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At the time of this writing, you can install PowerShell 7, which is built on .NET Core 3.1, but it’s backward compatible with the modules for older releases. In this guide, you’ll learn the steps to install PowerShell 7 on Ubuntu using graphical user interface (GUI) or command line. (These are the steps to install the tool on Windows 10.) How to install PowerShell using Ubuntu Software How to install PowerShell using package installer How to install PowerShell using Snap command on Ubuntu How to install PowerShell using using Package Repository on Ubuntu...

Also, Slack isn’t just about text-based chat, you can also use the voice and video features for one-to-one calls or group meetings. You can share files, and it even has app support to expand the functionality to other services, such as Microsoft Teams, Gmail, and more. If you’re new to Slack or you have been using the web version of the service, you can install the app on Windows 10 in two ways....

The issue is that Chrome by default tries to automatically adapt the user interface to better suit the environment. This means that if you’re using a touch-enabled device, such as laptop or tablet, Chrome elements will look bigger, so it’s easier to interact with the browser using touch. Thankfully, if you want tabs, address bar, and other elements to look smaller, and regain some of the screen real estate to view more content, you can easily change that by adjusting the settings on Chrome....

However, if you must open a particular folder location in File Explorer with Command Prompt as an administrator to run an application, it’s possible to add an entry to the classic context menu through the Registry. In this guide, you will learn the steps to add a new entry in the File Explorer context menu to open a specific path in Command Prompt as an administrator on Windows 11 (or Windows 10)....

Microsoft Office apps like Word, PowerPoint, Excel, and Access include a feature to export a document as a PDF file with the option to encrypt the document using a robust 128-bit Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) password, which should be more than enough to keep content secure. Using this feature, you can add a password for existing PDF documents or export Word documents as PDFs with the same protection. In this guide, you will learn the steps to secure a PDF file with a password using Microsoft Word....

Although feature updates no longer download and install automatically until you decide to upgrade, as the previous release nears the end of support, Windows 10 eventually try to force the update to keep the device supported. If you are not planning to upgrade any time soon, Windows 10 includes some options to prevent the device from upgrading to version 21H1 (May 2021 Update) or another release automatically using Group Policy or a metered connection....

You could use PowerShell to uninstall built-in Windows 10 apps, but it may not be an easy task for regular users. However, if you’re not up to the challenge of using command lines, you can use CCleaner to uninstall any app installed in Windows 10. CCleaner is a maintenance tool that has been around for years, and it’s not only a great way to remove built-in apps, but you can perform a number of tasks, including cleaning the Registry, delete temporary files, and much more....

The fact of the matter is that the piece of software having a vulnerability is not much of an issue as much as companies, like Lenovo, can agree on selling computers with adware preinstalled on new devices. It really feels that we don’t even have a chance to make mistakes on the internet to get our system infected, as new computers already come infected from factory. Although, Lenovo admitted back in January that included a Superfish software on every consumer PC and it has already discontinued the program, it doesn’t make it right....

If you recently made system setting changes or installed a buggy update that caused the computer to stop working, you can still recover Windows 10 using a hidden Registry backup. However, there is one caveat, since the operating system no longer creates these backups automatically, you have to re-enable it manually before using it. In this guide, you will learn the steps to restore the previous version of the Registry manually from its automated backup on Windows 10....

SMS relay enables you to send and receive SMS and MMS messages from your PC to any phone without you having to reach your mobile device. In this guide, you’ll learn the steps to set up Skype as your default messaging app to begin sending and receiving messages from your Windows 10 PC. Plus, we’ll go through the steps to start a new conversation, and switch between Skype and SMS and vice versa....

If the device doesn’t include a static IP address, services will eventually stop working. Usually, because computers connected to a network receive their Internet Protocol (IP) address configuration from the Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) server, which are dynamic and temporary. Typically, you would assign a static IP address using the Windows 10 settings, but you can also set the dynamically assigned networking configuration from the DHCP server as the static configuration using the router settings....

Although the hidden portions of the link are not relevant to most regular users, it’s not something for everyone, especially, if you’re a web developer who may need to know this information while designing or transferring a site to make sure that everything is working correctly. In this guide, you’ll learn the steps to display the full URL for websites in the address bar of Firefox on Windows 10. (You can use these steps to show the full link on Chrome....

Sometimes, there could be features in Windows 7 that we never use and they could be wasting our computer’s resources or perhaps we need some additional features that are off by default, so today we are going to learn how to turn them on or off. This is actually pretty simple process: 1- Click Start in the search box “Search programs and files” type “turn windows features on or off”....

Although the system does a good job setting up the required drivers for your computer configuration, you may need to uninstall them manually because they are causing problems or you no longer need them. Whatever the case, Windows 11 includes at least three ways to remove drivers from your computer using Settings, Control Panel, and Device Manager. This guide will teach you how to remove device drivers from Windows 11....

While you shouldn’t rush the new feature update to avoid potential bugs and other problems during the early days, the update has been out for some time, and it’s now fully available, and you can upgrade manually in at least two ways using Windows Update and the Media Creation Tool. If you have a device with versions 21H1, 20H2, or 2004, the best way to install the 21H2 release is using Windows Update because the new release of Windows 10 is a minor update based on version 2004, and you only need an enablement package to upgrade....

Although the free upgrade offer has ended for the general public, Microsoft has stated that extension is not meant to be workaround or loophole for users who didn’t upgrade for free to Windows 10 during the year promotional offer, even though it’s unclear how the company verifies who is using Assistive Technologies. In this guide, you’ll learn the steps to upgrade your Windows 7 or Windows 8.1 computer for free to Windows 10 after July 29th using the Assistive Technologies “Windows 10 Upgrader”....

Many images in this collection will feel to you like they came right out of your imagination, perhaps even surreal. They are free to download for Windows users. A whole new way to take on your work day with a smile. You can find more great themes in my Desktop Fun section. Lakeside Vistas theme | Download All content on this site is provided with no warranties, express or implied....

Even though, we can use a stylus pen to use handwriting today, it’s a very inconvenient solution. When you try to do handwriting a box will open using half of the screen, where you can type what you want. Then Windows converts the writing into text, which then puts it into the box. WRITEit, on the other hand, lets you write on top of the text box and the software will automatically convert the handwriting into usable text that the computer can understand....

Xbox 360 games will start showing up on Xbox One consoles as soon as June 15, 2015, on consoles registered in the preview program. Everyone else can expect background compatibility later this holiday. However, developers will have the power to decide whether the Xbox 360 game will appear as a compatible title, but the best part is that game developers won’t have to change anything on the game to make it compatible....

While this is technically an update, it’s not your typical update you get every month. Microsoft has been working on the Anniversary Update for over six months, and it’ll bring a lot of changes, performance and reliability improvements, as well as a number of new features. Windows 10 Anniversary Update features Among the new features, you will see the new Windows Ink experience, which is basically a new handwriting experience using pen on Windows 10....