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What is Click-to-Run? Click-to-Run is a Microsoft application streaming and virtualization technology (App-V) which they acquired from a company named SoftGrid several years back. App-V allows system administrators to package an application in a virtual “bubble” and then deploy it in large quantities to their desktops. A great thing about App-V is the streaming technology allows users to begin the install and then almost immediately launch it while it’s still being streamed/installed on the desktop....

Click on File to access Backstage View. If you have multiple accounts setup, select the account you want to check. Then go to Info » Cleanup Tools » Mailbox Cleanup. In the Mailbox Cleanup window click View Mailbox Size. In the Folder Size window you’ll see how much space each folder is taking up. Now that you know which folders are taking up the most space, you can clean them up....

First the error messages: “Microsoft Outlook exited without properly closing your Outlook Data file: FILE.OST. Microsoft Outlook must be restarted. If this error message recurs, contact support for Microsoft Outlook for assistance.” After clicking OK, the following error message appears: “Cannot start Microsoft Outlook. Cannot open the Outlook window. The set of folders cannot be opened.” Each time Outlook is opened, the same two errors above display and Outlook will not open....

First, log in to Outlook.com – if you have an old @hotmail or @live email address, you’ll see the new revamped interface. Now, open a message that contains an attached document. Then click the doc icon at the bottom to view it online. If you click anywhere else on the icon, it will prompt you to download it. Here’s an example of an Excel spreadsheet. And here’s an attached Word doc....

Photoshop has the ability to do some very interesting things with layers. Nowt it’s time to learn something a bit more about layers and what you can do with them. In this tutorial I’ll cover some advanced tips and tricks on Layers. I’m sure these tips will broaden your Photoshop knowledge and will be the next small step towards better images. Let’s get started. Blending Options in Photoshop A way to tweak the layers you created is by using Blending Options....

How to Use Vine for iOS First download Vine from the App Store on your device. To use it, you’ll need at least an iPhone 3GS or a 4th generation iPod touch. There’s not a version for iPad yet. After installing it, log in with your Twitter account. You’ll need to authorize it to access your Twitter account, and after that you can start browsing though videos from different users....

Fortunately, thanks to FaceTime, they see and hear her often enough to remember her, and she got to see them often during those months when they sprout from tiny infants to bouncing babies. The only problem with FaceTime calls: wildly flailing toddler fingers and toes lead to frustrating accidental hang-ups. We’ve tried teaching them not to press the big red button when grandma’s on the line but to no avail....

Restrict the Ability to Load Website Images in Chrome Open Google Chrome and click the Options icon (Wrench) at the top-right of the window. From the menu click Settings. At the bottom of the settings page click Show Advanced Settings. Scroll down to Privacy and click Content Settings. A pop-up menu will appear, scroll down to Images and click Manage Exceptions. Next is the image exceptions page. On this page, type in a web address, select whether to allow or block images and then press Enter to save it to the list....

Microsoft Outlook Vacation Mode You deserve it; you’ve dreamed of it, but now that your vacation is almost here, how do you make sure that you don’t have to tell every coworker that you’re on vacation when they call you to ask you about something and you’re on the beach? Well, here’s a unique way of doing it. Instead of using the Calendar Meeting feature to schedule another long boring meeting, use it to let them know you’re going to the beach....

Photo Courtesy: Margaret Wozniak Here’s a story he told me about Steve Jobs back in the day. The two had just sold their worldly possessions -– Wozniak his expensive Hewlett-Packard calculator and Jobs his Volkwagon van — to get the $1,000 they needed for 50 Apple I circuit boards to show and sell to tech enthusiasts at the Homebrew Computer Club. Photo Courtesy: Alan Luckow The following is an excerpt from interviews I recorded for iWOZ: How I Invented the Computer and Had Fun Doing It (Steve Wozniak with Gina Smith, W....

Posted online last week to honor Steve Jobs’ passing, Mak’s evocative image went viral. Groovy ran it here in our Steve Jobs Tribute Image Gallery. Now it turns out that another designer, Chris Thornley, created this image well before. Mak says he’d done a thorough search before creating the image that made him famous last week. Once thrilled at his instant fame, he now feels “disappointed,” he told The New York Times....

Microsoft unveiled its next generation console, the Xbox One last week. Already haters are yelling about no backward compatibility with games, its size, and whether it’s truly a all-in-one solution for the living room. Josh gets more hands on time with Google Glass and lets us know what Google Glass bathroom etiquette is! Brian gets a Roku 3 and the new user interface has rolled out for current Roku 2 users....

The TechGroove Show Notes Microsoft Office 2013Install Microsoft Office 2013 (365 Home Premium)Windows SkyDriveGoogle Buys Mac and iPhone Mail Client SparrowInfinite Cloud Storage with Bitcasa Public BetaGoogle’s Nexus 7 16GB Model sells out – via CnetSamsung Galaxy S III Sales Reach 10 Million – via The Verge Groovy Tip of the Week: Boot Directly Into Desktop with Start8 @ 58:17 on the show — I have to comment about Siri. I just love Siri and I dictate to her all the time to write texts and emails....

Whatever the reason it wasn’t included on the new Apple TV, the gap is closed and to get it, you’ll need to make sure you have the latest tvOS update. Get the Podcasts App for the New Apple TV If you have your box set to get updates automatically, then you should see the new app by the time you get home. Otherwise, read our article: How to Get the Latest Updates for Your New Apple TV....

Picking up where I left off with what I do best, I’ll be focusing on those of you with Transformer Primes and other Tegra devices. I proudly present to you five groovy Nvidia Tegra Zone games you can play for free! Most of these games are quite large as they are console quality. This means they look awesome on the Prime, and even more so when used via HDMI to a big screen....

Tungle.me, like the similarly named, but completely unaffiliated Join.me, which grooveDexter reviewed earlier, is a new breed of software as a service web app that takes the hint that nobody wants to install your client or register an account, even if the service is groovy and/or free (both of which are true for Tungle.me). And that there is Tungle.me’s greatest strength. It allows anyone, I mean anyone, to enjoy the perks of smarter Web 2....

Here is a look at the message Twitter Support team sent out: — Twitter Support (@TwitterSupport) May 3, 2018 Here is what the company wrote on its blog today about the bug: Change Your Twitter Password While there may not have been any data stolen, the company is urging everyone to change their password as well as use the following steps to double-check their Twitter account security: Due to a bug, passwords were written to an internal log before completing the hashing process....

What is Sleep? Sleep (aka Suspend on Linux) is a low power use state where the computer enters a “suspended animation.” Putting your computer into sleep mode will allow you to pause all of your current work and seemingly shut down for fast recovery later. Because the computer never completely powers off, the battery or just electricity, in general, is still used while in Sleep mode. Some systems that support a hybrid sleep will save current data to the hard disk in a temporary file, while others will store it in the computer’s physical RAM....

SnapchatDB is an unofficial site run by an anonymous person or group that allows anyone to access the information. The database is a SQL dump with a CSV text file that shows details of the Snapchat users as well as their location. Interestingly the last two digits of the user’s phone number is blurred out. Also, according to thread on Reddit, users have reported the area codes represent that all affected users are based in North America....