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How to Share an Internet Connection on Windows Vista You’ll need a few things to get started: Windows Vista computer connected to the internet and a network adapter.Client computers that are TCP/IP enabled and capable of an internet connection.A network adapter for each computer.A modem for the entire network. More Options You can optionally allow other network users to use services running on your network, such as a mail or web server, under the Settings option....

How to Show the Ruler in Word Word has a ruler feature that enables you to do reasonably accurate layout work right within a Word document. If you want to set a tab, or see how big your text box or headline will be when you print a document, you can use the ruler to measure where on the page you want those elements to fall and see how big they will be when printed....

How to Use ‘Go Live’ on Discord If you want to stream on Discord, Go Live is the easiest option. This option is only available for games, not your entire screen or non-game apps, so it only works if Discord knows that you’re playing a game. When you’re playing a game, and you join a voice channel on Discord, you will see a small badge that shows an icon related to the game, the name of the game, and an icon that looks like a monitor with a video camera....

Use the Move to iOS App to Transfer Contacts Apple makes transferring data from Android to iPhone easy with its Move to iOS app for Android devices, which is available in the Google Play store. This app pulls together all the data on your Android device—contacts, text messages, photos and videos, calendar, email accounts, website bookmarks—and then imports them to your new iPhone over Wi-Fi. The process couldn’t be simpler. Download the Move to iOS app from Google Play and get started....

How to Turn off ‘Find My’ on a Mac Find My is a feature that allows you to locate your Apple products, like your iPhone or your Mac, if they are lost or stolen. It’s tied to your Apple ID, which allows you to track any of your connected devices from any of your other devices, or via the iCloud website on virtually any device at all. If you’re worried about being tracked by Find My on your Mac, you can turn it off through System Preferences....

Why You Can’t Power Off Snapchat Spectacles Like many devices today which work wirelessly in conjunction with other devices, like a Bluetooth speaker and a phone, Snapchat Spectacles are always on so you can connect to and use them whenever you want without delay. For example, after you take a picture or record a video on your Spectacles on iOS, you’ll get a notification on your phone telling you there’s a Snap ready to be imported....

Vivid mode is on by default, but you can switch to Standard mode if you prefer. How to Turn Off Vivid Mode on the Nintendo Switch OLED Follow the steps below to turn off Vivid Mode on the Nintendo Switch OLED. Your selection will take effect immediately. You can switch back to Vivid Mode in the same menu. What Does Vivid Mode Do? The OLED screen on the new Nintendo Switch OLED displays color differently than the LCD on prior models....

Create Smart Quotes in Microsoft Word To manually insert smart quotes, the keyboard must have a numeric keypad, and you must activate the Num Lock key. To use the numeric codes, press and hold the Alt key, then type the four-digit character code on the numeric keypad. Use ALT+0145 and ALT+0146 for the left and right single quotation marks or apostrophes, respectively. Use ALT+0147 and ALT+0148 for the left and right double quotation marks, respectively....

Follow the instructions below to learn how to type emojis from your Windows PC, Mac, web browser, iPhone/iPad or Android device. How to Type Emojis on a PC How to Type Emojis on a Mac How to Type Emojis on the Web If you have an older machine, a Chromebook, or run Linux, you can copy and paste emojis from the web as a simple alternative solution. You can also do this in a mobile browser....

How to Unlink Gmail Accounts When you log out of one of your Gmail accounts, you unlink both it and the others that are linked to it. You can always switch between the accounts to use each separately. However, when you log out of one, the others are signed off, too. After you unlink an account, you have to log in the next time you need access. You can skip forward and complete these three steps in one swoop by clicking this special logout link....

How Can I Update My PowerPoint for Free? No matter which version of PowerPoint you have, Microsoft has probably released a few updates since you installed it. If you have Microsoft 365, PowerPoint should install updates automatically by default as long as you’re online, but you can also manually check for updates: How Do I Download the Latest Version of PowerPoint? If you want to upgrade to a newer version of PowerPoint, you must purchase PowerPoint from Microsoft or subscribe to Microsoft 365....

Buying New Gives You the Best Laptop GPU Upgrade Laptops, even gaming laptops, aren’t typically designed with graphics card upgrades in mind. Unlike desktops, which have lots of space and use components built with ease of replacement in mind, laptops don’t have room to spare, so they don’t have easy-to-swap parts. There are a minimal number of laptops that do have the option of graphics upgrades, such as the Alienware Area 51m and its various revisions....

How to Configure a Gmail Alias in iOS Mail Here’s how to add an alias to your Gmail: How to Use a Gmail Account Alias When you compose a new email after you’ve added the alias, tap the From address in the message window to create separate lines for the Cc, Bcc, and From addresses. Tap the default From address again to display all enrolled email addresses. Choose your preferred address so that Mail sends the message with that address, using the account credentials associated with it....

Apple’s free Clips app is a great tool for creating short-form videos, slideshows, school projects, and more. It uses photos and videos in your iPhone or iPad’s Photos app or new videos and photos taken directly with Clips. Here’s a look at how Clips works, its features, and what’s new with Clips version 3.0. What Is Clips? If you have an iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch, download Clips from the App Store and start creating shareable movies, called projects....

CLEAN Function Syntax and Arguments A function’s syntax is its layout and includes the name, brackets, and arguments. The syntax for the CLEAN function is: Text (required) is a cell reference to the location of this data in the worksheet you want to clean up. For example, say cell A2 contains this formula: To clean that, you would enter the formula into another worksheet cell: The result would leave just the word Calendar in cell A2....

What You Need to Install Lakka on a PC Before you get started, you’ll need the following items: A spare Windows PC A USB flash drive A USB PC game controller You’ll also need to download Lakka. Make sure to choose the download that works with any operating system. Depending on the CPU architecture of the PC, choose between the 32-bit or 64-bit version. You can tell if you have a 32-bit or 64-bit version of Windows by checking the Control Panel....

How to Turn on Low-Light Mode on Google Meet Google Meet offers an automatic lighting adjustment setting for low-light conditions. Here’s how to turn this feature on for better-lit video meetings. Can You Adjust Lighting on Google Meet? There are no manual lighting settings on Google Meet. But you can turn on automatic lighting adjustments for meetings in a browser and the iOS app. This low-light mode feature analyzes the existing light in your surroundings and activates when needed....

How to Ask Questions With the Questions Sticker on Instagram Here’s how to use the Instagram Stories question sticker to connect with your fans. How to Request Music Using the Instagram Questions Sticker While the main purpose of the questions sticker is to ask and answer questions, it can also be used to prompt your followers to send you music. How to Answer Instagram Story Questions Responding to an Instagram Story questions sticker is very simple and only takes a few seconds....

Why Use Samsung Secure Folder? While anyone can use the Samsung Secure Folder, it’s especially useful for those who want their private phone to double as a work phone. Put the information that you want separate from the rest of the phone in your Secure Folder. Once it’s set up, all you do is input a passcode or use a biometric option to unlock it and access your files and information....

How to Watch Online Movies and TV on the Wii U The Wii U doesn’t have as many apps available as newer game consoles or the Roku, but if it’s all you have, watching Netflix on your TV using the Wii U beats watching movies on a laptop. Streaming Video on the Wii U The Wii U is capable of streaming video in full HD (1080p) and streams media in 1080i, 720p, 480p, and standard 4:3....