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How to Connect Wireless Headphones to Xbox Series X or S Using Xbox Wireless Protocol This method is relevant only to headsets and headphones that are designed for Xbox One or Xbox Series X or S and don’t have a wireless USB adapter. If that describes your headphones or headset, you can use this method to connect. How to Connect Wireless headphones to Xbox Series X or S With a Dongle If your headphones or headset came with a wireless USB dongle, and they are specifically designed to work with Series X and S consoles, then you can plug the dongle into a USB port on the console....

How Do You Edit People in Apple Photos? Sometimes, the Photos app on iOS mislabels people under the People category of photos. While iOS 15 has introduced improved recognition features, it’s not perfect. Here’s how to manually edit the people featured on Apple Photos. How Do You Edit Faces on Pictures on iPhone? The Photos app manages itself to an extent, with the app suggesting names from your contacts. However, if you want to add someone or individual photos to your People album, the process is simple....

How to Get Started With ProtonMail Setting up a ProtonMail account is easy, and you don’t have to share any personal information at all, although the service may log the IP address of your location when you sign up. To set up a new account at ProtonMail: Securely Access ProtonMail When you use a browser to access ProtonMail, log in at https://mail.protonmail.com/login and make sure the browser shows a verified and validated security certificate for the site....

How to Temporarily Disable A Facebook Account On a PC If you’re ready to take a break, these steps will help you deactivate your FB account from a web browser until you’re ready to go back online. How to Deactivate Your Facebook Account From the Mobile App If you’re using the Facebook mobile app, the general process of deactivating your account is the same, but the steps look a little different....

How to Delete a Facebook Group To delete a Facebook Group, the creator must remove all members and then leave the Facebook Group themself. Taking these actions permanently removes the Facebook Group. You can delete a Facebook Group in a web browser or via the Facebook mobile app. How to Pause a Facebook Group If you’d rather not permanently delete a Facebook Group, consider pausing it instead. You can pause the Group indefinitely; it’s easy to reactive it when you’re ready....

How to Delete Your Profile picture Your profile picture is the image that appears at the top of your profile page and as a small icon next to your messages, status updates, likes, and comments. Here’s how to delete it. How to Delete Your Cover Photo The Cover Photo is the large horizontal banner image you can display on the top of your profile page. Your profile picture is inset into the center or bottom left of the cover photo....

Should You Disable ICF? You can disable ICF, but Microsoft advises: “You should enable ICF on the internet connection of any computer that is connected directly to the internet.” Despite this advice, you may be able to disable ICF safely. Most home routers have built-in firewalls, and you can install other firewall programs to replace the firewall provided in Windows XP. If you don’t have other firewall protection, it is best to leave ICF running unless it prevents you from connecting to the internet....

Here’s How to Download a 3DS Demo Demos are an excellent way to sample a game before deciding whether to buy it. Here’s how to download a demo. Tips You can only play a demo 30 times. A demo experience typically remains the same each time you play it, so exhausting those 30 playthroughs would admittedly be an interesting exercise. To delete your demo(s) once you’re done playing, go to the 3DS’s Main Menu, select System Settings, then Data Management....

How to Download Music From Spotify If you want to download your songs on Spotify so you can listen to them offline, you need to have a subscription to Spotify Premium. Once you have signed up to a membership, here’s how to download songs through the desktop app. Can You Download a Single Song on Spotify? It’s not possible to download a single song on Spotify through the conventional method listed above, but there is a workaround to download a single song....

Why Use iPhone Sound Check Setting A problem you are likely to face when listening to digital music on your iPhone is the variation in loudness between songs. Inconsistencies in volume levels between songs develop as you build your collection. Given that the contents of most digital music collections come from different sources, including digital music download stores and music CDs, you’ll eventually find yourself frequently adjusting the volume level. You don’t have to deal with this inconvenience on the iPhone....

How to Turn On Voice Commands in Waze There are three ways to use voice commands in Waze and we’ll show you how: Waze Voice Command Phrases The app will be expecting specific phrases to complete actions at different points in your trip. Most actions have a couple of ways to say them, so you don’t have to memorize them all, but you should take note so you know what Waze is expecting....

How to Turn on Wi-Fi Calling in Settings You can use a couple methods to turn on Wi-Fi calling. The first is in your phone’s settings app. How To Turn on Wi-Fi Calling in the Phone App Another way to activate this feature is in the Phone app. Follow these instructions to turn it on. What Is Wi-Fi Calling? Wi-Fi calling will use your wireless network to make phone calls rather than your phone network....

How to Find a Drive’s Volume Label or Serial Number From the Command Prompt The volume label of a drive isn’t usually an important piece of information, but it can be when executing certain commands from the Command Prompt. For example, the format command requires that you enter the volume label of a drive you’re formatting, assuming it has one. If you don’t know the volume label, you can’t complete the task....

Drivers downloaded from the manufacturer will be the most tested and up to date available. The manufacturer is almost always the original source of any driver you find anywhere else, so why not download it from the source? Follow the steps below to find and download drivers direct from hardware manufacturer websites: How to Find and Download Drivers From Manufacturer Websites A great way to do this, short of opening your computer, is to use a free system information tool....

Causes of PlayStation 4 Turning off by Itself The reasons a PlayStation 4 might turn off when you don’t want it to can be trivial or catastrophic. The PlayStation 4 may be overheating, have corrupted firmware or weak soldering of internal components, a bad hard drive, or just dust or dirt on the switch. Follow these steps to try to fix it yourself before you start a service ticket. How to Fix a PlayStation 4 Turning off by Itself Because the causes are varied, so are the fixes....

What Causes a Line on a TV Screen? When any part of a TV’s display gets damaged, corrupted, or is defective, it can cause lines to appear on the screen. Some TV parts that can cause horizontal lines to appear are the LCD panel, T-Con board, or row drivers. Issues with these parts can happen for many reasons, and the way your lines appear can tell you a lot about what’s wrong....

The Cause of an Acer Laptop That Won’t Turn On There’s many reasons why an Acer laptop might not turn on, but the cause is usually one of three key problems. An issue with the Acer laptop’s boot sequence.A problem with the battery or power supply.A hardware failure. The first two problems can cause an Acer laptop to appear unresponsive. In some cases the Acer laptop might briefly flash to life but then fail to start, but in other situations the laptop may not react at all when you press the power button....

Why Is My iPad Home Button Not Working? To determine why your iPad home button isn’t working, you should visually inspect the button. Does it press freely? Can you see it sink into the recess and pop back out? If you can, then there are a couple of things that might be going on: There could be a software error interfering with the functions of the button.There could be a hardware issue behind the screen of your iPad that is preventing the button from connecting properly....

D3dx9_40.dll Errors There are several ways that d3dx9_40.dll errors can reveal themselves on your computer. Here are several of the more common messages: D3DX9_40.DLL Not FoundThe file d3dx9_40.dll is missingFile d3dx9_40.dll not foundThe program can’t start because d3dx9_40.dll is missing from your computer. Try reinstalling the program to fix this problem.D3dx9_40.dll not found. Reinstalling might help fix this.The code execution cannot proceed because d3dx9_40.dll was not found. The error message could apply to any program that uses Microsoft DirectX, but it’s most commonly seen in video games, including Need for Speed, Gothic, Total War, and Psychonauts....

The d3dx9_42 DLL file is one of many files contained in the DirectX software collection. Since DirectX is utilized by most Windows based games and advanced graphics programs, these errors usually show up only when using these programs. D3dx9_42 Errors There are several ways d3dx9_42.dll errors can show up on your computer. Here are examples of the more common ones: D3dx9_42.dll not found. Reinstalling might help fix thisD3dx9_42.DLL Not FoundFile d3dx9_42....