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How to Enable iCloud Photo Library on Windows 10 PC

September 3rd, 2019 by Admin

iCloud Photo Library is an awesome feature for Apple users to store photos and videos in cloud, sync and share across all devices including iPhone, Mac or Windows PC. This tutorial will walk you through how to turn on iCloud Photo Library on your Windows 10 PC.

How to Enable iCloud Photo Library on Windows 10 PC

  1. To get started, you need to download Cloud for Windows from Apple, and then install it on your Windows-based computer.
  2. After installing, open the iCloud application and sign in with your Apple ID and password. If you’re prompted to decide whether to share usage information with Apple, click Don’t send.

  3. Click the Options button next to Photos.

  4. Check the box labeled iCloud Photo Library to upload and store your PC photo library in iCloud, and click OK.

  5. Finally click Apply to save your changes. After turning on iCloud Photo Library, iCloud Photos should automatically show up in File Explorer.

  6. Just open the iCloud Photos folder and you can click “Download photos and videos” in the file explorer navigation bar to download photos from iCloud to your Windows computer, or click “Upload photos and videos” to upload your photos to iCloud.

If you would like to view the iCloud photos on your iPhone, open the Settings and tap the Apple ID banner at the top of the screen, then navigate to iCloud -> Photos and tap the iCloud Photo Library toggle to On.

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How to Rebuild Index When Outlook Instant Search isn’t Working

September 2nd, 2019 by Admin

Outlook indexing not complete or suspended? Can’t search the mailbox using the Instant Search feature any longer? To fix such issue, you just need to rebuild the search index and you can get Outlook search working again.

How to Rebuild Index When Outlook Instant Search isn’t Working

  1. Open the Control Panel with Large icons view and click on Indexing Options.

    For Outlook 2013 / 2016 / 2019, you can also access the Indexing Options from within the Outlook application. Follow these steps:

    • Click the File tab in Outlook, and then select Options.

    • Next, choose the Search tab from the left column, and click on Indexing Options.

  2. When the Indexing Options window appears, click on the Advanced button.

  3. Under the Index Settings tab, click on Rebuild.

  4. Outlook will prompt with a warning that rebuilding the index may take a long time to complete. Click OK to rebuild the entire search index.

  5. You can continue to use Outlook when it’s building the index in the background. Just open the Indexing Options window again and you can view the index status. After Outlook has finished indexing all of your items, make sure to restart Windows.

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Automatically Close Apps When Shutting down or Restarting Windows 10

September 1st, 2019 by Admin

When you try to log off, shutdown or restart your PC, Windows 10 will give you the chance to save your work before gracefully closing all open programs. To proceed with the shutdown or restart process, you have to click on Shut down anyway. If you don’t take any action for a minute, it will bring you back to the desktop.

Once you get into the habit of saving your work before shutting down or restarting your computer, you can use a registry tweak to force Windows 10 to automatically close all apps without any prompt at shutdown, restart or log off, which helps saving valuable time.

Configure Windows 10 to Automatically Close Applications at Shutdown or Restart

  1. To start, you’ll need to use the Registry Editor. To open it, press Windows + R on your keyboard and then type regedit, hit Enter.

  2. Navigate to: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop. In the left pane, right-click on the Desktop key and select New -> String Value.

  3. Name the new string AutoEndTasks, then double-click it and set the value data to 1. Click OK and restart your PC to apply the changes.

  4. The next time you shut down, restart, or log out of your user account, Windows 10 will automatically close all running apps no matter if there is any unsaved work.

If you ever want to revert back, either delete the registry string AutoEndTasks or change the value data back to 0, Windows 10 will use the default setting instead.

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Easy Ways to Open Display Color Calibration in Windows 10

August 27th, 2019 by Admin

If your monitor is not showing the most accurate colors for your games or photos, calibrating the monitor is necessary. Thankfully, Windows 10 has included a Display Color Calibration tool and you can access it using different ways.

Method 1: Open Display Color Calibration via Search

  1. Click the Search box at the left of the taskbar and enter “display color”. Choose Calibrate display color in the result.

  2. The Windows Color Calibration tool will open. You can follow the wizard to change your display’s gamma, brightness, contrast, and color balance settings.

Method 2: Open Display Color Calibration via Control Panel

  1. Open Control Panel in Large icons view, and click on Color Management.

  2. When the Color Management window opens, select the Advanced tab and you can click on the Calibrate display button to launch the Display Color Calibration utility.

Method 3: Open Display Color Calibration via Right-clicking Desktop

  1. Right-click empty space on your desktop and select Display settings.

  2. Click on the “Advanced display settings” link on the right side of the Settings window.

  3. On the next screen, click on the “Display adapter properties for Display 1” link.

  4. Choose the Color Management tab, then click on the Color Management button.

  5. Select the Advanced tab then click on Calibrate display to launch the utility.

Method 4: Open Display Color Calibration via Run or Command Prompt

  1. Press the Windows key + R to open the Run dialog box, or open up a Command Prompt window. Type dccw and press Enter.

  2. This should be the quickest way to open the Display Color Calibration tool in Windows 10.

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Reveal Saved Passwords in Vivaldi, Brave, Torch and UC Browsers

August 23rd, 2019 by Admin

Relying on your browser to remember passwords can be convenient, but you probably forget all your passwords sooner or later. What to do if your browser keeps crashing or it can’t start for any reason? How can I backup or export the saved passwords? Well, then Password Recovery Bundle is here to save the day. The program lets you reveal saved passwords in Vivaldi, Brave, Torch, UC browser, Microsoft Edge Dev and other Chromium-based browsers, with just a single click.

How to Reveal Saved Passwords in Vivaldi, Brave, Torch and Other Browsers

  1. Download Password Recovery Bundle and install it on your computer. The installation process is extremely easy, and you can get the software installed by simply clicking Next at each page.
  2. After starting Password Recovery Bundle, click on the Start Recovery button. It will list all Web browsers which you can recover saved passwords from.

  3. If you select the “Chrome Password” option, the program will decrypt and reveal login credentials saved in Vivaldi, Brave, Torch, Chrome, UC browser, Microsoft Edge Dev, Comodo Dragon, Epic privacy browser, Avast secure browser, CoolNovo and other Chromium-based browsers.

  4. Once your passwords are recovered, you can copy and write them down on a piece of paper and put it in a safe place like your wallet.

Conclusion

If someone gains access to your computer, they can also reveal and view the passwords saved in your Web browser. For basic security, you should set a master password to protect the browser, lock your computer when you step away, or completely turn off password saving for every browser.

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Fix: Touchscreen not Working in Windows 10

August 20th, 2019 by Admin

Your touchscreen not working after Windows 10 updates? Or touchscreen isn’t as accurate as it used to be? If your Windows 10 touchscreen doesn’t respond or respond inaccurately, just follow this troubleshooting tutorial to fix the issue with ease.

Solution 1: Enable Touchscreen & Update Drivers

  1. Press the Windows key + R to open the Run box, type devmgmt.msc and hit Enter to open Device Manager.

  2. Expand the “Human Interface Devices” category, right-click on HID-complaint touch screen and select Enable device from the pop-up menu. If the “Enable device” option is not available, continue to the next step.

  3. Now, we need to update the touchscreen driver. Just right-click on HID-complaint touch screen and then choose “Update driver“.

  4. Click the Search automatically for updated driver software option.

  5. If a newer driver package is available, Device Manager will download and install the package automatically. Reboot your computer and tap the screen to see if it responds.

Solution 2: Calibrate Touch Screen

  1. Open the Control Panel with Large icons view, and then click on Tablet PC Settings.

  2. On the Display tab, click on Setup. Follow the on-screen directions to identify your screen as a touch screen.

  3. When you’re back to the “Tablet PC Settings” dialog, click on the Reset button to reset touch calibration to the default settings.

    Another way of resetting touch calibration is to open Command Prompt and execute this command:
    tabcal.exe ClearCal DisplayID=\\.\DISPLAY1

  4. Now, restart Windows 10 and check if your issue got fixed.

Solution 3: Changing Power Management Settings

  1. Open Device Manager and expand the “Human Interface Devices” category. We need to turn off power saving for each device related to touch screen. Right-click on the related device (e.g. “Intel(R) Precise Touch Device“) and select Properties.

  2. Go to the Power Management tab and uncheck the box which says “Allow the computer to turn off this device to save power“. Click OK.

  3. After disabling power saving for each touch device, then restart and see if your problem is resolved.

Conclusion

This can solve a lot of issues you may experience with your computer’s touchscreen. Still having the issue? If your touchscreen experienced a hardware failure, then visit your computer manufacturer’s website and download the hardware diagnostics tools to detect or fix the problem.

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How to Fix: Windows 10 Notifications Disappear Too Quickly

August 19th, 2019 by Admin

Windows 10 notifications disappear too quickly from the bottom right of your screen before you can read them? By default, the notifications will pop up for 5 minutes before they are sent off to the Action Center. If you would like the notifications to stay a litter longer, here are 3 ways to change Windows 10 notification duration with ease.

Method 1: Change Windows 10 Notification Duration from Settings App

  1. Open the Settings app, and click on the Ease of Access.

  2. Choose the Display tab on the left side. On the right, click the “Show notifications for” drop down menu and you can change the time duration from the default 5 seconds to 7, 15, 30 seconds or even 5 minutes.

  3. Your notifications will now stay longer on the bottom right of your screen before they disappear.

Method 2: Change Windows 10 Notification Duration from Control Panel

  1. Open the Control Panel in Large icons view, and click on Ease of Access Center.

  2. Under the “Explorer all settings” section, click on the “Use the computer without a display” link.

  3. Scroll down to the “Adjust time limits and flashing visuals” section, click the drop-down list to specify how long Windows notification dialog boxes should stay open.

  4. Click OK to save your changes.

Method 3: Change Windows 10 Notification Duration from Registry Editor

  1. Open Registry Editor and navigate to the key: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Accessibility. Double-click the DWORD MessageDuration on the right pane to modify it.

  2. The Edit DWORD Value window will appear. Set Base to Decimal and enter the time duration in seconds. If you enter 300, notifications will disappear within five minutes.

  3. Close Registry Editor. You have to log off or restart your computer to make the changes take effect.

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Turn On / Off Automatically Pause OneDrive Sync on Metered Network

August 13th, 2019 by Admin

By default, OneDrive will automatically pause file syncing if a metered connection is detected. But sometimes you may need to make OneDrive continue to sync files no matter if metered or not. In this tutorial we’ll show you 2 simple ways to turn on or off automatically pause OneDrive sync on metered network in Windows 10.

Method 1: Turn on / off Pause OneDrive Sync on Metered Network via OneDrive Settings

  1. Click on the OneDrive icon in your system tray, then click on the More button and choose Settings.

  2. Under the Settings tab, just check or uncheck the option “Automatically pause sync when this device is on a metered connection” and click OK.

  3. Relaunch your OneDrive app to apply your changes.

Method 2: Turn on / off Pause OneDrive Sync on Metered Network via Registry Editor

  1. Open Registry Editor and navigate to: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\OneDrive. On the right panel, you have to create a 32-bit DWORD value UserSettingMeteredNetworkEnabled.

  2. In order to make OneDrive automatically pause sync on a metered connection, just double-click on UserSettingMeteredNetworkEnabled and set its value data to 1. Otherwise, change the value to 0 if you would like OneDrive to keep syncing regardless of the connection type.

  3. Close Registry Editor and reboot your system to apply.

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2 Ways to Hide or Show Desktop Background Image in Windows 10

August 13th, 2019 by Admin

Looking for a way to remove desktop background wallpaper in Windows 10? To avoid the distraction from a wallpaper or a slideshow, you can turn off the background image on your desktop. In this tutorial we’ll show you 2 easy ways to hide or show desktop background image in Windows 10.

Method 1: Hide or Show Desktop Background Image via Control Panel

  1. Open the Control Panel with Large icons view, and then click on Ease of Access Center.

  2. Under the “Explore all settings” section, click the “Make the computer easier to see” link.

  3. Scroll down to the “Make things on the screen easier to see” section, check the “Remove background images (where available)” box and click OK. You’ll get a black desktop background. Or uncheck that box to make the desktop background image show up again.

  4. When your desktop background image is turned off, all the desktop background settings are locked down and the Settings app will display a warning message “Your background is currently turned off by Ease of Access settings“.

Method 2: Hide or Show Desktop Background Image via the Settings App

  1. Open the Settings app and click on the Ease of Access category.

  2. Select Display from the left-side menu. On the right, you can toggle on/off the setting called “Show desktop background image“.

Conclusion

If you’re using a picture or a slideshow as your background, turning off desktop background image will give you a black desktop background. When you prefer to use a different color other than black, just set your desired solid color as your background before turning off desktop background image.

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How to Save Spotlight Images Appeared on your Windows 10 Lock Screen

August 5th, 2019 by Admin

Spotlight is a new feature included in Windows 10 which automatically downloads beautiful images and display them on your lock screen. If you find the Spotlight images are really nice, you may want to save them for later use. In this tutorial we’ll show you the easiest way to save Spotlight images appeared on your Windows 10 lock screen.

How to Save Spotlight Images Appeared on Windows 10 Lock Screen

  1. Press the Windows key + R to open the Run dialog box. Type the Spotlight images location and hit Enter:
    %userprofile%\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.ContentDeliveryManager_cw5n1h2txyewy\LocalState\Assets

    Sometimes, the Spotlight images might be saved in a different location:
    %userprofile%\AppData\Local\Packages\4484Ram6ler.SpotlightWallpapers_a1cxeyfetfvyt\LocalState\Wallpaper

  2. It will open a new File Explorer window and you’ll see a bunch of files, all with with meaningless file names and no extensions. Just select all of these files and copy them to a new folder where you can easily find them.
  3. After that, hold down the SHIFT key and right-click the blank space of the new folder, then select Open PowerShell window here.

  4. In order to add the .jpg extension to all these files, run the following command in the PowerShell window:
    Dir | rename-item -newname { $_.Name +".jpg" }

    If you’re at the Command Prompt window, type this command instead:
    Ren *.* *.jpg

  5. Right-click inside the new folder and select View -> Large Icons. You should be able view all the images used by Windows Spotlight. Delete any images you don’t want.

That’s it!

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