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In the past, we’ve published articles on how you can pin almost anything to the Windows 7 taskbar, search the internet from the taskbar, make the most out of taskbar jumplists and some cool taskbar related keyboard shortcuts in our immensely popular Windows 7 keyboard shortcuts list. Sooner or later, you’ll find that accessing new program windows means scrolling up and down the taskbar. You’ve already pinned so much of stuff there that any new app gets pushed down automatically....

If the mute option wasn’t there, conducting virtual meetings and webinars wouldn’t be an easy job. Imagine voices and random sounds coming from everyone’s microphone at the same time. It would be a mess. But, thankfully, you can mute and unmute people on Zoom calls on your Android and iPhone. Let’s see how to do that. Note: The steps are the same for Android and iPhone, unless mentioned otherwise....

Understanding User and Permission Passwords In the PDF spec, there are two kinds of passwords: User and Permission. A User password is just like a password for your PC. You need it to get in. If you don’t have it, tough luck big guy, you ain’t gettin in. Permission Passwords are more like admin passwords. With a user password, you can get in and maybe access a subset of the features, but you’re not allowed to move the furniture around....

With that, Microsoft has updated the interface of Windows 11. Apart from personalizing the Start Menu, you can customize the Lock screen too. This means that your previous lock screen customization settings have been reset when you updated to the new OS. However, the streamlined menus make personalizing your operating system easier than ever. Keep reading to see exactly how you can alter the look and functionality of your lock screen....

To make them useful and not-ugly, we showed you how to make your own custom tiles using TileCreator for Windows 10 and OblyTile for Windows 8.1. Taking a page from that, I wondered whether games can be tiled in such a way. Inquisitive readers might point out that right-clicking a game icon and selecting Pin to Start will do the job, but it looks horrendous. Just try it and you will agree with me....

Of the many PDF or Kindle converters, Kindle/PDF (K2PdfOpt) is one. It stands out for intelligent cropping and its batch processing features. K2PdfOpt just doesn’t do a simple conversion; it maximizes the reading area of a PDF file and makes readability better on the 6-inch Kindle screens. It converts the PDF file to a bitmap and then automatically maximizes the viewing area by cutting, cropping, and reassembling the viewable areas....

I am not sure why Google or any other services decide that it should not be rolled out to other countries. Come on! The recording is taking place on my device and using the record button on an APK doesn’t give any load on their servers. But this kind of selective feature roll-out to US and UK first has become a trend nowadays and I hate it more than anything else....

With better cameras, the file size of the photos and scans of the documents have also bumped of drastically. Those pictures are suitable for printing purposes. When it comes to sharing, you need to cut down on photo file size for a quick upload or transfer process. If you have transferred those photos from Android to iPhone or Mac and want to cut down on image size, then read along to find how to do it....

But where there’s millions of users, there’s a way. And this comes in a way of an unofficial hack – regramming. It’s not a native feature, but it’s an understood term in the Instagram community. Proper Regramming Etiquette When you regram, you’re posting someone else’s content on your profile. Of course, it’s not stealing as long as you credit the post to the original poster, and make sure that their profile is public and not private....

The Fire OS is based on Android Operating System, meaning one can always sideload APK files to the device and install it as a regular app. Why You Need to Install Google Chrome on Fire TV Stick Unlike the default Silk browser, Google Chrome is a cross-platform solution with Windows, Mac, iPhone, and Android availability. You can sync Bookmarks and History across all the platforms. Don’t worry. The actual method is simple than it sounds....

However, it really gets unpleasant when you are off (on a vacation) and you still keep getting emails to which you may have to respond to avoid irking clients or other important people in your line of work. This situation can be avoided if you set an automated vacation responder which immediately lets people know that you are out and cannot check your emails for the time being. We have previously discussed how to do this on Gmail and MS Outlook....

If you have not yet installed or updated the latest version of Google+ app on your droid, download and install it from the Play Store. Having done that sign in with your Google account and explorer the new sleek design. To start the Hangout on your phone launch the latest version of Google+ app and tap the Home button on the top left corner. Now, on the side-slide menu tap the Hangout button to start one....

VLC has been working on bringing the Chromecast support and it has not yet been fully launched. You can still use this feature by following a few steps. What Do You Need? To execute the following steps, you’d need these things: How to Stream from VLC in Windows PC to Chromecast Step 1. Download Latest Version of VLC Player Download the latest version of the VLC player from the official Nightly....

Of course you can check the folders for changes and even check file attributes manually for precise monitoring, but come on, doing such tasks manually is not what a Guiding Tech reader is supposed to do. 😉 Today, we will talk about a nifty application called GiPo File utilities that’ll get this job done easily. Tracking Folder Changes Step 1: Download GiPo File utilities and run the installer. Installation is very simple; just follow the onscreen instructions and complete it....

Till the time developers are working on finding a fix for this problem, the best solution is to disable this feature on Safari browser. Bu disabling autofill, you can prevent your personal data from being stolen and here is how you can disable or turn off autofill in Safari. Turn Off Autofill in Safari Chrome might be the most popular browser, but for Mac OS, nothing beats the good ol’ Safari....

That’s not to say that there aren’t some out there who’ll like the feature. It’s perfect if you dislike push notifications or prefer to sign out of Skype after using it. But for those of us who don’t want the extra clutter in our inboxes, turning off Skype’s email notifications can be mostly convenient. But rather than configuring your email client to mark the Skype notifications as spam, let’s see how you can turn them off right at the source....

Although those methods are tried and true (the Sorting Hat is never wrong), there are many other ways to sort data. Take, for example, the sample data shown below. It has three columns: Name, Department, and Salary. My boss asked me to sort the data by Department. His requirement was neither ascending nor descending. Instead, he wanted the data to be sorted in the following order. Thankfully I use MS Excel for working with data sets....

That’s why we urge everyone to use two-factor authentication (2FA) for Google accounts accounts. For the uninitiated, this is a simple step where you introduce a second level of security. It can either be in the form of SMS verification or a call verification. So if someone tries to access your account, the final key to your account control stays in your hands instead of them. When it comes to Google’s two-factor authentication, it offers two default ways: a prompt on your secondary device and via SMS....

All it takes is a wee bit of patience, and you’ll end up with a stunning image in no time. What I love about this tool is the image tuning tool which lets you tweak each aspect of the picture. More importantly, you can choose to edit only a specific part of an image and leave the rest like that. Yep, it’s that versatile. But this nifty tool lacks one basic feature, and that’s the watermarking feature....

Before doing that, you should make sure that none of your personal data like email, photos, videos, or apps are on it. You need to completely wipe that thing. And doing so is easy – very, very easy. I recently sold my old iPad Mini and upgraded to the Retina model and this wiping process only took me a couple of minutes. Before we begin, make sure you’ve taken a full backup of all your data....