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Original Old Article… Virtual CloneDrive makes it easy to mount an ISO image with Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP 64-bit (x64), or 32-bit (x86). Unfortunately, the same goes for IMG and ZBIN files. You’d think Windows 7 would have the built-in ability to mount ISO images, but unfortunately, it does not. Virtual CloneDrive from Slysoft makes the process very easy, so follow the steps below. Note: All shots below were taken on a Windows XP system....

Move Games and Other Items Between Drives The first thing you want to do is get a sense of where you want to move data. To help manage content on each drive, head to Settings > System > Storage and there you’ll see the extra disk you added. Select either one and you will get a list of management actions such as viewing the disk’s content, renaming it, or setting it as the default drive to install new items....

Finding Hiking Trails on Google Maps When you visit the Google Maps website, most people know that you can search for an address or a business, and Google Maps will provide you with a marker showing its location. If you search for something general, like “gas stations”, you’ll see markers for all the gas stations within the view on your map. Did you know you can also do this to find hiking trails?...

In a browser of your choice visit: https://www.donotcall.gov/register/reg.aspx On the very first page, you’ll be prompted to enter your phone number (up to three if you like) and then a valid email address to confirm. You’ll receive an email from register@donotcall.gov and it will contain a link that you’re required to click on to complete the registration process. Click on this link, and you’re done. Unfortunately, this list won’t take effect immediately....

Find My App Introduction The aptly named Find My app allows you to keep track of your family and friends’ current locations and share your location with the same people. You can also use the app to track, remotely lock, and erase lost Apple devices. Find My is available on iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, AirPods, Mac, and through the web. If you’re part of an Apple Family Sharing group, their machines are also trackable using the app....

Delete Alexa Voice Recordings with Alexa App There are a few ways to manage the history of your voice recordings. You can use the Alexa app on your mobile device, Fire TV, or the Alexa web interface. For this example, I’m using the Android app, but the steps are virtually the same on the other platforms. All digital assistants record everything you say to it, too. For more, read our article: How to Delete Your Voice Recordings from Alexa, Google Assistant, Cortana, and Siri....

To share websites with the new Edge, head to the page you want to share and click Settings and more (three dots) > Share. And select the method you want to use to share it from the page. The sharing feature in Windows 10’s Microsoft Edge makes it easy to share web content via email, social media, and through other apps and services. If you’re new to Edge, here’s a look at what you can do....

Once you install Google Sync App, you’ll be able to see all of your Outlook appointments and events on the go from your Google Calendar. Cloud computing at its best right? I think someone at Google did something right here and did I mention that the program is free? Excellent news! Okay, let’s get to work on syncing up these two calendar titans. Note: Google Calendar Sync is compatible with Windows XP (32 bit), Windows Vista (32 & 64 bit) and after testing it, yes it does work with Windows 7....

How To Take Screenshots Using Office 2010 In a Microsoft Office 2010 application (Word, Outlook, Powerpoint, Excel, Onenote, etc.), Click the Insert ribbon and then Click Screenshot. Note: To use the Screenshot feature in Outlook 2010, you need to be composing your email in either HTML or Rich Text format 2. From the screenshot button, there are two options. Available Windows will allow you to capture a screenshot of an entire window you already have open, and the Screen Clipping option will let you draw a box around an area to pick and choose what you want in your screenshot....

That being said, as these alerts started coming in I was in the middle of a conference call and needed to disable them so I could focus on my meeting. Here’s how I turned them off on my iPhone and later turned the AMBER alerts back on. Start by tapping Settings. Tap Notifications. Under Government Alerts, just toggle the AMBER alerts on or off. Although some I’ve spoken with consider these AMBER alerts as a violation of personal privacy, I personally value them as a great tool that helps protect our children....

Note: This How-to only applies to YouTube accounts that were pre-existing before being connected to a Google account. If you log in to YouTube using a Google account you will not see the option to unlink it. Step 1 First of all, you will want to go to YouTube.com and sign in to it with your Google account, as seen below. Step 2 After logging in, on the top right side of the page, click the arrow next to your username and, in the menu that pops below, click Account....

The independent developer Techhit, has developed an Outlook add-on called FBLook. It lets you post status updates and check notifications directly from Outlook. But you’ll still want to grab the Facebook connector from Microsoft if you want to read your friends’ profiles. Download FBLook from the TechHit website (Link Below). It’s a simple installer, just run it and click next a few times to complete. Once installed, you’ll find the FBLook menu on the Outlook ribbon Add-Ins tab....

Original article… One of the most important ways to protect your computer from malicious software is by regularly installing official Windows Updates each month. Unlike Windows XP, which uses an external web page for updates, Windows Vista and Windows 7 both use a Windows Update Application built right into the OS. The new interface adds a few features and also changes things around a little. Let’s take a look at how to make sure you’re getting all of the updates from Microsoft needed to keep your computer secure....

What is Apple Fitness+ Plus? As previously noted, Fitness+ is a paid service that offers a catalog of workouts across various categories. Metrics like heart rate and calories burned are kept via your Apple Watch. When a workout is complete, the information gets added to your daily activity data. In other words, Apple Fitness+ provides yet another way to close your rings! You can watch the videos through iPhone, iPad, and Apple TV....

The good thing is there are third-party services out there that allow you to send large files like WeTransfer, for example. Or, you can share files via OneDrive, Dropbox, or other services. But Mozilla recently launched Firefox Send which a free file transfer service that allows you to share large files from any browser. And it’s super easy. Anyone can send files up to 1 GB in size, and with a Firefox account you can send up to 2....

The process is pretty much the same for both Microsoft Word 2007 and 2010 but today we will show you a quick Video using Word 2010 as well as our typical Step-by-Step Tutorial with screenshots. If you don’t feel like reading, here’s the screencast: Step 1 – Select The Text Open up your document and select the text that you’d like to Bookmark. Step 2 – Creating a Bookmark Click Insert and then Bookmark....

What Do You Need? To use a supported trackpad or mouse, you must own an iPad Pro (all models), iPad Air 2 or later, iPad (5th generation) or later, or iPad mini 4 (or later). You must also have iPadOS 13.4 or later installed on your machine. The trackpad support works with the Apple Magic Mouse 2, Magic Trackpad, and many third-party mice that connect through Bluetooth. In May, Apple’s releasing a new Magic Keyboard for iPad Pro, which includes both a keyboard and a built-in trackpad....

Note: To use this feature your screen resolution needs to be at least 1366×768 pixels. View Windows 8 Apps and Desktop With a keyboard and mouse, hover the pointer in the lower left or upper right corner of the screen. Then move the mouse straight up or down to bring up the App Switcher. This is a new feature in Windows 8 that will display thumbnail tiles of running apps....

Download the iTunes U app to your iPhone, iPad or iPod touch. You’ll get a message to sync iTunes U courses across your devices. The interface is the familiar bookshelf you get with the iBooks and Newsstand apps. Tap the message to subscribe to courses. Now you can browse through all of the available courses by topic, university and other schools. When you find a course you like, check out the description and materials included....

Just when we thought Android smartphones couldn’t get any larger, HTC launched the J Butterfly for the Japanese market. This is the first smartphone ever to feature a Full HD touchscreen. HTC uses a new technology called Super LCD 3 to make the display full HD 1080p with 440ppi resolution. To get an idea of how impressive these display specs are, take this into consideration: The iPhone 5 Retina display is at 326ppi resolution and HTC’s One X has a LCD 2 display at 312ppi....