Not all unproductive emails, however, are of equal concern. Blocking occasional senders is easy, but when spammers ignore your request to unsubscribe, you can’t avoid reading their unwanted emails. Also, it opens a can of worms in that other spammers find a path to your inbox. Luckily, with a few minor tweaks, you can coast through your Gmail inbox every day. By adopting effective email habits, you need not worry about unwanted emails again....
It used to be unusually complicated to change the login screen from the default one Windows chose for you, but now it’s become a whole lot easier thanks to a little workaround that’s integrated right into the OS. In this quick article we’ll show you how to change your Windows login screen on both Windows 11 and Windows 10. Change Login Screen Image in Windows 11 The UI in Windows 11 isn’t drastically different from what it used to be in Windows 10, but there are a few little tweaks and differences to how you do things....
Most of the time, Windows 10 knows how to manage ports and ensure that traffic is being directed through the right ports so that those processes can connect with what they need to. But sometimes two processes may be assigned to one port, or maybe you just want to get a better picture of your network traffic and what’s going in and out. That’s why wrote this guide that shows you how to check open ports on Windows and see which applications are using which ports....
How to clear app notifications in Windows 8 In order to clear app notifications at log off, click the “Windows Key + R” to open the Run menu and type “gpedit.msc” to open the Local Group Policy Editor. On the left panel, go to “User Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Start Menu and Taskbar”. You’re looking for “Clear history of tile notifications on exit.” The Local Group Policy for this entry will be displayed for you to learn a little bit more about it....
Note: Ignore with SSDs Most solid-state drives on the market today support TRIM for managing their free space, a feature in their firmware that reallocates their contents. Combined with the journaling file systems in Linux, like Ext3/4 and Reiser FS, the deletion beyond recovery of individual files can’t be guaranteed. The only solution in those cases is, unfortunately, is a full nuke of all contents in an SSD. Bypass the trash We saw in detail how you can pull this off in the past, but it’s worth another brief mention: if you wish, you can bypass the trash folder....
Best of all, you can do everything in your community that you can do on Google+: share links, photos and videos; create and plan events; and even talk face-to-face using hangouts. The Googe+ mobile app has also been updated so that you can keep up with your communities and post while on-the-go. So now, let’s take a look at how to create a community on Google+. Go to the Google+ home page and click on Communities in the left navigation sidebar....
Fortunately, the Reminders app allows you to easily create a reminder that notifies you when you should reply to an email. You can define the time and location when you wish to be reminded. Here’s the process for turning an email into a reminder. Creating a Reminder for an Email Launch the Mail app on your Mac by clicking on Launchpad in your dock and searching for and clicking on Mail....
The most noticeable change when you first encounter the New tab page is the link shortcuts. Whereas before there were eight sites displayed with a screenshot of the website as the visual, now these icons are circles with the site icons in the circles. And now there is room for ten of them. If you prefer the old user interface, you can change it back by typing chrome://flags/#ntp-ui-md into your browser and changing the first option on the list to “Disabled....
This is convenient most of the time as you don’t have to manually search the drivers for each and every device you attach to your Windows machine. However, it can also be frustrating at times when you specifically installed an older version of a device driver, and Windows automatically updated it disregarding your requirements. So, if you ever need to, here is how you can disable driver updates through Windows update....
Security concerns Allowing your phone to display your notifications on the lock screen can put your online accounts in danger. If you have two-factor authentication set up for your online accounts, the site will send you a code to input on the website to show that you are the legitimate owner of the account. It’s a great way to keep your accounts secure. However, if your notifications are visible when the phone is locked, this code will be visible to anyone who has access to your phone....
Sure you could always try to sell it the old-fashioned way on Craigslist. But then you have to deal with tire kickers and low ballers. Of course eBay is an option, but you run the risk of selling your item for much less than its worth. Luckily, for those of you who don’t want to go through the hassle of Craiglist or eBay, there are a number of sites willing to pay for secondhand electronics right now....
Before I start with the strategies, I need to tell you that if an email isn’t publicly listed, these tools aren’t of much help. Also, if you find someone’s personal email, phone number, and other personal data, and you post it publicly, in some countries this is a privacy violation, and you could face legal trouble. 1. Search with Google Let’s start with the easiest, though certainly not the most efficient, approach....
Download an Image First thing’s first, download your image. If you already have your image, feel free to skip ahead. To save an image from the Internet, simply right-click it and select “Save Image As” in the drop-down menu. Which image format you decide to save the picture in is entirely up to you; however, the most common are JPG and PNG. PNG files tend to be larger in size; however, they are usually better quality....
Note: when enabled, this new feature will only work with devices that support anti-spoofing technology. If your device doesn’t support anti-spoofing, then enabling it does nothing. Enable Enhanced Anti-Spoofing Using the Registry To enable the enhanced anti-spoofing feature, add a new registry value. To do that, press “Win + R,” type regedit and press the Enter button. The above action will open the Windows Registry Editor. Here, navigate to the following key:...
1. Find Your Internal IP Address Using System Preferences To quickly find your IP Address: Open up System Preferences using the Apple Menu or Spotlight. Locate and click on “Network”. Select your currently active network in the left-pane. Once selected, your IP address will be present in the middle corner of the window: 2. Find Your Internal IP Address Using Terminal This is the most easiest way for those of you who are more technologically inclined i....
Does Your Mac Turn On? The first obvious thing you need to check – does your Mac not turn on or not start up? These are two completely different things. Press the Power button on your Mac. If you don’t see the Apple logo, don’t hear a startup chime or any fan or drive noise, or your Mac isn’t turning on at all, follow the below instructions. Check Your Power Connection This is the most obvious step....
Force-closing generally doesn’t hurt the application, although you won’t have a chance to save your work. Many macOS applications auto-save their progress at regular intervals, but as a general rule, you should expect to lose all changes you made since you last saved. This article covers a few methods to force quit a misbehaving macOS app. 1. The Simple Method The first, and simplest, way to force quit an application is to use the Finder....
Yes, that’s correct. Windows 8.1 does indeed have an “inability” which doesn’t easily let it forget a WiFi network if you’ve ever established a connection. What this actually means is if you’ve ever connected your PC to a WiFi network in your school or office, you can’t really forget it as you’d do in Window 8, which allowed you to achieve the same feature through the context menu. Fortunately, if you’re really desperate and need your PC to forget the WiFi network for particular reasons, there are two different ways – different approaches through which you can achieve just that, and in this post we’ll be showing you how....
You can use notify-send in your scripts or set it to run following a long command that you just typed into the command line. The messages that you create are entirely customizable, and they automatically integrate into whichever desktop environment you’re running, so they don’t look out of place or ugly. Basic Notification Open up a terminal on your Linux system and create your first notification. Use the one below and see how it works....
Do you know that Google actually penalizes websites that are slow to load? If you want to get a good search engine ranking, one of the most important thing is to make sure your site load fast, blazingly fast! If you are running WordPress, we have already mentioned several ways to polish up your site loading speed, including adding Google Analytics site speed tracking feature, lazy loading your images, using W3 Total Cache and minify the code....
