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SharpKeys 3.6 is another gem I found among many on the Github website, such as the HOSTS File editor, making it easier to edit your Windows Host file without all the hassle involved. Like the HOST file editor, SharpKeys takes functionality that exists in Windows 10—remapping your keyboard keys—but makes it easy enough for the everyday user to do it on the fly. With SharpKeys, you can quickly and easily reassign your keyboard key to another key or make it into a shortcut to launch an application or perform some other Windows function....

How to Export Edge Passwords You can quickly export Edge passwords by following these steps: If you want a more detailed walkthrough, follow the steps below. Exporting Microsoft Edge Passwords To start off, launch the Edge browser, and click the Options menu (three dots) and choose Settings. Next, choose Profiles from the left pane menu. Under the “Your profile” section click on Passwords. Now, click the three dots next to “Saved passwords” and choose Export passwords from the menu....

Update: The Windows Live Essentials suite of apps is no longer available or supported by Microsoft. Getting Movie Maker (No Longer Supported) If you don’t already have it, download and install Photo Gallery and Movie Maker. Both programs need to be installed together because they share several of the same features. The two are part of the Windows Live Essentials 2012 suite of free software utilities from Microsoft. Open Movie Maker and click Add Video and Photos and browse to the location of the video file you want to get the audio from....

In a blog post, Microsoft stated that the rumors of Command Prompt’s death have been greatly exaggerated; Command Prompt will still be available in the Creators Update. Although PowerShell is the default command line utility in Windows 10 Creators Update, users can still revert to Command Prompt as the default or launch it just as they normally do in current Windows versions. Let’s take a look at how to do that....

I was even more surprised to see that they went through. However, there was a catch. It showed up in the inbox with a dire warning message: The problem, according to Google, was that the email said that it was coming from @gmail.com, when in reality, it was Outlook.com’s mail server that originated the message. This is a common trick by phishers, who pretend to be sending out official requests for information or login links from spoofed email addresses....

For Windows Vista and Windows 7 users, the above Security Warning pop up can be one of the most annoying things I’ve ever encountered on a computer. If this is happening to you, every time you open nearly ANY program you get one of these windows where you have to take the extra step and Click Open just to launch your program. Let’s fix that, right now! Disclaimer: I mentioned Vista because this fix should work there too, but I have only tested it on Windows 7....

The control panel is usually the first place you go to change any major setting on your computer. Unfortunately, the default view for the control panel in Windows 7 is Category view. There is no option to permanently switch back to a “classic view,” as in other versions of Windows (I know, some habits die hard.) The good news is, I found a simple fix! Before I get started with this Windows 7 How-To Tutorial, let’s take a look at what I’m talking about specifically....

Windows Defender is the default antimalware security software that comes built into Windows 10. It protects your system in real-time against all sorts of security threats such as viruses, worms, rootkits, spyware, and even ransomware. Windows Defender continues to improve with each major update of Windows 10. If you’re running Windows 10 Creators Update (Version 1703) check out our article on the new Windows Defender Security Center. It makes it easier for you to view and control the security protections on your Windows 10 device....

Storage that you got for free as part of the service will be reduced from 15 GB to 5 GB. All of us here at gP, as well as a lot of other OneDrive users weren’t happy with this decision at all. You can read our commentary about it in our article: Microsoft’s New OneDrive Storage Policy Punishes All Users for a Problem it Created. Luckily, clearer heads prevailed at Microsoft, and as a concession for those users, the OneDrive Team is offering the opportunity to opt-in until January 31st, 2016 to keep it....

Update: This article was originally written for an old version of Skype. For the modern version on Windows 10, you need to launch the app and go to Settings > General and turn on the “On close, keep Skype running” switch. Older Versions of Skype and Windows Another annoyance you might have noticed is that when you right-click the Skype icon and select Close, it doesn’t remove the icon from the taskbar....

Export Safari Web Browser Data and Bookmarks and Import to Windows 10 Your first step is to choose which browser you’ll use once you get to Windows 10. Apple stopped the development of Safari for Windows a few years ago. I personally use Mozilla Firefox because of its speed, performance, and superb syncing. Whichever browser you choose, you should be able to import Safari bookmarks. Method 1: Export as an HTML File To export your Safari bookmarks, open Safari, and click File > Export Bookmarks....

How to Pin your Favorite Sites to the New Tab Screen on Chrome To get started, open chrome to a new blank tab. Google Chrome, by default, will list your most visited websites in order from top-left to bottom-right. Hover your mouse over a thumbnail that belongs to each website to display 2 commonly unknown options: Pin and Remove. If you want Chrome to reflect your Most visited websites literally, you can leave it as is....

However, things can become troublesome when trying to apply number formatting to an existing range of data. You can update the format of a cell, but sometimes it won’t automatically refresh with the new formatting. This stubbornness usually happens when choosing a custom number format. You can update it by double-clicking the cell, making no changes, and then press Enter, but this can be very tedious. This process is particularly troublesome when importing significant amounts of data....

Stream Star Trek: Discovery via CBS All Access This is an obvious marketing ploy by CBS. It’s giving away the first episode to entice fans to purchase the CBS All Access service. To further tease you to do an impulse buy, the second episode goes live the same night on the streaming service following the OTA broadcast. CBS isn’t going to dump the entire 15 seasons at once either. The first eight episodes will run through November 5th and the second half of the season won’t launch until January of next year....

This week Premium channel subscriptions are rolling out to everyone and will work on most modern Roku devices, including boxes, sticks, and Roku-powered smart TVs. They will also be supported via the web-based version of The Roku Channel and the mobile app on iOS. Android support is coming in early February. Here is a look at how to find and subscribe to a premium channel. Subscribe to Premium Channels via The Roku Channel Fire up your Roku device and launch The Roku Channel....

All you need is Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Internet Explorer, or Safari, and your Android smartphone (it can be an older one, too, as the app runs on Android 2.2 and up.) You can even use it with an iPad or Kindle by accessing a URL — you can find links and extensions here. Send Text Messages via Gmail Note: This is how to do it using Google Chrome, but the process is similar to other browsers....

For many geeky, professional or casual tech users, the desktop serves as a hub and docking station for their mobile devices. Until recently, the lack of smartphone and/or MP3 player support was one of the largest barriers to full-time adoption of Linux. With the most recent releases of Ubuntu, that is no longer an issue. You can use Ubuntu to sync your iPhone and other iOS devices in Linux, giving you one more compelling reason to kiss iTunes goodbye....

There are two new tracking identifiers in the UIDevice class in the new mobile OS: identiferForAdvertising (IDFA) is a cross app publisher identifieridentifierForVendor (IDFV) is a publisher-specific identifier These new identifiers are random and anonymous numbers assigned to your device. When you browse the web in Safari or use an app (basically anything you do on your device) a call is sent out for a targeted ad based on your usage history....

As much as we’d love to have completely paperless offices, especially at home, having to scan documents and photos is as inevitable as the tide. If you have a Microsoft Surface with Windows RT, scanning those documents on rare occasions is really a piece of cake. Set Up Printer on Surface RT & Windows 8 The first thing you’ll need to do is make sure your scanner is connected to your Surface RT....

If you’ve enabled HTTPS on your Windows Live Hotmail account, then you’ve probably noticed it no longer works with certain desktop programs. Windows Live Mail is one of them, and Microsoft doesn’t offer any solution; they just simply state “it’ll cause errors.” Fortunately, there is a way to still connect to HTTPS enabled Hotmail from your Live Mail desktop client. We’ll show you how in this groovy guide! Step 1 Load up Windows Live mail....