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File Access Permissions on Windows 10 To set permissions, you can do it on an app-by-app basis or multiple apps at once. To get started, head to Settings > Apps > Apps & Features to see the list of apps installed on your system. Click or tap on an app from the list and then the Advanced Options link. On the next screen, under the “App Permissions” section, toggle the switches on or off for which files you want the app to have access to....

If you want to change font in Gmail (and make additional formatting changes), you have a couple of ways to do it. You apply new font styles to email text temporarily. Alternatively, you can edit your Gmail font style to always use a certain type of font, size, color, and formatting. If you want to know how to change font in Gmail, follow the steps below. How to Change Font in Gmail Temporarily When you’re typing up an email in Gmail, the same font style will apply....

Step 1 In Outlook 2010, Click the File ribbon and then Select Options. Step 2 In the left pane Click the Calendar tab and then Click the Font… button. Step 3 The font window should appear. Here you can set Outlook 2010’s calendar font to whatever typeface and size you like. The default from Microsoft is Segoe UI, size 8.* Groovy Fact: Segoe UI is also the same font used by the Windows 7 operating system graphical user interface....

Obvious ports, like port 80 and 443, are needed for internet access, while others, like port 3389, allow Remote Desktop access to a Windows PC or server. If you’ve enabled Remote Desktop on Windows over the internet, chances are you’re using the common Remote Desktop Protocol port (TCP/UDP port 3389) to connect. Unless you want every port-scanning hacker to breach your network, you should change the RDP port to something else....

Step 1 Right-click an empty space on the desktop and choose Change Desktop Background. Step 2 This opens the Appearance Preferences to the Background tab. You can choose from any of the pre-installed wallpapers simply by clicking on them. You should also note that some of these are slideshows, rather than static desktop backgrounds. These cycle through multiple pictures at random intervals. You can tell it’s a slideshow when it has a Play button beneath it and it appears as a stack of photos....

Change Your Account Name on Windows 11 from Settings To use the Settings app, click Start > Settings, or alternately, use the keyboard shortcut Windows key + I to open Settings directly. Once Settings opens, click on Accounts from the left column and click Your Info from the list on the right. On the following screen, click on the Accounts button. That will open to your Microsoft Account page. Sign in if prompted and click on your profile picture at the top....

Most drives have Self-Monitoring, Analysis, and Reporting Technology (SMART) capabilities. The computer can check the drive before it starts up but doesn’t. For some bizarre reasons, however, many computers come with that feature disabled. You’ll need to find out how to get into your manufacturer’s BIOS or UEFI startup screen and in the hard drive settings enable SMART monitoring. Each company and build may be different, so you’ll have to research if your computer supports that setting....

Windows 10, Microsoft’s flagship OS is being re-engineered for this new generation of attacks. That said, it is still Windows, which means that bad guys are always looking for ways to break it. In this article, we explain what you should do if your PC becomes infected with a virus. What To Do When Your Computer Gets a Virus For me personally, the last time I had a computer infected that caused irreparable damage was in the summer of 2001....

Launch Action Center on Windows 10 You can launch Windows 10 Action Center by swiping in from the right edge of the screen on a touch device or tap the Action Center icon. On a traditional PC without touch-capability, click on the Action Center icon on the taskbar next to the clock. Windows 10 Action Center The default quick action tiles appear at the bottom and give you on-tap (or click) access to system settings that you might frequently need....

What is Quick Assist? Quick Assist is a built-in remote control application in Windows 10. It has been there since the Anniversary Update (1607) and still, it seems so few know about it. Its executable, quickassist.exe, is found at c:\windows\system32. Easily found in the Windows start menu or search. Requirements? The Quick Assist application needs to be started on both sides. It requires both machines to be running Windows 10 and an internet connection....

Here we have a typical spreadsheet in Excel 2010 that is lined up vertically using a column style. Just for demonstration sake, we’re going to go ahead and change this into a horizontal row style. In Excel 2010, Select all of the cells that you want to convert. Once you’ve Selected them, Right-Click and Click Copy.* *You can also use the keyboard shortcut Ctrl+C to copy. 2. Now Right-Click and empty cell and Select Paste Options: > Transpose....

If you’re finding that your C and V keys are wearing away from all the copying and pasting you’ve used them for, you’ll be pleased to know that there are plenty of other ways you can copy and paste on your Apple computer. If you’re ready to go beyond the shortcuts, then here’s how to copy and paste on Mac. How to Copy and Paste on Mac Using Keyboard Shortcuts Some keyboard shortcuts are used so frequently that they become part of the language....

This How-To will cover how to quickly change the image above the login interface on your wp-login.php page. If you have access to your site’s backend files, this is an easy thing to do. An FTP program is probably the easiest way to browse your web server. Navigate to your wp-admin/images folder. 2. In this folder, you’ll see a file called logo-login.gif, download this file to your computer so you can edit it....

BTW – I’ve already talked about this in the past using Outlook 2007 so if you’re still using Outlook 2007, feel free to click the links below: How-To Defer Delivery of email using Microsoft Outlook 2007How To Delay or Schedule Delivery of Email Using Outlook 2007 Now, let’s take a look at the process for Outlook 2010 starting with How-To Delay or Schedule email delivery. How To Delay Or Schedule the Delivery Of A Single Outlook 2010 Email Item In Outlook 2010, Click New E-mail to compose a new message....

Here’s how to view and delete downloads history in Microsoft Edge. We’ll also walk through the steps for deleting the downloaded files from your PC. Find and Delete Downloads History in Edge Like other browsers, Edge has a Downloads section you can reach by doing the following: Note: Deleting file history doesn’t actually delete the file from your downloads folder. It just removes it from the history list. Delete Download History in Edge If you don’t want to delete files individually, you can clear download history in one fell swoop....

Unfortunately, the Windows.old folder can take up a significant amount of space on the PC’s system drive. If you have a laptop or PC with limited storage, you might want to delete the folder. While Windows should eventually remove this folder, deleting it yourself will help reclaim gigabytes of space immediately. If you want to delete the Windows.old folder in Windows 11, here’s what you’ll need to do. How to Find and Delete the Windows....

Disable Chrome’s Tab Hover Cards To start, launch the Chrome browser on your computer and copy the following path into the address bar and hit Enter: That will bring you directly to the flag you need to set as Disabled from the dropdown menu. Also, keep in mind that you will need to relaunch the browser for the changes to go into effect. Just click the Relaunch Now button on the bottom of the page....

Disable Transparency and Animation Effects on Windows 11 To get started, click Start and then click on the Settings icon. Note: You can also use the keyboard shortcut Windows key + I to open the Settings app directly. Either way, you get there; once Settings is open, click on Accessibility from the list in the left panel. From the Accessibility options, click on Visual effects: Scroll bars, transparency, animations, notification timeout....

What else does disabling Windows Search do? A few things: Disables the background processes SearchIndexer.exe, SearchProtocolHost.exe, and SearchFilterHost.exe.(SSD users will like this one) No more writes to the search index database at C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Search\Data\Applications\Windows\Windows.edbNo more offline caches of external network attached storage or shares.Increased system performance, even if it is barely noticeable. Ready to disable it? Okay, the first thing to do is open Control Panel. From here click on “Programs and Features....

Floating Task Manager Overlays Task Manager is full of performance stats you can make display. To find them open Task Manager by right-clicking the taskbar and select Task Manager. Or, you can use the keyboard shortcut Ctrl+Shift+Esc. Once it’s open click Options > Always on top to make it appear on top of other app windows. Then from the Performance tab choose the graph you want to see. You can pick from CPU, memory, storage devices, network connections, or GPU....