Thankfully, Windows 10 makes it pretty easy. All you have to do is a couple of clicks in the settings app. However, unless you bought a pre-built PC from a manufacturer like Dell, HP, etc., or have the recovery partition, Windows will prompt you to insert the installation media when resetting the computer. Though this doesn’t seem like much, it can be quite annoying if you don’t have the Windows 10 installation DVD or USB drive....

If your operating system does become corrupted, you can plug in the USB recovery drive and boot into it to help repair the damage. This will then give you a menu with several options you can use to help bring Windows back to life. What You Need All you need to create a Windows 10 recovery drive is an empty USB drive. You can either buy a new one or use one that you don’t need....

What Are Macros? So, what are macros? The best way to think of macros is as a series of instructions. You set out a series of steps that you want Word to automate, then tell Word to perform those steps whenever you like. This makes automation very easy, and can save a lot of time and effort. The easiest way to create a macro is to allow Word to record your actions, then physically perform your desired actions within the document....

Installing & Launching Debreate The first thing we’ll need to do is install Debreate. You can download the package from Sourceforge here, then install with the package manager of your choice, or with the following command: Then we can launch Debreate from KRunner by executing “debreate“, or by clicking the item in the “Development” section of the application menu. Start up the program, and you’ll get the following (first-run) screen, as shown below at left, followed by an info screen, below at right....

However, the scheduled task to defragment the drive misses from time to time. If you want to manually defragment your drive, you need to dig through the Control Panel. To make things a bit easier, you can add the defragment option to the right-click context menu on a drive. Here’s how to do so. Note: before making any changes to the Windows Registry Editor, make sure that you have a good backup....

Disable Password Manager in Google Chrome Open Google Chrome on your PC and click the three-dot menu button at the top right. Under the three-dot menu, select Settings. Under the Auto-fill section, click on Passwords. On the next screen you will see the option “Offer to Save Passwords.” Toggle off this option. Additionally, toggle off the “Auto Sign-in” option, which is right below the “Offer to Save Passwords” option. Note that disabling the “Auto Sign-in” option will prevent Google Chrome from automatically signing in to websites using the stored login credentials....

To start using this convenient extension manager, visit the Chrome Web Store and download Extensity. After downloading, the Extensity icon should be visible on the add-on bar (top-right corner of the browser). Click on this and you are shown a list of extensions as well as web applications. By default, the items are categorized as either Extensions or Apps. Extensions are usually shown with icons in the add-on bar, while Apps appear as big icons when you open a new tab....

With Firefox’s recent update to version 60, it started displaying sponsored ads whenever you open a new tab. Some users may not mind seeing these ads, but others want them gone yesterday. Don’t worry if you don’t get along with technology, as the steps to disable sponsored ads are quick and easy. How to Disable Sponsored Ads in Firefox To remove all sponsored ads from Firefox, open a new tab and click on the gear icon at the top-right of your display....

If you’ve vowed to never use YouTube again, you may be happy to know that if you had a previous username on YouTube, you can go back to using it. This means that you will not need a Google+ account in order to comment on YouTube. In fact, you can even delete your Google+ account if you don’t like. This tutorial will show you how to disconnect Google+ from your YouTube account and go back to using your previous username....

Return to Windows 7 You can only use this option if you upgraded to Windows 10 from Windows 7. Note that this method will not work if you did a clean reinstall or if you’ve had your Windows 10 running for longer than thirty days. To get started, press the Win + I as shown in the image below to call up the Settings menu. Or use the Start Menu to call up your Settings menu....

Downloading Instagram stories on your PC is possible, but to do it on your Android is not possible with the official Instagram app. Here we show you how to do so on your Android phone using the Barinsta app. Note: there are many websites and apps that claim to be able to download Instagram Stories; however, most of them are scams and could be after your sensitive data. The following app is the one we tried and found to work....

Thanks to the RSS technology, you could get automatic notifications of some regular downloads that you do – such as TV shows, manga series, podcast and other kinds of casts – if the provider of the content support RSS, that is. Automate the RSS Content Download And then I found Automatic. This small application for Mac which reside in the preference pane takes the pleasure of using RSS one step further by allowing users to automatically download the content in the background....

If you are a keen Linux user, you may find yourself wanting to install multiple Linux distributions on your PC and boot into which ever distro meets your current needs. If you can’t decide between one flavor or another, just install both and do a dual boot. It is quite easy to install Linux in a dual-boot configuration. The key to a successful dual-boot system is to get the partitioning right....

When this happens, it may appear that no application will reactivate. Apps may continue to function in the background, but as Expose is stuck and covering the whole screen, it will prevent you from using the mouse to interact with any of the open apps. If this happens or has ever happened to you, you might think that forcing the system to restart is the only option. But if you have important work open and don’t want to disturb your workflow, there is another relatively easy way to solve the problem....

To do it, have a YouTube account and content to monetize. Later on you’ll need banking information for payouts, but that isn’t necessary to get started. The Set Up From a desktop browser, log in to your YouTube home page. Click your channel icon in the top right of the screen. Then, select “Creator Studio.” From here, “status and features” will be an option under “channel” on the right-side selection menu....

However, there are a few reasons why you might want to set up automatic login on your computer. Perhaps your computer is physically secure, and you don’t like entering your password all the time, or maybe your disk is encrypted and you don’t like having to enter two passwords on boot. Here are the steps to take if you want to bypass the login screen in Ubuntu. Unity Launch the settings app and go to User Accounts....

In Ubuntu, open the “Software & Updates” application. This is what you will see: Go to the “Updates” tab. In the section “When there are security updates,” select from the dropdown “Download and Install automatically”. Make sure you also check the boxes beside “Important security updates,” “Recommend updates” and “unsupported updates.” This will automate the updating of system files as well as all the software you have installed (from repository or via PPA)....

Find the Startup Folder in Windows 11/10 Finding the Windows Startup folder is easy, as there are multiple ways to do that. Here we discuss how to locate the startup apps using Windows utilities, such as File Explorer, Task Manager, Command Prompt, and Registry Editor. Locating the Windows Startup Folder in File Explorer There are two different kinds of startup folders in Windows: one for all users and the other for the current user who’s logged in on the device....

What Counts as Blurry? When you describe a photo as “blurry,” that’s a fairly broad category. It means that the subject isn’t sharp, yes. But there are several kinds of blur. Identifying the type of blur is important to knowing how to fix it. Motion blur results from the subject or the camera moving during the exposure. Focus blur comes from focusing on the wrong part of the subject. We will focus on improving focus blur in this tutorial....

Why Do MBR Errors Happen? The reasons for MBR errors could be due to, but not limited to: Corrupted or deleted boot files Removing the Linux operating system from a dual-boot computer Mistakenly installing an older version of boot record, etc. Access Windows Recovery and Command Prompt Note: we’re showing how to do this in Windows 10, but the process is largely similar for Windows 7 and 8, too. If you have a boot record problem, then you probably won’t be able to reach the Windows desktop and open the command prompt from there....