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Back Up Your Instagram Photos Before deleting your account, you’ll want to download your photos and back them up first. The easiest way to do this is outlined in our groovy guide for Downloading Your Instagram Photos with Instaport. Follow and complete that guide, and then follow the rest below to permanently delete the account. Of course, if you don’t have any photos worth saving feel to skip ahead. In fact, you probably don’t need to use a third-party utility like Instaport any more....

What is Sticky Notes? Essentially it’s just like using real sticky notes minus the whole killing the trees thing. The most appealing feature of Sticky Notes, however, is the convenience factor. You can create a new sticky note, close the application and then reopen it later exactly as you left it. No need to save and no hassle for coming up with file names. It’s like clipboard meets notepad. A match made in heav....

Start by opening Network and Sharing Center. I did this by right-clicking the WiFi Meter on my toolbar. Now right-click the WiFi adapter and Click Properties. From the WiFi Properties page, just click Configure. So far so good. This is the most complex part of the tip. Click the Advanced Tab then search for the Property 802.11n Mode as shown in my screenshot below. Enable it once you find it and click OK....

First, download and install the free version of Speccy from Piriform – the developer of the popular utility CCleaner. Installation is straight-forward following the wizard. Speccy will analyze your system and display – a lot of information. It starts by giving you an overall summary of your system including the OS, CPU, RAM, Graphics Card, and more. If you want to add RAM to your system, this is an unobtrusive way to find the type you need....

The neat thing about Plex is that after setting it up, you’ll be able to stream local media over your network and have a plethora of streaming Internet media too. Here I’m setting up the latest version of Plex Media Server on my Windows 7 64-bit Ultimate system. Then I’ll show you how to get started streaming your media to mobile devices and set-top boxes to your HDTV. Install Plex Media Server on Windows PC First, download Plex Media Server for Windows....

You can install a third-party launcher or app hider or, if you’re a Samsung device owner, you can use a special private mode called Secure Folder. This acts a little like a new user account on Windows, protecting certain apps and data from view. If you want to know how to hide apps on Android, here’s what you’ll need to do. Using a Custom Launcher One of the best ways to customize your smartphone is to install a custom app launcher....

Hide Extension Icons in Microsoft Edge There are two ways you can hide extension icons but we’ll take a look at the easiest first. Right-click the extension icon you want to hide on the toolbar. Then from the menu click on “Move to the Menu.” After moving an extension, you will find it at the top of the Options (three dots) menu. Click on the ellipses button and you will see the extension icons you moved....

Adding a microSD card lets you add more storage to the Roku2. You can use this space to store games and Roku channels. It won’t read any media data files from the card, as you can with a flash drive. It’s meant to store games and channels. Insert a Micro SD card into the slot above the HDMI slot on the back of the box. After inserting the card, power on the Roku....

Note: I’m using an iPod touch (4th Gen) with iOS 5.1.1 which is the most current version of iOS at the time of this writing. I am also using the Windows version of iTunes on Windows 7. But you can jailbreak it with your Mac too. Keep in mind that if you update your iDevice to a new version – iOS 6 for example, you’ll need to jailbreak it again....

Use the Sleep Lock Feature When you close your Chromebook’s lid it goes to sleep and when you open it, it comes to life. That makes using the device easy, but it also can invite unwelcome users accessing it. To prevent unwanted intrusions, you can set it to lock when it’s asleep and require login creds when it wakes up. To do that, head to Settings > Screen lock and sign-in under the “People” section....

Google Provides instructions for blocking contacts that have already called at least once in this video: But, what if you want to block someone who has never called you before? It’s a little different. Google doesn’t mention it specifically, but you are able to block any number existing in your contact list. So, all you really have to do is the following: For the full instructions, read on. Manually Blocking a Phone Number From Calling Your Google Voice Step 1 Sign in to your Gmail* account and go to your Contacts list....

How to Update Your Apple Watch Like installing Apple Watch apps, you don’t update your watch directly from the watch but rather from your iPhone. Open the Watch app and head to My Watch > General > Software Update. It will check for updates, and if one is available, tap the “Download and Install” button. You will also need to enter your passcode to start the update. You can monitor the update’s progress, and when it’s done, you will get a confirmation message on the iPhone....

Here are two ways to do it: Method 1: Sync Apple Mail via IMAP The first method is the easiest, and for most cases, it’ll work. Apple’s built-in mail client uses the IMAP storage format, which keeps a copy of your messages on both the server and your Mac. If you are already using an iCloud email address, you can sign into a supported email client on Windows 10 such as Windows Mail, Microsoft Outlook, or Mozilla Thunderbird, and your emails will show up....

What you’ll need to do this: Your Kindle Fire must be rootedRoot Explorer app installed Unlock your Kindle Fire and open up Root Explorer. Within Root Explorer browse to the following folder: Within this folder is a file named wallpaper. Tap and hold down your finger on the wallpaper file. After holding your finger down on the wallpaper file for a moment an Options menu will appear. Tap Permissions....

Anyone with a phone that supports HTML 5 (Android 2.1+ and iOS 3+) can instantly and easily print Google Docs from their phone via the cloud. It’s a snap, and today I’ll show you how to do it using both a groovy screencast video and our standard step-by-step instructions. Let’s jump right into printing Google Docs via an iPhone. Update: Google Cloud Print is no longer supported by the company:...

Once you’ve created a Windows 7 system image, you’re probably curious how to use it to restore your computer. If Windows 7 is still operational, it can easily be done using the Backup and Restore tool. However, if Windows just won’t boot up correctly, there is an alternate method to get things back up and running, and luckily for you, the simple step-by-step is below! Note: Before we get started, be certain you want to replace your existing Windows 7 install with a new system image....

But now the feature is being baked into Gmail on the web or via the mobile app. Google recently announced the feature in a post that celebrates 15 years of Gmail. It’s important to note that Google started a gradual rollout of this feature on April 1st (no joke) and not everyone has it yet. If you don’t see it yet, try logging out and back in or updating the app on your phone....

Windows Experience Index (WEI) – Still Here, but Hidden… First introduced in Vista, and refined in Windows 7, the WEI gave you a quick assessment of your computer’s hardware performance and gave it a score. The piece of hardware with the lowest score was your grade: At first glance you might think that in Windows 8.1 the feature has been completely kicked out. While in Windows 8 you could see it by right-clicking the Computer icon and then going to Properties, what you get now is this:...

Step 1 Open your contacts app. This can be done via the app drawer, or you can Tap the Contacts tab from your phone’s dialer. Step 2 Now find the contact that you would like to send and do a Long Press on that contact. A new menu should pop-up, at the bottom of it Tap Send namecard via. Step 3 Depending on what version of Android is running you’ll varying options here....

Share Files from SkyDrive Compose your message in Outlook.com and when you’re ready to attach a file, click Insert > Share from SkyDrive. A separate window will open to the files and folders stored in your SkyDrive. Just select the ones you want to share. You can also share complete folders too. In this example I am sharing some photos and a folder from my SkyDrive. Notice that it displays thumbnails of your photos which makes it easier to know what you’re sharing....