indulgences into my geek side
When an app is out of bounds, most users describe it as an app that opens but isn’t visible, or that they can see a thumbnail preview of it on the taskbar or alt-tab, but it’s nowhere to be seen.
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The new Microsoft Edge allows you to install websites as applications so they open in their own window and work like a real app. But what if you want to pin multiple versions of the same app?
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Windows 10 includes a system built-in resource monitor you can pin to your desktop as a graphical or text display.
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Have you ever been at your device when the screen goes to sleep, only to be asked for your password even though you woke it up just a second later? Or have you ever wished you could have a separate timer for the screen sleeping and a longer delay for actually locking your device?
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One of the more useful features of the new Edge built on Chromium is the profiles feature, which allows you to have separate browser user profiles that are entirely self contained. But it can be a pain to launch the profile you need.
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Windows 10 now includes the option of using vector-drawn cursors of any color and size you choose. Here’s how to set it up.
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If you’ve ever added a widget to your Android home screen, you’ve probably seen the frustrating experience of scrolling through hundreds of unrelated options to find the one you want. There’s a faster way.
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Cloudflare’s 1.1.1.1 app has been around for months now; encrypting and speeding up DNS queries to make the web faster and safer. Today after an extended wait, the next iteration is finally live for everyone to use: Warp.
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For more than a few versions now, Android has had what essentially amounts to a “right click” menu on app icons. But did you know you can also tear-off those comments to make more direct shortcuts for next time?
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My, browsers come and go so quickly these days. Microsoft’s replacement for Internet Explorer is already shuttered now that they’ve joined the Chromium open-source project to produce Edge using that codebase. And as much as I’m all here for that, it can still be handy to have Internet Explorer–especially when you can control it programatically from PowerShell.
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Maybe you’ve sometimes used a phone as a personal hotspot, but did you know you you can go the other way?
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Until recently, Chrome’s create shortcut option in the ⋮ menu had an option to ‘open as window’. With this option now MIA, here are two alternative ways to create a chromeless Chrome window.
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Alexa’s Alarms have recently been updated to include music and radio options, but you’ll find a much better experience by using Routines instead.
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Users all over the net are wondering out loud, “why is my Startup tasks full of Google junk?” Here’s why, and a few easy ways to prevent it.
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