Before you do so, you must know the name of the account that you want to hide. This is not the full name that you have entered on your computer. This is another name that your computer uses to uniquely identify you on your computer. Note: If you happen to use the Pro version of Windows 10, please skip the following section and go to the second section where you can use the “Local Users and Groups” panel to find out your account name....
It’s a frustrating problem, as the thought of tethering your laptop to a charger completely defeats the purpose of a laptop. Fortunately, Windows includes tools designed to help you squeeze more juice from a waning laptop battery. These tools came in the form of power plans, pre-configured parameters that would give preferential treatment to either power consumption or performance depending on the users’ needs. With Windows 10, Microsoft introduced a new way to extend the battery life of your laptop or tablet called “Battery Saver....
How to Install the Telegram Desktop App in Ubuntu Ubuntu users have the easiest time getting access to the Telegram Desktop app without doing anything differently. Just go to the Software Center and search for Telegram in the search bar. Click on the Telegram Desktop choice that comes up and click Install. You can also install from the terminal by entering the following command: That’ll grab the latest version from the repositories and install it on your system....
The next logical step in bolstering your spreadsheets is to link data between different spreadsheets, grabbing the exact data or ranges of data you want and sending them to a whole new place! Here we’ll show you how to do that using the QUERY and IMPORTRANGE functions. Note: when linking data to another spreadsheet, you’ll need to click the cell and “Allow Access” after entering the formula, otherwise the data won’t appear....
I’m normally pretty frugal with my mobile data, but when I got a fancy new contract with a 7GB data limit, I got careless. I got into the habit of listening to long music videos, talks, DJ sets and so on on YouTube, then just putting my phone in my pocket. Last month, just a week after my data allowance reset for the new month, I’d crossed the 7GB threshold, and I blame it all on YouTube....
App restrictions have always been a part of iOS devices, but with the release of iOS 12, these features are now in a new utility called Screen Time. There’s no system-level feature for locking apps individually, so you’re limited to how many you can lock. It’s also harder to hide apps from view completely, but we’ll show you a number of workarounds you can use to protect your app settings and get the same effect....
An important thing to know is that the meaning of “low-level formatting” has changed over time, and this efficient formatting method has largely been replaced today by something known as “zero-filling.” Here’s everything you need to know about this process and the tools you need to do it. Low-Level Format vs. Zero Fill Low-level formatting formats your hard drive past the point of no return because it wipes all existing sectors on the physical surface of your drive rather than just on the filesystem....
Those purists still love KDE 3.5, and many of them continue to use the supported version of it called Trinity Desktop Environment. Others, however, mainly just preferred the KDE 3.5 look over the current Plasma Air appearance. If that is the case, Plasma gives you the flexibility to make your KDE 4 desktop look like KDE 3.5. The Panel In terms of functionality, much of the KDE panel has not changed....
Note: this tutorial is based on Ubuntu 20.04 and Gnome 3.36, but the methods should be broadly similar across distros. Creating users To begin, go into your Settings app and, from the left edge, choose Users. In order to make changes here, you’ll need to authenticate. Click “Unlock … ” from the top right and put in your password. You’ll now have access to the various tools, such as being able to change your username or password, set automatic login or view Account Activity....
Bitwarden is an open-source password manager that supports almost all computing platforms, comes with plenty of features and is free. It is available for Windows, Linux, Mac, Android, and iOS and supports almost all browsers. Note: in this review we will focus on the Linux version. Install Bitwarden You will find Bitwarden in most software centers/package managers. To install Bitwarden, simply search for it and click to install. Alternatively, you can download the AppImage from Bitwarden’s Download page....
Here’s a guide to muting people on social media without getting rid of them completely. Twitter Some people still find it easy to be annoying in 140 characters or less. Luckily, it’s easy to mute them and they won’t be able to find out. They’ll still be able to interact with you and respond to your tweets, so don’t worry about offending them. Tap on one of their tweets, and hit the options menu (the three circles next to the like button)....
The latter has become the default photo management app in Gnome since the release of Gnome 3.36. In this short guide you’ll learn the process of adding photos, creating albums, making basic edits and sharing images. Despite being the default photos app on Gnome, it wasn’t installed on our fresh Ubuntu machine. You can install it via the Software Manager. When you first launch the application it will scan through your top level directories and import every image into the database....
What Is Full-Disk Encryption in Windows 10, and Should I Use It? Full-disk encryption means that without your user password, the data on your hard drive is completely inaccessible. If a disk is not encrypted, it’s possible to remove the disk from your computer, mount it to the attacker’s computer, and access all your files with no restrictions. Encrypted disks don’t suffer from this security hole. Because their data is hopelessly scrambled without the key, it’s totally unintelligible to a key-less attacker....
Nginx, a highly popular server system for Unix machines, comes with enough built-in functionality to greatly limit the effectiveness of DDoS attacks. Here are a few effective options for handling such threats on an Nginx-powered server: Back Up Your Configuration File Before you change any settings, make sure you make a quick backup of your server’s configuration. The following command works for this: Once done, you’re ready to move on....
Chrome for Android offers the same functionality, though it works a little differently. As far as saving web pages, this isn’t the same as saving content for offline reading. Once printed, you won’t even need Chrome to view it. However, you’ll need an app that supports PDF files, such as Adobe Reader, which is free. Why Print to PDF? With so many different ways to share web pages and save content for offline reading, this may all seem pointless....
Note: There are just too many email clients around and we won’t be able to cover them all. This article only focuses on Gmail, Outlook and Thunderbird. Yahoo doesn’t come with plain text mode. Gmail In Gmail, there isn’t an explicit button for you to view your message in plain text. However, you can click the down arrow button beside “Reply” and select “Message text garbled?”. This will open a new window and display the email content in plain text....
What Does Rebuilding the PS4’s Database Do? A video game console is essentially a computer that is designed to play video games. As such, a console has many of the same components found in a PC. They both have a CPU, a graphics processing unit, RAM and a storage device. Since video game consoles like the PlayStation 4 are essentially custom-built PCs, it stands to reason that the PS4 would benefit from the same kind of maintenance routinely done on PCs....
Yes, you do not need to launch the record app on your device and then play around with it to start and stop recording. All of that can be done directly on your Mac. The tool lets you capture as well as record the screen of your Android device. The results are saved on your Mac instead of the SD card storage on your device. Here’s how you can use the tool on your machine:...
With QuickTime on your Mac you no longer need to run to a third-party app to record your iPhone’s screen, as the app can do the job for you easily. The only thing you need is a Mac and a cable that connects your phone to your Mac. Here’s how: Recording the Screen of an iPhone Using QuickTime on a Mac Connect your iPhone to your Mac using a compatible cable and ensure that your Mac recognizes your device....
In Installed, you will see any apps that need to be updated, so if you want to you can go ahead and update them. Next to “Installed” you will see “All Tab,” and that is where you will find all the apps you have downloaded. In this tab all the apps you installed are listed along with the uninstalled apps, but you can quickly identify the uninstalled apps by the X they will have on the side....
