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The Dell Venue 8 Pro is a great device and it features an 8-inch 1280 x 800 screen resolution display, 2GB of RAM, 32GB of internal storage, micro SD Card Reader, micro USB port, over 8 hours of battery life, 1.2MP front-facing and a 5MP rear camera, a quad-core Intel Atom Z3740D Processor running at 1.8GHz, and it only weighs 0.87 pounds. Although this is a great price drop, you should also know that the Microsoft Store is selling the Dell Venue 8 Pro for $249 for the 32GB version and $319 for the 64GB version of the tablet....

No doubt that Windows 8 is a major shift since the first true graphical users interface operating system, Windows 95, and even though that for the end-user most features remain the same, there are many new features that you just may not even know exist. They could make you more productive at home and at work, and this is what the book is about: Content The book covers all the basic features in Windows 8 including:...

Ignore vs. Block Ignore “Ignoring someone is basically saying you’re not interested. Maybe you don’t know them, or maybe you don’t want to see what they’re sharing.” Olga Wichrowska, one of the Google Plus engineers, said. Ignoring someone will result in three things: first, posts from that someone will be removed from your Incoming stream. Second, you will not longer receive his activities notifications. Third, and final, you won’t see people you ignore in your Circles page....

On Wednesday, Google announced that is already rolling out an entire redesigned Google+. The new design focuses on allowing users to customize many aspect of their profile, e.g., layout, photo and video, and better access to hangouts, — together with many other tweaks to make the much young social network more useful. “We think you’ll find it easier to use and nicer to look at, but most importantly, it accelerates our efforts to create a simpler, more beautiful Google....

The Google Play Games app is still a close beta, and it’s currently only available in Hong Kong, South Korea, and Taiwan. According to the company, the app provides a seamless gaming experience across Windows devices, Chromebooks, tablets, and phones, implying that the app will have cross-platform support, allowing you to resume games on any supported device. The Google Play Games app, like the Xbox app, will let you browse, download, and play select games on Windows using the mouse and keyboard....

According to Google, the 2560 x 1700 pixels, 12.85-inch multi-touch display protected by Gorilla Glass, is the largest screen resolution (239 pixels per inch) ever bundled on a laptop. But it has a particularity, it’s a 3:2 aspect ratio display, which the company says helps to better fit web content, because most of the time people consume content on a vertical orientation. On the contrary to other Chromebooks from ASUS, Lenovo, Samsung and HP, this laptop is very powerful, ready to take on demanding tasks....

In this guide, you’ll learn the easy steps to pin clocks the Start menu on Windows 10. How to add clocks to Start menu To add clocks with different time zones in the Start menu, use these steps: Once you complete the steps, a new live title will be added to the Start menu with clock you specified. If you want to see additional clocks for different time zones, repeat the same instructions....

Windows 11 can dynamically assign a graphics card for apps. However, if you have a computer with multiple graphics cards and have Android apps that can take advantage of a more powerful GPU, the WSA settings include an option to choose the graphics card the platform should use. In this guide, you will learn the steps to set the default graphics card the Windows Subsystem for Android should use for Android apps on Windows 11....

Allowing Windows 10 to automatically schedule an update can cost you time, and there is also the chance of losing your work if the document didn’t save properly. Fortunately, the operating system lets you customize the time you’re likely to be working on your computer to prevent sudden restarts when a new update is available. The feature is called Active hours. In addition, there is also a restart option that allows temporary override the “active hours” schedule finish installing updates....

Although updates should arrive automatically roughly every six weeks, you can also make sure that your device has the latest version by checking for updates manually. In this guide, you’ll learn the easy steps to check, download, and install updates for the Chromium version of Microsoft Edge manually on Windows 10. How to install updates on Microsoft Edge To check for updates manually in the Chromium version of Microsoft Edge, use these steps: Once you complete the steps, Microsoft Edge will update the latest version available, which may include improvements and new features....

Although doing an in-place upgrade using Windows Update is usually the recommended method to install a new version, it’s likely that you’ll come across issues and errors as a result of custom configurations, possible software and device driver incompatibility, and other problems. A clean installation minimizes the change of running into problems, because it deletes everything on the hard drive and installs a fresh copy of Windows 10 with the October 2018 Update....

The only problem with this last option is that if you use the File Explorer copy option, the process could take a long time and cause many issues. However, you could use the Robocopy (Robust File Copy) command-line tool, which offers the fastest way to copy files over the network between an old and new Windows 11 computer. This guide will teach you how to use Robocopy to quickly transfer huge amounts of files over the network on Windows 11....

Since Snap Layouts are limited and you cannot edit the layouts, you will need to use an alternative solution to create custom layouts to snap windows on your computer, which is when “FancyZones” comes in handy. FancyZones is a tool part of the PowerToys app that allows you to manage windows on Windows 11 and 10. However, unlike Snap Layouts, with FancyZones, you can create custom layouts and access more customization settings that allow you to snap windows exactly the way you like to make you more productive....

Storage Spaces offers five types of resiliency options, including “simple” (no resiliency), “two-way mirror,” “three-way mirror,” “parity,” and “dual parity.” This guide will help you to use Storage Spaces to create and manage a parity volume, which, similar to a RAID 5 level, requires at least three drives. It provides storage efficiency and protection against one drive failure by copying data in multiple places. If a drive fails, you can replace it, and the data will regenerate using the parity information available on the remaining drives....

The only caveat is that the feature uses Microsoft Edge and Bing to show the query results, which means that it doesn’t respect your default web browser or search engine preferences. If you have to be running a preview of Windows 11 higher than build 25120 and the search box widget is enabled, it’s possible to disable the web search feature. In this guide, you will learn the steps to disable the desktop search box widget on Windows 11....

The Microsoft Defender Firewall is a feature that checks incoming and outgoing network traffic to allow or block traffic depending on predefined rules to protect your device from unauthorized access. Although it’s recommended to keep this feature enabled, there are many reasons to disable the firewall. For example, when you want to use another firewall solution or you have to test a network or app connection. This guide will teach you the steps to enable (and disable) the built-in firewall on Windows 10....

“Stickers” is a feature that allows you to have more fun with the desktop by adding stickers to your wallpapers, and in a future update, Microsoft plans to add (via @PhantomOcean3) a ballpoint pen with different thicknesses and colors that let you ink anything on the desktop using the mouse or touch. If you want to get hands-on with the new feature, you can use a third-party tool called “ViveTool” created by Rafael Rivera and Lucas on GitHub, to enable the option on your computer....

In this guide, you’ll learn the steps to enable Picture-in-Picture mode to watch videos outside the browser using Google Chrome on Windows 10, macOS, and Linux. How to enable Chrome’s Picture-in-Picture mode for videos If you want to watch videos in Picture-in-Picture mode, you’ll need to install Chrome version 69 or later, and then follow these steps: Once you’ve completed the steps, you can try the new feature right-clicking twice on a YouTube video to open the Chrome’s context menu and select Picture-in-Picture....

Wake-On-Lan has been a great feature for IT administrators, as it allows them to quickly connect to remote machines without needing to be physically present at the location to switch on the power button and perform management or maintenance tasks. Surface never included this functionality, even though these devices have been designed from business environment. However, Microsoft is now bringing Wake-On-Lan support to Surface Book, Surface Pro 4, Surface Pro 3, Surface 3, as long they’re connected to a wired network connection using Surface Ethernet adapter, Surface Dock, or Surface Docking Station for Surface Pro 3....

If you recently added a NAS device to your network, or you upgraded your network storage connected to your router, and you can no longer play videos on Xbox one, you can fix this problem in at least two different ways. In this guide, you’ll learn the steps to fix the UPnP settings to play videos over the network on your Xbox One console. How to fix UPnP settings on Xbox One To fix UPnP protocol not working on your Xbox One to get videos playing again, you can do two things....