you then need to enter the contacts for the respective option you choose....
Step 1 Click the Start Menu Orb and Type regedit into the search box. Press Enter, or Click the Regedit program link. Step 2 Browse to the following registry key: Step 3 Once you’ve Selected the Run key, Right-Click anywhere in the right-pane and Select New > String Value. Name the new string: CCleaner Step 4 Now either Double-Click or Right-Click the CCleaner entry we just made and Modify it. In the Value data box Type in the following*: *If you are using 64-bit Windows you the directory will need to include “Program Files (x86)” in the place of Program Files....
How to Enable Camera Upload to Dropbox on iPhone and iPad Devices Open Dropbox on your iPhone/iPad. Tap Settings, Camera Upload. Tap Camera Upload to enable it. Background Uploading should also be enabled so you won’t need to open Dropbox to back up your files. Starting out, you might want to keep Use Cellular Data disabled, so Dropbox will only upload photos when you are connected to Wi-Fi. However, if you don’t mind burning data on your mobile plan, feel free to enable the Use Cellular Data option as I did below....
It might be an adult-themed website or something else you want to block for other reasons. The ability to block and unblock sites on your iPhone is straightforward and only takes a few taps. In our example, we’re using an iPhone running iOS 16.1 and using the Screen Time feature. How to Block and Unblock Websites on iPhone Screen Time on an iPhone allows you to block specific websites you don’t want someone to access when you hand your phone to them....
What Does Edge Block? When we talk about crapware, we’re referring to potentially unwanted programs or PUPs. These include the junk that some apps try to install in the browser, like annoying toolbars, crypto-miners, adware, and other unwanted apps. Turn on Microsoft Edge Crapware Blocking Launch the new Edge and click the Options menu (three dots) in the upper-right corner to enable the blocker. Then click on Settings. Now on the Settings page, click on Privacy and services in the left panel....
Luckily, Windows Defender Firewall is a built-in tool that lets you block app internet access on a Windows PC. For example, you might want to block a specific app before a child uses your PC, or limit data usage on a metered connection. Whatever the reason, here’s how to block internet access to specific apps in Windows 11. How to Block Internet Access to Apps in Windows 11 To block an app from accessing the internet in Windows 11 using Windows Defender Firewall, do the following:...
We’ll walk you through how to block someone on Google Drive, unblock them later if you wish, and what you need to know about using this feature. About Blocking Users on Google Drive The best place to begin is with what you should know about blocking users from sharing with you on Google Drive. Once blocked, items owned by that user will not be viewable when you browse your Google Drive....
Silk Web Browser on Fire TV At first, you will see a Bing search screen (Bing is the default search engine), and you’ll be walked through a short tutorial on how to use the remote to navigate the browser and manage bookmarks. To get the browser navigation controls, just hit the menu button on the remote. At the top, you have options to search the web or enter a specific URL, refresh, move back or forward, or request the desktop version of the site....
As a Meta-owned app (the company behind Facebook), Instagram’s user interface and some of its design choices shouldn’t be too unfamiliar. You can customize Instagram to suit your own preferences, including the ability to change the Instagram notification sound. If you want to know how to change the Instagram notification sound, follow the steps below. How to Change Instagram Notification Sound on Android On an Android device, notification sounds for apps like Instagram are controlled in your device settings....
In this line of work, I end up downloading many files (large files) during the day. Windows ISO images, complex programs like Photoshop, large PDF files, multimedia files, and more. The default download location on my local drive on my main production box would be okay if I had a large traditional 1 or 2 TB hard drive. However, my main production PC has a smaller SSD, and space is at a premium....
In a few of our previous tutorials, we’ve shown you how to easily change the start menu orb in Windows 7 and also how you can enable Dream Scene on Windows 7 . Today we’ll show you yet another cool and easy customization trick – changing the logon screen in Windows 7. Although we’ve already covered this How-To using the Registry method, in today’s groovyPost we will use a simple tool to do the same thing....
