Share Your Windows Folder Before you do anything, you need to ensure that Windows has been correctly set up to allow for networking file sharing. To enable this on Windows, right-click on the network icon in the notifications area of your Windows taskbar. From here, click “Open Network & Internet Settings.” Under the “Status” category, click “Sharing options.” In your Windows sharing options menu, make sure that “Turn on network discovery” and “Turn on file and printer sharing” are enabled....

Press Enter This will open the Local Group Policy Editor window. On the left pane, navigate to Local Computer Policy -> Computer Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Windows Components -> Windows Update. On the right pane, double click on the entry “No auto-restart with logged on users for scheduled automated updates installation”. In the next window, select the box “Enabled” and click Apply. Click OK to close the window....

The generic account picture, used for guests in OS X, is a grey silhouette on a darker grey background as we’ve shown in the screenshot below: Now, you might know that this icon is only used for guest accounts, while all other user-created account are assigned a random picture from the provided account icons. In the “Users and Groups” section of “System Preferences,” you can change this account picture to a different built-in one, or you can also use a new photo altogether (including taking a photo via the iSight camera)....

Luckily, you can turn off this pop up feature easily and switch back to the old icon-appear-at-system-tray mode. Open up a terminal, type This will load up the gconf editor window Navigate to “Apps -> Update Notifier”. On the right, unchecked the “auto_launch” box. Close the window. That’s it. To recover the auto launch pop up function, simply repeat the above step, but place a check in the auto_launch box....

The following steps show how to do that. In your file manager press Ctrl + H to show hidden files. Open the “.bashrc” file in a text editor. Find the line that starts with PS1=. The complete line should be something like this: PS1=’[\u@\h \W]$ ’ where \u represents the username, \h the hostname and \W your location in the file structure. To remove the username and hostname from the prompt, simply remove the \u@\h part so it looks like this: PS1=’[\W]$ ‘....

Purpose of Xbox App The Xbox app has become the go-to for any gamers playing between Xbox and PC. The app offers a variety of features, such as remote gaming, use game captures, talk with friends, and more. For those who don’t use the app and never will, it’s just another piece of bloatware taking up space on your Windows 10 PC. XBox is one of several universal apps that Microsoft assumes everyone wants....

Microsoft Edge is a system component, and its resources include browsing favorites. That data isn’t kept in a location that’s kept safe with your data. That information is erased with all other system components on your hard drive. That doesn’t mean they’re lost, though. If you’re missing your Favorites from Microsoft Edge, and you want them back, you can use the following procedure to restore them. Extract Edge Favorites from Windows....

Note: Please don’t confuse this with the “Document Protection” which effectively locks down an entire document. Moreover, the procedure is shown in Microsoft Word 2013, and it should also work with other previous versions. The procedure may differ a bit, though. Restrict Users from Modifying Part of a Word File Before you can play with the content restriction feature in Microsoft Word, you need to enable the “Developer” tab in the ribbon interface....

Choosing an Android Emulator When it comes to emulators, you have a few different choices. If you’re particularly tech-savvy or just interested in the variety available, you may want an option that gives you more control over how it runs. If you’re using your Mac to develop Android apps, you may need better development functionality. We show you next how to set up our favorite general-purpose Android emulator, BlueStacks. BlueStacks is one of the oldest and easiest-to-use Android emulators for Mac that’s still being updated....

In this article we will show you how you can run Windows apps on your Android device with WINE. What can you run on Wine? Wine is only a compatibility layer, not a full-blown emulator, so you need an x86 Android device to take full advantage of it. However, most Androids in the hands of consumers are ARM-based. Since most of you are using an ARM-based Android device, you will only be able to use Wine to run apps that have been adapted to run on Windows RT....

Here are the steps to make older programs run in Windows 7/Vista. Open Control Panel from the start menu of Windows 7/Vista. Click on “Programs” from the right pane. Now you can see “Programs and features”. Under this header, click on “Use an older program with this version of windows“. The program compatibility wizard will appear with a caution message. Click “Next” to continue. For Windows Vista Now 3 options will appear....

These are the extensions that, either through faulty design or by malicious intent, can cause harm to your computer or endanger your personal data. Below are a few steps you should take to ensure the extensions you use do not cause problems down the line. Read the Permissions Carefully How many people take the time to read the whole permissions page before installing an extension? And yet, that is the first step to making sure a program does not carry out undesired activities using your device....

Note: To send email from the terminal, ensure you have a mail server set up and working correctly. Mail The first and simplest way to send email from the Linux terminal is to use the mail utility. This simple utility allows you to specify the recipient, email subject and even add attachments with a few options. By default, the mail utility comes preinstalled in most Linux distributions. You can verify whether you have it installed by executing the which command as follows: if you get a result like “/usr/bin/mail”, then it is already installed on your distro....

This article will help you to install and configure AWStats on Ubuntu. Install AWStats Package By default, AWStats package is available in the Ubuntu repository. You can install it by running: Next you will need to enable the CGI module in Apache. You can do this by running: Now, restart Apache to reflect the changes. Configure AWStats You need to create a configuration file for each domain or website you wish to view statistics for....

People use music sleep timers for a myriad of reasons. Perhaps you sleep in close proximity to other people and don’t want to annoy them with your music or podcasts. If you enjoy a good audiobook before bed, a sleep timer will make sure you don’t wake up to hear the ending of the story and makes it a lot easier to resume from your last recall. For those with a weaker battery life, stopping audio from playing after you go to sleep will help you save some charge sot that you’re ready for the next day....

Install Open Camera The good news is that most modern-day smartphones come equipped with some impressive photographic hardware. The bad news is that the camera app that comes pre-installed on your phone is usually pretty basic. They are often no-fuss, easy-to-use apps designed for simple point-and-shoot compositions. For the average smartphone photographer, this is all they need. However, if you want to shoot video that looks like it came straight from a Hollywood movie, these stock camera apps don’t really cut it....

Step 1. Set-Up A Google Analytics Account The first thing you need to set-up Google Analytics is to have a Google Account. Since this guide is primarily for Blogger users, I assume that you already have one. If so, head over to the Google Analytics page and select “Sign Up Now“. Next you will be given more information about Google Analytics and the opportunity to create a new account. To do so select “Sign Up »“....

There are various reasons why you would like to have a website as your screen saver. The good thing is setting up a website as a screen saver is easier than you think. Turning a Website into a Screen Saver In order to accomplish the task you are going to need a free app called WebViewScreenSaver. As the name implies, it lets you have the view of the web in place of your regular screen saver....

You might be able to do away with volume controls, but the power button is a bigger issue. Here’s how you can turn on your Android phone if the power button stops working. 1. Using Your Phone Charger This method isn’t likely to work for all phones, but it’s a fairly simple solution, and one you should consider trying first. If your Android phone is still on and has enough battery remaining, plugging it in should light your phone screen....

Here we’re going to show you how to use and improve this feature, as well as give some advice to those on older versions of Android about facial unlocking. Turn on Face Unlock on Your Android Device To switch on “Trusted face” and unlock your device using facial recognition, you’ll need to go to the Security settings. Go to “Settings -> Security -> Smart Lock” then enter your PIN when prompted....