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Microsoft Office PowerPoint Viewer is Microsoft’s solution for people who want to view PowerPoint presentations but are borrowing a computer, using a kiosk (airport?) or haven’t installed PowerPoint yet. You could think of it as a management install since it can only view presentations, it doesn’t let you edit them. Installation of PowerPoint viewer is simple, Click Accept, snap your fingers – installed. Once you get the viewer installed, you can run it automatically or use the Start Menu to launch it....

This is not a final version, so you can expect a few glitches and crashes here and there. You shouldn’t expect it to work flawlessly. Even the developers tell you that – every time you launch it. You’ll get the following warning screen — which is quite humorous. You can get the VLC for Android Beta in the Play Store, here. After launching VLC, it scans the media files on your device, which will take a while if you have a lot of media....

For me, VirtualBox is a better alternative to Virtual PC. Although, VMware Player also gives Microsoft run for their money. VirtualBox doesn’t require you to register an account to download, and runs smoothly with no compatibility issues (yet). Another plus, is that VirtualBox will run just about any operating system (OS) you can think; for the full list read this. To make use of VirtualBox you’ll need: A bootable drive for installing the operating system your virtual machine (VM) will run....

Now, this is all Fine and Dandy UNTIL…you go on vacation for a few days, those email size warnings come and go, and then bam! Your mailbox is full, and you can no longer send/receive the email from your mobile or even OWA (Outlook Web Access) for that matter. I’ve received the call a million times. My iPhone can’t send emails, help! So, what to do?Is there a solution to these insufficiently sized mailboxes?...

Jumping right to the end — everything is fine; it is not a virus. If you have Windows 10 and the latest updates, you don’t need to worry about fontdrvhost.exe. The Usermode Font Driver Host (fontdrvhost.exe) is an executable created by Microsoft and built into the core OS. What is fontdrvhost.exe? Fontdrvhost.exe is a Windows system process. Also known as Usermode Font Driver Host, the fontdrvhost.exe process is responsible for managing fonts on your Windows system....

The Blob folder functions as a separate location that stores the data for apps shared between each backup. For example perhaps you have three backups that have 20-30 apps in each. Each backup has a certain number of apps that are also found in the other backup. Clockwork Mod will take the duplicate apps and data to pool everything into the Blob folder. The result is that each individual backup will be much smaller in size, and the blob folder handles the heavy load....

What is the Internet Archive? Launched in 1996, the Internet Archive is a non-profit organization with a stated mission of “universal access to all knowledge.” With this in mind, the organization provides free public access to digitized materials, including web pages, books, audio recordings, including live concerts, videos, images, and software programs. As of April 2021, it includes: 475 billion web pages28 million books and texts14 million audio recordings (including 220,000 live concerts)6 million videos (including 2 million Television News programs)3....

Windows 10 Mobile 10080 Another thing, not mentioned on the Microsoft Blog, that I noticed on my Lumia 635 is the Tiles are a bit larger, the text is bigger, and there are some changes to the icons. Also, in the new Store Beta, which is essentially the same as in Windows 10 for PC, is you can purchase movies and TV shows, but purchasing music isn’t available yet. This version of Windows 10 for phones also adds a new Camera app that the company wants to get your feedback on....

This build includes the ability to run native Bash on Ubuntu on Windows, updated extensions for Microsoft Edge, Action Center improvements and a lot more. In fact, tons more. Windows 10 Preview Build 14316 Here’s a complete list of new features that are available according to the Windows Blog: Run native Bash on Ubuntu on Windows: In this build, you can natively run Bash in Windows as announced last week at Build 2016....

Old Original Article… Windows 10 has a new browser called Microsoft Edge, and it’s clean, fast, and more intuitive than Internet Explorer ever was. The Edge browser isn’t totally complete yet – more features like adding plugins will be added in the coming months. Still, it’s a refreshing change for Windows, and there are different settings you can tweak to make it work how you want. One thing it can do, like in other web browsers, is open to multiple home pages....

Keeping your data backed up is a fundamental part of computer use. Unfortunately, it’s also the one thing most computer users either don’t know how to do or forget to do. Well, all the excuses are gone now that Windows 7 has taken the complexity out of the process and will bug you until you setup a backup process on your system. Let’s jump right into it. How to Create a Windows 7 Backup From windows browser, go to My Computer....

Metro UI Tweaker If you’re on a desktop, the new Windows 8 Metro UI takes some getting used to. And it can be slow. We’ve already explained how to revert to the Windows 7 style UI via a system registry hack. If you’re not comfortable with the registry, here’s how to use a free utility that lets you tweak the Metro UI how you want it. Start by downloading the Windows 8 Metro UI Tweaker....

Some of the new features allow you to easily pin Modern apps to the taskbar, split windows to the left or right of the screen, return of the title bar for Modern apps, SkyDrive rebranded to OneDrive, and more. Another important change worth mentioning is it will automatically boot to desktop when you install it on a traditional non-touch computer. No need to go in and change that manually like before....

Yahoo Search for Mobile In the Yahoo announcement today, Andrew Poon, VP or Product management wrote: “Today I’m excited to share that we have a new mobile search experience in the U.S. that connects you immediately to the people, places and things you care about.” We have all heard this line from other search companies in the past, and with this redesign, could be effective since it’s “borrowing” a lot of the same design and features of Bing and Google....

Why did Yelp say no to Google? There are several possibilities, but we won’t know for sure until Yelp releases a statement. While Yelp is not yet disclosing any information, here are a few of the best ideas floating around the net. “Yelp investors may be forbidding a Google acquisition”“Another company (Microsoft, Apple, etc.) may have put in a higher bid or partnership”“Yelp just started the deal for the publicity and never actually planned on selling”“Stoppleman is afraid of acquisition after what happened with Paypal”“Google may have planned to dissolve Yelp and integrate its data with Google Favorite Places”“Maybe it’s because Google isn’t good for kids (see image below)”...

Add-ins are small apps that add enhancements to your Microsoft Office applications. Some add-ins can work in one or more Office applications. Also, make sure to check out our article for the 10 best plug-ins you can use to add more features to Microsoft Office. Best Free Productivity Add-ins for Microsoft Office Grammarly The built-in grammar engine in Microsoft Office isn’t as powerful and it seems. If you’re an author of professional documents or want to improve your writing, Grammarly can positively impact your grammar and spelling....

Siri Shortcuts have been designed for beginners and experienced workflow creators alike. For the former, Apple offers hundreds of pre-made curated shortcuts in the free official app. It’s from here, you can also create shortcuts from scratch, although that’s not the focus of this article. There are hundreds of Siri Shortcuts ready to use, including our favorites listed below. What is Siri Shortcuts? Each shortcut includes a specific task or multiple actions that get automatically combined into one job....

Apple’s new version of its mobile platform, iOS version 11, is a significant update with lots of feature improvements throughout for iPad and iPhone. This article shows you some of the best ones you should try after upgrading. New Features in iOS 11 You Should Check Out Lock Screen Now with Integrated Notifications iOS 11 changes the behavior of Notifications and the Lock Screen. Instead of separate gestures to call up, it’s now one screen; even when you are within an app or on the Home screen....

After Effects As we talked about in our review of Adobe Photoshop Camera, Adobe’s new camera app does a great job of adding creativity to your shots while you’re taking them. It does this in real-time, which is one of its best features. It also goes a step further however and allows you to added effects to photos you’ve already taken. Note: Although we’re going to demonstrate the app using an Android mobile, the process is the same on iOS as well....

In 2010, Adobe released the Packager for iPhone component included with its Flash Professional CS5 software at the time. Flash made it easy to compile ActionScript bytecode into native iPhone application code that developers could then distribute as iPhone application installer (IPA) files via the iTunes store. Unfortunately, at the time, Apple had made some different changes to its iOS 4 SDK license that prevented major third-party developers such as Adobe from using development tools other than those created by Apple....