Sick of wired devices? You can connect a mouse, keyboard, speakers, headphones, and a number of other devices to a Windows 11 PC with Bluetooth connectivity. Thankfully, connecting Bluetooth devices to a Windows 11 PC is a straightforward process. Here’s how to do it. How to Enable Bluetooth in Windows 11 Whether Bluetooth is enabled or not will depend on your PC and how Windows 11 was installed. It can easily be turned on or off from the Action Center or the Settings menu, however....

Copy Text From Image Ideally suited for scanning a receipt or perhaps a page in a book or magazine, the option is extremely simple to use. To get started: In the following example, Google Photos for the web detects text from an iPhone screenshot. From there, it automatically activates the stated feature. Meanwhile, in this example, Google Lens can read the text from a tiny sign within an image, then activate the “Copy Text From Image” feature....

If you share your computer with other people, Mozilla Firefox has a groovy feature that allows you to create multiple profiles. Here’s a simple guide that explains how it works. You can locate the profiles at the following paths. Go to Start Menu and type Run. Type firefox.exe -p to open Mozilla Firefox Profile Manager. Make sure Firefox is not running otherwise it will not open the Profile Manager....

If you receive a new Chromebook, it’s important to create a system recovery image if something goes wrong, and a Hard Reset or Power Wash (resetting it to factory settings) doesn’t work. Create Chromebook Recovery Drive Grab a USB flash drive or SD card that’s 4GB or higher and insert it into one of the open USB slots. Then open the Chrome browser and type: chrome://imageburner into the address bar to get the following screen....

Note: Some data is tied directly to your Google account and can be disabled within the account settings. Other recent history searches are stored in your mobile browser. These are not directly attached to Google’s Recent Search History and must be cleared separately. Other searches are stored within individual apps, such as what you search for on Google Play. To turn off Recent Search History on an Android device, we’ll have to go into System Settings....

With iOS 16 and later, you can enable haptic feedback on your iPhone keyboard. Enabling haptic feedback is a good way to help you type better. It helps you to make the physical distinction between different on-screen items that you press. You can enable haptic feedback on your iPhone or iPad keyboard for a more solid typing experience using the steps below. How to Enable Haptic Feedback on an iPhone Keyboard Enabling haptic feedback on your iPhone keyboard provides you with a more immersive experience....

The problem with smooth scrolling like this, however, is that it can be GPU intensive. If you’re on a lower-powered PC, you might want to switch features like this off to try and make Chrome run better. If you want to enable or disable smooth scrolling in Google Chrome, follow the steps below. What is Smooth Scrolling in Chrome? Smooth scrolling is an animation used in the Google Chrome web browser....

Why Use is Wake-on-LAN Just to give you a quick overview of why you would find this useful: On-demand access to files and resources on a network – you don’t have to keep a computer turned all the while.Energy efficiency, you will see a reduction in your utility bills since you don’t have to keep your system on all the time.Great for remotely managing a computer, so you can access a computer that might be across the room or upstairs....

If you want to find your Windows 10 product key, here is how you find it. Locate Your Windows 10 Product Key When you purchase your Windows 10 license from the Microsoft Store, a copy of the product key is stored in your Microsoft Account. Microsoft will also send you a copy of the product key in a confirmation email. If you don’t see the confirmation email, check your junk mail folder....

The issue can usually be solved by reconnecting headphones or clearing your browser’s cache. However, the problem could go deeper—it could be related to hardware, device drivers, or other software conflicts on your system. Unfortunately, this problem is reported to occur in most web browsers on Windows. If you want to know how to fix a YouTube audio renderer error, follow the steps below. How to Quickly Fix a YouTube Audio Renderer Error We’ll look at some straightforward steps you can take to resolve this error first....

Other things you probably use Siri for are asking about the weather forecast, a sports game, and other types of trivia. But did you know you can also use Siri to hang up on your phone calls and FaceTime calls? When you configure your iPhone to hang up on calls using Siri, all you need to do is say, “Hey Siri, hang up,” when you need to end the call....

There are a couple of ways you can do this. You could try to update the driver using Windows Update or force Windows to search for new drivers in Device Manager. Unfortunately, this doesn’t always work—you may need to install the device drivers manually on Windows instead. If you’re unsure how, this guide will show you how to install drivers manually on a Windows 11 or 10 PC. Note: The screenshots for this article are for Windows 11; however, the steps are virtually the same on Windows 10....

Update: Windows 8.1 has reached the end of mainstream support. According to the company: Note: You’ll need to be running Windows 8 Pro to install the Media Center Pack. Earlier this year, we covered how to install Windows Media Center on the Release Preview, and while the steps are essentially the same, there are some differences to note. Get Windows Media Center Pack Product Key To get Windows Media Center (WMC) for free, head to Microsoft’s special offer site and enter your email address....

The hard trust is that you two simply didn’t click in the way that you hoped. The sting is felt even worse when you thought the conversation was going well, and hey, it may have been. However, the other person most likely felt different. Just because you both swiped right doesn’t guarantee love, it means you two had common interests and from there love might be found. But it wasn’t....

Usually, once someone has read your voicemail, they call you back so that you can discuss in detail what you wanted to talk about. You can usually only send someone a voicemail message once you’ve been told by the answering machine that is triggered when someone is busy and is currently on another call with someone else, they’re just not available to answer your call, or if their phone is dead and the call can’t connect....

The problem is YouTube only allows a single account to upload and manage videos, and I need to allow the team to manage the channel when I’m not around. Rather than give them the password to my personal account (nice try, guys), I decided to create a general account in our Google Apps install and let them share that account. Fortunately, after a bit of tinkering, I figured out how to unlink my YouTube account from my personal account and link it to the new Google Apps account I created....

It’s also a good idea to do this if you’re watching Netflix on multiple devices on the basic package, which only allows one device to watch Netflix at any one time. If you want to control Netflix-watching habits in your family, this would be a good way to do so. Another reason to log out of Netflix on a TV is so others can sign in with their profile. Whatever the reason, here’s what you’ll need to do if you’re unsure how to log out of Netflix on a TV....

The same functionality to speed up your laptop exists in Windows 11, but it’s got a new name (and a new location). If you want to make your laptop faster using Windows 11 power mode, here’s what you’ll need to do. Using Windows 11 Power Mode Out of the box, a Windows 11 laptop is set to provide as good a battery life as possible—performance comes second. This can be good for all-day laptop use if you’re just browsing the web and doing word processing....

One fairly rare type of file (from a Windows point of view) is a TGZ file. This unusual file type isn’t one that Windows will know what to do with, so you’ll need to work around that to open it. If you want to know how to open a TGZ file on a Windows PC, follow the steps below. What is a TGZ File? A TGZ file, .tgz file, or tar....

From a color theme and inbox view in the mailbox to a three-day view and feature called My Day in the calendar, you can make Outlook more suited to your style. And if you’ve opted to stick with the classic Outlook instead, we’ll show you what you can do to make it more your own. Overall Outlook Appearance You have the option to go with a light or dark appearance and pick a nice color in the new Outlook for Mac....