Recently a friend was over at the house and he really loved my wallpapers. Problem was, when he tried to import my Windows 7 themes I created for him he called me back and asked how to import the theme on his Windows Vista box… Yeah, that won’t work… However, being that I was up for the challenge I played around a bit and figured out a solution for extracting wallpapers from a Windows 7 theme for Windows XP and Vista users....

If you ever need to troubleshoot or diagnose a problem and provide appropriate information to help and support the source, knowing where and how to find it can make it beneficial. Also, areas such as the BIOS information is usually not something you quickly locate without knowing intimate details of your systems boot options. Let’s find out how you can get these details about your system from within Windows 10....

Fix VirtualBox UUID Errors The error looks like this: Oracle has a chapter in the VirtualBox manual that covers UUID problems, which may reveal how to fix this. Or you can just follow the steps below. Cannot register the hard disk ‘E:\VirtualBox VMs\Windows 8 \Windows 8 Enterprise2.vhd’ {ca2bdc6a-a487-4e57-9fcd-509d0c31d86d} because a hard disk ‘E:\VirtualBox VMs\Windows 8 Enterprise\Windows 8 Enterprise2.vhd’ with UUID {ca2bdc6a-a487-4e57-9fcd-509d0c31d86d} already exists. Result Code: E_INVALIDARG (0x80070057) Component: VirtualBox Interface: IVirtualBox {3b2f08eb-b810-4715-bee0-bb06b9880ad2} Callee RC: VBOX_E_OBJECT_NOT_FOUND (0x80BB0001)”...

If you’re looking to add these formatting options to text you’re using in PowerPoint, there are a couple of ways you can do it. You can change your font style to add these as text effects or use certain keyboard shortcuts to do it for you. To help you get started, here’s what you’ll need to do to format subscript or superscript text in PowerPoint using these methods. What is Subscript and Superscript Text?...

Hide Post or Unfollow Facebook Friends Before you decide to go as far as unfriending someone, you might want to take more passive action and hide posts you disagree with. Keep in mind that if you do this, the Facebook algorithm will try to hide similar posts in the future. If that is ok with you, click the options button (…) and select Hide post from the menu that pops up....

Install Google Chrome Extensions on Microsoft Edge The first thing you need to do is enable Google extension support. Launch the browser and go to Settings > Extensions. Turn on the Allow extensions from other stores button at the bottom of the left panel and click Allow for the verification dialog. Now you can head to the Chrome Web Store and install any extension you want. Just click the Add to Chrome button and then Add extension to verify....

Install iOS 12 Public Beta Once you’re set up in the Apple Public Beta Program and have backed up your device, you will need to enroll your device. To do that, from your iPhone or iPad, go to beta.apple.com/profile and log in with your Apple ID. Then tap on the “Download Profile” button and “Allow” to the message that pops up about the site trying to open Settings. Next, tap the Install button, agree to the terms, and a restart will be required....

Note: Make sure you are logged in as Administrator to enable this feature. Do keep in mind that anyone can access your computer. This is a best solution for individual users that aren’t sharing their computer. Click the Start Menu and type: netplwiz in the Search box and hit Enter. Alternatively, you can press Windows Key + R to open the Run window. Type: netplwiz.exe and hit enter. This will open the User Accounts window....

If you want to use both types of layouts in Word, you’ll need to use a few workarounds using section breaks and Word’s own page formatting options to do so. Here’s how. How to Make One Page Landscape in Word If you want to quickly make one page landscape in Word, here’s what you’ll need to do: If you followed the steps correctly, you should now have one single landscape page, with all other pages remaining in portrait mode....

Make Command Prompt Transparent in Windows 10 Launch the Command Prompt by hitting the Windows Key and type: cmd and hit Enter or select it from the hidden power user menu. Once it’s open, right-click the top border and select Properties. On the Options tab, make sure the Use legacy console box at the bottom is unchecked (it should be by default). Then go to the Colors tab, and at the bottom, you can adjust the opacity slider to get the transparency effect you want....

Stop Screen from Turning Off in Windows 10 To prevent the screen from turning off automatically, you need to adjust some power and sleep settings. Start by heading to Settings > System > Power & Sleep. Under the Power & Sleep section set the screen to turn off Never for both “On battery power” and “when plugged in.” If you are working on a desktop there will only be the option for when the PC is plugged in....

Moving your Google Picasa to a new computer is simple as long as you first copy all your photos and, Picasa is installed under the same user paths as your old system. For example, when I moved over my Picasa install to my new computer, my user profile was located at c:\users\skrause\ on both systems so both my photos and Google database/config files will be located in the same place....

Luckily, it’s easy to reopen tabs in Safari for iOS. Reopening closed tabs in Chrome and Firefox for iOS is also easy. Today, I’ll show you how to reopen closed tabs in Safari, Chrome, and Firefox for iOS. Safari for iPhone In Safari on your iPhone, tap the tabs icon in the lower-right corner of the screen. Tap and hold the plus icon in the bottom-center of the screen....

Step 1: Configure your .htaccess file All the work will be done using your .htaccess file. You can find this file at the root of most Apache Websites. The screenshot was taken from a vanilla install of WordPress running on Windows 2003 Server: The .htaccess file is checked by Apache before displaying web pages. Typically it’s used for ReWrites or ReDirects however you can also use it to leverage the built-in security features of Apache....

If you haven’t connected your printer to your Windows 8 system, check out my article on how to set up a printer in Windows 8. Printing from a Metro App…wait, I mean Modern UI-Style Apps as they might be called…maybe, but I digress, that will be a topic for our podcast the TechGroove. While in one of these apps, use the keyboard shortcut Windows Key + K to bring up the Devices menu....

Print Select Areas of Excel Spreadsheets Start by opening the Excel spreadsheet you need, hold down the Ctrl key and highlight the area of the document you want to print out. After selecting the area you want to print out, go to Page layout > Print Area > Set Print Area. You won’t really notice anything happen to the document at that point, but next, while still under the Page Layout tab, click Print Titles....

Record Your Webcam with VLC As a first step, I suggest you update the firmware on your Logitech webcam. Once that’s completed, launch VLC and go to the View tab and check Advanced Controls. That will put an extra toolbar with a record button to the lower-left corner of the app. Next, go to Media > Open Capture Device. Now, keep Capture mode as “DirectShow” and choose your video camera and audio input device from the drop-down menu....

When I opened Action Center the other day on build 1809, I immediately noticed it was cluttered up quite a bit. The amount of quick actions buttons is getting a bit ridiculous. Sure, each new feature has its place and they can be useful for some. But I certainly don’t need them all. Here is how to clean things up and only display the things you need. Clean Up Windows 10 Action Center To move the quick action buttons around or stop them from displaying head to Settings > System > Notifications & actions....

To get started, type CMD into the Windows Start search and then open the program. In the cmd window type in the following two commands: cd %windir%\system32\sysprep sysprep.exe The System Preparation Tool will open in a new window. Here there are two options, OOBE or Audit mode. Next, you can decide whether to quit, restart or shutdown. Now sysprep will run and you’ll be good to go once it finishes....

Manage Alexa Voice Profiles The first thing you need to do is teach Alexa to recognize your voice. Launch the app, tap the More Options menu and choose Settings. Then scroll down the list and tap Your Voice under the Accounts section. Then you can go through the on-screen instructions that walk you through selecting the correct Echo (make sure any nearby Echo is muted), and then read off 10 phrases so Alexa can learn your voice....