How To Enable Aero Peek Preview with Firefox Tabs In a Firefox window Type about:config in the address bar. When the page loads, you’ll see a warning that you are about to enter the advanced settings of Firefox. Click the I’ll be careful, I promise! button to open advanced settings. 2. In the Filter box Type or Paste in the following: browser.taskbar.previews.enable The filter should now display the preference with a matching name....

This feature will make your Google account harder to break into by requiring a 5-8 digit verification code that it will send to you via text message or a computer narrated voice call. They also give you a list of about 10 backup codes that you can carry around in your wallet incase you lose your phone. Google won’t ask you to enter a code every single login per se, because it does provide the option to remember a code for up to 30 days....

Granted, if you’re using a virtual machine for research, or have it doing something on your network, chances are you don’t care what it looks like. But, if you’re using VMs in situations like like blogging about the Windows, you might need images that just look good. Eye-candy isn’t always a bad thing. Whatever reason want to enable the Aero effect in Windows 7 on VirtualBox, you can. As shown on the image above, by default, VirtualBox displays the basic theme, and you can’t change it without continuing with the steps below....

Erase the Hard Drive Start your Mac and hold down the Command + R key combination. That brings up OS X Utilities. Select Disk Utility and click Continue. Select the local drive and click the Erase tab, Format should be set to Mac OS Extended (journaled), the click the Erase button. That will erase all data and reformat the hard disk. If you want to be extra secure, select Security Options, then select 7-Pass Erase, which meets the US Department of Defense 5220-22 M standard....

The problem isn’t with the iPhone 11 but because Apple ships it with a weak charger. Apple has included the ability to fast charge your phone starting with the iPhone 8. There are no special settings to enable; you just need the right charger and cable. Fast Charge iPhone 11 Presumably, to lower the cost, the iPhone 11 only comes with a weak 5W charger and Lightning-to-USB cable in the box....

The first method is automatic but inflexible. The others require that you scroll through and make changes manually. But there’s also a compromise: you can use Find and Replace. No, It’s Not Just for Finding Words You may know to use Find and Replace when needing to change multiple instances of any text, but the tool’s superpower translates to formatting, too. Change the look of all text that has been formatted a certain way, or change the text itself....

Fix Videos in Website Not Playing in Chrome The other day I was tinkering with various settings in the Chrome browser. I didn’t have a reason to start turning things on and off other than being bored and curious. It was late at night, and I didn’t remember which settings I messed with. Well, the next day, I realized that embedded videos were not playing in Chrome. Typically, videos on a website, including ours, are embedded from a streaming service like YouTube or Vimeo....

The most notable being that Windows 10 is free for existing Windows 7, 8/8.1 users for the first year. Regardless of this, product activation remains a part of Windows 10. In this article, we take a look at product activation and troubleshooting steps. Update: This was written for issues when Windows 10 was initially released in 2015. For more on activation issues, take a look at these articles: How to Find Your Windows 10 Product KeyHow to Find Your Product Key After Upgrading to Windows 10...

When you move your mouse over a hyperlink, you’ll see a popup telling you to Ctrl + Click to follow the link. If you don’t want to press Ctrl every time you follow a link, you can easily turn off the Ctrl + Click feature. Disabling the Ctrl + Click feature in Outlook is very handy if people you know the email you links often. Today we’ll show you how to disable the Ctrl + Click feature for hyperlinks in Word and Outlook....

Google Voice is still only available in the United States, so keep that in mind before you go sign-up. How-To sign up? Simple, just visit the link below and enter your .edu email address. Google will then send an invite to that address within 24 hours. The account will be the same; the only difference is you’ll get an invite faster! Enjoy! Request A Google Voice Student Invitation Comment Name * Email *...

Android KitKat Keyboard To start things off, download the APK file for the new Google keyboard from here, courtesy of the guys at Android Police, that have managed to get their hands on it. Save it to your computer and then copy it to your Android device — or you can access the link from your phone or tablet. Now, before doing anything else, make sure that your Android device is allowed to install apps from unknown sources....

We already showed you how to hide files and folders on earlier versions of Windows. Here’s a look at how to do it on Windows 10. Hide Files and Folders on Windows 10 To get started launch File Explorer and select the folder you want to hide. Then click the View tab from the ribbon and click the Hide selected items button. If you’re hiding a folder with various files, a dialog box will pop up....

Here I created a few custom playlists in iTunes 11. The default playlists like “My Top Rated” and “Recently Added” won’t be imported, just the ones you create. Import iTunes Playlist to Xbox Music Launch Xbox Music and from the Home screen click or tap My Music. On the next screen select Playlists. Then right click, or on a touchscreen, swipe from the top down. On the menu bar at the bottom, select Import Playlists....

Adding Bullet Points To insert bullet points in Microsoft Excel, you need to add a symbol. To repeat the process on a new line underneath, type ALT + ENTER and repeat the process. To see other bullet point styles, consider typing the following numbers in the Character code box: 25CF, 25E6, 25CB, or 25CC. If you’re using a font that provides different symbols, the above steps might not work. In this case, try selecting a font like Wingdings in the Symbol dialog box....

It also lets you search for images using Bing and Office.com. What’s neat about the Bing search is it only shows images under the Creative Commons License so you don’t have to worry about breaking any copy write rules. Searching clip art from Office.com gives you a massive collection of royalty-free images and illustrations that are free to use. Insert Online Photos Office 2013 & 365 For this example I‘m using Word, but it’s the same in PowerPoint and Excel....

Preparing your Mac to install Windows 10 Before you can install Windows on your Mac, there are some pre-requisites tasks you need to complete. Once these pre-requisites are out of the way, the next step is to set aside some space to install Windows 10. Open the Finder in the Dock, then click Applications, then scroll down, then open Utilities. Double-click Utilities, then open Boot Camp. Or press the Command and space keys, then type Boot Camp, then press the Enter key....

What is an ESN? An ESN is a serial number attached to every phone on a CDMA network like Sprint or Verizon. Instead of using a SIM card like GSM networks do (At&t or T-Mobile,) a CDMA ESN is a unique identifier that allows the phone to be validated and connect to the cell tower. (To thwart confusion: if you have a SIM card, then you probably don’t have an ESN attached to your phone....

Note: before you get started, you should know that if something does go wrong with your install of the preview, you can recover your phone back to it’s Windows Phone 8.1 glory with the Windows Phone Recovery Tool — here’s the direct link. Windows Phone 10 Preview The first thing you will need is a qualifying Lumia Windows Phone which, at the time of this writing, are the Lumia 630, Lumia 635, Lumia 636, Lumia 638, Lumia 730, and Lumia 830....

Manually Install Windows 11 Updates To check for and install updates manually, click the Start button and click on the Settings icon. Alternately, you can use the keyboard shortcut Windows key + I to open Settings directly. Once you have the Settings menu open, click on Windows Update from the sidebar on the left. From the next screen, click the Check for Updates button. Note: If an update is ready to be installed, you should see it listed here already....

Move the Start Button on Windows 11 to the Left When you begin using Windows 11, you’ll find yourself automatically moving the mouse pointer over to the lower-left corner to access the Start button. That’s just because of muscle memory. Unfortunately, it isn’t there it’s located at the center of the screen like the shot shown below. Open the Settings page by using the keyboard shortcut Windows key + I (note that several Windows 10 keyboard combos still work in Windows 11)....