We could have a ballot on Android as the one Windows 7 had Just like Microsoft’s, Google’s relationship with the European Union is a difficult one. As early as last year Google was fined by the EU a record 4.34 billion Euro for illegal practices. They violated antitrust rules regarding Android mobile devices, to strengthen the dominance of Google’s search engine. What does this mean? The European Commission, which is an institution of the EU in charge of upholding rules, investigated Google and decided they were abusing their dominant market position by restricting competition....

NOTE: If you access this option from the contextual menu, the owner of the selected file or folder will automatically change to your username. Add a Take Ownership Entry to the Right Click Menu - Method 1 There are several ways to add the Take Ownership option to the right-click menu in Windows or File Explorer. The quickest is to use an application named Ownership. You can find it here: Downloads Datumza....

Does Windows 11 have RGB lighting control? What is Dynamic Lighting? The short answer is Yes, it does! The feature handling RGB lighting in Windows 11 is named Dynamic Lighting. Microsoft introduced it in September 2023 and then included it in the Windows 11 2023 update (23H2). All Windows 11 computers with version 23H2 or newer have this feature built-in. You can see it in the screenshot below. Dynamic Lighting in Windows 11 Dynamic Lighting aims to eliminate the fragmentation between vendors of systems, components, and accessories with RGB lighting....

Important things to know about creating a Windows recovery USB drive You can create a recovery drive on the same computer you intend to use or on a different PC. Furthermore, you can use a USB memory stick or a USB external hard drive. In my tests, the procedure worked well on both types of devices. You can create a recovery drive on any kind of USB drive Some sites on the internet tell you that you can use the USB recovery drive only on the Windows 10 or Windows 11 PC where you created it....

What is the Light Mode for Windows 10? The Light Mode is a new feature found in the latest versions of Windows 10, starting with the May 2019 Update. It allows you to modify the appearance of your Windows 10 interface and some of its apps, by changing the primary color to white. What changes are made when you enable Light Mode? In Windows 10, when you enable the Light Mode, most of the default apps found in the operating system change their default appearance to white....

What you need to be able to BitLocker-encrypt a system partition For starters, you should know that you can use BitLocker Drive Encryption in Windows 10 only if you use a Pro or Enterprise edition of this operating system. Additionally, you should also be aware of the fact that, to encrypt your system drive, you should have a TPM chip installed on your computer or device. If you don’t have a TPM chip, BitLocker is still available, but to use it, you also have to change a few settings in Windows 10....

IMPORTANT NOTE: The first and most important step when installing a new display language in Windows 8 is to open the Language panel, found in Control Panel. There are several ways to do this, and we described them all in a previous article. We warmly recommend that you first read: How to Add or Remove Keyboard Input Languages in Windows 8. The sections found in this tutorial assume that you did just that and you know how to open the Language panel and add a new input language....

VERY IMPORTANT Prerequisites There are many things you need to prepare beforehand, so that everything works smoothly. Please don’t skip any of these elements or the likelihood of failure will be high: Step 1 - Run Serva & Make Its Initial Configuration Run Serva as administrator. The free version will ask you to wait for 7 seconds before you can use it. Once the wait is over, click “Thanks, not today”....

What is Ninite? Ninite is an online service that lets you automatically download and install popular apps for Windows, all at once. On the Ninite website, you can choose the apps that you want to install or update on your Windows computer or device. Then, you download and run an executable file, and wait for those apps to install automatically. During this time, you can do whatever you want, including working on other things on your PC or leaving your computer unattended....

How to install an ASUS ExpertWiFi wireless router Many SMBs have larger locations where they need solid WiFi coverage. For such locations, using only a router like an ASUS ExpertWiFi EBR63 may not be enough, and you may have to add an access point like the ASUS ExpertWiFi EBA63 or more. ASUS ExpertWiFi EBR63 and ExpertWiFi EBA63 In situations like this, you install the ExpertWiFi router first, add the access point as a secondary node, and build an AiMesh mesh Wi-Fi system....

IMPORTANT: Windows 11 can map network drives, and the process is fast and easy to go through. If that’s what you want, read the first section of this guide. It also lets you add shortcuts to FTP sites in File Explorer, as you can see in the second section of the tutorial. However, note that you can’t mount FTP as a drive in Windows 11 because the operating system doesn’t let you add a drive letter to an FTP location....

How to use Rewrite AI in Notepad On your Windows 11 computer, open Notepad, and then copy and paste the text you want to rewrite with AI. Or you can open a text file containing what you want to rewrite. For the next step, select the text you want rewritten, and click or tap the Rewrite button on the top right, which looks like a pen with stars (signaling its AI capabilities)....

NOTE: To create this guide, we used a Huawei P20 smartphone running Android 10. Although some screenshots might differ a bit on a smartphone running another flavor or version of Android, most settings should look and work the same. Step 1. Enable internet on your Android smartphone The first thing you should do is make sure that your Android smartphone has internet connectivity. The easiest way to do that is from the Quick settings panel....

NOTE: Cortana looks and works the same in Windows 11 and Windows 10, so the steps in this tutorial apply to both operating systems. The only slight difference is that in Windows 10, you can launch her faster than in Windows 11, as you’ll soon see in the first part of this guide. How to configure Cortana for the first time in Windows 11 or Windows 10 Cortana can be an amazing virtual assistant if you let her but, first, you need to know how to get to her....

What is and why should you use Microsoft Edge’s Sync feature? What is Microsoft Edge Sync? Well, it’s a feature in Microsoft Edge that allows users to synchronize browsing data across devices. It’s built right into the browser and allows you to sync your bookmarks, passwords, browsing history, personal data, and other things. So, if you want to be able to seamlessly access your Microsoft Edge data on every computer or device where you’re using this browser, you should enable the Sync feature....

NOTE: In this guide, I show you how to sync your Windows 11 clipboard with other Windows computers and Android devices. Unfortunately, syncing the clipboard between a PC and an iPhone isn’t possible with Windows 11’s built-in features or official Microsoft apps. How to share Windows 11’s clipboard If you want to enable clipboard syncing in Windows 11, first, open the Settings app (Windows + I), and select System in the left sidebar....

Step 1. Open an app for analyzing the wireless spectrum To optimize the channel settings on your ASUS router, you first need to analyze the wireless network in your area and see how congested the channels are. There are many apps you can use for this purpose, and one of the popular options is WiFiman. It’s made by Ubiquiti and available both on Android, iOS, and Windows. I installed it on my smartphone and opened it, and then gave it all the permissions it required....

Read this before you remove Microsoft Edge Microsoft Edge has become a core part of Windows 10 and Windows 11, and removing it is not recommended. Instead, it is a better idea to make Chrome, Firefox, or another browser the default. Change the default browser in Windows 10 However, if you want to go ahead with removing Microsoft Edge, before you do that, ensure that you have first downloaded and installed another web browser....

NOTE: This tutorial covers unlinking Android smartphones and iPhones from Windows computers. All the steps are the same for Windows 11 and Windows 10, with the sole note that you can unlink iPhones only from a Windows 11 PC. Why? Because you can only link an iPhone to a Windows 11 computer. 🙂 For this guide, I’ve used a Google Pixel 4a and a Samsung Galaxy SE 20 FE (both with Android 13), as well as an iPhone 12 mini (running on iOS 16....

Step 1. Plug in the encrypted BitLocker drive (USB, external hard drive, pen drive, etc.) The first step is to take the drive that’s encrypted with BitLocker, and plug it into your PC. It can be anything: a USB memory stick, an external hard drive, a pen drive, etc. Wait for Windows 10 to recognize the drive that you plugged in. When you are asked to select what happens with the drive, don’t click on anything, and ignore the notification....