On Google Bard AI , you can clear the activity history, and in this guide, you will learn how. When using Bard , Google doesn’t collect and stores everything you type in the prompt box. Instead, the information gets erased as soon as you close the tab or click the “Reset chat” button on the left navigation pane. However, the company stores the query intent as part of the search history on your Google account....
You can quickly close an app or game on Xbox One , but only if you can find that “quit” option. It may have already happened to you that while playing a game, streaming a movie, or listening to music, suddenly the app stops responding or it’s not working correctly. Usually, when this happens, you press the menu button, but only to find out that there isn’t an option to close or restart the app....
Windows 8 makes it easier for users to keep their PCs optimized with Automatic Maintenance. This is a tool that will automatically runs on a defined daily scheduled and it will automatically performs software updates, system diagnostics, and security scan. Microsoft by default set Windows 8 to run the maintenance tasks on a daily basics at 3:00am when the computer is not being used. If the computer is in use at the scheduled time, Windows will postpone the tasks until the computer becomes idle once again....
On Windows 11 , the Microsoft Paint app has the “Image Creator” feature that allows you to use the DALL-E AI model from OpenAI to generate virtually any image from a text description. Paint Image Creator isn’t meant to be a feature to create a complete image. Instead, it’s meant to create a starting point to spark creativity and continue creating. In the Paint app, you can also add these AI-generated images into layers to create even more complex pieces of imagery....
To create an email signature in Outlook for Windows 11, open Settings > Accounts > Signatures , create a custom signature, and click “Save.” It’s also possible to create multiple email signatures depending on the recipient from the “Signatures” page. These instructions apply to Windows 11, 10, and the web version of Outlook. When you use the new Outlook app (and web), you can set up signatures for each new message, reply, and forward, and this guide will teach you how to complete this configuration....
Microsoft Forms is an online service like Google Forms that ease the process of creating all sorts of forms with a variety of question types, including multiple choice, text, rating, Likert, and net promoter score, which you can share with other people to collect feedback from virtually anywhere using a laptop or desktop device running Windows 10 or any other operating system or mobile device. The service even offers tools to check results in real-time, analytics, and more....
To delete a user account on Windows 10, open Settings > Accounts > Family & other users , select the account, click “Remove” and “Delete account and data.” From Control Panel, open “User Accounts,” click “Remove user accounts,” choose the account, click “Delete the account,” and “Delete Files.” From PowerShell (admin), run the “Remove-LocalUser -Name “USERNAME”” command. From Command Prompt (admin), run the “net user USERNAME /delete” command. On Windows 10 , if you share your device with other people, it’ll come the time when they’ll no longer need access to their account....
To disable Copilot in Outlook on Windows 11 or the web, open the Outlook app or web version, click the gear icon (Settings), choose Copilot, uncheck “Turn on Copilot”, and click “Save.” This turns off the AI assistant across Outlook. On Windows 11 , it’s possible to disable the Copilot AI assistant in the Outlook app as well as in the web version of the email service, and in this guide, I’ll show you how to complete this configuration....
To enable dark mode on Chrome, open the browser, open the “Side panel,” choose the “Customize Chrome” option, and select the “Dark” option. On Windows 11 , 10, or any other platform, you can enable the dark mode for Google Chrome, and in this guide, I’ll show you how. If you use Chrome as your default browser , the dark mode not only provides a visually appealing dark theme that reduces eye strain in low-light conditions but also helps conserve battery power on mobile devices....
To enable Ultimate Performance power mode on Windows 11 (or 10), open PowerShell (admin) and run the powercfg -duplicatescheme e9a42b02-d5df-448d-aa00-03f14749eb61 command. Finally, go to Control Panel > Hardware and Sound > Power Options and select the “Ultimate Performance” option. Windows 11 (and 10) include a special power plan called “Ultimate Performance,” which is designed to provide the highest possible performance for high-demand tasks like gaming or content creation. This plan optimizes your system to reduce micro-latencies—small delays that can occur as a result of power management adjustments, ensuring smooth performance even under heavy workloads....
To enable Auto HDR on Windows 11, open Settings > System > Display , under “Brightness & Color” click “HDR,” and turn on “ Use HDR” and “Auto HDR.” Auto HDR for games on Windows 11 converts games from SDR to HDR automatically. You’ll need an HDR monitor to configure the feature. UPDATED 9/4/2023: Windows 11 lets you enable the “Auto HDR” feature to improve your gaming experience on your computer....
You can reset an Xbox Ally handheld in the same way as you do a gaming PC running Windows 11 using the Reset this PC feature. Options available include the local image and cloud download, but if regardless the option you choose your games will be deleted. If you have an Xbox Ally X (or the base model), you can reset the handheld gaming device, and in this guide, I’ll show you the steps to complete this process....
To view Wi-Fi password on Android, open Settings > Wi-Fi & internet and tap the connection. Tap on Share and see your Wi-Fi password. To find saved Wi-Fi passwords, open Saved networks on “Wi-Fi & internet,” and select the connection. Tap on Share and see the wireless password. On Android, you can find the Wi-Fi password of the network you are connected to or the wireless network you accessed in the past in a different location, which can come in handy when trying to help someone join the same hotspot, or you have to connect a Windows 11 or Windows 10 computer or another device to a wireless network....
To install updates on Windows 10 from PowerShell, open “PowerShell (admin),” run the “Install-Module PSWindowsUpdate” command to install the module, “Get-WindowsUpdate” to view available updates, and “Install-WindowsUpdate” to install all the cumulative updates. To download, install, and reboot Windows 10, open “PowerShell (admin)” and run the “Get-WindowsUpdate -AcceptAll -Install -AutoReboot” command. The “Get-WindowsUpdate -Install -KBArticleID ‘KB5031445′” command allows you to install a specific Windows 10 update. UPDATED 11/8/2023: Windows 10 updates happen automatically or manually through the Windows Update settings....
Microsoft is implementing a new feature to limit Edge’s RAM usage on Windows devices. It allows you to set how much memory the browser should allocate while gaming or at all times. To manage resource controls, open Microsoft Edge > System and Performance , turn on “Resource controls,” and set the memory limit for the browser. If the option is missing, you can enable it manually with this –enable-features=msEdgeResourceControlsRamLimiter command....
On Windows 11 , you can quickly see a list of all the Linux distros you have installed on the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) , and in this guide, you will learn how. The ability to view the Linux distros available through WSL can come in handy in many scenarios. For example, when you want to know all the distros at your disposal, want to see if you have a specific version of Linux installed, or need the exact name of a distro to uninstall it....
On Windows 11 , the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) ships with a new feature that allows you to attach and mount physical drives to access Linux file systems (for example, ext4 ) not natively supported on Windows. The new feature allows users to access Linux files using File Explorer on a dual-boot system running Windows 11 and a Linux distro on a different drive. In this guide , you will learn the steps to mount and unmount drives using the Windows Subsystem for Linux ....
On Windows 10, when you connect to a Wi-Fi network, you usually use a passphrase (password) that grants you access to the network, which also applies a security template to keep the communication secure. Although once you’re connected, you typically don’t have to worry about the connection security. It’s important to know the security type to determine whether your device is using a secure connection. In addition, it can help you troubleshoot problems, when you can’t connect after the security type changes in the network....
Push-Button Reset: Sometimes when you stumble upon a problem or error messages that you cannot understand, it is just best start from scratch, wipe out the hard drive and reinstall Windows to its default factory state, than trying to find a solution. This was in the past somewhat not an easy task and time-consuming, but now with Windows 8, the process of recovery is easier, quicker, and you don’t even need the installation DVD or USB media....
To remove the File Explorer OneDrive page on Windows 11 from the Registry, open the {018D5C66-4533-4307-9B53-224DE2ED1FE6}” key, then create a “System.IsPinnedToNamespaceTree” DWORD, and set it to “0.” You can also uninstall the OneDrive app to remove the entry from File Explorer. On Windows 11 , you can remove the OneDrive page from File Explorer if you don’t find it useful, and in this guide, I will show you the steps I followed to complete this configuration....
