Moving to a new city and drifting apart for various reasons are pretty normal. If you now find yourself without a buddy to hang out with, looking for friendship online is a viable option. Yet here, as in the offline world, you have to play your cards right if you’re looking to connect with new people. So if you want to know how to make friends online, here are some practical tips to make it happen....
Say you installed a malicious program or deleted a registry file by accident, and your computer begins to malfunction, you can easily undo these (unwanted) changes by performing a System Restore. That allows you to revert your computer to an initial state (called Restore Point) when things were working smoothly. In this guide, we’ll explain how System Restore works in Windows 10 and teach you several ways to manually create a system restore point....
If you already know the file type based on the source, you can just select a program you want to open the file with and set it as the default for the future. This article will show you how to open a file with no extension if you don’t know the file type. Make Sure the File Doesn’t Have an Extension You should first confirm if your file actually has no extension, or you just don’t have the program needed to open a particular file type....
But if your phone keeps asking you to enter your password every time, it can be a bit annoying. What if you just want to use the calculator or view the Notes app for 5 minutes? Well, the solution is simple: only password-protect individual apps. Don’t know how to continue? Don’t worry. We’ll go at it step by step. Download the app First you need to install a third-party program....
Even if you have a new version of Windows Media Player, there’s no guarantee that you still won’t be encountering problems. Your file may load but you may only hear the audio and the video will not be visible. In this post, let’s look at how you can use Windows Media Player to play MKV files. We’ll also talk about some alternatives for playing MKV files in Windows. It’s worth noting that MKV (Matroska Video) files are a container format for multimedia and not any kind of compression format....
In this article, I’m going to try to list out all the different ones I’ve read about and if I can remember where I read it, I’ll link back to the original source. If you have tried to restore a laptop battery yourself, let us know your method in the comments. Method 1 – The Freezing Method I once saw a movie where a guys’ phone was about to die, so he took out the battery and stuck in some snow, which apparently made it last longer!...
The track changes feature is now considered standard in any word processing app. We’ll show you how to track changes in Microsoft Word’s online, mobile, and desktop apps. You can also track changes in other apps like Google Docs or Microsoft Excel. When you track changes in a Word document, you make it easy for someone else (or future you!) to spot suggested changes and decide—change by change—whether to accept a change and make it permanent or reject it....
One of the best ways to deal with an Android phone that tends to feel sluggish over time is by expanding its storage using an SD card. This little device, the size of your thumbnail, has been around for more than two decades and can hold large amounts of data depending on its capacity. Their capacities range from 128MB up to 1TB depending on the type of SD card. Be sure to check the maximum microSD card capacity your device supports before you get one....
Microsoft has also gotten smarter and included a lot of tools and help guides in the OS itself to diagnose and fix problems. I’ve found that teaching my clients how to use these built-in tools saves me a lot of time because they are able to fix problems in Windows 8.1 themselves. In this article, I’m going to talk about the built-in Windows 8.1 troubleshooters that can help you fix common problems....
Use A PayPal Cash Card The benefits of using a PayPal debit Mastercard include: There is a catch. When you sign up for a PayPal cash card, you also need to apply for a PayPal Cash Plus account. There is no extra fee for this, but you will need to verify your identity by providing PayPal with: NamePhysical addressBirthdayTaxpayer identification number Once you are confirmed for a PayPal Cash Plus account, it will be linked directly to your Paypal personal account and used to fund all card purchases....
It can be challenging to find information in spreadsheets, however. That’s why we’re going to show you how to use the VLOOKUP function in Google Sheets to make finding something in a spreadsheet a lot easier. VLOOKUP is a Sheets function to find something in the first column of a spreadsheet. The V is for vertical because, like columns on a building, spreadsheet columns are vertical. So when VLOOKUP finds the key thing we’re looking for, it will tell us the value of a specific cell in that row....
Unfortunately, even if you set out to create an anonymous Facebook account, there are still ways others can use to view your user information. In this article, you’ll learn about the tactics and loopholes that other Facebook users can exploit to get access to someone’s private Facebook account, as well as what to do to protect your personal information. How Private Facebook Profile Works A private Facebook profile is one you cannot access without being friends with the account’s owner....
If you’ve recently looked at purchasing an SSD, chances are you’ve come across these terms, but you may not completely understand the technical differences. In this article, we’ll be laying out the differences, explaining which is better/worse, and providing details on how the technology for each SSD type works. The Evolution Of the Solid State Drive Firstly, let’s talk about the origin of the solid state drive, and why it has been such a popular hardware item for PC builders and laptop manufacturers in recent years....
Some of the reasons you can’t sign in to your account include not having an active internet connection, your app’s cache files becoming corrupted, or using an incorrect account password. We’ll show you how to deal with these things. 1. Check Your Internet Connection When you can’t log in to your account in Spotify, the first thing to check is if your internet connection is working. Spotify requires an active connection to validate your login details, and that can’t happen if your device isn’t connected to the internet....
If you need to transfer a huge file of more than 15GB (like an edited video file, for example) then neither one of these services will cut it. What you need is a dedicated service for transferring files. This article will walk you through several of the best ways to transfer large files online. We will also suggest a few ways to make shuffling huge amounts of data easier. We have covered some other services already, as well as some for sending large videos....
All tablets, more or less, can accomplish the same tasks. The tablets that have more capabilities can do additional tasks with a sacrifice in battery life and vice versa. For this very reason, the order of my top 5 may differ from yours. Without further ado, let’s get into it. The only reason why this amazing (no pun intended) machine has not placed lower on my list is because it does not include the same features that some of the other models offer....
In this whole lineup of SD card variants lies a curious outlier – the TF card. With a completely different naming scheme than used by most memory cards, it begs the obvious question: What is a TF card and how is it different from a standard SD card? Why Do SD Cards Have So Many Names? Let us first tackle the question of why there are so many types of memory cards in the first place....
Google Glass made headlines for this same reason, although the initial version of the glasses was not the most well received. Thankfully for anyone that grew up watching science fiction, smart glasses are very real—and this article will break down the best smart glasses on the market today. What Are Smart Glasses? Smart glasses are more than just lenses. They have small computers that process information and display the results in real-time in such a way that only the wearer can see....
If you’re concerned about your online privacy and want to take steps to increase it, stick around to learn what private DNS is and how you can configure it on your devices. What Is DNS? The Domain Name System (DNS) maps the web address that you search (like online-tech-tips.com, otherwise called the URL or Unified Resource Locator) to a set of IP addresses so that packets are efficiently sent over the internet....
There are many built-in parental controls and third-party software that allow you to limit access to different sections of your computer and the internet. Take the time to try out these methods below to have peace of mind next time your kid wants to play Neopets. 1. Use Parental Controls Your PC has built-in parental controls that allow you to: Limit the amount of time someone spends logged in....
