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How to Sign Up for HBO Max If you have some sort of subscription to HBO, it’s likely (but not guaranteed) you already have access to the new service. Current Subscribers HBO Now subscribers who are direct-billed through Apple, Google Play, Samsung, Optimum, Verizon Fios Internet, Consolidated Communications, and Liberty Cablevision of Puerto Rico have access to HBO Max right now. If you’re one of these users, you might have already noticed your HBO Now app has been replaced by HBO Max....

While that worked in the XP days, the OS has evolved, and there are many ways to do it. Windows 11 Safe Mode Update: You can also start the new Windows 11 in Safe Mode, here’s how. Safe Mode via Advanced Boot Options If you’re having problems booting into Windows 10 or it keeps crashing on you, the easy way to get into Safe Mode is to use Advanced Boot Options....

Note: Here, I’m using Word 2007, but the feature was discontinued in 2010. Summarize a Microsoft Word 2007 Document Open the document you want to summarize and click on the Office button. Then click Word Options. Word Options comes up. Click on Customize from the sidebar. Open the “Choose Commands From” dropdown menu and select the “All Commands” option. Scroll down from the list of commands and find AutoSummary Tools, click on Add and click Ok....

You may even be using more than one app to keep your life together: Google Calendar for your personal life, Outlook for your work commitments. If that’s the case, you may want to combine the two and view all of your events in one place. While it’s possible to sync Outlook calendars with Google Calendar, the process isn’t entirely simple. Here’s what you’ll need to do. How to Import a Google Calendar into Outlook If you’re looking to view your Google Calendar events in Outlook, you’ll need to subscribe to that calendar in Outlook first....

Move Data from Windows Phone 8 to PC First, just connect your Windows Phone 8 smartphone to your PC. Your smartphone will be detected and the driver will be installed. Here I’m using Windows 7, but it’s virtually the same in Windows 8. After the phone is detected, you’re prompted to install the Windows Phone app. If you don’t want to install the software, it does allow you to browse the files on your phone in Windows Explorer as well....

Disable AutoPlay from Windows 8 Start Screen (Metro UI) If you’re on the Windows 8 Start screen, use the keyboard shortcut Windows Key + W to bring up the Settings Search field and type: autoplay. Then click its icon under search results on the left side of the screen. In the next screen, uncheck Use AutoPlay for All media and Devices and Save. Disable AutoPlay from Windows 8 Desktop From the desktop, hover the mouse in the left corner to bring up the so-called Power User menu, right click and select Control Panel....

Messages in macOS Big Sur: Familiar Design In recent years, Apple has beefed up the features in Messages in iOS and iPadOS. Memoji, trending images and GIFs, pinned conversations, mentions, and other features now make communicating through text more fun. The company also changed how search functions inside Messages. It now organizes results into links and photos and highlights matching terms, making search results easier to find and understand. iMessage vs....

For this tutorial I’m using my favorite version of Linux called Zorin Linux but it should work with essentially any flavor. Open any web browser and go to the Ninite for Linux site which is till in the beta stage. Scroll down and select your favorite programs for your Linux system. Then click Get Installer at the bottom of the list. Just like Ninite for Windows, the installer file is downloaded to your system....

Share Computer Screen on Skype You need to be on a call to share a screen with another person – it doesn’t have to be a video call, just voice will do. Then to share your screen for Skype on Windows, click Call > Share Screens. Note: On a Mac, it’s under Conversations > Share Screens. Alternately, while having your conversation with the other party, click the Plus icon and select Share Screen from the popup menu....

Screen Lock to Disable Netflix Playback Controls To enable the feature, start playing a show or movie you want to watch on Netflix from the app. Then tap the screen for the playback controls to display. From there you should see a “Screen Lock” option in the lower-left corner of the screen. Tap on it to lock the screen and hide all of the playback control options. To unlock the screen at any time, tap the Screen Locked button....

When friends ask me about How-To start a blog, my standard answer is 1: WordPress and 2: Windows Live Writer. I explain that Windows Live Writer is like Microsoft Word for blogging. I was thinking about those conversation when I discovered back in Word 2007 that you could actually blog using Word. Although in 2007, the features weren’t very good so I never talked about them however, with the release of Microsoft Office 2010 and Word 2010 the blogging features built into Word are actually pretty good....

Create an Apple ID Before you can start watching Apple TV Plus you need to first create an Apple ID if you don’t have one already. You can create an ID for free by visiting the Apple ID page in your web browser. Once on the page click the “Create Your Apple ID” link in the upper-right corner of the screen. After that simply fill out the form with personal details like name, date of birth, and create a password....

In this article, you’ll learn how to use Excel’s web-scraping feature. You’ll also learn how those web-scrape queries work and how to automate them. How Web Scraping in Excel Works You can get “external” data from inside Excel. Just keep in mind the following requirements: Your computer must have an active internet connection.The URL you’re pulling data from needs to have a static data table present on the page.If you automate the file, the computer where the Excel file is saved needs an active internet connection....

One of my favorite things about Firefox is the many free add-ons available on the Mozilla Add-on site. One of my favorite Add-ons I install on my systems is the BetterSearch Firefox plug-in. BetterSearch enhances Google, Bing, and Yahoo! searching by adding previews to search results as well as other features. Very groovy Indeed! Without BetterSearch Plug-in The easiest way to identify the new features that BetterSearch adds is a side-by-side comparison....

Insert a USB thumb drive into your computer. The flash drive needs to be 4GB or larger. I’m using an 8GB drive. Now, download and install the Windows 7 USB/DVD Download Tool. It’s a free utility from the Microsoft Store. Yes, it’s named Windows 7, but it works perfectly with Windows 8 too. Launch the utility and browse to the location of the Windows 8 ISO. Click Next. Next, click USB Device....

iOS Emergency SOS Auto-Call and Emergency Contacts After you’ve activated Emergency SOS, you’ll have the option to swipe to contact emergency services or dial your emergency medical contact. Once this happens, you will begin sharing your location with emergency services and your emergency contact even if you’ve turned location services off. In order your Emergency SOS to contact the right people, you have to add them as emergency contacts in your Health app....

The Windows Support Lifecycle determines the support length and availability of product updates, such as security updates and feature improvements. Windows 10 is an exciting release as it pertains to Microsoft’s traditional support lifecycle. Unlike previous releases of Windows, Microsoft delivers revisions of Windows 10 as a service. One of the key benefits of the new service model is the delivery of free revisions of Windows 10 to existing Windows 10 PCs and devices....

Microsoft Announces Xbox Series X Microsoft’s Xbox chief, Phil Spencer, notes that the new Xbox Series X will “deliver four times the processing power of Xbox One X in the quietest and most efficient way, something that is critically important in delivering truly immersive gameplay.” However, the company did not reveal the exact hardware specs that are under the hood. But we do know that it will include a custom CPU based on AMD’s Zen 2 and next-gen RDNA architecture....

Windows 10 19H1 Build 18234 Ink support for Microsoft To-Do allows you to use handwritten notes with Microsoft Ink technology. You can complete your tasks by striking through them or using checkmarks. — Microsoft To-Do Help (@MicrosoftToDo) September 4, 2018 Sticky Notes 3.0 is getting a refresh in this next version and will include several new features and abilities. Snip & Sketch is a new tool for taking screenshots and it’s getting improvements including delay snip which includes the option to delay a snip from three to 10 seconds....

Windows 10 Redstone 4 Preview Build 17040 As Microsoft continues to move items from its classic control panel to the Settings app and one of the new improvements is the ability to adjust brightness for standard definition content color on a system in HDR mode. You will find the slider in Settings > System >Display. There are also improvements to the touch keyboard including support for shape-writing for the wide full-screen keyboard....